Known Vessels of the Word Bearers
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The following is a list of known spacecraft belonging to the Word Bearers.
List of Known Vessels
Name | Class | Pattern | Era | Notes | Source(s) | ||||||
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Abyssal Communion | Battleship | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. In the opening shots of the battle, it destroyed the Ultramarines Frigates Defence of Romus and the Scion of Latium. | [1b] | |||||||
Acryx's Sigh | Frigate | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed over Pergamon. | [20b] | |||||||
Act of Convocation | Battle Barge | Took part in the Battle of Calth. In the opening shots of the battle, it destroyed the Ultramarines Heavy Cruiser Star of Paramenio. | [1b] | ||||||||
Annunciation | Cruiser | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. Attacked the Veridius Maxim orbital fort alongside the Gospel of Steel and the Vox Finalis. | [21] | |||||||
Ayamandar | Heavy Cruiser | Styx | Post-Heresy | Base of operations for the Weeping Veil Chapter, under the command of the Dark Apostle Mor Jalchek, and was part of the Despoiler's fleet that attacked the Forge World Agripinaa during the 13th Black Crusade. | [12] | ||||||
Balthamir's Sword | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. | [27] | ||||||||
Blessed Lady | Battleship | Abyss | Heresy | Sister ship of the Furious Abyss. | [2b] | ||||||
Butcherblade | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20c] | ||||||||
Cacodaemon | Battleship | Post-Heresy | Fought in the Diamor Campaign. | [3] | |||||||
Callyon's Yearning | Cruiser | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed. | [20c] | |||||||
Chronicle of Ashes | Battleship | Gloriana | Heresy, Post-Heresy | Captured by the Ultramarines during the Great Scouring. Eventually reentered service with the Nemesis Chapter as the Lex Talonis. | [1a] | ||||||
Covenant of Truth | Battleship | Oberon | Heresy | Destroyed by the Sysipheum during the Solar War. | [28] | Crown of Colchis | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. | [11a] | ||
Crucius Maledictus | Bulk Transport | Unknown | Post-Heresy | Took part in the Battle of the Boros Gate | [13] | ||||||
Dagmar's Penitence | Cruiser | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20d][20e] | |||||||
Damnation | Battleship | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector. | [14] | |||||||
Dark Chorus | Battleship | Desolator | Post-Heresy | [4] | |||||||
Dark Page | Cruiser | [5] | |||||||||
Dark Sacrament | Cruiser | Gladius | Heresy | Crippled, boarded and destroyed by the Red-marked. | [25a] | ||||||
De Profundis | Battle Barge | Pre-Heresy | Flagship of the 1,301st Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade, in service with the Serrated Sun Chapter. | [6a][6c] | |||||||
Deadsong | Heresy | Attacked Ulixis at the outbreak of the Horus Heresy. | [2a] | ||||||||
Demagogue | Destroyer | Hunter | Heresy | Boarded by the Red-marked. | [25b] | ||||||
Destiny's Hand | Battle Barge | Heresy | Flagship of the Dark Apostle Erebus. Took part in the Battle of Calth. | [11a] | |||||||
Dirge Eterna | Cruiser | Murder | Post-Heresy | Flagship of Iskavan the Hated. | [7b] | ||||||
Discord | Escort | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector. | [15a] | |||||||
Disorder's Call | Battleship | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector. | [16] | |||||||
Dominant Will | Cathedral Ship | Flagship of Kor Phaeron. | [26] | ||||||||
Eternal Pain | Grand Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in the Pyrus Reach Sector. | [17] | |||||||
Fidelitas Lex | Battleship | Gloriana | Pre-Heresy, Heresy | Legion Flagship during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Destroyed over Nuceria by the Ultramarines during the Shadow Crusade. | [2d] | ||||||
Firebrand | Flagship of The Blessed. | [24] | |||||||||
Flame of Purity | Battleship | Infernus | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. | [11a][11b] | ||||||
Furious Abyss | Battleship | Abyss | Heresy | Destroyed in the Horus Heresy | |||||||
Gallowstongue | Cruiser | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed. | [20e] | |||||||
Glory Eternal | Battle Barge | Era Indomitus | Spearheaded the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed over Almace. | [20a] | |||||||
Gospel of Steel | Cruiser | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. Attacked the Veridius Maxim orbital fort alongside the Annunciation and the Vox Finalis | [21] | |||||||
Hawk of Sicarius | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20b] | ||||||||
Inexorable Ruination | Battle Barge | Post-Heresy | [4] | ||||||||
Infidus Diabolus | Strike Cruiser | Took part in the Invasion of Tanakreg | [8] | ||||||||
Infidus Imperator | Battle Barge | Heresy | Originally known as the Raptorus Rex. Former flagship of Kor Phaeron. Took part in the Battle of Calth. | [11a] | |||||||
Kamiel | Battleship | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. | [11a] | |||||||
Liber Colchis | Cruiser | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. One of the ships that initiated boarding actions on the Ultramarines flagship, Macragge's Honour. | [11c] | |||||||
Lorgar's Rising | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in Pyrus Reach Sector. | [18a] | ||||||||
Lorgar's Spite | Took part in the Battle of Calth. | ||||||||||
Lorgar's Word | Cruiser | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20d][20e] | |||||||
Lucius' Blade | Escort | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed. | [20c] | |||||||
Malice | Escort | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed. | [20c] | |||||||
Misericorde | Battleship | Desolator | Post-Heresy | ||||||||
Monarchia | Cruiser | Heresy | Commanded by the Dark Apostle Quor Gallek. Destroyed in the Battle of Nocturne by the Salamanders Battle Barge Charybdis. | [25c][25d] | |||||||
Mournsong | Heresy | Flagship of the Twisting Rune Chapter. | [22] | ||||||||
Night's Angel | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20b] | ||||||||
Ogre Lord | Grand Cruiser | Repulsive | Post-Heresy | Destroyed in orbit over Cybele by the Blood Angels. | [7a] | ||||||
Olympia's Bane | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20b] | ||||||||
Pandemonia | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in Pyrus Reach Sector. | [15b] | ||||||||
Rapture of the Void | Took part in the Battle of Calth. In the opening shots of the battle, it destroyed the Ultramarines vessel Trials of Anteias. | [1b] | |||||||||
Sacrificer | Escort | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in Pyrus Reach Sector. | [18b] | |||||||
Sanctifying Grace | Took part in the Battle of Calth. In the opening shots of the battle, it destroyed the Ultramarines Battle Barge Judicious Truth. | [1b] | |||||||||
Shield of Scarus | Strike Cruiser | Pre-Heresy | [6b] | ||||||||
Skulleater | Escort | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed. | [20c] | |||||||
Skullhound | Cruiser | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. Destroyed. | [20d][20e] | |||||||
Slaughterqueen | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20b] | ||||||||
Spear of Sedros | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. | [11] | ||||||||
Trisagion | Battleship | Abyss | Heresy | Sister ship of the Furious Abyss | [2c] | ||||||
Ucephalot | Cruiser | Era Indomitus | Took part in the Invasion of the Odoacer System. | [20b][20e] | |||||||
Unending Reverence | [6b] | ||||||||||
Unruly Penitent | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in Pyrus Reach Sector. | [15c] | ||||||||
Unspeakable | Cruiser | Post-Heresy | Fought in the conflict in Pyrus Reach Sector. | [19] | |||||||
Valediction | Strike Cruiser | Heresy | Commanded by the Dark Apostle Danask. Took part in the Dropsite Massacre on Isstvan V. Later participated in the hunt for the remnants of the Raven Guard. Dragged unprotected into the Warp by the Raven Guard Battle Barge Avenger. | [9] | |||||||
Vorkaudar | Frigate | Deep-void frigate | Heresy | Commanded by Sergeant Kal Zedej of the Yesa Takdar. Ambushed and boarded by Loyalist Space Marines, then destroyed. | [23a][23b] | ||||||
Vox Dominus | [10] | ||||||||||
Vox Finalis | Heavy Cruiser | Heresy | Took part in the Battle of Calth. Attacked the Veridius Maxim orbital fort alongside the Annunciation and the Gospel of Steel | [21] |
See also
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest
- 2: Betrayer (Novel)
- 3: Black Crusade: Traitor's Hate, pg. 97
- 4: Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault, pg. 79
- 5: Fear to Tread (Novel), Chapter Two
- 6: The First Heretic (Novel)
- 7: Deus Encarmine (Novel) - The Blood Angels (Omnibus)
- 8: Dark Apostle (Novel)
- 9: Deliverance Lost (Novel), Chapter Three
- 10: Vox Dominus (Short Story)
- 11: Know No Fear (Novel)
- 12: The Lords of Silence (Novel), Chapter 10
- 13: Dark Creed (Novel) Chapter 1
- 14: Dark Millennium (game system): Fires of Pyrus (set) - Damnation, card description
- 15: Dark Millennium (game system): Damnation's Gate (set)
- 15a: Discord, card description
- 15b: Pandemonia, card description
- 15c: The Unruly Penitent, card description
- 16: Dark Millennium (game system): Promo Cards (set) — Disorder's Call, card description
- 17: Dark Millennium (game system): Hope's Twilight (set) — Eternal Pain, card description
- 18: Dark Millennium (game system): Rising Darkness (set)
- 18a: Lorgar's Rising, card description
- 18b: Sacrificer, card description
- 19: Dark Millennium (game system): Core Set — The Unspeakable, card description
- 20: Apocalypse (Novel)
- 21: The Traveller (Short Story) — Mark of Calth (Anthology)
- 22: The Underworld War (Short Story) — Mark of Calth (Anthology)
- 23: Scars (Novel)
- 24: Warhammer Community: Andy Clark's Bearers of the Word – Article One (Posted on 19/02/2017) (last accessed on 17th July 2020)
- 25: Deathfire (Novel)
- 26: Throne of Light (Novel), Chapter One
- 27: The Horus Heresy: Legions - Battle of Calth Expansion - Word Bearers Card Description (last accessed 24th August 2022)
- 28: Sons of Selenar (Novella), Chapter 2