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Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum β

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

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

The bell was first ordered to toll by the Emperor fifty times for the Imperial Fists lost on the Uranus orbitals during the Unheard War, after their actions saved the Sol System.[5] The bell was also rung one thousand times to honour each dead marine when the Fire Hawks Chapter was lost.[2][3]

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