Lorin Alpha
Lorin Alpha is the homeworld of the Fire Angels Space Marine Chapter.[1]
Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Lorin Alpha | ||
Segmentum: | Solar[2b] | ||
Sector: | Unknown | ||
Subsector: | Unknown | ||
System: | Unknown | ||
Population: | Unknown | ||
Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
Class: | Adeptus Astartes Homeworld | ||
Tithe Grade: | Unknown |
Contents
History
At the dawn of the Great Crusade, a bloody campaign on Lorin Alpha took place, in which Titans of the Legio Audax took part, known as the Lorin Alpha Massacres. Аfter that event, Legio Audax were removed to the training world of Bodt, where the World Eaters Legion were concentrated.[2a] During the Horus Heresy, Lorin Alpha was the site of a major battle between the White Scars and Emperor's Children that saw the traitors victorious with the arrival of a Dark Mechanicus fleet.[4]
In 118.M33 during the infamous Hour of Shadow on this planet has started the riots and madness that engulfed all this world. Chapter Master of the Black Wings Chapter — Khardin Gol was killed there along with numerous Lords of the Imperium. Later the Black Wings learned that it was the machinations of the Tenebrae, a Chaos Warband and swears an eternal vow of vendetta against this Chaos worshipers.[3]
Note
Exact location of the planet is indicated according to Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition, pgs. 8–9 (map)
See Also
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One, pg. 94
- 2: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 17
- 4: Horusheresy.com Galaxy Timeline (last accessed 2/6/2022)