Fane of Shadow
The Fane of Shadow was a Scout Cruiser in the Raven Guard Legion, during the Horus Heresy.[1]
History
It was among the Raven Guard's fleet that attacked the Emperor's Children' Perfect Fortress on Narsis, alongside their allies, the Therion Cohort. The Imperial Army Regiments led the invasion, but as the Raven Guard prepared to join them, the Fane of Shadow's Augury scanners suddenly detected something. It was revealed to be a secondary array of Flak Batteries, scattered across the Fortress, which had not been revealed by the Cohort's attack. They were all slaved to a control room, deep beneath one of the Fortress' central towers, and when the Batteries activated, the weapons would wreak havoc on the unsuspecting Legion. With their Primarch, Corax, having ordered them to maintain Vox-silence before they attacked, no one on the Fane could warn him about this new threat.[1]
Acting quickly, the Centurion Beyar Kedron, who was aboard the Scout Cruiser, decided to lead his detachment of Deliverers in invading Hab-block Delta-19. The Fane then quickly entered Narsis' atmosphere and weathered the Perfect Fortress' fire until Kedron and his Deliverers were within Teleportation range of the Hab-block. Once they had teleported away from the Scout Cruiser, the Fane returned to space and rejoined the Raven Guard's fleet. Kedron would succeed in destroying the Flak Batteries' control room and the Raven Guard went on to defeat the Emperor's Children.[1]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community: The Raven Guard Lay Siege to Fulgrim’s Perfect Fortress in this Free Horus Heresy Mission (Posted on 12/04/2022) - The Breaking of the Pefect Fortress PDF, pgs. 2-5 (Last accessed on 12 April 2022)