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<div>[[Image:CustodesMini3.png|thumb|right|220px|A Custodian of the Sentinel Guard]]<br />
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' were a unit of the [[Custodian Guard]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]]. It was one of the two sub-factions of the [[Hykanatoi]] Caste alongside the [[Hetaeron Guard]].{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The Sentinel Guard were the defensive formation of the Custodes, designed to function as a mobile bulwark to protect emissaries or other important targets against enemy attack. In order to achieve this they were most typically equipped with powerful [[Praesidium Shield]]s and [[Sentinel Blade]]s. Due to this role, the Sentinel Guard displayed a level of teamwork, coordination, and synchronicity that was unseen by the rest of the Custodes.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Known Sentinels==<br />
*[[Justinian Arcadius]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven]] pg.265<br />
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[[Category:The Emperor and the Adeptus Custodes]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=00110001_(Novel)&diff=26855100110001 (Novel)2015-04-02T14:52:06Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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'''00110001''' is a novel published by [[Black Library (BL Publishing)]], released on April 1, 2015. Focused on the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], it is written and published entirely in [[Wikipedia:Binary code|binary code]]. This book is part of Black Library's April Fools' joke.<br />
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''[A heartwarming story about a lowly [[servitor]] who dreams of serving the [[Omnissiah]] as a [[Skitarii]] warrior.]''<br />
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== Related Publications ==<br />
*[[List of Novels]]<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: http://www.blacklibrary.com/00110001.html (last accessed April 1, 2015)<br />
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<div>The '''Ethnarchy''' was a powerful faction which existed on [[Terra]] towards the end of the [[Unification Wars]]. Ruled over by Eugenicist oligarchs, they maintained a small empire over the Caucasus which was protected by formidable [[Power Field]] generators. The Ethnarchy is known to have commanded formidable forces consisting of genetically modified warriors known as the [[Ur-Khasis]], dangerous weapons from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], and enslaved [[Psyker]]s. The first attempt by [[Imperial]] forces to capture the Ethnarchy's strongholds earlier in the war had cost the lives of 20,000 [[Legiones Astartes]] and a million other casualties.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Towards the end of the Unification Wars, the Emperor began his second attempt to topple the Ethnarchy. This time the [[XVIII Legion]] (later known as the Salamanders) was tasked with destroying the subterranean power generators feeding the Ethnarchy's power fields. In the ensuing [[Assault on the Tempest Galleries]], the XVIIIth Legion was victorious and with their force fields down, the Ethnarchy was quickly crushed by the forces of the Emperor.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]] pg.132-135<br />
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[[Category:Terra]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Warrior_Woman&diff=246399Warrior Woman2013-10-14T13:49:12Z<p>Cch123: Wrong link, original link points to the character "Artemis" and not the cult.</p>
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Who the woman known as "Warrior Woman" was prior to her recruitment by the [[13th Penal Legion]] is largely classified, her true name now lost. Originally a member of the warrior women of [[Xenan 7]] (no doubt where her present name originates from), she was an expert hunter and tracker long before joining the [[Imperial Guard]]. More than likely she would have remained there and had a long and prosperous career if her involvement in the banned cult of Artemis had not come to light. Found guilty she was shipped off to the [[penal colony]] [[Tophawr III]].{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Given a second chance to fight for the Imperium by [[Colonel Schaeffer]] as part of the "Last Chancers," Warrior Woman brings all her hard-earned skills to bear. She can spot enemy tracks, and follow a trail for days. She is also an expert at hand to hand combat, and able to literally leap into the fray. Armed to the teeth with a sword, knife, and a [[lasgun]], her years of combat experience serve her well.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Chapter Approved 2001]], pg. 115<br />
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'''Castra Tanagra''' is an ancient fortress on the ocean world [[Talassar]]'s only continent. <br />
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== History ==<br />
In the aftermath of the [[Horus Heresy]], the fortress was the site of a great battle between the [[Ultramarines]], led in person by [[Roboute Guilliman]], and a massive [[Ork]] [[Waaagh!]]. Afterward Guilliman ordered that the breach in the walls never be repaired, as a monument to the Ultramarines who had died there.{{Fn|1a}}<br />
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Castra Tanagra was also one of several sites throughout [[Ultramar]] used during the Heresy to conduct war simulations that allowed Guilliman to draft the [[Codex Astartes]].{{Fn|2}}<br />
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After their induction into the [[Chapter]], all [[Neophyte]] Ultramarines are required to make a pilgrimage to the fortress. Subsequent pilgrimages are encouraged, but few senior officers and veterans are able to make one.{{Fn|1b}}<br />
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During the [[Invasion of Ultramar]] in 999.[[M41]], [[Marneus Calgar]] led the Ultramarines' [[First Company]] to the fortress after the [[battle-barge]] ''[[Caesar]]'' was shot down over Talassar by the [[Bloodborn]]. Although the fortress wall was still open, it was their best stronghold against the hordes of [[daemon]]s being summoned by [[M'kar]], especially when it was equipped with [[psychic]] wards that were empowered by [[Chief Librarian]] [[Tigurius]].{{Fn|1b}}<br />
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After weeks of siege, the Ultramarines fighting to defend the breach in the walls, Calgar led the survivors of the First Company in a charge against M'kar and his daemon army. It was outside the fortress that the [[Daemon Prince]] was [[True Death|destroyed]] utterly, and the Invasion was defeated.{{Fn|1c}}<br />
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== Source ==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]<br />
**{{Endn|1a}}: {{Cite This}}<br />
**{{Endn|1b}}: {{Cite This}}<br />
**{{Endn|1c}}: {{Cite This}}<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: ''[[Rules of Engagement (Short Story)]]'' by '''Graham McNeill'''<br />
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[[Image:Tigurius6.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Varro Tigurius, Chief Librarian of the Ultramarines.]]<br />
'''Varro Tigurius''' is the [[Chief Librarian]] of the [[Ultramarines]]. He was appointed to this rank after many years of fighting and because of his deep knowledge of the galaxy and his immense psychic powers.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==History==<br />
Varro Tigurius has always been a man apart; despite his decades of service to the Ultramarines and his unquestioned valour in combat, he lacks the camaraderie and easy familiarity found between other members of the [[chapter]], who regard him with emotions ranging from wariness to suspicion; such is the curse of being a [[psyker]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|4}} <br />
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[[Space Marine]] [[Librarian]]s are the most rigorously screened and conditioned of all the psykers allowed to serve the [[Imperium]]; the smallest hint of corruption, and the Librarian may become a conduit for the evils of the [[Warp]].{{Fn|1b}} Tigurius exemplifies this strict outlook. In his mind, there is nothing more dangerous than incomplete knowledge, or a mind untrained to absorb it. In person he says little, and often answers questions with another question, seeking to lead his interrogator to discover the correct answer himself and realize the deeper meaning of the knowledge he receives. As a rule, the Ultramarines are warriors, not philosophers, and this habit of their Chief Librarian's is often an added source of tension.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|3}}<br />
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Tigurius himself is unique among the [[Imperium]]'s psykers, in that he has the ability to foresee tactical events and invasions by the enemy before they actually happen, giving Calgar the opportunity to counter them before they even begin. These mysterious premonitions usually come in the form of dreams or small seizures, but where most people would see this as a gift, there are a few within the [[Imperium]] that are suspicious and perceive it as delving into the dark ways of Chaos. However, the Chief Librarian's loyalty to the [[Emperor]] is clearly unquestionable, and his knowledge of the galaxy, coupled with the prescience granted by his psychic ability, has proved invaluable to the chapter time and time again.{{Cite This}}<br />
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It was thanks to Tigurius that the war fleets of [[Warboss]] [[Madbrakka]] and [[Warmaster]] [[Niadar]] were annihilated the instant they emerged from the warp, and their planned attacks on [[Ultramar]] came to nothing.{{Fn|1a}}<br />
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More than simply being able to foresee a threat, Tigurius can often see the shape of future events so clearly as to guide the Ultramarines' tactical dispositions to counter them. [[Marneus Calgar]] has said that, without Tigurius's counsel, [[Hive Fleet]] [[Behemoth]] would have overwhelmed the Ultramarines during the [[Battle for Macragge]].{{Fn|4a}}<br />
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He is one of the foremost experts on fighting [[Orks]] in the Imperium, and has guided [[Lord Calgar]] on the best ways to strike at the Ork empire of [[Charadon]] to prevent a fully formed [[Waaagh!]] from rampaging through the sector.{{Cite This}}<br />
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As Chief Librarian, Tigurius is responsible for the [[Library of Ptolemy]] and the guardianship of its contents, including the manuscript of the [[Codex Astartes]], penned by [[Roboute Guilliman]] himself.{{Fn|3}}<br />
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Tigurius's other accomplishments include being one of the very few to have witnessed the arrival of the mysterious [[Legion of the Damned]].{{Fn|1d}}<br />
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In battle, Tigurius's withdrawn manner disappears, replaced by the fury and valour of a true warrior. Using his psychic powers to devastating effect, Tigurius is an awesome sight, and has inspired exhausted Space Marines to new heights of valour, as shown during the Ork invasion of [[Boros]]{{Fn|1a}}, and during the [[Damnos Incident]], when he assumed leadership of the 2nd Company after [[Captain Sicarius]] was critically wounded.{{Fn|1c}}<br />
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In recent years, Tigurius has turned his powers towards the [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]]s menacing the Imperium. The sheer accuracy of his predictions about the movement and intents of the [[Great Devourer]] have led many to believe that Tigurius has managed to penetrate the [[Hive Mind]] itself, something only a psyker as powerful as the [[Emperor]] could withstand without going insane. If this is true, then Tigurius may well be the most powerful active psyker in the [[Imperium]], second only to the Immortal God [[Emperor]] himself.{{Fn|1a}}<br />
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===Invasion of Ultramar===<br />
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Arguably Tigurius's finest moment came during the [[Invasion of Ultramar]] in 854999.[[M41]]. Although he failed to foresee the arrival of the [[Chaos]] force known as the [[Bloodborn]], his prescience allowed him to dictate the disposition of the Chapter's forces in a manner that eventually led to victory.{{Fn|4}}<br />
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Tigurius himself accompanied Marneus Calgar and [[First Captain]] [[Agemman]] to [[Talassar]], where his abilities were crucial in holding the fortress of [[Castra Tanagra]] secure from repeated waves of [[daemon]]ic creatures. During each of these attacks, Tigurius grew weaker, as each use of his psychic abilities to combat the daemons weakened him more quickly than his advanced physiology could recover from. After weeks of siege, the outer wall of the fort was overrun, but Tigurius marshaled his power into one gigantic blast of power that drove the daemons back and created a psychic barrier that kept the daemons at bay, allowing the First Company to fall back to the inner keep. Tigurius himself fell into a coma and hovered near death for the next several weeks, with no [[Apothecary]] present who could tend to him.{{Fn|4}}<br />
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When the Chief Librarian was at his lowest ebb, the barrier fell, and the [[Daemon Prince]] [[M'kar]] arrived in person to invade the fortress and kill Calgar. The Daemon critically wounded Captain Agemman and held Calgar helpless, but just then Tigurius regained consciousness. Though he was too weak to move his own limbs, a dozen courageous [[human]] refugees supported his weight and helped him to the scene of the combat, where he issued a psychic blast that drove the Daemon from the fortress and severed its connection with the warp core of the star fort ''[[Indomitable]]'' in orbit. He bought Calgar and the survivors of the First Company the brief respite they needed to rally for a final charge against the Daemon.{{Fn|4}}<br />
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Before the battle, Tigurius had predicted that [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Uriel Ventris]], recently returned from a [[Death Oath]] to the [[Eye of Terror]], would play a crucial part in the battle's outcome. He was correct; Ventris and the 4th Company of the Ultramarines arrived from [[Calth]], bearing the [[true name]] of M'kar, and the ancient dagger that had taken his mortal life. Armed with these, Calgar destroyed the essence of the Daemon, granting it a [[True Death|True death]], and the Ultramarines were victorious.{{Fn|4}}<br />
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== Images ==<br />
[[Image:Tigurius.jpg|center|thumbnail|Tigurius Miniature.{{Fn|1e}}]]<br />
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Tigurius wears the [[Hood of Hellfire]], a modified Librarian hood which massively enhances his psychic abilities, and carries the [[Rod of Tigurius]], a [[Bolt Pistol]], and [[Frag Grenades|Frag]] and [[Krak Grenades]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1f}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]<br />
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 86<br />
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 56<br />
**{{Endn|1c}}: pgs. 38-39<br />
**{{Endn|1d}}: pg. 95<br />
**{{Endn|1e}}: pg. 110<br />
**{{Endn|1f}}: pg. 129<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)]], pg. 49<br />
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Courage and Honour (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]: Chapter 6, pgs. 61-72<br />
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]<br />
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter Six, pg. 79.<br />
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[[fr:Varro_Tigurius]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Thruskus_Rebellion&diff=244133Thruskus Rebellion2013-09-08T09:24:13Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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<div>The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' took place in 748.[[M41]]. After the world of [[Thruskus]] revolted against the [[Imperium]], the [[Raven Guard]] was dispatched to deal with the worlds ruling council known as the '''Megarchy'''. Within a day, Thruskus is brought under Imperial control once more and the bodies of the Megarchy's members hang from the spires of their own [[Hive]]s.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) pg.212<br />
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[[Category:Anti-Imperial Rebellions]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Shadowblade_War&diff=244132Shadowblade War2013-09-08T09:21:42Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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<div>The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' took place in 890.[[M41]]. Following a fruitless search-and-destroy mission against the [[Raven Guard]], [[Dark Apostle]] [[Erelek]]'s [[Word Bearers]] return to resupply at the [[Fortress of Damnation]] only to find it in the hands of Raven Guard [[Scout]]s. Faced with the bastion's firepower, the Word Bearers try to withdraw but their escape route is cut off by Raven Guard [[Stormraven]]s. Caught out in the open, the traitors are cut apart.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) pg.212<br />
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'''Stormstrike Missiles''' are a type of Missile used by [[Space Marines]]. They detonate with a thunderous boom that leaves those caught in the blast reeling and disorientated. They are employed by [[Stormraven Gunship]]s.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) pg.418<br />
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[[Category:Weapons (Space Marines)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Talk:Warp_Portal&diff=243676Talk:Warp Portal2013-09-06T14:04:43Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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<div>The '''Bellrath Crusade''' was an [[Imperial]] [[Crusade]] lasting from 182-453.[[M38]].{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Under the auspices of Praetor [[Slayban Bellrath]], a powerful [[Terra]]n noble and [[Lord General Militant]] of the [[Imperial Guard]], a mighty crusade was launched to liberate the area of space designated as the [[Laanath Rifts]], a dangerous and uncharted region located in the north-west fringes of [[Segmentum Pacificus]]. The Crusade, one of the largest in centuries, was conducted by 25 million [[Imperial Guard]] troops plus many pilgrims. The Crusade was further backed by 2 [[Titan Legion]]s and 8 [[Space Marine Chapter]]s. The [[Sons of Medusa]] was among the most active Space Marine forces committed to the crusade.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The ancient civilizations within the Laanah Rifts, isolated from outside [[human]] contact since the [[Age of Strife]], provided stiff resistance to the Crusade forces. The Sons of Medusa themselves took part in fighting against a previously unknown [[Xenos]] species known as the [[Hellgrammite]], hideous degenerate tribes, and petty human empires who denied the rule of the [[Emperor]]. Within 50 years however, the Crusade began to falter in the face of Hellgrammite resistance and their heretical bio-mechanical monstrosities.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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With the Bellrath Crusade's salient routed and the horrific xenos harrowing at the retreat of the Imperial forces, the full might of the Sons of Medusa circumvented the aliens' attack fleets and conducted a perilous counter-attack, cutting behind the aliens' battle lines and thrusting at the heart of their domains in the [[Wormgyre]] Star System. Using the arcane science of their [[Explorator]] allies, the Sons of Medusa fleet had modified their vessels' [[Warp]] coils to help repel the "Aetheric Fire" that emitted from Wormgyre, providing them with a measure of defense in their attack on the Xenos realm. Knowing their time was short, the Sons of Medusa plunged directly into a headlong attack on the Hellgrammite throne-world with their full chapter strength, attacking from [[Drop Pod]]s, [[Thunderhawk]]s, and [[Assault Boat]]s.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The relentless and merciless Sons of Medusa shattered the spider-web towers and black coral structures of the Hellgrammite, monuments raised to unknown dark gods. Caught unprepared for the assault, the Hellgrammite were helpless and massacred. Whatever resistance their fire-shapers could muster was quickly put down by the Sons of Medusa. The Sons of Medusa killed all xenos that stood before them, continuing the rampage with their bare hands long after they had run out of ammunition. The onslaught carried on until the Hellgrammite throne world had been reduced to rubble and all of its inhabitants slaughtered.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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With the death of [[Wormgyre]], Hellgrammite resistance against the crusade quickly collapsed and the race itself was quickly reduced to bands of refugees against Imperial offensives over the coming years. Within a century, a great swathe of the Laanah Rifts was brought under Imperial rule and the Sons of Medusa entered the mythology of the [[Sector]]'s new settlers as the ''Emerald Death'' that fell from the stars to punish the Emperor's foes.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten]], pgs. 98-99<br />
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[[Category:Battles (Space Marines)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Battle_of_Eagle_Gate&diff=241500Battle of Eagle Gate2013-08-08T11:33:17Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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<div>The '''Battle of Eagle Gate''' was a clash between the [[Imperium]] and a large force of [[Word Bearers]] under the [[Daemon Prince]] [[Kor Megron]] on the [[Shrine World]] of [[Eydolim]] in 946.[[M41]].{{Fn|1}}<br />
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To Kor Megron and his Word Bearers warband, known as [[The Foresworn (Word Bearers)|The Foresworn]], defiling the Shrine World of Eydolim was one of their greatest desires. Before turning to the powers of [[Chaos]], they had discovered the planet and erected great cathedrals in the [[Emperor]]'s service during the [[Great Crusade]]. In preparation for their grand offensive against the planet, Kor Megron sought out alliances with other [[Chaos Space Marine]] warbands. He succeeded in recruiting forces from [[Sons of Damnation]], [[Corpsemakers]], [[Night Lords]], [[Red Corsair]]s, [[Iron Warriors]], and [[Gladiator Group 138]], bolstering his initial force of 200 Word Bearers to many hundred. He also acquired the aid of the [[Legio Excruciatus]] and [[Legio Interfector]], two [[Traitor Titan Legion]]s. With his new allies in hand, Kor Megron set out for the Eydolim System.{{Fn|1}}<br />
[[File:Eydolim System.jpg|thumb|250px|Map of Eydolim System showing Imperial and Chaos deployments{{Fn|1}}]]<br />
The first assault Kor Megron and his allies undertook was against the [[Hive World]] of [[Jones Crispin World]]. With his fleet quickly entering orbit, the Chaos forces took the Imperial defenders by surprise. The [[World Eater]]s of Gladiator Group 138 led the assault against the largest [[Hive]], Fort Crispin, massacring all in their path. Frantic pleas for aid were sent out by the worlds [[Astropath]]s, and a force of [[Imperial Fists]] responded to the call, having been deployed nearby to combat the [[Tau Empire]]. The Imperial Fists and World Eater forces battled for weeks in bloody trench warfare around Fort Crispin. The Imperial Fists became bogged down in the fighting and were unable to aid any other world in the system, which soon also came under Chaos assault.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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With the Imperial Fists tied down at Fort Crispin, Kor Megron moved his forces against other targets. The Red Corsairs moved against the orbital mines around the great gas giant [[Greater Eydolim]]. Nearby [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[Skitarii]] Regiments from the nearby world of [[Lector's Lowel]] were dispatched to aid the defenders, but were wiped out when the raiders detonated the gas depots in the mines. The explosion was so great that it was viewed half a system away. Lector's Lowel itself soon came under attack by the Iron Warriors and Red Corsairs who were backed by a [[Warlord Titan]] of the Legio Interfector. Against this force, thet Skitarii defenders stood little chance. It soon became apparently that Eydolim itself was next to feel the wrath of Chaos and the worlds defenders scrambled to make preparations.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Eydolim soon received aid from [[Crusade Group Black Gate]], a force of [[Imperial Guard]] [[Regiment]]s and [[Imperial Navy]] warships that had been deployed to reinforce the [[Damocles Gulf]]. The Crusade Group included 9 [[Cadian Shock Troopers|Cadian]] Regiments as well as smaller forces of [[Ventan Heavy Infantry]], [[Vostroyan Firstborn]], [[Valhallan Ice Warriors]], and a company of [[Orn's World Militia]]. This greatly bolstered the undermanned [[PDF]] of the planet Days passed as the Imperial Navy battled the [[Strike Cruiser]]s of the Chaos Space Marine fleets and the people of Eydolim huddled into their cathedrals and prayed earnestly for deliverance while the Imperial Guard and PDF forces dug in under the overall command of Cadian [[General]] [[Steinhold]]. As invasion neared, Steinhold prepared his men for the inevitably storm.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==The Battle Begins==<br />
A week before the assault on Eydolim began, all communication with the Imperial Navy task force in the system was lost. Leading the Chaos squadron of [[Cruiser]]s was the [[Black Legion]] [[Battle Barge]] ''Horn of Damnation''. Bulk landers brought the heretic forces to land, harried by defense lasers and [[Thunderbolt]] fighters, but the Black Legion troops of the Corpsemakers quickly established a bridgehead on the planets surface. Chaos [[Hell Blade]] and [[Hell Talon]] fighters were deployed to wrench air superiority away from the Imperial Navy squadrons on the planet. The Word Bearers, operating from 3 [[Frigate]]s, followed in kind. As soon as they made planetfall in their gigantic bulk-lander, they were assaulted by desperate Cadian and PDF forces. The result was that in less than an hour, 10,000 PDF and an entire Regiment of Cadian Shock Troopers were slaughtered by the Word Bearers. Together, the Word Bearer and Black Legion forces forged onwards towards Eydolim's capital city of Eydol as Red Corsair and Night Lord reinforcements landed at the conquered bridgeheads.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Though utterly outmatched, General Steinhold fought on. He used the Company ''Knights of Cadia'' to hold back the Chaos Space Marine advance for several hours at Hythe Ridge, though they were eventually driven back after a frenzied charge of [[Chaos Dreadnought]]s and [[Defiler]]s. After taking Hythe Ridge, the Chaos forces had acquired the valuable Promethium reserves. Meanwhile at Arabesque Station, a team of [[Kasrkin]] deployed by [[Valkyrie]] gunships attempted to ambush the Word Bearer command element. However before even half of the strike team had disembarked, Hell Talon fighters had blasted through their formation and destroyed most of their Valkyries. Only a few Kasrkin, led by [[Colonel]] [[Meere]], escaped the debacle. Meere's forces even managed to fight on and destroy a number of Word Bearer vehicles before fleeing into the hinterland and waging guerrilla warfare. But despite their losses, the heroism of Imperial Guard forces on Eydolim was astonishing as the Chaos Forces continued to advance. Soon, Word Bearer forces were less than a day from Eydol itself.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==The Spear of Sicarius==<br />
Meanwhile, the [[Ultramarines]] 2nd Company under [[Captain]] [[Cato Sicarius]] as well as a small force of 1st Company [[Terminator]]s, fresh from fighting against the [[Tau]], were diverted by [[Marneus Calgar]] to Eydolim to aid the desperate Imperial defenders. Deploying from the Strike Cruiser ''Valin's Revenge'', the Ultramarines rapidly deployed at the outer walls of Eydol. The first contact between the Ultramarines and Chaos Forces occurred when a small [[Devastator]] task force assault advanced elements of the Legio Interfector, successfully destroying a [[Chaos Reaver Titan]] and crippling another two Reavers in an astonishingly successful ambush. Meanwhile, the battle for the outer walls of Eydol, known as 'The Eagle Gate', was underway. While Chaos Titans hammered through the Imperial force's left flank along the Eagle Gate, a force of [[Khorne|Khornate]] [[Daemon]]s were summoned by the Word Bearers and swarmed over the Imperial's right flank. The Chaos Space Marine forces took a more direct route, storming straight into the center of the Eagle Gate itself. World Eater Terminators from Gladiator Group 138 tore its way into the fray while Kor Megron and his Word Bearer retinue tore through a part of the wall and faced down the heavy guns and [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ Tank]]s of the Cadian defenders. Despite this overwhelming assault, the Ultramarines and Cadians stood firm. Meanwhile, Cato Sicarius himself defended his heavy defended but shrinking position at The Gate of Martyrs against a sea of heretics and Daemons, waiting for the right chance to spring a furious counterattack. Another detachment of Ultramarines attempted to hold back a Black Legion advance on Martyr Street.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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It was however at this point that the tide began to turn when Ultramarine forces halted the advanced of Word Bearer forces at the Gate of Martyrs, the Eastern entrance to the city. Kor Megron himself hurled into the action against Cato Sicarius. The two leaders engaged in single combat, with Kor Megron crushing the captain. However a nearby Imperial Guardsman heroically attacked the Daemon Prince with a mere bayonet, being quickly dispatched by the Daemon's warpflame attack. However the distraction was all the Ultramarines Captain needed, and Sicarius jammed his blade through the breastplate of the Daemon Prince. Kor Megron was dragged into the [[Warp]], and the tide of the battle turned dramatically. Stunned and without their leader, the Word Bearers fell back. This was soon followed by their less numerous allies. Against all odds, the Imperial defenders had proved victorious, in no small part thanks to the heroic sacrifice of the lone unknown Guardsman.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg.385-399<br />
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An '''Auto-Repairer''' is a large, bulky piece of equipment which proves extremely useful for examining and maintaining technology up to a certain level. The device can scan for structural damage and inherent weaknesses, while testing batteries, power packs or internal generators with little to no input from the operator.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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These machines gained particular prominence among the gangs of the Underhive in [[Necromunda]] where they proved vital for keeping often poorly made, and old weapons working under less than ideal conditions.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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*[[Equipment (Necromunda)]]<br />
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==Source==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1330042_Necromunda_Rulebook.pdf Necromunda Workbook], pg. 51<br />
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[[Category:Necromunda]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tau_Pathfinder&diff=239520Tau Pathfinder2013-07-09T08:14:14Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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'''Tau Pathfinders''' are [[Tau]] infantry teams with long range reconnaissance capabilities, utilising specially adapted, anti-grav [[Devilfish]] troop carriers.<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
Pathfinder teams range far ahead of Hunter Cadres in search of enemy forces. They maintain a watch on the foe while remaining hidden, reporting details of the enemy’s nature and disposition by way of encrypted and undetectable communication systems.{{Fn|1}} Pathfinder teams are also deployed in the role of aggressive patrol groups, maintaining dominance over a wide area around a stationary [[Hunter Cadre]] and detecting any enemy forces that attempt to approach. Occasionally, an entire Hunter Cadre of Pathfinders is tasked with a mission, such as exploring a newly discovered planet and ascertaining if it is suitable for colonisation.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Pathfinders are equipped with a range of specialised equipment to aid in their mission. Every member of the team wears [[Recon Armour]] and carries a [[Markerlight]], a laser designator device attached to his firearm that projects an almost invisible, highly focused beam of light at a potential target. The Markerlight is networked to a support weapon platform such as a [[Hammerhead]] gunship, and transmits precise targeting information in order to guide the fire of such units. When used to guide the armour-piercing [[Seeker Missiles]] carried as additional weapons on many Tau tanks, the Pathfinders are able to remain hidden as they call in devastatingly powerful and unerringly accurate fire right onto the target. Many [[Imperial]] troops have come to fear the small, red dot of light that appears on the body of those about to be slain, and some refer to it as the "Valkyrie’s Mark."{{Fn|1}} Pathfinders are called to sacrifice themselves more often then their basic [[Fire Warrior]] counterparts, though recklessly wasting lives is always anathema to the Tau. However during the early days of the [[Great War of Confederation]], Pathfinder teams sustained casualty rates of 84% or higher. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, Fire Caste academies are overflowing with volunteers wishing to be Pathfinders.{{Fn|5}}<br />
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The [[Devilfish]] troop carriers used by Pathfinder teams are fitted with a larger variant of Markerlight technology called a [[Marker Beacon]]. This is used to designate a position to which jump troops and orbital insertion craft can be guided, allowing units such as [[battlesuit]]-equipped [[Crisis Team]]s to drop directly onto their target. Each individual Pathfinder is equipped with a [[Pulse Carbine]], which is fitted with an underslung [[Photon grenade]] launcher. The grenades are used by the Pathfinders when they react to sudden and unanticipated contact with their enemies, and they are adept at rapid deployment using their anti-grav carriers. Some Pathfinders replace their carbines with [[Rail Rifle]]s, sniper weapons as accurate and deadly as any similar weapon the [[Imperium]] is capable of fielding.{{Fn|1}} Others use experimental [[Ion Rifle]]s.{{Fn|4}}<br />
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On several occasions, Pathfinder teams have held back while observing an infiltrating force, only calling in fire when their enemy is too far forward to extricate safely. When facing Tau forces likely to be accompanied by Pathfinder teams, the [[Deathwatch]] takes exceptional care to ensure mission security, equipping [[Kill-team]]s with all manner of sensor and countermeasure devices.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Pathfinder Tetras==<br />
*{{Main|Tetra}}<br />
'''[[Tetra]]s''' are airborne skimmers designed for fast scouting and flank harassment.<br />
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==Notable Pathfinders==<br />
*[[El'Myamoto]] - Also known as '''Darkstrider'''<br />
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Image:Pulse Carbine.jpg|Tau Pathfinder with [[Pulse Carbine]]{{Fn|3}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos]], pg. 24<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440178a&prodId=prod1060310&rootCatGameStyle= Tau Pathfinders with Rail Rifles]<br />
*{{Endn|3}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440178a&prodId=prod1060304&rootCatGameStyle= Tau Pathfinders]<br />
*{{Endn|4}}: [[White Dwarf]] April 2013, pg.8<br />
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition)]] pg.61<br />
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*[[Codex: Tau (3rd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}<br />
*[[Codex: Tau Empire (4th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}<br />
*[http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/TAU_VEHICLES.html Forgeworld Tau Vehicles page] ''(accessed 2007.08.07)''<br />
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[[File:Dagon Overlord DWMX.jpg|right|thumb|The '''Dragon Overlord''' collecting corpses to devour.]]<br />
The '''Dagon Overlord''' , or know more simply as the '''Overlord''', is a unique tyranid bio-construct to the [[Hive Fleet]] [[Dagon]], a tool of the hive mind evolved to eradicate it's foes on the Jericho Reach, the Overlord first appeared during the opening days of the battle for Castobel, leading a mighty swarm against Trimalov Hive and dispatching its defenders in a month-long war.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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In appearance he is similar to a [[Hive Tyrant]], but different enough to stand apart from its lesser brethren.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Covered in slimy plates of chitin which constantly drip and leak fluid, the Overlord projects an aura of horror and menace. Its importance and power are also readily apparent when it strides alongside other Tyranid creatures, its powerful presence emboldening and maddening the lesser creatures more so than would be expected by any link to the [[Hive Mind]], almost as if the Overlord is the embodiment of Hive Fleet Dagon’s ire toward the Jericho Reach and its alien hatred infects creatures with a personal desire to murder, maim, and kill all those in their path. It has been suggested that this notion of the beast’s personal vendetta is just the fanciful imagining of terrified Imperial Guardsmen, though only by those who have not seen the Overlord.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Since its first appearance, the Dagon Overlord has been sighted in almost all of the major combat zones of the Orpheus Salient, leading swarm after swarm into the ranks of Imperial defenders. This has led many to believe that the Overlord is just one of many, and not a unique creature at all. However such notions of individuality are hard to determine when dealing with the Hive Mind, as it is constantly recycling its troops and adding to them by consuming worlds. This means the Overlord may well be a veteran of many wars, and may have even fallen countless times to the foe, only to be re-spawned by the Hive Mind with a fresh body and a will for vengeance.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Both the Ordo Xenos and the Deathwatch have made attempts to find the truth behind the Overlord, if for no other reason than to catalogue a new and deadly variation of the Tyranid race. Neither has met with much success and even when the Dagon Overlord seems defeated, it invariably rises again in another place or another time.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The Overlord is an ancient Hive Tyrant and a veteran of countless battles within the Jericho Reach, as such he has gained a special hatred for the Deathwatch, <sup>1pg34</sup>and seems to be actively hunting for Deathwatch Kill-Teams.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The Overlord is selective about those it chooses to devour, and picks only the strongest and most powerful of its adversaries to consume. Often it will task lesser Tyranid creatures with gathering together these bodies after, or even during a battle, and piling them at its feet so it may feast on them and grow stronger. A Dagon Overlord which devours the body of a creature heals damage and may also, over time, take on traits of those it devours as it assimilates their flesh.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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When the Dagon Overlord is slain, its death sends a shockwave through the Hive Mind. All Tyranid creatures that aren't a Synapse creature will automatically break and flee as quickly as they can, which also overrides instinctive behaviour of tyranids. He can spur a swarm of Tyranid creatures on to greater acts of fury and force them to fight on, even when grievously wounded. The Overlord has a cloud of toxins constantly oozing from its joints and creates a virulent haze of haemotoxins, neurotoxins, and deadly phage organisms all around it much in the same way as a Venomthrope, called the Miasma of the Depths.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The Dagon Overlord may have the following biomorphs: Acid Blood, Adrenal Glands, Toxin Sacs and Regeneration.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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It was first encountered on [[Castobel]]. It's known for its malicious streak and ability to drive lesser Tyranids into a stronger fervour. Like most Tyranids of Dagon, the Dagon Overlord is extremily toxic and constantly dripping with venom.{{Fn|2}}<br />
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==See Also==<br />
* [[Species of Tyranid]]<br />
==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos]], pg 33-35<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach]], pg 173<br />
[[Category:Characters (Tyranids)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Ravenwing_Darkshroud&diff=239074Ravenwing Darkshroud2013-07-04T09:52:25Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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The '''Ravenwing Darkshroud''' is an archaic version of the [[Land Speeder Vengeance]] used by the [[Dark Angels]] and their [[Unforgiven|Successor Chapters]]. These vehicles drift forward, emitting partially seen force fields of haze that spew from their ancient reliquaries. Of all the weapons deployed by the Unforgiven, it is said that the ten Darkshrouds deployed by the [[Ravenwing]] are the strangest.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The Darkshroud's origin can be traced to the destruction of [[Caliban]] 10,000 years before the [[41st Millennium]]. Despite the planet's shattering at the hands of a massive [[Warp Storm]], the Dark Angels' [[Fortress-Monastery]] remained due to the aid of its powerful force fields. The collision of [[Warp]] energies, however, had many repercussions. Ten of the stone statues of past ages that topped the fortress's tallest spiral had survived the catastrophe, now glowing with mysterious energies. The Stone Guardians, or Ten Brothers of [[the Order]] as they were known, were taken below into [[The Rock]] and locked in [[stasis field]]s for years. It was not until the desperation of the [[Vendetta Campaign]] that the Dark Angels unleashed the arcane powers of these artifacts on the field. Each statue was mounted upon a [[Ravenwing]] [[Land Speeder Vengeance]] with great cables siphoning off its mysterious energies and amplifying it. The result was a potent power field generator which partially obscures and protects [[Bike]]s and light vehicles. The force fields generated by the Darkshroud are powerful enough to block a [[Lascannon]] shot, allowing nearby Ravenwing troops to advance without fear.{{Fn|2}}<br />
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==Images==<br />
[[Image:Darkshroud.jpg|thumb|center|200px|Darkshroud{{Fn|1}}]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1830076a Games Workshop]<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]], pg. 72<br />
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[[Category:Vehicles (Space Marines)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Magister_Immaterial&diff=239036Magister Immaterial2013-07-03T13:33:37Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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'''Magister Immaterials''' is a title given to [[Tzeentch]]-affiliated [[sorcerer]]-scientists on [[Q’Sal]] in the [[Screaming Vortex]] that worship the power of [[Chaos]].{{Fn|1}}<br />
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These intellectuals abandon their homes at their respective cities in order to travel and pursue knowledge. Such travellers are known to be unrelenting in their search for new and forbidden knowledge. As such, they are scholars of great renown and learning with them being great [[Sorceror]]s that are able to use their powers to heights that are normally unseen amongst [[Humans]]. On their homeworld, Magister Immaterials can either remain conduct perilous journeys between the three cities on Q’Sal cities or may even leave the planet. Though travellers, a Magister Immaterial can be a valuable asset and companion for a Chaos warband who can manage to tempt them with new lore. Normally, when they conduct their travels, they abandon any desire for political power though a rare few such individuals manage to return to their homeworld in order to become members of the upper hierarchy of their society. As a result, the ruling sorcerer-technocrats view a Magister Immaterial with both curiousity and suspicion. However, the greater majority of them that return to Q’Sal simply apply their new found knowledge to the creation of great wonders of sorcery and technology.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The nature of their studies combined with the varied culture on Q’Sal means that these beings tend to have a risk of insanity and can be mentally deviant. Typically, a Magister Immaterial has many truly unique personality traits such as conversing through intricate gestures, the collection of objects seemingly of a trivial nature, speaking lyrical rhythms and anaecdotes or even refusing to allow their feet to touch the ground. Some can be seen as strange yet quirky individuals though dark rumours speak of more sinister habits that lie beneath a façade of cooperation. Those that court these beings learn that they will only assist those that aid them in their endeavours. Any aid provided leads to a Magister Immaterial either using their great psychic abilities as well as knowledge or simply using their contacts on Q’Sal to aid their comrade. Ultimately, however, any alliance with these beings are tenous as best as Magister Immaterials are devout worshippers of [[Tzeentch]] and thus share their patron deities ever shifting nature.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Source==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Black Crusade: Tome of Fate]], pg. 168<br />
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg.34<br />
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[[Category:Chaos]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tyrant_of_Sycorax&diff=238169Tyrant of Sycorax2013-06-26T03:49:21Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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The '''Tyrant of Sycorax''' is a [[Chaos Space Marine]] warband that also contained thousands of [[Traitor Guard]], [[Cultists]] and [[Mutants]]. The warband conquered the [[Hive World]] of [[Japheth]] at the beginning of the [[13th Black Crusade]].<br />
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==Source==<br />
*[[Iron Hands (Novel)]], Prologue, pgs. 9-10<br />
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[[Category:Black Crusades]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Iyanna_Arienal&diff=238105Iyanna Arienal2013-06-25T07:55:09Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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'''Iyanna Arienal''', also known as the ''Angel of Iyanden'', is the greatest of [[Iyanden]]'s [[Spiritseer]]s.{{Fn|2}}<br />
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==History==<br />
Hailing from the House of Arienal on [[Iyanden]], Iyanna was destined for greatness when she first set upon the [[Path of the Witch]]. During the [[Battle of the Burning Moon]], all of Arienal's family save herself were killed in the Chaos [[Cyclonic Torpedo]] attack. Thereafter, Arienal embraced the ways of the [[Spiritseer]], and her mind was ever connected to the [[Infinity Circuit]] to commune with those that she had lost. When [[Eldrad Ulthran]] brought warning to Iyanden of the [[Tyranids|Great Devourer]] he also told the Iyanden [[Seer Council]] that the Eldar races only ultimate hope against [[Slaanesh]] lay with [[Ynnead]], the God of Death. While most of Iyanden's dismissed Ulthran, Arienal embraced this prophecy and in a brief moment recieved a glorious apotheosis where the spirits of living Eldar would become one with the dead. The resulting psychic backlash would stir Ynnead from his slumber, and at least defeat Slaanesh.{{Fn|3}}<br />
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Arienal's followers have been no less active than the famed Prince [[Yriel]], throwing their hopes into the ancient prophecy known as the Phoenix Arisen; wherein the Eldar race will be reborn anew. At Iyanna's direction, they have sought the Tears of [[Morai-Heg]], gemstone fragments that possess ancient magic that Spiritseers say would see the rebirth accomplished. Their search for the tears has brought them into contact with [[human]]s, [[Ork]]s, and other primitive races. Reclaiming these tears has proven a bloody affair, and taking possession of the first required a dozen worlds left in ruin.{{Fn|3}} Within a few short years, Iyanna's followers had grown so influential that they had outgrown Yriel's.{{Fn|3}}<br />
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In battle she is armed with a [[shuriken pistol]], the [[Spear of Teuthlas]], and the [[Armour of Vaul]]. She is also accompanied by a massive [[Wraithlord]] housing the spirit of an [[Exarch]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)]], pg. 40<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Eldar (4th Edition)]], pg. 20<br />
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Iyanden: A Codex: Eldar Supplement]] (E-Book), pg.38-39<br />
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[[Category:Characters (Craftworld Eldar)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Battle_of_Khartas&diff=238017Battle of Khartas2013-06-24T09:59:30Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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The '''Battle of Khartas''' pitted the [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]] against [[human]] pirates and later, the [[Daemon]]ic forces of [[Chaos]].{{Fn|1a}}<br />
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===Prelude===<br />
The Blood Angels [[Strike Cruiser]] ''Baal's Fist'' was returning from campaign when it received a distress call that the world of [[Khartas]] that it was under attack by bands of pirates. [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Abel Zorael]] decided to respond to crisis, and through sheer luck ''Baal's Fist'' emerged from the [[Warp]] directly on top of the pirate fleet.{{Fn|1a}}<br />
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===The Battle===<br />
All but obliterating the small pirate craft with devastating broadsides, ''Baal's Fist'' then engaged and disabled the pirate flagship, the [[Cruiser]] ''Slaughterer's Laughter''. Captured in Khartas' gravity well, ''Slaughter's Laughter'' crashed into the worlds northern cities and Captain Zorael led a force of three squads to the surface to root out any surviving pirates. {{Fn|1a}}<br />
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However, things soon took a turn for the worse. The ''Slaughterer's Laughter's'' damaged [[Warp Drive]]s malfunctioned and tore away at the very fabric of the [[Materium]], opening a portal to the [[Warp]] and unleashing a horde of [[Chaos]] [[Daemon]]s upon Khartas. The arriving Blood Angels [[Stormraven Gunship]]s suffered catastrophic malfunctions in the ensuing storm of warp energy and crashed throughout the area, scattering the Blood Angels midst an emerging sea of [[Bloodletters]] led by the powerful [[Bloodthirster]] [[Ka'Bandha]], a Greater Daemon of [[Khorne]] who had once battled the Blood Angels [[Primarch]] [[Sanguinius]] and has since become an arch-enemy of the Blood Angels Chapter. Captain Zorael proved no match for the mighty creature and was struck down ,then decapitated in a single blow.{{Fn|1a}}<br />
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With the fall of their Captain, dismay threatened the surviving Blood Angels as hand-to-hand combat with the Bloodletter hordes of Ka'Bandha raged. Managing to fight on and put up stiff resistance, Ka'Bandha himself was about to fly to the pocket of greatest Space Marine resistance, the Imperial shrine of Khartas, when a golden figure hurled out of the heavens like a meteor and crashed directly into the Bloodthirster. The [[Sanguinor]], legendary protector of the Blood Angels, had arrived.{{Fn|1b}}<br />
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Engaging in mortal combat, Sanguinor proved faster and more graceful than the powerful Bloodthirster. As the Angel and the Daemon struck devastating blows to one another, Sanguinor managed to catch the Bloodthirsters whip and hurl himself forward, piercing Ka'Bandha's chest with his blade. But Ka'Bandha was still not yet slain and both combatants were weary. In a move of desperation, Sanguinor grabbed Ka'Bandha and flew high into the upper atmosphere with his [[jump pack]]. Pulling his sword from Ka'Bandha's chest, the Bloodthirster plummeted to the earth below and the Daemon was shattered, its spirit sent back to the [[Warp]].{{Fn|1b}}<br />
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With the banishment of Ka'Bandha, his Daemonic Horde was soon scattered and the Blood Angels were rescued by reinforcements from ''Baal's Fist''. But of the thirty Space Marines who had originally made planetfall, only six remained. Sanguinor himself vanished in the final moments of the battle, leaving the battle as mysterious as he had arrived.{{Fn|1b}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]]<br />
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 18<br />
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 19<br />
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[[fr:Incident de Khartas]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crucible_(ship)&diff=237897Crucible (ship)2013-06-23T05:22:09Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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<div>The '''Crucible''' was a ship in the [[Imperial Navy]]. Somehow a warp rift began to open on the Crucible, dooming the ship as [[daemons]] entered through the warp. The ship was left adrift, until the ship the [[Blade’s Peace]] arrived, delivering the [[Grey Knight]] [[Istafel]] to the Crucible. He fought his way through a hoard of daemons until he confronted a powerful [[Tzeentch]] daemon who was powering the war rift. He banished the daemon for a thousand years; sealing the rift at the cost of his life.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Source==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Crucible (short story)]], pgs. 3-10 <br />
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'''Istafel''' was a [[Grey Knight]] of the Seventh Brotherhood, sent to seal a warp rift opening on the doomed ship the [[Crucible (ship)|Crucible]]. Delivered by the ship the [[Blade’s Peace]], he fought his way through a hoard of [[daemons]] until he confronted a powerful [[Tzeentch]] daemon who was powering the warp rift. He banished the daemon for a thousand years; sealing the rift at the cost of his life.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Crucible (short story)]], pgs. 3-10 <br />
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'''Istafel''' was a [[Grey Knight]] of the Seventh Brotherhood, sent to seal a warp rift opening on the doomed ship the [[Crucible (ship)|Crucible]]. Delivered by the ship the [[Blade’s Peace]], he fought his way through a hoard of [[daemons]] until he confronted a powerful [[Tzeentch]] daemon who was powering the warp rift. He banished the daemon for a thousand years; sealing the rift but at the cost of his life.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Source==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Crucible (short story)]], pgs. 3-10 <br />
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[[Category:Characters (Space Marine)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Graviton_Weapon&diff=237867Graviton Weapon2013-06-23T01:07:07Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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<div>'''Graviton Weapons''' are ancient and little-understood weapons dating back to the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. They refer to a group of gravity projector devices whose sophistication is such that few remained even in the [[Great Crusade]] era. Such weapons whoever are extremely useful when fighting on a starship or zero-gravity environment. The power of the graviton gun's highest settings is sufficient to rupture organs and smash bones that are encased even in armor, but its primary use is to impede the enemy and damage machinery.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Types==<br />
*'''[[Graviton Gun]]''' - Infantry-carried version{{Fn|1}}<br />
*'''[[Graviton Cannon]]''' - Heavy vehicle-based version{{Fn|1}}<br />
**[[Deathwatch Graviton Cannon]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pg.231<br />
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[[Category:Weapons (Adeptus Mechanicus)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Subject&diff=237355Subject2013-06-17T04:23:48Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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<div>'''Subject #696''' is an unstable and unknown alien entity secured from the hulk [[Damnatio Magellus]] when it reappeared in the [[Slinnar Drift]]. The Magellus had been lost sixteen decades previously from the fleet of [[Rogue Trader]] [[LeCouer]] when it became separated from his flotilla during an unexpected warpstorm. The space hulk itself bore the marks of violent attacks when it reappeared. Gaping rents torn in her hull called to mind the monstrous claws of [[Tyranid]] [[bio-ship]]s, but what the Space Marines found inside exceeded even those behemoths<br />
in horror.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The [[Kill-team]] was led by [[Deathwatch Chaplain]] [[Titus Strome]] at his own request, an unusual action for the dutybound old warrior. He shared a strong premonition with his team that a great foe lurked within as they breached the inners eals and he was soon proven right. Nestled in the command cathedral they found the creature that had killed the entire crew of the Magellus at rest among the charnel refuse of its victims. A slithering, monstrous thing of claws and tentacles rose to challenge the Space Marines, seemingly made of equal parts squid, bird and spider.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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The Battle-Brothers righteously belaboured the towering entity with [[stormbolter]] and [[plasma gun]], but it availed them naught. For every limb burned or shot away, two more grew instantly to replace it and with each passing moment the beast became ever more hardened against their assault. Promethium and chain blades fared better for a time, but the creature’s endurance seemed relentless and no central mass or brain<br />
stem could be found. [[Alaix]] was torn in two by grasping tentacles, and [[Faynor]] pierced from neck to crotch by a feathered bone-blade before, in desperation, Chaplain Strome employed a relic he had carried for over two centuries to overcome the alien fiend. {{Fn|1}}<br />
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The [[Temporus Agitens]] was a master-crafted [[stasis bomb]] said to come from the hand of [[Magos]] [[Justinius Krenz]], a fist-sized device able to stop time in a small radius for limited duration before expending itself. The beast of the Damnatio was engulfed by the stasis field in a brilliant flash and trapped like an insect in amber.Chaplain Strome briefly considered redirecting the stricken hulk into the nearest star but his duty to the [[Long Vigil]] stayed his hand. Such an apparently-unique specimen needed to be examined and identified so that it could be<br />
countered, especially as the grizzled Chaplain knew of no comparable beast from all his long years of service in the [[Deathwatch]]. The transfer back to Erioch was fraught with difficulties. Another death and several injuries were incurred before the thing was finally securely contained in the [[Watch Fortress Erioch#Xenos Bestiarium|Xenos Bestiarium]].{{Fn|1}}<br />
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To date, examinations of Subject #696 have been largely fruitless and frustrating. Early theories of it being a warp-induced mutation or a Tyranid organism have been disproved, even though it shares traits with both. No weapon or attack has been found that is fatal to it, although several have been discovered that considerably retard its extraordinary penchant for regeneration. It has been postulated that the entity may be manifestation of a being dwelling in another dimension with only limited ingress into our own—feeding tendrils pushed through a crack, in effect. How such a creature might be killed and whether it is truly unique remain riddles that have yet to be satisfactorily answered.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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This subject is currently sealed [[Watch Fortress Erioch]] and is considered at Ultraviolet threat level.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Source==<br />
* {{Endn|1}}:[[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pg 241<br />
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'''Duke Traevelliath Sliscus''' is a [[Dark Eldar]] [[Eldar Corsair|Corsair]], known as "The Serpent".<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Hungry for glory and excitement, he has no qualms about imperilling every ship in his fleet if it will mean he can destroy an enemy ship in style. Legend has it that the Duke, tired of the constant political grind of [[Commorragh]], decided to leave with a bang rather than a whimper and stole three [[Kabal]] flagships and fled the Dark City's port.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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An intense megalomaniac, Sliscus has been the commander of the [[Sky Serpents]] Corsairs for many thousands of years and is convinced that it is his right to rule the stars. Infamous across the [[Galaxy]], Sliscus is famous for his unpredictable behavior. One moment he may be charming, the next utterly ruthless. Sliscus once famously agreed to parley with a human planetary [[Governor]] for clemency, only to have the entire [[Hive]] nobility butchered when a human envoy mispronounced his name.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Sliscus's actions have become increasingly bizarre over the years: he never wears the same clothes twice and each new outfit incorporates the remains of his latest foe. The duke dines on poisoned food to build up his immune system and enjoys carving epic poems into his captives. His personal battle standards are made from the flayed skin of the [[Lord Admiral]] of [[Bakka]], the [[Segmentum Fortress]] of [[Segmentum Tempestus]]. As a result of these actions the Duke remains an extremely popular figure among Dark Eldar society and a champion to those in exile from [[Commorragh]]. The Duke's trio of stolen flagships has been joined by many more stolen warships, eager to join The Duke in more exploits.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Sliscus was famously the only adversary to outwit [[Lukas the Trickster]], a [[Space Wolf]] [[Blood Claw]] famous for his cunning. During an abortive attempt to cripple Sliscus's flagship, the Dark Eldar cut out one of Lukas's [[Secondary Heart|hearts]] as a souvenir and set Lukas adrift in space. Thanks to his [[Space Marine]] physiology, Lukas survived, and was even able to laugh about the encounter{{Fn|2}}.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]] pg. 51<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]] pg. 52<br />
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[[Category:Characters (Eldar Corsairs)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poctroon&diff=236665Poctroon2013-06-05T08:54:21Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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The '''Poctroon''' were a [[xenos]] species which are notable for being the first sentient race to join the [[Tau Empire]] in 893.[[M37]]. However within a few generations, disease destroyed the indigenous population. The Tau, who are immune to the plague, inherited the Poctroons homeworld, renaming it [[Bork'an]] and turning it into a prime world.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition)]] pg.49<br />
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[[Category:Minor Alien Species and Factions]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Celestial_Orrery&diff=236257Celestial Orrery2013-06-03T10:43:35Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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The '''Celestial Orrery''' is a device located at the heart of the [[Necron]] [[Crownworld]] of [[Thanatos]] and is considered one of the galaxy's greatest treasures. It was crafted by the artisans of the [[Oruscar Dynasty]] long before the [[War in Heaven (Necron)|War in Heaven]] and is beyond any price in artistic value alone. This machine consists of a web of holograms and [[Necrodermis]] with the various tiny, floating, glowing lights representing a star in the galaxy. Each of these are recorded in an intricate matrix record that contains the locations of every star in the cosmos.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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An act that snuffs out any of these lights leads to its physical counterpart undergoing a supernova millennia before its time that destroys all the nearby worlds that circle it. Thus, the Celestial Orrery is capable of immense destructive power but the act of destroying a star must be done with careful consideration as it would as it would upset the natural order of the cosmos that could create a critical chain reaction. Through further manipulation, any imbalance can be rectified and returned to proper balance though this can take thousands of years of constant precise micromanagement.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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Despite this great power, the [[Royal Court]] of Thanatos see themselves as gardeners of creation who dispassionately use the Orrery in a precise but sparing manner. They believe in only pruning the galaxy to prevent it from becoming overgrown and wild. However, the power represented by the Celestial Orrery has led to the Oruscar Dynasty waging wars to protect the device from falling into the hands of other Necrons or aliens.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]], pg. 15<br />
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The '''Pulse Laser''' is a highly advanced [[Eldar]] [[laser weapon]] capable of firing a stream of powerful laser bolts. Compared to the [[Bright Lance]] it has a higher rate of fire and longer range, though at the expense of penetrative power.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Eldar Weaponry]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Eldar (3rd Edition)]], Pg. 35<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Eldar (4th Edition)]], Pg. 42<br />
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[[image:Tantalus.jpg|thumb|right|Dark Eldar Tantalus by [[Forge World (company)|Forgeworld]] ]]<br />
The '''Tantalus''' is an assault [[grav-tank]] of the [[Dark Eldar]].{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Overview==<br />
First crafted for the [[Archon]] [[Surasis Grief]] of the [[Kabal of the Dark Mirror]], the Dark Eldar Tantalus is an assault skimmer, somewhat larger and more complex in design than the [[Raider]], and accordingly better armed. Its distinctive twin-hulled design houses powerful engine-reactors slaved to enhanced drives and its unique [[scythevane]] armament. One of the largest Dark Eldar vehicles yet encountered by the [[Imperium]], the cruel reavers who pilot this sleek engine of destruction take delight in mounting high-speed attacks, slicing through the hulls of enemy vehicles and tearing infantry into crimson shreds, heralded by the screech of the molecular dissonance fields of its scythevanes and the rapid fire of its [[Pulse-Disintegrator]] armament.{{Fn|1}}<br />
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==Source==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Dark_Eldar/DARK-ELDAR-TANTALUS.html Dark Eldar Tantalus at Forgeworld] ''(site accessed 2013.05.21)''<br />
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[[Category:Vehicles (Dark Eldar)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Kasimir_De_Valtos&diff=236048Kasimir De Valtos2013-06-01T08:18:03Z<p>Cch123: </p>
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'''Kasimir de Valtos''' was the head of the de Valtos industrial cartel on the world of [[Pavonis]]{{Fn|1}}. <br />
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==History==<br />
During one of his trips off-planet, his ship was ambushed by [[Dark Eldar]] pirates and de Valtos was tortured almost to death.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}<br />
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The experience left his body shattered, wracked with constant physical pain and his senses dulled so that he was unable to taste food or drink{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}.{{Fn|1c}} It also drove him insane, though this was not apparent to his allies or enemies.<br />
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Outwardly, he withdrew from the active management of his cartel, and invested large sums in archaeological expeditions across the planet. To the rest of Pavonis, he was admired as a patron of the arts and a connoisseur of antiquities, as well as pitied for surviving his ordeal.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}<br />
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Inwardly, he was obsessed with repairing his broken body and inflicting revenge on the whole galaxy for his suffering. In the short term, he kidnapped men and women and personally tortured them to death, while also undergoing surgeries from the Dark Eldar, with whom he had allied himself (paradoxically, by undergoing torture at the Dark Eldar's hands he gained [[Kyerzak|a measure of respect and authority]] among them).{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|1d}} In the long term, he used his wealth to fund an obsessive search for the [[Nightbringer]], an ancient [[C'tan]] deity that ancient scrolls had said was located on Pavonis. de Valtos believed that releasing the entity from its prison would allow him to become immortal and nearly omnipotent.{{Fn|1e}}<br />
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Allying himself with [[Vendare Taloun]], he staged a coup d'etat on Pavonis, ousting Governor [[Mykola Shonai]] by military force, and taking her and [[Inquisition|Inquisitor]] [[Ario Barzano]] prisoner. Both were freed from de Valtos's estate by Captain [[Uriel Ventris]], but not before de Valtos and his Dark Eldar allies had unearthed the Nightbringer.<br />
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It was only after they had released it, that he comprehended the sheer age and destructive power of the Nightbringer, and realized that it had no need to notice him, much less reward him in any way. He was reduced to begging for immortality, before the Nightbringer casually struck off his head.{{Fn|1f}}<br />
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In the aftermath of his death, the de Valtos cartel disintegrated, and his estate on Pavonis was abandoned. Several other cartels fell into disarray, their leaders having been killed by de Valtos shortly before the coup began. Taloun was convicted of treason and executed.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Nightbringer (Novel)]] - [[The Ultramarines Omnibus]] by [[Graham McNeill]]:<br />
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter Six, pgs. 97-103<br />
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter Eight, pgs. 117-122<br />
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Eleven, pgs. 167-168<br />
**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter Fourteen, pg. 192<br />
**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter Sixteen, pg. 217<br />
**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter Eighteen, pgs. 260-261<br />
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Courage and Honor (Novel)]]<br />
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[[Category:Ultramarines (Novel Series)]]</div>Cch123https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Gauss_Blaster&diff=235974Gauss Blaster2013-05-31T12:46:36Z<p>Cch123: adding source</p>
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[[Image:GaussBlaster.jpg|thumb|right|Necron Gauss Blaster{{Fn|1}}]]<br />
A '''Gauss Blaster''' is a type of [[Gauss Weapon]] employed by the [[Necron]]s. They are used by the [[Necron Immortal]]s, the tougher versions of the [[Necron Warrior]]s, and have several advantages over their smaller relative, the [[Gauss Flayer]]. The Gauss Blaster does more damage and can rip through better armour with the same range, but also has a faster rate of fire as well as being able to fire on the move. This makes it a devastating weapon when used ''en-masse''.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Gauss Weaponry]]<br />
*[[Necron Armoury]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)]], pg. 54<br />
*[[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]], pg. 34<br />
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|style=background:#4F4F4F align=center|'''Year'''<br />
|style=background:#4F4F4F align=center|'''Event'''<br />
|style=background:#4F4F4F align=center|'''Source'''<br />
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|ca. 000.M31<br />
|The [[Imperium|Imperial]] military fights the [[ork]]s of Charhack for the Pargor Hith system.<br />
|[[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pg. 40 <!-- "almost a decade previously" to Isstvan III --><br />
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|rowspan=4|002.M31<br />
|The [[Black Legion|Luna Wolves]] and [[Blood Angels]] exterminate the [[nephilim]] on [[Melchior]]. The Luna Wolves proceed to the Ullanor sector while the [[Blood Angels]] go to [[Perseus Null]].<br />
|[[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]] Prologue <!-- Explicitly LW's last mission before Ullanor --><br />
|-<br />
|The Ullanor Campaign. The [[Emperor of Mankind]] leads the [[Black Legion|Luna Wolves]], [[Ultramarines]], and millions of Imperial Army elements against the [[ork]] [[warboss]] [[Urrlak Urruk]]'s empire in the Ullanor sector.<br />
|[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapter One <!-- Beginning concurrent with TS time on Aghoru --><br />
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|The [[Thousand Sons]] bring Twenty-Eight Sixteen ([[Aghoru]]) to compliance in a three-month endeavour.<br />
|''Ibid.'' Book One <!-- "Nearly two centuries" into the Great Crusade; Ullanor Campaign just beginning, six months overdue to join WB and SW in Ark Reach --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Alpha Legion]] responds to the 670th Expeditionary Fleet's request for aid in the [[Nurth]] campaign. The planet is lost when the [[Nurthene]] activate a [[Black Cube]]. Half the Imperial Army forces and six [[Titan]]s are left behind in the emergency evacuation.<br />
|[[Legion (Novel)|Legion]] Part One, Part Two Chapter One <!-- Ullanor -8 months, heresy -2 years --><br />
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|004.M31<br />
|Five hundred [[Ultramarines]] battle-brothers participate in the three-year fight against the Vektate [[xenos]] overmind to free the human population of Arkenath.<br />
|[[Battle for the Abyss (Novel)]] Chapter Two <!-- Calth -3 years --><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=4|003.M31<br />
|The [[Thousand Sons]], [[Space Wolves]], and [[Word Bearers]] bring the [[Ark Reach Cluster]] to compliance. Major General Hestor Navarre is appointed [[Imperial governor]].<br />
|[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]], Chapters 11-14 <!-- before Ullanor triumph, TS here for ten months, WB and SW longer --><br />
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|The [[Ullanor Crusade]] comes to an end. The [[Emperor of Mankind]] and his army destroy [[Ork]] [[warboss]] [[Urrlak Urruk]] and the largest Ork empire in the galaxy. At the triumph celebrating the victory, the Emperor names [[Horus]] his [[Warmaster]], renames the Luna Wolves the ''Sons of Horus'', and retires to [[Terra]].<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Black Legion]]; [[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] by [[Dan Abnett]] Part Two Chapter Seven; [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapters 15-16 <!-- Magnus arrives 2 months after Ark Reach compliance --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Cleansing of Laeran]].<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part One <!-- First EC action after Ullanor; lasts about a month --><br />
|-<br />
|The 40th Expeditionary Fleet and the [[Space Wolves]] destroy the [[Olamic Quietude]].<br />
|[[Prospero Burns (Novel)|Prospero Burns]] Chapters 5-7<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=6|004.M31<br />
|Personnel from the 27th Expeditionary Fleet on [[Isstvan III]] send a distress signal while [[Vardus Praal]] and the Warsingers attack Imperial holdings.<br />
|[[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)|Galaxy in Flames]] Chapter 3<br />
|-<br />
|[[John Grammaticus]] leads the [[Alpha Legion]] to 42 Hydra Tertius to meet with the [[Cabal]]. After the meeting, the Alpha Legion [[battle barge]]s ''Alpha'' and ''Beta'' destroy the 670th Expeditionary Fleet.<br />
|[[Legion (Novel)|Legion]] Part Two <!-- Ullanor +4 months, during 63-19 --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]] [[Battle of Sixty-Three Nineteen|fights the "Imperium of Man"]] on [[Sixty-Three Nineteen]].<br />
|[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] Part One Chapters One - Four <!-- 203rd year of Great Crusade, Ullanor + < 1 year --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Battle of the Whisperhead Mountains]] on 63-19 ends. 63-19 is officially compliant.<br />
|''Ibid.'' Chapters Eight - Nine <!-- 18 weeks after Battle of 63-19 --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Luna Wolves]] reinforce the [[Blood Angels]] and [[Emperor's Children]] on [[Murder]]. Upon the arrival of [[Sanguinius]], the combined Imperial forces spend six months exterminating the [[megarachnid]]s.<br />
|''Ibid.'' Part Two <!-- Whisperheads +12 weeks (HR P2C3); before/during Carollis --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Emperor's Children]] and [[Iron Hands]] destroy the [[Diasporex]] at the [[Battle of the Carollis Star]].<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Two <!-- During/after 140-20 --><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=9|005.M31<br />
|The [[Council of Nikaea]] is convened to determine the fate of [[Space Marine]] [[Librarian]]s. The Emperor concludes that all Librarians must return to their battle companies and cease using their psychic powers. [[Magnus]] the Red is ordered to cease his study of sorcery.<br />
|[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapters 18-20; [[Prospero Burns (Novel)|Prospero Burns]] Chapters 9-11 <!-- 20 months after Ullanor; End of Murder, before Davin --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[interex]] makes contact with the [[Imperium]] in orbit of [[Murder]]. When the Hall of Devices in Xenobia Principis is burgled and destroyed, the interex accuses the Imperial party of the crime. Upon returning to Imperial space, Horus adopts the Emperor's new name for his legion, the "Sons of Horus." <br />
|[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] Part Two Chapter Seven, Part Three <!-- After six month-campaign to exterminate megarachnids --><br />
|-<br />
|[[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] declines [[Alpharius]]'s request to aid the 88th Expeditionary Fleet in a campaign against an [[ork]] empire in the Kayvas Belt. [[Sanguinius]] and the [[Blood Angels]] join the fleet instead and the campaign takes thirteen months to complete.<br />
||''Ibid.'' Part Three Chapter Two; [[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]] Chapter One<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Black Legion|Sons of Horus]] come to [[Davin]] by [[Erebus]]'s request. on Davin's moon, [[plague zombie]]s attack the Imperial forces. [[Horus]] fights [[Eugen Temba]] and Temba wounds him with the [[anathame]]. Erebus convinces the legion that the [[Serpent Lodge]] can heal Horus's wound.<br />
|[[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] Chapter Six - Eight, Eleven <!-- 3 weeks after Xenobia (FG P1C4) --><br />
|-<br />
|[[Erebus]] enters [[Horus]]'s Warp vision disguised as [[Hastur Sejanus]] and tempts him with the powers of [[Chaos]] while [[Magnus]] the Red tries to dissuade him. Horus accepts the offer and awakens nine days after being interred in the [[Serpent Lodge]]'s Delphos chamber. Magnus attempts to warn the Emperor of Horus's betrayal through forbidden sorcery, damaging the [[Golden Throne]] and psychic infrastructure on [[Terra]] in the process.<br />
{{CanonConflict}} ''[[The Outcast Dead (Novel)|The Outcast Dead]] depicts Magnus's warning to the Emperor as occurring after the [[Drop Site Massacre]].''<br />
|''Ibid.'' Part Three; [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapters 23-25; [[The Outcast Dead (Novel)|The Outcast Dead]] Chapter 8<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Battle of Tarsus]]. The [[Emperor's Children]] subsequently destroy [[Eldar]] [[Maiden World]]s in the Perdus Anomaly with [[virus bomb]]s.<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Three <!-- Concurrent with Horus's time in Serpent Lodge --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] orders [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] to bring [[Magnus]] the Red to [[Terra]]. Russ calls for his entire legion to rendezvous at Telkara and then travel from there to [[Prospero]].<br />
|[[Tales of Heresy (Anthology)#Wolf at the Door|Tales of Heresy: Wolf at the Door]] <!-- Approximately five months before Prospero --><br />
|-<br />
|The 954th Expeditionary Fleet and [[Space Wolves]] [[13th Great Company]] bring the Lammas Sector to compliance, breaking the power of the Tyrants of Kernunnos. [[Wolf Lord]] Bulveye and his [[Wolf Guard]] spend three months battling the [[Dark Eldar]] [[Kabal of the Shrieking Heart]] on [[Antimon]].<br />
|''Ibid.''<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 16 weeks after leaving Davin --> Horus kills Fabricator Consul Emory Salignac of the [[Auretian Technocracy]], triggering a ten-month war with the Technocracy. <!-- Fulgrim arrives after 10 months 6 days of war, leaves 3 days later w/ anathame (FG P4C20); Space Wolves mustering at that time --><br />
|[[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] by [[Graham McNeill]] Part Four Chapter Nineteen; [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Four<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=17|006.M31<br />
|[[Horus]] contacts [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and changes his directive from arrest to elimination of [[Magnus]] the Red. He then orders [[Sanguinius]] to take his entire legion to the [[Signus Prime|Signus cluster]] in the Northern Cross to liberate it from the [[nephilim]] and [[Roboute Guilliman]] to redeploy his fleet from [[Saturn]] to the Veridian system in preparation to engage an [[ork]] incursion. Guilliman orders his fleets to rendezvous with the [[Word Bearers]] at [[Calth]].<br />
|''Ibid.'' Chapter 21; [[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]] Chapter 2; [[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)#Collected Visions|Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]] pgs. 158, 171<br />
|-<br />
|The Battle of Deep Orbital DS191. [[Fulgrim]] orders a part of the [[Emperor's Children]] under Lord Commander [[Eidolon]] to rendezvous with the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]] in the Isstvan system while he takes the rest to meet with [[Ferrus Manus]] in the Callinedes system and entice him to Horus's cause.<br />
|[[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)|Galaxy in Flames]] Chapters 2, 5; [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Four<br />
|-<br />
|[[Battle of Prospero]]. The [[Space Wolves]] destroy the planet but Magnus escapes, taking the remaining Thousand Sons on Prospero to the [[Planet of the Sorcerers]]. [[Bjorn]] loses his hand to a [[daemon]].<br />
|[[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] Chapter 21; [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] by [[Graham McNeill]] Chapters 27-31; [[Prospero Burns (Novel)|Prospero Burns]] by [[Dan Abnett]] Part Three; [[Space Wolf (Novel)|Space Wolf]] by [[William King]] Chapter 17<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Space Wolves]] [[13th Great Company]] disappears into the [[Eye of Terror]] in pursuit of the [[Thousand Sons]].<br />
|[[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]] pg. 9<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Death Guard]] purges the [[jorgall]] from the Iota Horologii system.<br />
|[[Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)|Flight of the Eisenstein]] Chapters 1-3 <!-- DG go to Isstvan III right after --><br />
|-<br />
|Ordered to suppress the rebellion of the Imperial governor of the Isstvan system, Horus purges the Legions under his command from all suspected loyalists. He deploys them on [[Isstvan III]] and then virus-bombs the planet from high orbit. A few manage to survive inside bunkers, forcing the traitors to land and fight a months-long ground war. The Imperial cruiser ''[[Eisenstein]]'', under the command of [[Nathaniel Garro]], manages to flee with news of Horus's rebellion, warning the Emperor.<br />
|[[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)|Galaxy in Flames]]; [[Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)|Flight of the Eisenstein]]; [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pgs. 40-59<br />
|-<br />
|[[Schism of Mars]]. The [[Dark Mechanicum]] wrests control of [[Mars]] from the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. <!-- Regulus leaves 63rd fleet just before Isstvan III --><br />
|[[Mechanicum (Novel)|Mechanicum]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Imperial Fists]] Captain Yonnad is selected to lead his legion's Retribution Fleet when [[Sigismund]] defers to remain at his primarch's side.<br />
|[[Shadows of Treachery (Anthology)#The Crimson Fist|Shadows of Treachery: The Crimson Fist]] <!-- 141 days before Battle at Phall system --><br />
|-<br />
|[[Olympia]] rises up against the Imperium following the death of Dammakos. [[Perturabo]] leads the [[Iron Warriors]] to crush the uprising, killing five million civilians before order is restored. <!-- Last known IW action before Isstvan V --><br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Iron Warriors]]<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Word Bearers]] abandon a nearly-complete compliance action on 1301-20 (Calis) to respond to the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]]'s order to join the fleet approaching Isstvan V.<br />
|[[The First Heretic (Novel)|The First Heretic]] Chapters 21-22<br />
|-<br />
|Bequa Kynska's ''Maraviglia'' premieres in ''La Fenice'' onboard the ''[[Pride of the Emperor]]''. Singer Coraline Aseneca and her chorus transform into [[daemonette]]s while the music pushes the mortal audience into an orgiastic frenzy.<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Chapter 22<br />
|-<br />
|Seven legions arrive in orbit of [[Isstvan V]] to bring Horus to task. After the ensuing [[Drop Site Massacre]], the [[daemonic possession|daemon-possessed]] [[Fulgrim]] has killed [[Ferrus Manus]], [[Vulkan]] has disappeared, and [[Lorgar]] and [[Corvus Corax]] duel until [[Konrad Curze]] nearly disembowls Corax. Corax leads guerrilla fighting until his fleet arrives to rescue the devastated loyalists. [[Alpha Legion]] operatives prevent a [[World Eaters]] vessel from firing on the Raven Guard relief vessels. About half of the Imperial military defects to Horus's side.<br />
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]]; [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Chapters 23-25; [[The First Heretic (Novel)|The First Heretic]] Chapters 25-27; [[Deliverance Lost (Novel)|Deliverance Lost]]; [[Raven's Flight (Audio Book)|Raven's Flight]]; [[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#The Face of Treachery|Age of Darkness: The Face of Treachery]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Fulgrim]] defies [[Horus]]'s order to travel to [[Mars]] in order to pillage a [[Mechanicum]] resource world. His subordinates determine that he is [[Daemonic possession|not himself]] and attempt to torture the [[daemon]] out of him.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Reflection Crack'd|The Primarchs: The Reflection Crack'd]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Iron Warriors]] loyal to the Emperor defend the [[Schadenhold]] from their traitor brethren in a siege lasting a year and a day, Terran standard.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#The Iron Within|Age of Darkness: The Iron Within]]<br />
|-<br />
|Captain [[Menes Kalliston]] and elements of the [[Thousand Sons]] 4th Fellowship return to [[Prospero]] to find answers. A detachment of [[World Eaters]] led by [[Khârn]] captures Captain Kalliston and kills the rest of his unit. Khârn interrogates Kalliston and eventually kills him.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#Rebirth|Age of Darkness: Rebirth]] <!-- prospero +6 months --><br />
|-<br />
|The Battles of [[Battle at the Phall system|Phall]] and [[Battle of Signus Prime|Signus Prime]].<br />
|[[Shadows of Treachery (Anthology)#The Crimson Fist|The Crimson Fist]]; [[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Fulgrim]] and [[Perturabo]] enter the [[Eye of Terror]] in pursuit of an [[Eldar]] weapon. Fulgrim ascends to [[Daemon Prince|daemonhood]].<br />
|[[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)|Angel Exterminatus]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|007.M31<br />
|An [[Ultramarines]] strike force destroys the [[Word Bearers]] ship ''[[Furious Abyss]]'' before it can attack [[Macragge]]. The World Bearers crash the fleet tender ''Campanile'' into the Ultramarines' fleet over [[Calth]], starting the [[Battle of Calth]]. A combined [[Word Bearers]] and [[World Eaters]] fleet, including the ''Abyss'''s sister ships ''Blessed Lady'' and ''Trisagion'', attacks Armatura. Elements of the Word Bearers legion also attack other worlds in the Ultramar region. <!-- Armatura = 1 year after Isstvan V and "days" after Abyss and Calth --><br />
|[[Battle for the Abyss (Novel)]]; [[Know No Fear (Novel)|Know No Fear]]; [[Betrayer (Novel)|Betrayer]] Part One<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lorgar]] and [[Angron]] lead their legions to [[Nuceria]]. Angron orders the planet exterminated, but [[Roboute Guilliman]] and his [[Ultramarines]] arrive to interfere and extract retribution for Calth. ''[[Fidelitas Lex]]'' is shot down. Lorgar's Shadow Crusade transforms Angron into a [[Daemon Prince]]. <!-- 27 days after leaving Armatura --><br />
|[[Betrayer (Novel)|Betrayer]] Part Two<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 6 months before Perditas --> Guilliman calls for loyalist fleets to gather at Ultramar. The 468th Expeditionary Fleet is sent to secure or destroy a warp engine on Perditas Ultima.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Lion|The Primarchs: The Lion]]<br />
|-<br />
|7.854.007.M31 <!-- Explicit date stamp --><br />
|Veridian Mandeville relay station Tertius receives a message from [[Ultramarines]] Captain Alcheios requesting confirmation of mission parameters for the Ghaslakh Campaign.<br />
|[[Mark of Calth (Anthology)#The Underworld War|Mark of Calth: The Underworld War]] epilogue<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=6|008.M31<br />
|Town 44 on [[Virger-Mos II]] [[agri-world]] succumbs to panic when it receives word of the Emperor's defeat.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#Liar's Due|Age of Darkness: Liar's Due]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lion El'Jonson]] and [[Konrad Curze]] battle on [[Tsagualsa]] during the [[Thramas Crusade]].<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#Savage Weapons|Age of Darkness: Savage Weapons]]<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 89+ days after Tsagualsa --> The [[Dark Angels]] and crew of ''[[Invincible Reason]]'' fight a [[daemon]]ic incursion after being pulled halfway into the Warp while en route to Perditas.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Lion|The Primarchs: The Lion]]<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 38 days after Iron Hands arrival --> The [[Dark Angels]], [[Iron Hands]], and [[Death Guard]] battle on Perditas Ultima for possession of a Warp engine.<br />
|''Ibid.''<br />
|-<br />
|Operatus Five-Hydra: [[Alpha Legion]] Squad Sigma redirects Tenebrae 5-90, an asteroid containing a Mechanicum/Alpha Legion research station and a [[Warp]]-manipulating [[xenos]] device, to fall into the star 66 Zeta-octis.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Serpent Beneath|The Primarchs: The Serpent Beneath]] <!-- between The Lion and attack at Chondax --><br />
|-<br />
|While prosecuting a campaign against [[ork]]s in the Throll-Henderson system, [[Jaghatai Khan]] receives news from [[Rogal Dorn]] about Isstvan V and orders to return to [[Terra]]. The Khan receives a message from [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] concerning an [[Alpha Legion]] fleet in the Chondax system. The Alpha Legion attacks both legions and the [[White Scars]] withdraw, urging the [[Space Wolves]] to do the same.<br />
|[[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)#Collected Visions|Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]] pgs. 344-345<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Rogal Dorn]] interrogates [[remembrancer]] [[Solomon Voss]], recovered from a traitor vessel on the edge of the Solar System.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#The Last Remembrancer|Age of Darkness: The Last Remembrancer]]<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|En route to [[Terra]], the [[Destroyer Plague]] hits the [[Death Guard]]. [[Mortarion]] swears allegiance to [[Nurgle]] to alleviate his legion's suffering.<br />
|[[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)#Collected Visions|Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]] pgs. 347-349<br />
|-<br />
|011.M31 <!-- 5 years after BA went to Signus Prime --><br />
|[[Baal]] receives word from [[Raldoron]] in the [[Signus Prime|Signus cluster]] that the [[Blood Angels]] legion still exists, narrowly averting their dissolution by order of [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]].<br />
|[[Black Library Weekender (Anthology)#Lost Sons|Lost Sons]]<br />
|-<br />
|012.M31 <!-- 7 years after Isstvan III (Age of Darkness blurb) --><br />
|[[Battle of Terra]]. [[Horus]]'s army lays siege to the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]]'s Palace for fifty-five days. When he detects the fleets of the [[Dark Angels]] and [[Ultramarines]] approaching, Horus drops his ship's shields to entice the Emperor into a personal confrontation. The Emperor, [[Sanguinius]], and [[Rogal Dorn]] teleport onboard Horus's [[battle barge]] ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]''. Horus kills [[Sanguinius]] and the Emperor utterly obliterates him. [[Rogal Dorn]] carries the mortally wounded Emperor to the [[Golden Throne]] to keep him alive.<br />
|[[White Dwarf 161 (UK)]]; [[White Dwarf 267 (US)]] article ''Assault on Holy Terra''<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Great Scouring]]. Loyalists gradually re-conquer the Imperium. [[Chaos]] forces retreat into the [[Eye of Terror]].<br />
|[[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 124; [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 168<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Luther]] betrays [[Lion El'Jonson]] upon the Lion's return to [[Caliban]]. In the ensuing fight, Caliban is split apart and El'Jonson vanishes while Luther is captured. He is kept in a [[stasis field]] inside [[The Rock]], the largest remaining piece of Caliban and the new homebase of the [[Dark Angels]].<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Dark Angels]]; [[Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)]] pgs. 8-9<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Roboute Guilliman]] compiles the [[Codex Astartes]], which lays down the new organizational doctrine for [[Space Marine]] chapters. <br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Codex Astartes]]<br />
|-<br />
|018.M31<br />
|[[Second Founding]]. The nine loyal Space Marine Legions are divided into forty new chapters during the [[Great Scouring]]. The [[Grey Knights]] are secretly created and designated Chapter 666.<br />
|[[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 168; [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]] pg. 53; [[Index Astartes]]: [[Grey Knights]] and [[Deathwatch]]<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 019.M31 <!-- a year and a day after the Second Founding --><br />
|[[Corvus Corax]] leaves his self-imposed seclusion after a year and a day and takes a ship toward the [[Eye of Terror]]. His last known communication is simply "Nevermore."<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Raven Guard]]<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 082.M31 <!-- Approximately 70 years after the Heresy --><br />
|[[Jaghatai Khan]] and the [[White Scars]] First Brotherhood disappear in pursuit of [[Dark Eldar]] on [[Corusil V]], near the [[Maelstrom]]. Chapter lore states that the Khan pursued a Dark Eldar [[Archon]] through a [[Webway]] portal.<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[White Scars]]<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 110.M31 <!-- "nearly a century after the Heresy"<br />
|The [[Raven Guard]] reaches significant combat strength for the first time since [[Isstvan V]].<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Raven Guard]]<br />
|-<br />
|120.M31<br />
|The [[High Lords of Terra]] allow the [[Dark Angels]] to establish numerous recruiting worlds.<br />
|[[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]] pg. 22<br />
|-<br />
|209.M31 <!-- 197 years after the Emperor's entombment --><br />
|[[Leman Russ (primarch)|Leman Russ]] vanishes on the day of the Feast of the Emperor's Ascension, taking all his favoured warriors with him except for [[Bjorn]].<br />
|[[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]], p. 21<br />
|-<br />
|216.M31 <!-- 7 years after Russ leaves --><br />
|The [[Wolf Lord]]s of the [[Space Wolves]] elect [[Bjorn]] as [[Great Wolf]]. Bjorn leads the Chapter's first Great Hunt in pursuit of their missing [[primarch]] and returns in failure.<br />
|''Ibid.''<br />
|-<br />
|356-372.M31<br />
|[[Vindicator]] created during third [[Rothern I]] pacification of the Great Heresy.<br />
|[[WD231|White Dwarf 231 (UK)]]<br />
|-<br />
|427.M31<br />
|Primarch [[Rogal Dorn]] is killed aboard the ''[[Sword of Sacrilege]]''.<br />
|[[Space Marine (Novel)]]<br />
|-<br />
|580.M31<br />
|The [[Dark Angels]] and two of their successor chapters engage in the Forgotten Wars against the agents of the Ruinous Powers.<br />
|[[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]] pg. 22<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 781.M31<br />
|The [[1st Black Crusade]]. On [[Uralan]], [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]] secures the [[daemon weapon]] [[Drach'nyen]]. The First Battle of [[Cadia]].<br />
|[[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]; [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition)]] pg. 22<br />
|-<br />
|893.M31<br />
|[[Scribe]] First Order [[Wendel Voss]] records the [[Cleansing of Laeran]] in which the alien [[Laer]] are wiped out by the [[Emperor's Children]] led by [[Fulgrim]]. <br><br />
{{CanonConflict}} ''(The Horus Heresy book [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] depicts this happening during the [[Great Crusade]].)''<br />
|[[White Dwarf 255 (UK)]],<br>[[Fulgrim (Novel)]]<br />
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|ca. 000.M31<br />
|The [[Imperium|Imperial]] military fights the [[ork]]s of Charhack for the Pargor Hith system.<br />
|[[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pg. 40 <!-- "almost a decade previously" to Isstvan III --><br />
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|rowspan=4|002.M31<br />
|The [[Black Legion|Luna Wolves]] and [[Blood Angels]] exterminate the [[nephilim]] on [[Melchior]]. The Luna Wolves proceed to the Ullanor sector while the [[Blood Angels]] go to [[Perseus Null]].<br />
|[[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]] Prologue <!-- Explicitly LW's last mission before Ullanor --><br />
|-<br />
|The Ullanor Campaign. The [[Emperor of Mankind]] leads the [[Black Legion|Luna Wolves]], [[Ultramarines]], and millions of Imperial Army elements against the [[ork]] [[warboss]] [[Urrlak Urruk]]'s empire in the Ullanor sector.<br />
|[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapter One <!-- Beginning concurrent with TS time on Aghoru --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Thousand Sons]] bring Twenty-Eight Sixteen ([[Aghoru]]) to compliance in a three-month endeavour.<br />
|''Ibid.'' Book One <!-- "Nearly two centuries" into the Great Crusade; Ullanor Campaign just beginning, six months overdue to join WB and SW in Ark Reach --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Alpha Legion]] responds to the 670th Expeditionary Fleet's request for aid in the [[Nurth]] campaign. The planet is lost when the [[Nurthene]] activate a [[Black Cube]]. Half the Imperial Army forces and six [[Titan]]s are left behind in the emergency evacuation.<br />
|[[Legion (Novel)|Legion]] Part One, Part Two Chapter One <!-- Ullanor -8 months, heresy -2 years --><br />
|-<br />
|004.M31<br />
|Five hundred [[Ultramarines]] battle-brothers participate in the three-year fight against the Vektate [[xenos]] overmind to free the human population of Arkenath.<br />
|[[Battle for the Abyss (Novel)|Battle for the Abyss]] Chapter Two <!-- Calth -3 years --><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=4|003.M31<br />
|The [[Thousand Sons]], [[Space Wolves]], and [[Word Bearers]] bring the [[Ark Reach Cluster]] to compliance. Major General Hestor Navarre is appointed [[Imperial governor]].<br />
|[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]], Chapters 11-14 <!-- before Ullanor triumph, TS here for ten months, WB and SW longer --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Ullanor Crusade]] comes to an end. The [[Emperor of Mankind]] and his army destroy [[Ork]] [[warboss]] [[Urrlak Urruk]] and the largest Ork empire in the galaxy. At the triumph celebrating the victory, the Emperor names [[Horus]] his [[Warmaster]], renames the Luna Wolves the ''Sons of Horus'', and retires to [[Terra]].<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Black Legion]]; [[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] by [[Dan Abnett]] Part Two Chapter Seven; [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapters 15-16 <!-- Magnus arrives 2 months after Ark Reach compliance --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Cleansing of Laeran]].<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part One <!-- First EC action after Ullanor; lasts about a month --><br />
|-<br />
|The 40th Expeditionary Fleet and the [[Space Wolves]] destroy the [[Olamic Quietude]].<br />
|[[Prospero Burns (Novel)|Prospero Burns]] Chapters 5-7<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=6|004.M31<br />
|Personnel from the 27th Expeditionary Fleet on [[Isstvan III]] send a distress signal while [[Vardus Praal]] and the Warsingers attack Imperial holdings.<br />
|[[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)|Galaxy in Flames]] Chapter 3<br />
|-<br />
|[[John Grammaticus]] leads the [[Alpha Legion]] to 42 Hydra Tertius to meet with the [[Cabal]]. After the meeting, the Alpha Legion [[battle barge]]s ''Alpha'' and ''Beta'' destroy the 670th Expeditionary Fleet.<br />
|[[Legion (Novel)|Legion]] Part Two <!-- Ullanor +4 months, during 63-19 --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]] [[Battle of Sixty-Three Nineteen|fights the "Imperium of Man"]] on [[Sixty-Three Nineteen]].<br />
|[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] Part One Chapters One - Four <!-- 203rd year of Great Crusade, Ullanor + < 1 year --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Battle of the Whisperhead Mountains]] on 63-19 ends. 63-19 is officially compliant.<br />
|''Ibid.'' Chapters Eight - Nine <!-- 18 weeks after Battle of 63-19 --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Luna Wolves]] reinforce the [[Blood Angels]] and [[Emperor's Children]] on [[Murder]]. Upon the arrival of [[Sanguinius]], the combined Imperial forces spend six months exterminating the [[megarachnid]]s.<br />
|''Ibid.'' Part Two <!-- Whisperheads +12 weeks (HR P2C3); before/during Carollis --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Emperor's Children]] and [[Iron Hands]] destroy the [[Diasporex]] at the [[Battle of the Carollis Star]].<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Two <!-- During/after 140-20 --><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=9|005.M31<br />
|The [[Council of Nikaea]] is convened to determine the fate of [[Space Marine]] [[Librarian]]s. The Emperor concludes that all Librarians must return to their battle companies and cease using their psychic powers. [[Magnus]] the Red is ordered to cease his study of sorcery.<br />
|[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapters 18-20; [[Prospero Burns (Novel)|Prospero Burns]] Chapters 9-11 <!-- 20 months after Ullanor; End of Murder, before Davin --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[interex]] makes contact with the [[Imperium]] in orbit of [[Murder]]. When the Hall of Devices in Xenobia Principis is burgled and destroyed, the interex accuses the Imperial party of the crime. Upon returning to Imperial space, Horus adopts the Emperor's new name for his legion, the "Sons of Horus." <br />
|[[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] Part Two Chapter Seven, Part Three <!-- After six month-campaign to exterminate megarachnids --><br />
|-<br />
|[[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] declines [[Alpharius]]'s request to aid the 88th Expeditionary Fleet in a campaign against an [[ork]] empire in the Kayvas Belt. [[Sanguinius]] and the [[Blood Angels]] join the fleet instead and the campaign takes thirteen months to complete.<br />
||''Ibid.'' Part Three Chapter Two; [[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]] Chapter One<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Black Legion|Sons of Horus]] come to [[Davin]] by [[Erebus]]'s request. on Davin's moon, [[plague zombie]]s attack the Imperial forces. [[Horus]] fights [[Eugen Temba]] and Temba wounds him with the [[anathame]]. Erebus convinces the legion that the [[Serpent Lodge]] can heal Horus's wound.<br />
|[[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] Chapter Six - Eight, Eleven <!-- 3 weeks after Xenobia (FG P1C4) --><br />
|-<br />
|[[Erebus]] enters [[Horus]]'s Warp vision disguised as [[Hastur Sejanus]] and tempts him with the powers of [[Chaos]] while [[Magnus]] the Red tries to dissuade him. Horus accepts the offer and awakens nine days after being interred in the [[Serpent Lodge]]'s Delphos chamber. Magnus attempts to warn the Emperor of Horus's betrayal through forbidden sorcery, damaging the [[Golden Throne]] and psychic infrastructure on [[Terra]] in the process.<br />
{{CanonConflict}} ''[[The Outcast Dead (Novel)|The Outcast Dead]] depicts Magnus's warning to the Emperor as occurring after the [[Drop Site Massacre]].''<br />
|''Ibid.'' Part Three; [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] Chapters 23-25; [[The Outcast Dead (Novel)|The Outcast Dead]] Chapter 8<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Battle of Tarsus]]. The [[Emperor's Children]] subsequently destroy [[Eldar]] [[Maiden World]]s in the Perdus Anomaly with [[virus bomb]]s.<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Three <!-- Concurrent with Horus's time in Serpent Lodge --><br />
|-<br />
|The [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] orders [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] to bring [[Magnus]] the Red to [[Terra]]. Russ calls for his entire legion to rendezvous at Telkara and then travel from there to [[Prospero]].<br />
|[[Tales of Heresy (Anthology)#Wolf at the Door|Tales of Heresy: Wolf at the Door]] <!-- Approximately five months before Prospero --><br />
|-<br />
|The 954th Expeditionary Fleet and [[Space Wolves]] [[13th Great Company]] bring the Lammas Sector to compliance, breaking the power of the Tyrants of Kernunnos. [[Wolf Lord]] Bulveye and his [[Wolf Guard]] spend three months battling the [[Dark Eldar]] [[Kabal of the Shrieking Heart]] on [[Antimon]].<br />
|''Ibid.''<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 16 weeks after leaving Davin --> Horus kills Fabricator Consul Emory Salignac of the [[Auretian Technocracy]], triggering a ten-month war with the Technocracy. <!-- Fulgrim arrives after 10 months 6 days of war, leaves 3 days later w/ anathame (FG P4C20); Space Wolves mustering at that time --><br />
|[[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] by [[Graham McNeill]] Part Four Chapter Nineteen; [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Four<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=17|006.M31<br />
|[[Horus]] contacts [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and changes his directive from arrest to elimination of [[Magnus]] the Red. He then orders [[Sanguinius]] to take his entire legion to the [[Signus Prime|Signus cluster]] in the Northern Cross to liberate it from the [[nephilim]] and [[Roboute Guilliman]] to redeploy his fleet from [[Saturn]] to the Veridian system in preparation to engage an [[ork]] incursion. Guilliman orders his fleets to rendezvous with the [[Word Bearers]] at [[Calth]].<br />
|''Ibid.'' Chapter 21; [[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]] Chapter 2; [[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)#Collected Visions|Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]] pgs. 158, 171<br />
|-<br />
|The Battle of Deep Orbital DS191. [[Fulgrim]] orders a part of the [[Emperor's Children]] under Lord Commander [[Eidolon]] to rendezvous with the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]] in the Isstvan system while he takes the rest to meet with [[Ferrus Manus]] in the Callinedes system and entice him to Horus's cause.<br />
|[[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)|Galaxy in Flames]] Chapters 2, 5; [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Part Four<br />
|-<br />
|[[Battle of Prospero]]. The [[Space Wolves]] destroy the planet but Magnus escapes, taking the remaining Thousand Sons on Prospero to the [[Planet of the Sorcerers]]. [[Bjorn]] loses his hand to a [[daemon]].<br />
|[[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] Chapter 21; [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] by [[Graham McNeill]] Chapters 27-31; [[Prospero Burns (Novel)|Prospero Burns]] by [[Dan Abnett]] Part Three; [[Space Wolf (Novel)|Space Wolf]] by [[William King]] Chapter 17<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Space Wolves]] [[13th Great Company]] disappears into the [[Eye of Terror]] in pursuit of the [[Thousand Sons]].<br />
|[[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]] pg. 9<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Death Guard]] purges the [[jorgall]] from the Iota Horologii system.<br />
|[[Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)|Flight of the Eisenstein]] Chapters 1-3 <!-- DG go to Isstvan III right after --><br />
|-<br />
|Ordered to suppress the rebellion of the Imperial governor of the Isstvan system, Horus purges the Legions under his command from all suspected loyalists. He deploys them on [[Isstvan III]] and then virus-bombs the planet from high orbit. A few manage to survive inside bunkers, forcing the traitors to land and fight a months-long ground war. The Imperial cruiser ''[[Eisenstein]]'', under the command of [[Nathaniel Garro]], manages to flee with news of Horus's rebellion, warning the Emperor.<br />
|[[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)|Galaxy in Flames]]; [[Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)|Flight of the Eisenstein]]; [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pgs. 40-59<br />
|-<br />
|[[Schism of Mars]]. The [[Dark Mechanicum]] wrests control of [[Mars]] from the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. <!-- Regulus leaves 63rd fleet just before Isstvan III --><br />
|[[Mechanicum (Novel)|Mechanicum]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Imperial Fists]] Captain Yonnad is selected to lead his legion's Retribution Fleet when [[Sigismund]] defers to remain at his primarch's side.<br />
|[[Shadows of Treachery (Anthology)#The Crimson Fist|Shadows of Treachery: The Crimson Fist]] <!-- 141 days before Battle at Phall system --><br />
|-<br />
|[[Olympia]] rises up against the Imperium following the death of Dammakos. [[Perturabo]] leads the [[Iron Warriors]] to crush the uprising, killing five million civilians before order is restored. <!-- Last known IW action before Isstvan V --><br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Iron Warriors]]<br />
|-<br />
|The [[Word Bearers]] abandon a nearly-complete compliance action on 1301-20 (Calis) to respond to the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]]'s order to join the fleet approaching Isstvan V.<br />
|[[The First Heretic (Novel)|The First Heretic]] Chapters 21-22<br />
|-<br />
|Bequa Kynska's ''Maraviglia'' premieres in ''La Fenice'' onboard the ''[[Pride of the Emperor]]''. Singer Coraline Aseneca and her chorus transform into [[daemonette]]s while the music pushes the mortal audience into an orgiastic frenzy.<br />
|[[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Chapter 22<br />
|-<br />
|Seven legions arrive in orbit of [[Isstvan V]] to bring Horus to task. After the ensuing [[Drop Site Massacre]], the [[daemonic possession|daemon-possessed]] [[Fulgrim]] has killed [[Ferrus Manus]], [[Vulkan]] has disappeared, and [[Lorgar]] and [[Corvus Corax]] duel until [[Konrad Curze]] nearly disembowls Corax. Corax leads guerrilla fighting until his fleet arrives to rescue the devastated loyalists. [[Alpha Legion]] operatives prevent a [[World Eaters]] vessel from firing on the Raven Guard relief vessels. About half of the Imperial military defects to Horus's side.<br />
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]]; [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] Chapters 23-25; [[The First Heretic (Novel)|The First Heretic]] Chapters 25-27; [[Deliverance Lost (Novel)|Deliverance Lost]]; [[Raven's Flight (Audio Book)|Raven's Flight]]; [[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#The Face of Treachery|Age of Darkness: The Face of Treachery]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Fulgrim]] defies [[Horus]]'s order to travel to [[Mars]] in order to pillage a [[Mechanicum]] resource world. His subordinates determine that he is [[Daemonic possession|not himself]] and attempt to torture the [[daemon]] out of him.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Reflection Crack'd|The Primarchs: The Reflection Crack'd]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Iron Warriors]] loyal to the Emperor defend the [[Schadenhold]] from their traitor brethren in a siege lasting a year and a day, Terran standard.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#The Iron Within|Age of Darkness: The Iron Within]]<br />
|-<br />
|Captain [[Menes Kalliston]] and elements of the [[Thousand Sons]] 4th Fellowship return to [[Prospero]] to find answers. A detachment of [[World Eaters]] led by [[Khârn]] captures Captain Kalliston and kills the rest of his unit. Khârn interrogates Kalliston and eventually kills him.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#Rebirth|Age of Darkness: Rebirth]] <!-- prospero +6 months --><br />
|-<br />
|The Battles of [[Battle at the Phall system|Phall]] and [[Battle of Signus Prime|Signus Prime]].<br />
|[[Shadows of Treachery (Anthology)#The Crimson Fist|The Crimson Fist]]; [[Fear to Tread (Novel)|Fear to Tread]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Fulgrim]] and [[Perturabo]] enter the [[Eye of Terror]] in pursuit of an [[Eldar]] weapon. Fulgrim ascends to [[Daemon Prince|daemonhood]].<br />
|[[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)|Angel Exterminatus]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|007.M31<br />
|An [[Ultramarines]] strike force destroys the [[Word Bearers]] ship ''[[Furious Abyss]]'' before it can attack [[Macragge]]. The World Bearers crash the fleet tender ''Campanile'' into the Ultramarines' fleet over [[Calth]], starting the [[Battle of Calth]]. A combined [[Word Bearers]] and [[World Eaters]] fleet, including the ''Abyss'''s sister ships ''Blessed Lady'' and ''Trisagion'', attacks Armatura. Elements of the Word Bearers legion also attack other worlds in the Ultramar region. <!-- Armatura = 1 year after Isstvan V and "days" after Abyss and Calth --><br />
|[[[[Battle for the Abyss (Novel)]]|Battle for the Abyss]]; [[Know No Fear (Novel)|Know No Fear]]; [[Betrayer (Novel)|Betrayer]] Part One<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lorgar]] and [[Angron]] lead their legions to [[Nuceria]]. Angron orders the planet exterminated, but [[Roboute Guilliman]] and his [[Ultramarines]] arrive to interfere and extract retribution for Calth. ''[[Fidelitas Lex]]'' is shot down. Lorgar's Shadow Crusade transforms Angron into a [[Daemon Prince]]. <!-- 27 days after leaving Armatura --><br />
|[[Betrayer (Novel)|Betrayer]] Part Two<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 6 months before Perditas --> Guilliman calls for loyalist fleets to gather at Ultramar. The 468th Expeditionary Fleet is sent to secure or destroy a warp engine on Perditas Ultima.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Lion|The Primarchs: The Lion]]<br />
|-<br />
|7.854.007.M31 <!-- Explicit date stamp --><br />
|Veridian Mandeville relay station Tertius receives a message from [[Ultramarines]] Captain Alcheios requesting confirmation of mission parameters for the Ghaslakh Campaign.<br />
|[[Mark of Calth (Anthology)#The Underworld War|Mark of Calth: The Underworld War]] epilogue<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=6|008.M31<br />
|Town 44 on [[Virger-Mos II]] [[agri-world]] succumbs to panic when it receives word of the Emperor's defeat.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#Liar's Due|Age of Darkness: Liar's Due]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lion El'Jonson]] and [[Konrad Curze]] battle on [[Tsagualsa]] during the [[Thramas Crusade]].<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#Savage Weapons|Age of Darkness: Savage Weapons]]<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 89+ days after Tsagualsa --> The [[Dark Angels]] and crew of ''[[Invincible Reason]]'' fight a [[daemon]]ic incursion after being pulled halfway into the Warp while en route to Perditas.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Lion|The Primarchs: The Lion]]<br />
|-<br />
|<!-- 38 days after Iron Hands arrival --> The [[Dark Angels]], [[Iron Hands]], and [[Death Guard]] battle on Perditas Ultima for possession of a Warp engine.<br />
|''Ibid.''<br />
|-<br />
|Operatus Five-Hydra: [[Alpha Legion]] Squad Sigma redirects Tenebrae 5-90, an asteroid containing a Mechanicum/Alpha Legion research station and a [[Warp]]-manipulating [[xenos]] device, to fall into the star 66 Zeta-octis.<br />
|[[The Primarchs (Anthology)#The Serpent Beneath|The Primarchs: The Serpent Beneath]] <!-- between The Lion and attack at Chondax --><br />
|-<br />
|While prosecuting a campaign against [[ork]]s in the Throll-Henderson system, [[Jaghatai Khan]] receives news from [[Rogal Dorn]] about Isstvan V and orders to return to [[Terra]]. The Khan receives a message from [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] concerning an [[Alpha Legion]] fleet in the Chondax system. The Alpha Legion attacks both legions and the [[White Scars]] withdraw, urging the [[Space Wolves]] to do the same.<br />
|[[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)#Collected Visions|Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]] pgs. 344-345<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Rogal Dorn]] interrogates [[remembrancer]] [[Solomon Voss]], recovered from a traitor vessel on the edge of the Solar System.<br />
|[[Age of Darkness (Anthology)#The Last Remembrancer|Age of Darkness: The Last Remembrancer]]<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|En route to [[Terra]], the [[Destroyer Plague]] hits the [[Death Guard]]. [[Mortarion]] swears allegiance to [[Nurgle]] to alleviate his legion's suffering.<br />
|[[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)#Collected Visions|Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]] pgs. 347-349<br />
|-<br />
|011.M31 <!-- 5 years after BA went to Signus Prime --><br />
|[[Baal]] receives word from [[Raldoron]] in the [[Signus Prime|Signus cluster]] that the [[Blood Angels]] legion still exists, narrowly averting their dissolution by order of [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]].<br />
|[[Black Library Weekender (Anthology)#Lost Sons|Lost Sons]]<br />
|-<br />
|012.M31 <!-- 7 years after Isstvan III (Age of Darkness blurb) --><br />
|[[Battle of Terra]]. [[Horus]]'s army lays siege to the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]]'s Palace for fifty-five days. When he detects the fleets of the [[Dark Angels]] and [[Ultramarines]] approaching, Horus drops his ship's shields to entice the Emperor into a personal confrontation. The Emperor, [[Sanguinius]], and [[Rogal Dorn]] teleport onboard Horus's [[battle barge]] ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]''. Horus kills [[Sanguinius]] and the Emperor utterly obliterates him. [[Rogal Dorn]] carries the mortally wounded Emperor to the [[Golden Throne]] to keep him alive.<br />
|[[White Dwarf 161 (UK)]]; [[White Dwarf 267 (US)]] article ''Assault on Holy Terra''<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Great Scouring]]. Loyalists gradually re-conquer the Imperium. [[Chaos]] forces retreat into the [[Eye of Terror]].<br />
|[[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 124; [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 168<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Luther]] betrays [[Lion El'Jonson]] upon the Lion's return to [[Caliban]]. In the ensuing fight, Caliban is split apart and El'Jonson vanishes while Luther is captured. He is kept in a [[stasis field]] inside [[The Rock]], the largest remaining piece of Caliban and the new homebase of the [[Dark Angels]].<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Dark Angels]]; [[Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)]] pgs. 8-9<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Roboute Guilliman]] compiles the [[Codex Astartes]], which lays down the new organizational doctrine for [[Space Marine]] chapters. <br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Codex Astartes]]<br />
|-<br />
|018.M31<br />
|[[Second Founding]]. The nine loyal Space Marine Legions are divided into forty new chapters during the [[Great Scouring]]. The [[Grey Knights]] are secretly created and designated Chapter 666.<br />
|[[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 168; [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]] pg. 53; [[Index Astartes]]: [[Grey Knights]] and [[Deathwatch]]<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 019.M31 <!-- a year and a day after the Second Founding --><br />
|[[Corvus Corax]] leaves his self-imposed seclusion after a year and a day and takes a ship toward the [[Eye of Terror]]. His last known communication is simply "Nevermore."<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Raven Guard]]<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 082.M31 <!-- Approximately 70 years after the Heresy --><br />
|[[Jaghatai Khan]] and the [[White Scars]] First Brotherhood disappear in pursuit of [[Dark Eldar]] on [[Corusil V]], near the [[Maelstrom]]. Chapter lore states that the Khan pursued a Dark Eldar [[Archon]] through a [[Webway]] portal.<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[White Scars]]<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 110.M31 <!-- "nearly a century after the Heresy"<br />
|The [[Raven Guard]] reaches significant combat strength for the first time since [[Isstvan V]].<br />
|[[Index Astartes]]: [[Raven Guard]]<br />
|-<br />
|120.M31<br />
|The [[High Lords of Terra]] allow the [[Dark Angels]] to establish numerous recruiting worlds.<br />
|[[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]] pg. 22<br />
|-<br />
|209.M31 <!-- 197 years after the Emperor's entombment --><br />
|[[Leman Russ (primarch)|Leman Russ]] vanishes on the day of the Feast of the Emperor's Ascension, taking all his favoured warriors with him except for [[Bjorn]].<br />
|[[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]], p. 21<br />
|-<br />
|216.M31 <!-- 7 years after Russ leaves --><br />
|The [[Wolf Lord]]s of the [[Space Wolves]] elect [[Bjorn]] as [[Great Wolf]]. Bjorn leads the Chapter's first Great Hunt in pursuit of their missing [[primarch]] and returns in failure.<br />
|''Ibid.''<br />
|-<br />
|356-372.M31<br />
|[[Vindicator]] created during third [[Rothern I]] pacification of the Great Heresy.<br />
|[[WD231|White Dwarf 231 (UK)]]<br />
|-<br />
|427.M31<br />
|Primarch [[Rogal Dorn]] is killed aboard the ''[[Sword of Sacrilege]]''.<br />
|[[Space Marine (Novel)]]<br />
|-<br />
|580.M31<br />
|The [[Dark Angels]] and two of their successor chapters engage in the Forgotten Wars against the agents of the Ruinous Powers.<br />
|[[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]] pg. 22<br />
|-<br />
|ca. 781.M31<br />
|The [[1st Black Crusade]]. On [[Uralan]], [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]] secures the [[daemon weapon]] [[Drach'nyen]]. The First Battle of [[Cadia]].<br />
|[[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]; [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition)]] pg. 22<br />
|-<br />
|893.M31<br />
|[[Scribe]] First Order [[Wendel Voss]] records the [[Cleansing of Laeran]] in which the alien [[Laer]] are wiped out by the [[Emperor's Children]] led by [[Fulgrim]]. <br><br />
{{CanonConflict}} ''(The Horus Heresy book [[Fulgrim (Novel)|Fulgrim]] depicts this happening during the [[Great Crusade]].)''<br />
|[[White Dwarf 255 (UK)]],<br>[[Fulgrim (Novel)]]<br />
|}<br />
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The Raven Guard are a first founding chapter and were the '''XIX''' Legion of the Space Marines. {{Endl6}}</div>Cch123