Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170514155235

Anything weird, unsettling, and 'magical', that is what makes up the Adeptus Telepathicum by far the strangest of the Adepts. Within it's ranks fall the trillions of psychics, visionaries, and seers in the Empire. The Adeptus Telepathicum although rather arcane has a few very important roles in the Empire. They keep the Pharos running and the ships guided through the void, they keep tabs and manage the psychic population of the Empire, and have a important military function in 'Battle Psychics' (By far the scariest thing the Empire can unleash)

The Adeptus Telepathicum is split into two main branches, The Astra Navis and the Astronomican. The roles and leaders is as follows:

Astra Navis - The 'nobles' of the Adepta and provides and trains psychics, lead by the 10 Paternovas

Astronomican - Maintenance of the Pharos and void travel, lead by the 'Master of the Astronomican'

The Adepta oversees the training of Psychics which is done in two ways. If the child is from the noble blood lines they are trained by members of the family and personal tutors if they are not of a noble blood line they are taken from their families at a young age and sent to a Imperial Academy. It is not unknown for Rin agents to kidnap Psychics of other nations and races.

The Adepta is made up of many billions of Psychics who are either from the noble blood lines or children of chance. Most Psychics are of the yellow skinned Rin sub-species known as 'Star Children' although children of other sub-species and other species can be born with powers.

The Noble families are nobles in both hereditary and political powers with each house having it's own designated fief and private armies in exchange they have sworn fealty to the Empire and provide a tithe of members of their own family for Imperial service.

The major noble houses are as follows:

The Barbula House

The Atilius House

The Orator House

The Cinna House

The Scipio House

The Quintus House

The Flaccus House

The Servian House

The Laelius House

The Varro House

Note that many thousands of other houses exist but these ten are by far the most powerful and influential

The Noble Houses themselves dominate the Adeptus Telepathicum as they generally bribe their way into the top ranks of the Adepta mainly to maintain the power and wealth of the family. This has lead the Adepta to be full of the most infighting and strife with many private wars being waged between the families and many, many Imperial Investigations and crackdowns.

While the houses themselves manage their own affairs they are not above Imperial law nor are they 'free' they must provide tithes of children to serve the Empire. These children become the Visionaries and Revelers who manage the Empire's arcane needs like void communication and the guiding ships through the Void. These individuals can also do things like read minds, sense unseen dangers, and can sense powerful psychic beings (Demons for example)

The Adeptus Telepathicum as a whole is lead by the Master Paternova (Who is elected by the ten Paternova) and tends to hail from a lesser house (To keep strife among the nobles to a minimum) the Master Paternova is guarded by his own private guards and servants upon the election of a new Master Paternova the guards and servants are replaced. 