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De Profundis

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The De Profundis was a Battle Barge in the Word Bearers Legion's Serrated Sun Chapter[1a] and also served as the Flagship of the 1,301st Expeditionary Fleet during the Great Crusade.[1c]


History

It was commanded by the Serrated Sun's Chapter Master Deumos[1a], until he was killed by the Adeptus Custodes Vendatha during the Primarch Lorgar's Pilgrimage[1b]. Afterwards, it was commanded by Chapter Master Argel Tal and later took part in the Dropsite Massacre; where it fired upon the unsuspecting loyalists.[1d]

Later in the Heresy, the vessel fell under the control of the Possessed Word Bearer Toc Derenoth who fused with its Machine Spirit to create a semi-sentient Daemonic monstrosity. At the Battle of Anuari the De Profundis led a traitor ambush against Roboute Guilliman's fleet and Toc Derenoth intentionally destroyed the vessel in order to bombard Guilliman's ship, the Samothrace, with debris in order to lower its Void Shields.[2]

Trivia

The vessel is possibly named for a psalm from the Bible which was given the name De profundis ("From the depths") in Latin translations of the Bible.

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