Shroud of Eventide
The Shroud of Eventide was a line cruiser that served as the flagship of Captain Ophion of the Night Lords during the Horus Heresy.[1b] It was later salvaged by the Angels Vermillion and renamed the Crimson Intent.[1a]
History
The Shroud of Eventide fought in the Thramas Crusade against the Dark Angels, aiding Konrad Curze's direct attack on the Invincible Reason to allow the rest of the fleet to escape.[2] Ophion then took the ship to the Nostramo Sector in search of reinforcements for the Warmaster. During the Battle of Kalleth in 011.M31, the Shroud of Eventide again was employed as a shield for the smaller craft in the fleet, resulting in the thruster arrays being severely damaged. Caught in Kalleth's gravity well, the ship crashed on an icy plain on the surface.[1a]
Six years later, the wreck of the Shroud of Eventide was found by the 9th Chapter of the Blood Angels, known as the Angels Vermillion, and marked for salvage. Praetor Sargan Varsaris ordered it raised in 020.M31 in preparation for the coming edict of the Second Founding, renaming it the Crimson Intent.
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Sources
- 1:The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution
- 2: Prince of Crows (Novella), Chapter IV
