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The '''Scarab Occult''' is the name of one of the main fighting structures of the [[Thousand Sons]] [[Chaos Space Marines]]. It includes [[Scarab Occult Sorcerer]]s who direct the ranks of [[Rubric Marine|automatons]] of [[Scarab Occult Terminator]]s.{{Fn|1}}
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[[Image:ScarabOccultArt8th.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Post-Heresy Scarab Occult Terminators]]
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The '''Scarab Occult''', also known as the '''Sekhmet'''{{Fn|1a}} are the [[Tactical Dreadnought Armour]]-equipped [[Terminator]] elite of the [[Thousand Sons]] and a part of '''Scarab Occult''' (as an organization) of this [[Space Marine Legion]]. They were active for much of the [[Great Crusade]]{{Fn|1a}} and the [[Horus Heresy]]. Today the Scarab Occult includes [[Scarab Occult Sorcerers]] who direct the ranks of automatons of Scarab Occult Terminators.{{Fn|3a}}
  
==History==
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==Overview==
During the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] the '''Scarab Occult''' was the elite [[1st Company|1st Fellowship]] of the [[Thousand Sons]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] and proudly fought for the Legion and [[Magnus]] himself.{{Fn|2}}
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Belonging to the 1st [[Chapter|Fellowship]] of the legion, they were under the command of 1st Fellowship [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Ahzek Ahriman]]. Proud and devoted warriors, they were veterans of both battle and the Thousand Sons' psychic discipline system, with no member being of lower [[Cults of the Thousand Sons|cult]] grade than Philosophus. This meant that each warrior was able to mentally transcend their personal tastes, likes, and dislikes to achieve a form of emotional purity that resulted in warriors both extremely loyal and calm, perfectly willing to obey every order given to them. This practise was commented on by some of the [[primarchs]] who witnessed them fight during the Great Crusade; [[Jaghatai Khan]] called them "automatons," [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] decried their fighting spirit, while [[Ferrus Manus]] called them "robots" - thought in a complimentary way.{{Fn|1a}}
  
==Formations==
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The total number of the Sekhmet is unknown, but the force present with Ahriman on [[Aghoru]] numbered eighty-one.{{Fn|1c}} Aghoru was one of the first times that they deployed their newly issued [[assault cannon|rotary cannons]], although they deliberately chose to continue to refer to the weapon by the name of the previous Terminator-issue support cannon, the [[Reaper Autocannon|Reaper]]. This was due to the numerological significance of the word ''reaper'', which fitted perfectly with the philosophy of the Thousand Sons.{{Fn|1b}} Following the [[Council of Nikaea]], the Scarab Occult Terminators took to cutting a vertical scar through the right lenses of their helmets in their primarch's image.{{Fn|1d}}
*'''Sekhmet Conclave''' - consists of a [[sorcerer]] or a [[Daemon Prince]] and a detachment of [[Scarab Occult Terminator]]s these Conclaves are a magical force like no other. The collective power of sigil-wards of the Scarab Occult magnify their protective power to great heights and the arcane spells of their commander-lords protect them even more from enemy shells and attacks.{{Fn|3}}
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After the Heresy and the [[Rubric of Ahriman]], the Scarab Occult Terminators were reduced to mere [[Rubicae]] along with most of the Legion.{{Fn|2}} However, unlike ordinary Rubricae, their armour were engraved with arcane formulae and potent spells, so when the Rubric struck them, the energies of these cursed inscriptions blended with remnants of the Terminators' souls, wreathing Scarab Occult Terminators forever in shimmering shields of sorcerous energy, making them resistant to perils of empyric transfer, and therefore ideally suited to teleportation assault.{{Fn|5}} In the 41st millennium, they wage war at the side of Thousand Sons [[Sorcerer]]s though they still kept the old name - '''Scarab Occult Terminators'''.{{Fn|2}}
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==Weapon==
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Scarab Occults Terminators usually equipped with [[Inferno Combi-Bolter]]s and [[Power Sword]]s (made in a special ''Khopesh'' style). Also except the above mentioned rotary cannon, one of the unit's Scarab Terminators can have a [[Hellfyre Missile Rack]] or [[Heavy Warpflamer]].{{Fn|3}}
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==Known Groups==
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*[[The Fractal Blades]]{{Fn|4}}
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==Known Formations==
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*'''Sekhmet Conclave''' - consists of a [[sorcerer]] or a [[Daemon Prince]] and a detachment of [[Scarab Occult Terminator]]s these Conclaves are a magical force like no other. The collective power of sigil-wards of the Scarab Occult magnify their protective power to great heights and the arcane spells of their commander-lords protect them even more from enemy shells and attacks.{{Fn|6}}
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==Images==
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
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Magnus and Scarab Occult.jpg|Pre-Heresy members of the [[Scarab Occult Terminator]]s with [[Magnus the Red]]
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ScarabOccultMinis.jpg|[[M41]] Scarab Occult Terminators Squad
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Sekhmet.jpg|Heresy-era Scarab Occult Terminators
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</gallery>
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==Related Articles==
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*[[Scarab Occult Sorcerer]]
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*[[Space Marine Honour Guard#Pre-Heresy|Pre-Heresy Space Marine Honour Guards]]
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Thousand Sons (8th Edition)]], pg. 19
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*1: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]], Chapter One
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**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter One
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex Supplement: Traitor Legions]], pg. 67, ''Sekhmet Conclave''
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**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter Two
 
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**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Six
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**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter Twenty-Five
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*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/scarab-occult-terminators Games Workshop]
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Thousand Sons (8th Edition)]], pg. 76
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**{{Endn|3a}}: pg.19
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*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Kill-Team-Fractal-Blades-EN-2019 Games-Workshop - The Dractal Blades] ''(last accessed 10 August 2019)''
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*{{Endn|5}}: [[Kill Team: Elites]] Sourcebook, pg. 80
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex Supplement: Traitor Legions]] pg.63
 
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Revision as of 20:49, 14 January 2020

Post-Heresy Scarab Occult Terminators

The Scarab Occult, also known as the Sekhmet[1a] are the Tactical Dreadnought Armour-equipped Terminator elite of the Thousand Sons and a part of Scarab Occult (as an organization) of this Space Marine Legion. They were active for much of the Great Crusade[1a] and the Horus Heresy. Today the Scarab Occult includes Scarab Occult Sorcerers who direct the ranks of automatons of Scarab Occult Terminators.[3a]

Overview

Belonging to the 1st Fellowship of the legion, they were under the command of 1st Fellowship Captain Ahzek Ahriman. Proud and devoted warriors, they were veterans of both battle and the Thousand Sons' psychic discipline system, with no member being of lower cult grade than Philosophus. This meant that each warrior was able to mentally transcend their personal tastes, likes, and dislikes to achieve a form of emotional purity that resulted in warriors both extremely loyal and calm, perfectly willing to obey every order given to them. This practise was commented on by some of the primarchs who witnessed them fight during the Great Crusade; Jaghatai Khan called them "automatons," Leman Russ decried their fighting spirit, while Ferrus Manus called them "robots" - thought in a complimentary way.[1a]

The total number of the Sekhmet is unknown, but the force present with Ahriman on Aghoru numbered eighty-one.[1c] Aghoru was one of the first times that they deployed their newly issued rotary cannons, although they deliberately chose to continue to refer to the weapon by the name of the previous Terminator-issue support cannon, the Reaper. This was due to the numerological significance of the word reaper, which fitted perfectly with the philosophy of the Thousand Sons.[1b] Following the Council of Nikaea, the Scarab Occult Terminators took to cutting a vertical scar through the right lenses of their helmets in their primarch's image.[1d]

After the Heresy and the Rubric of Ahriman, the Scarab Occult Terminators were reduced to mere Rubicae along with most of the Legion.[2] However, unlike ordinary Rubricae, their armour were engraved with arcane formulae and potent spells, so when the Rubric struck them, the energies of these cursed inscriptions blended with remnants of the Terminators' souls, wreathing Scarab Occult Terminators forever in shimmering shields of sorcerous energy, making them resistant to perils of empyric transfer, and therefore ideally suited to teleportation assault.[5] In the 41st millennium, they wage war at the side of Thousand Sons Sorcerers though they still kept the old name - Scarab Occult Terminators.[2]

Weapon

Scarab Occults Terminators usually equipped with Inferno Combi-Bolters and Power Swords (made in a special Khopesh style). Also except the above mentioned rotary cannon, one of the unit's Scarab Terminators can have a Hellfyre Missile Rack or Heavy Warpflamer.[3]

Known Groups

Known Formations

  • Sekhmet Conclave - consists of a sorcerer or a Daemon Prince and a detachment of Scarab Occult Terminators these Conclaves are a magical force like no other. The collective power of sigil-wards of the Scarab Occult magnify their protective power to great heights and the arcane spells of their commander-lords protect them even more from enemy shells and attacks.[6]

Images

Related Articles

Sources


Legiones Astartes Forces of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy
Command PrimarchLegion MasterPraetorCenturionSpace Marine Command SquadChief ApothecaryForgemasterChief LibrarianHeraldDecurion
Elite Troops Veteran SquadTerminator SquadDestroyer SquadMoritatChampion ConsulHonour GuardNullificator
Troops Tactical SquadAssault SquadBreacher Siege SquadSeeker SquadOutrider SquadSky Seeker SquadHussar SquadTactical Support SquadReconnaissance SquadHeavy Support SquadSky Hunter SquadDespoiler SquadNewbloods
Specialists Techmarine (MortificatorForge Lord)Apothecary (Primus Medicae) • ChaplainLibrarian (Esoterist)Master of SignalsConsul (PraevianDelegatusWarmongerArmistosOpsequiariNullificator)VigilatorSiege BreakerPathfinder
Dreadnoughts ContemptorDeredeoCastaferrumVenerableMortisLeviathan
Armored Vehicles Rhino (Advancer) • Predator (ExecutionerInfernus) • Land Raider (PhobosProteusAchilles) • SabreKratosTermite
Heavy Vehicles SpartanKratosSicaran (VenatorPunisherArcusOmega) • Malcador (AnnihilatorDefenderInfernus) • CerberusTyphon
Super-Heavy Vehicles Fellblade (Glaive) • FalchionShadowswordStormbladeMastodonCapitol ImperialisLeviathan
Fast Attack Vehicles JetbikeBike (Attack Bike) • Land SpeederJavelin
Artillery BasiliskMedusaWhirlwind (ScorpiusHyperios) • Vindicator (Laser Destroyer) • Arquitor (GravitonSpiculaMorbus) • RapierHeavy Quad LauncherTarantula
Aircraft Drop Pod (Deathstorm) • Kharybdis Assault ClawDreadclawStormbirdThunderhawk (Thunderhawk Transporter) • Storm Eagle (Fire Raptor) • StormstrikePrimaris Lightning Strike FighterXiphon InterceptorCaestus Assault RamOrgus FlyerApisLotusWrathLightning CrowStormhawkCorsairDeathbirdSwordstrikeCastellanPythosHarbingerHawkwing
Legion-specific

I - Deathwing (Companions) • Dreadwing (InteremptorsNaufragia) • Firewing (Enigmatii) • Ironwing (Forge-wrightsExcindio Class Robot) • RavenwingStormwingPaladinKnights CenobiumIII - KakophoniPalatine BladesPhoenix GuardSun KillersIV - Iron CircleIron HavocStor-BezashkTyranthikosTyrant Siege TerminatorDodakathikThunderstrikeThunderburstWarsmithCastellan RhinoV - KeshigEbon KeshigGolden KeshigFalcon's ClawsKaraoghlanlarKyzaganSagyar MazanStormseerVI - Blood ClawsDeathswornFenrisian WolfGrey SlayerGrey StalkerBlood ClawBlack CullRune PriestWolf GuardWolf PriestHrimthursarEldthursarHunterVII - CastellanHuscarlsPhalanx WarderTemplar BrethrenVIII - AtramentarNight RaptorTerror SquadContekarReaverIX - Angel's TearsBurning EyesHigh HostContemptor-IncaendiusCrimson PaladinsDawnbreakerSanguinary GuardX - GorgonIron FatherMedusan ImmortalMorlocksXII - DevourerRampagerCaedereRed ButchersTriariiBloodiedRed HandXIII - EvocatiFulmentarusLocutarusInvictariiPraetorianNemesis DestroyersXIV - DeathshroudGrave WardensMortus PoisonersPlague MarinesXV - Ammitara OccultCastellax-AcheaHidden OnesKhenetai OccultOsironScarab OccultNumerologistsXVI - JustaerinLuperciReaverXVII - Anakatis KulAshen CircleDark ApostleDiabolistGal VorbakMhara GalVakrah JalProcuratorXVIII - Forge WardenFiredrakesPyre GuardPyroclastSanctifierXIX - Dark FuryDarkwingMor DeythanRaptorShadow WardensDeliverersWhispercutterXX - LernaeanHeadhunterOperativeSaboteur

Support Forces Imperial Army (Imperialis MilitiaSolar AuxiliaImperial Armada) • Mechanicum (Collegia TitanicaTaghmata OmnissiahSkitarii) • Sisters of SilenceCustodian Guard


Thousand Sons Forces
Command Exalted SorcererSorcererScarab Occult SorcererAspiring SorcererInfernal MasterDaemon Prince
Troops RubicaeScarab Occult TerminatorTzaangorTzaangor EnlightenedTzaangor ShamanHorrorFlamerScreamerChaos SpawnTutelaryCultistsThrall Wizard
Vehicles HelbruteFerrum Infernus DreadnoughtRhinoPredatorLand RaiderVindicator
Daemon Engines DefilerForgefiendMaulerfiendHeldrakeSilver TowerFire LordDoom Wing
Special Characters Magnus the RedAhriman