During the Unification Wars, there had been many terrible threats born of psyker- witchery and Warp entity possession encountered during the pacification, but these had been fought head-on and overmastered by the power of the Emperor and the raw might of His genetically-enhanced warriors, but in the latter case at a terrible and disproportionate cost in lives. Eddard gives the bodies of Jory Cassel, Heward, and Wyl to silent sisters so they can be returned to Winterfell. [27] A Clash of Kings

Still, not all were reviled or ironically burned as witches. The offspring of these few had children of their own, and over the generations, the genetic peculiarity of the Silent Sisterhood found its way further into the vast spread of the Human race.a b c d e f g h Als, Hilton (27 November 2000). "The Identical Twin Sisters Who Retreated Into Their Own World". The New Yorker. Online as Als, Hilton (4 December 2000), "We Two Made One", The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 April 2020. The Chamber of Judgement is more feared than its counterpart sub-sect among high-ranking Silent Sisters, the Chamber of Oblivion, largely because its members are responsible for determining how the tithe of psykers will be prosecuted. They decide which Human psykers will be taken into Imperial service and which will be executed as threats to Mankind. Shapiro, Harriet (27 October 1986). "A British Journalist Unravels the Tale of the Twins Who Wouldn't Talk". People . Retrieved 29 April 2019. Melaena Verdath - Melaena Verdath was a Silent Judge serving as part of the Silent Sisterhood's Excruciatis, the de facto secret police that acted as investigators and hunters to root out and hunt down both hidden psykers and those who harboured them. Her treatise, the Voiceless Judgments, were studied by later Acolytes of the Sisterhood. Silent sisters take vows of silence [9] and chastity. [10] They are shrouded in grey robes [11] and keep their faces cowled except for their eyes. [12]

They disappeared from Imperial history for nearly 1,500 standard years, until the Imperium faced annihilation at the hands of the massive Ork WAAAGH! led by the warlord known only as The Beast in the 32nd Millennium. The last vestiges of the Silent Sisterhood would play a key role in defeating this Ork WAAAGH! and diverting disaster. Silent Sisters watch as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen prepare the body of her stillborn daughter Princess Visenya Targaryen. [4] Game of Thrones: Season 1 [ ]Bennetto, Jason (12 March 1993). "Inquiry into death of 'silent twin' ". The Independent . Retrieved 9 April 2020.