Cyrene
This article is about the World; for the Word Bearers Confessor, see Cyrene Valantion. |
Cyrene was a verdant world where the Blood Ravens chapter held their Blood Trials[3] to choose new recruits for the Chapter.[4] The world possessed a large proportion of mutants, particularly psykers but was also noted for an unswerving loyalty to the Emperor and capable soldiers who performed admirably in the Imperial Guard regiments tithed to the Imperium.[3]
Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Cyrene | ||
Segmentum: | Ultima | ||
Sector: | Korianis Sector | ||
Subsector: | Subsector Aurelia | ||
System: | Unknown | ||
Population: | None | ||
Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
Class: | Dead World, former — Civilized World[4] | ||
Tithe Grade: | Aptus Non |
Cyrene was an flourished world used eclectic mixture of technlogoies, including the hydrofoil systems and extensive corrals for Sharaqs (see below).[4]
History
When Gabriel Angelos, who himself traced his origins to this planet, returned to it for recruiting and began the selection process, however, something soon changed his motivation. The Blood Trial process was stopped, after which Gabriel Angelos returned to the Strike Cruiser and immediately sent a secure Astropathic message to an unknown recipient.[4]
The essence of the message remained secret, but within a months, ships of the Navy and the Inquisition arrived in the system, entered orbit of the planet and immediately began intensive bombardment of its surface with mass drivers, lance strikes and cyclonic torpedoes. The bombing continued for more than a week straight, and the planet was turned into a wasteland where nothing alive survived.[4]
The destruction of Cyrene, his homeworld, weighed heavily on Angelos for the rest of his life, though he always expressed certainty that he had made the right decision.[1]
Flora and Fauna
Relics
- The Blighted Power Armour: a suit of power armour belonging to the Blood Ravens, with fragments of Cyrene's crust worked into its plating. The wearing of this armour is regarded by the Blood Ravens as a necessary penance.[2]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Single Player Campaign
- 2: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Wargear Selection
- 3: Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter,[Needs Citation]
- 4: White Dwarf 305 (UK), pg. 85 Chapter Master Angelos
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