Chamber of Vigilance

The Chamber of Vigilance is the war council of the Deathwatch in the Jericho Reach. Its primary purpose is to discuss the import of developments in the Reach and to decide on how the Deathwatch should respond.

The Chamber of Vigilance takes its name from the central chamber of Watch Fortress Erioch's primary command level. The Chamber is circular and over two hundred paces wide. Its ceiling is a great dome, in the centre of which is set a circle of armoured crystal that allows in the reflected light of Erioch's dying sun. The symbol of the Deathwatch rests at the chamber's centre beneath the pale light of the void cast down from Erioch's light. There are no chairs in the Chamber of Vigilance; all who gather here stand as a sign that the duty of their watch is unending and without respite. Embedded in the floor and ceiling are null field generators and vox baffles, as well as hololith projectors and sound generators for when information must be displayed to the gathering.

The membership of the chamber is not fixed. the Chamber consists of all senior members of the Deathwatch present at the time of the gathering, plus any members of the Inquisition present at the fortress who may be invited, or any other servants of the Imperium whose voice and knowledge is important to the Chamber's deliberations. There are two positions that are permanent by tradition tough: The Master of the Vigil and the Inquisitor of the Chamber. Both must be present in order for a gathering to be called.