Bell of Lost Souls

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The Bell of Lost Souls is sounded when a great hero of the Imperium dies or a Grey Knight falls in battle^[4]. It is located on Terra at the peak of the Tower of Heroes. It is ancient, like most of the equipment on Terra, and as big as a building. It is also covered in runes and its sound is said to be like the scream of an anguished god that lasts for a long time and reaches the ears of millions of the inhabitants of Terra.^[1]

When rung, servents that maintain the bell must be sealed in reinforced shelters in order to prevent ruptured eardrums, followed by death from lung bursting and embolism.^[4]

The bell was rung one thousand times to honour each dead marine when the Fire Hawks Chapter was lost.^[2][3]

Sources

• 1: Codex Imperialis, ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 2: Index Astartes II, "The Cursed Founding"
• 3: White Dwarf 99 (UK), "Index Astartes: Legion of the Damned"
• 4: The Emperor's Gift (Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Chapter Ten, pg. 313