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The '''Librarium Daemonica''' is a unique respository of knowledge on the [[warp]] and [[Chaos]] that is housed within the [[Grey Knights]]'s [[Chapter]] [[Fortress-Monastery]] on [[Titan (Moon)|Titan]].<sup>1-p22</sup> It is situated within the darkest corner of the [[Sanctum Sanctorum]] that is heavily guarded where its knowledge is held within the age-worn oaken cabinets that hold crumbling scrolls, gnarled tomes along with tarnished blackened datacrystals located within the twisting corridors.<sup>2-p10</sup>
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This collection of information had been painstakingly put together by the [[Ordo Malleus]] across millennia where it became contained in this gloomy and forbidden place that held tens of thousands of tomes of arcane lore as well as diabolism.All these tomes are cracked with age and heavy with psychic evil that had been brought upon the universe. Essential tenets of warp lore contained within the Librarium are duplicated in the contents of the [[Liber Daemonicum|Liber Daemonicus]] that is worn by the Grey Knights which serves as one of their greatest weapons.<sup>1-p22</sup>
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The '''Librarium Daemonica''' is a unique respository of knowledge on the [[warp]] and [[Chaos]] that is housed within the [[Grey Knights]]' [[Fortress-Monastery]] on [[Titan (Moon)|Titan]].{{Fn|1}} It is situated within the darkest corner of the [[Sanctum Sanctorum]], heavily guarded, where its knowledge is held within the age-worn oaken cabinets that hold crumbling scrolls, gnarled tomes along with tarnished blackened datacrystals located within the twisting corridors.{{Fn|2}}
  
The threat of this dark knowledge is a serious matter as it can do great damage if it were to fall into the wrong hands which is why the Librarium's security is second only to the [[Emperor's Palace]]. There exists three sets of adamantium walls that serve as barricades that are several meters thick and are protected by sigilite enchantments that were scribed in languages which are long dead. These have been anointed and consecreated in oils along with being inscribed with silver seals of warding. Only three points of entry allow access to the chamber with the first portal being a cipher-locked blast door, the second a spatial displacement field and the third final one being a magickal vortex. A senior [[Librarian]] guards each portal with correct authorisation needed with failure to provide the correct codes bringing about any trespassers death.<sup>2-p10</sup>
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This collection had been painstakingly put together by the [[Ordo Malleus]] over millennia, until the knowledge has come to reside in this gloomy and forbidden place, held in tens of thousands of tomes of arcane lore. All these tomes are cracked with age and heavy with [[psychic]] evil that had been brought upon the universe. Essential tenets of warp lore contained within the Librarium are duplicated in the contents of the [[Liber Daemonicum]] that is worn by the Grey Knights which serves as one of their greatest weapons.{{Fn|1}}
  
==Notes==
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The threat of this dark knowledge is a serious matter, as it can do great damage were it to fall into the wrong hands.  For this reason, the Librarium's security is second only to that of the [[Emperor's Palace]].  There exists three sets of [[adamantium]] walls that are several meters thick and are protected by sigilite enchantments that were inscribed in languages which are long dead.  These have been anointed and consecrated in oils, and inscribed with silver seals of warding.  Only three points of entry allow access to the chamber: the first portal is a cipher-locked blast door, the second a spatial displacement field and the third and final one is a magickal vortex.  A senior [[Librarian]] guards each portal, and failure to present the correct authorisation codes at each portal is met with instant death.{{Fn|2}}
On Page 15 of [[Ben Counter]]'s [[Grey Knights (Novel)]], mention is made of an [[Inquisitor]]ial hidden archive known as the '''Librarium Daemonicum''' yet this site is said to be located on [[Saturn]]'s other moon of Tethys whereas the Librarium Daemonica is said to reside in the Grey Knights Fortress-Monastery.
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==Canon Conflicts==
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[[Ben Counter]]'s novel [[Grey Knights (Novel)|Grey Knights]], places the '''Librarium Daemonicum''' on [[Saturn]]'s moon of [[Tethys]], rather than in the Grey Knights Fortress-Monastery on Titan.{{Fn|3}}
  
 
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*<sup>1</sup>: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium (2nd Edition)]] (1994), p. 22
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Millennium (game system)]] (1994), pg. 22
*<sup>2</sup>: [[Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)]], pg, 10
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)]], pg. 10
 
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[Grey Knights (Novel)]] by [[Ben Counter]], {{Cite This}}, pg. 15
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Revision as of 02:06, 9 April 2013

The Librarium Daemonica is a unique respository of knowledge on the warp and Chaos that is housed within the Grey Knights' Fortress-Monastery on Titan.[1] It is situated within the darkest corner of the Sanctum Sanctorum, heavily guarded, where its knowledge is held within the age-worn oaken cabinets that hold crumbling scrolls, gnarled tomes along with tarnished blackened datacrystals located within the twisting corridors.[2]

This collection had been painstakingly put together by the Ordo Malleus over millennia, until the knowledge has come to reside in this gloomy and forbidden place, held in tens of thousands of tomes of arcane lore. All these tomes are cracked with age and heavy with psychic evil that had been brought upon the universe. Essential tenets of warp lore contained within the Librarium are duplicated in the contents of the Liber Daemonicum that is worn by the Grey Knights which serves as one of their greatest weapons.[1]

The threat of this dark knowledge is a serious matter, as it can do great damage were it to fall into the wrong hands. For this reason, the Librarium's security is second only to that of the Emperor's Palace. There exists three sets of adamantium walls that are several meters thick and are protected by sigilite enchantments that were inscribed in languages which are long dead. These have been anointed and consecrated in oils, and inscribed with silver seals of warding. Only three points of entry allow access to the chamber: the first portal is a cipher-locked blast door, the second a spatial displacement field and the third and final one is a magickal vortex. A senior Librarian guards each portal, and failure to present the correct authorisation codes at each portal is met with instant death.[2]

Canon Conflicts

Ben Counter's novel Grey Knights, places the Librarium Daemonicum on Saturn's moon of Tethys, rather than in the Grey Knights Fortress-Monastery on Titan.[3]

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