Developer Owlcat Games shared the latest blog post for the upcoming turn-based cRPG Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. It is dedicated to perhaps the most unthinkable instrument in the hands of a radical Inquisitor, the Daemonhosts, a damned and forbidden instrument born in the Warp itself.
“The birth of a Daemonhost is an act of pure heresy and torment. The details of the summoning and binding rituals are kept within the Inquisition’s most forbidden vaults. Simply showing interest in such knowledge can spell the end for an Inquisitor’s life. However, this does not deter certain servants of the sacred Ordos from invoking it in times of desperation.”
If the horrific ritual to bind the Daemonhost is succesful, the Inquisitor gains a weapon – a conduit of Warp power that can be unleashed upon the enemies of Humanity. However, the more you use it, the more the wards weaken, runes fracture, and control becomes ever more tenuous.
The Inquisition’s opinions on the Daemonhosts are divided. Some brand it outright heresy and unthinkable abomination, while others claim it to be a necessary evil. Between both positions lies tension and uneasiness, tolerated only when conducted by powerful figures whose authority shields them from immediate reprisal.
