The Sisters Hospitaller are amongst the most skilled and compassionate surgeons in the Imperium. The Orders Hospitaller provides surgeons, physicians and nurses. So skilled are the Sisters Hospitaller that they are regarded as saints by the common soldiery, who far prefer their gentle ministrations to the crude work undertaken by the field surgeons of the Departmento Munitorum. It is these battle-hardened women that the members of the Inquisition look for to join their retinues as Acolytes. However, there are rare circumstances when they will go into battle with Imperial Guard troops to provide support in the field when a platoon's medic is wounded. They are often found as part of an Imperial Crusade serving in battlefield hospitals on board warships in orbit. Their convents often take the form of hospitals and retreats, and large numbers of them accompany the armies of the Astra Militarum. The Sisters of these Orders aid the poor and heal the sick and the wounded in the many hospitals and clinics across the Imperium operated as charities by the Sisterhood. Novice Sisters of the Adepta Sororitas who show a gift for healing and attending to the needs of others are often ushered into the ranks of the Orders Hospitaller.Īmongst the most widely welcomed of the Adepta Sororitas, the Hospitallers are sent to war zones or disaster-stricken areas of the galaxy, providing the people of the Imperium with medical care and compassion when it is most needed. The Orders Hospitaller is a non-militant order of the Adepta Sororitas dedicated to healing and the provision of medical care for all the citizens of the Imperium of Man. Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8." Ours is to honour the martyr, tend the fallen, defend the innocent, and walk always in the light." Story: Torunn Grønbekk Art: Edgar SalazarĬolor: Arif Prianto Letterer: Clayton Cowles It gives us the next chapter for that world in the hands of Marvel comics and shows they’re willing to shake up the formula a bit with each new series. It delivers solid hints in the details as to what the Sisters of Battle are about and the world of Warhammer 40,000. Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle #1 might lean a bit more towards fans of Games Workshop but the issue should be accessible for those who know nothing about the world. The world features browns and dark colors. Arif Prianto handles the color while Clayton Cowles does the lettering and the color and lettering help nail down the feel of the world and issue. It’s a more ornate look and Salazar nails it. Instead of smooth armor repeated over and over in the Space Marines, the Sisters have rather intricate looks in the armor including small rivets, skulls, and more. The issue has a lot of detail, something the Sisters of Battle are known for. To say it doesn’t hit home a bit would be a lie.Įdgar Salazar‘s art is solid. But, these are individuals turning on their fellow citizens corrupted by a force. We’re seeing the masses fall under the spell of something.
Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle #1 also delivers some interesting thematic aspects that reflect the real world. You get the sisterhood between them and the sadness when one is lost. We experience their fear and their faith. We get reactions from the average Sister. The squad is up against numbers they weren’t expecting. What we do know is the corruption is everywhere. We’re given hints as to the evil behind everything but overall, the first issue is a general mystery. Sent to a planet in the middle of an uprising, the Sisters of Battle must figure out what’s going on while retrieving an asset. Instead, its most interesting aspect is the Sisters surrounding her. So far, this isn’t some earth-shaking revelation about the character. While the comic does have a “named” character in Canoness Veridyan, it’s not Veridyan’s story. Torunn Grønbekk takes us into this world with a new story that gives us something similar, but different enough, from the first volume by Marvel. Its focus is to lead the charge against those that stand against the Emperor, the living corpse that is revered in god-like ways.
The Sisters of Battle are an army but one focused on religion and prayer.
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Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle #1 kicks off the second series to debut under Marvel and it’s clear in this first issue, we’re in store for a shift in focus. This wasn’t just some generic army force going to battle, the series rewrote what we knew about one of the major characters in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. In Marvel’s debut comic series based on Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe, major revelations were dropped.