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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a former [[Imperial]] [[Freeblade Knight]]{{Fn|1}} originating from a world that was aligned to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], who turned against the Imperium and became a [[Dreadblade Knight|Dreadblade]].{{Fn|4}}


==Biography==
For a long time this Freeblade fought for the [[Imperium]], but then something went wrong with this [[Knight Gallant]], known as the '''Living Litany'''. All [[vox]] hails received in answer only a droning sermon in [[High Gothic]]. The words were garbled, unfamiliar even to those that know that archaic language. On and on the phrases were murmured, almost as if the voice were struggling to master human speech. The little that can be understood beseeches the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]], while damning the woes of the universe. Only when the Knight, whose markings revealed little about its past, reached close combat did the voice change – rising in tone and inflection until it bellowed its verses like a war cry. The forces of the Imperium might not tolerate such obvious madness, yet for a long time there was nothing amiss with the Freeblade's combat prowess. The Knight Gallant was a whirling, stomping force of purest destruction, chanting its hate with every swing of its mighty weapons.{{Fn|1}}

For reasons unknown, however, the Freeblade Knight later betrayed the Imperium and became the Renegade Knight '''Litany of Destruction''', who has since left a trail of destruction and terror. Once such world that suffered his destruction was [[Tellerax Prime]], but as the Renegade Knight rampaged across its surface, he was attacked by the [[House Terryn]] [[Knight]] [[Balthazar (Knight)|Balthazar]], who sought to end the former Freeblade's mayhem.{{Fn|2}} However, Balthazar was defeated by the Litany of Destruction, who then travelled to the [[Nachmund System]] and since his Knight, the ''[[Ever-Stalwart]]'', was left nearly destroyed by their battle, the [[House Taranis]] Knight [[Drantar]] was charged with destroying the former Freeblade.{{Fn|3}}

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' in both of his roles was armed with [[Reaper Chainsword]] and [[Thunderstrike Gauntlet]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

==Images==
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LivingLitany.jpg|Living Litany's Knight before betrayal{{Fn|1}}
Litany of Destruction.jpg|Litany of Destruction - Renegade Knight{{Fn|2}}
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=={{Endn|Conflicting sources}}==
In the source {{Fn|1}} stated that the Living Litany is a '''Knight-Gallant''' though in the [[Imperial Knights: Renegade]] Boardgame{{Fn|2}} it is stated to be a [[Knight Warden]].

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (7th Edition)]] — ''Freeblades''
*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Imperial-Knights-Renegade-ENG?_requestid=29599920 Games-Workshop: Imperial Knights Renegade] First Edition ''(last accessed 30 April 2016)''
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Imperial-Knights-Renegade-2018-eng Games-Workshop: Imperial Knights Renegade] Second Edition
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2016/10/30/paint-splatter-litany-of-destruction/ Warhammer Community - Paint Splatter: Litany of Destruction] ''(last accessed 22 January 2019)''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 116 (2016)]], pg. 28 ''Transfer of the Week: The Litany of Destruction''

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