Enslavers: The Predators of the Psyker Mind

Enslavers are Warp-dwelling predators whose relationship with psykers makes them especially dangerous in a galaxy increasingly dependent on psychic power. This episode explores how these entities can exploit vulnerable minds, cross from the Immaterium into realspace, and establish control over living populations. Listeners will learn why Enslavers are associated with some of Warhammer 40,000’s oldest history, including the catastrophic aftermath of the War in Heaven, though the precise scale of their role in ancient events is presented differently across sources. Unlike the servants of the four Chaos Gods, Enslavers are not simply daemons wearing another name. Their motives and nature remain distinct and only partially understood. The episode examines possession, psychic gateways, and the terrifying possibility that a single uncontrolled psyker can become the beginning of a much larger infestation. Enslavers embody one of the setting’s oldest warnings: psychic power does not merely attract attention from the Warp. Sometimes something there is actively hunting for a way inside. Visit ImaginedBattlefield.com for more military and science fiction.