![]() ![]() From Bolters to power armour to voidships, the blessing of the Machine God and His subservient Machine Spirits allows for the Emperor's enemies to be defeated. They are believed to exist in every vital weapon and device used by those who follow the Emperor of Mankind. Machine Spirits are believed to be bestowed by the Machine God and subservient to Him. The number of rituals or the size of the offering is increased in value if the machine is large and/or important to some specific purpose. They may also occasionally include a sacrificial offering or libation. These rituals depend on the machine or technology at issue, but in most cases include various maintenance rituals and prayers of function. To keep their Machine Spirits happy and cooperative, operators therefore make numerous ritualised advances to the machinery. The functioning, or lack thereof, of any machine is believed to be the result of its spirit's disposition. The Cog Mechanicum, seal of the Adeptus Mechanicus.Ī Machine Spirit is a supernatural, animistic spirit believed by the adherents of the Cult Mechanicus within the Adeptus Mechanicus (and, from that source, by most other Humans of the Imperium of Man) to inhabit and control any technology in existence as part of the divine extension of the Machine God known as "the Motive Force." The Warnings, Tenets of the Adeptus Mechanicus To break with ritual is to break with faith." Flesh is fallible, but ritual honours the Machine Spirit. " The Machine Spirit guards the knowledge of the ancients. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |