Chaplains and Rituals

The chaplains of the Jaguar Warriors hold rank within the chapter similar to what Captains would in another chapter. They often lead groups of Jaguar warriors into battle spurring them on with righteous prayer and mantra to smite the many enemies of the Imperium. The chaplains of the Jaguar Warriors do not hold a crozius arcanum as their badge of office, instead they have a special sacrificial blade, made from the claws of vicious jungle predators. The blade is curved and sickle like, they ways in which it it used against its enemies both in and out of battle are linked to the beliefs of the Jaguar Warriors. The Jaguar Warriors believe when someone dies they are either sent to hell or join the golden god in his fight in the afterlife, to fight alongside the golden god one must have his head, it is a grave insult if a Jaguar Warrior should ever be beheaded. The chaplains weapon is mostly used in non-combat situations, namely in sacrificial ceremonies. If those being sacrificed by the chaplain are deemed unworthy the chaplain will remove the unworthy sacrifices head with his sickle-blade, if they are deemed worthy and of use to the golden god in the afterlife the chaplain will instead use the pick-like to of the sickle-blade to hammer down on the top of the sacrifices skull into the brain, killing them but not removing their head, this way they are able to fight alongside the golden god in the afterlife.