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'''Signus Prime''' was the main planet of the [[Signus Cluster]], a trinary star system of seven [[Hive World]]s and fifteen moons.
  
 
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Once a major industrial center, the System of Signus fell prey to the agents of [[Chaos]] during the dark days of the [[Horus Heresy]]. It became a [[Realm of Chaos]], a system of [[Daemon World]]s, under the rule of [[Kyriss the Perverse]], [[Greater Daemon]] of [[Slaanesh]]. Kyriss raised for itself a vast palace on Signus Prime, the [[Cathedral of the Mark]], and its [[daemon]]ic horde rampaged across the system, utterly destroying hundreds of years of civilization and annihilating several planets. The entire populace was either butchered, enslaved, or corrupted, and all hope fled its inhabitants. Deliverance came, ironically, in the form of [[Sanguinius]] and the [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marine Legion]], sent by the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] to what was supposed to be their doom.{{Fn|1a}}
  
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'''Signus Prime''' is the main planet of the Signus Cluster, a system of seven [[Hive World]]s. Once a major industrial center, the System of Signus fell prey to the agents of [[Chaos]] during the dark days of the [[Horus Heresy]]. It became a [[Realm of Chaos]], a system of [[Daemon World]]s, and fell under the rule of Kyriss the Perverse, [[Greater Daemon]] of [[Slaanesh]]. Kyriss raised for itself a vast palace on '''Signus Prime''', and its [[daemon]]ic horde rampaged across the system, utterly destroying hundreds of years of civilization and annihilating several planets. The entire populace was either butchered, enslaved, or corrupted, and all hope fled its inhabitants. Deliverance was to come, ironically, in the form of [[Sanguinius]] and the [[Blood Angels|Blood Angels Legion of Space Marines]], sent by the [[Horus|Warmaster Horus]] to what was supposed to be their doom.
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===The Battle of Signus Prime===
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During the [[Horus Heresy]], Signus Prime was the site of an important battle between the Blood Angels and the daemonic armies of [[Ka'Bandha]].{{Fn|1}} After the battle, the entire cluster was declared ''morti perpetua'' ("forever dead") and quarantined. The Blood Angels expunged all records of their presence on Signus, resettled the few living survivors in neighbouring systems, and deployed beacons to warn starfarers away from the Signus system.{{Fn|2}} They also deployed a tactical cyclonic device to destroy the Cathedral of the Mark and a massive chunk of the continent with it.{{Fn|3}}
  
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==The Blooding of Signus==
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*[[Planets (List)]]
  
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In an effort to divide the loyalist forces, [[Horus]] had dispatched those [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]] who could not be swayed to his cause to the furthest reaches of Imperial Space, setting traps for them in the hopes that they would either be destroyed or too bogged down to assist the [[Emperor]] until it was too late. To this end, the [[Blood Angels]] had been tasked with the cleansing of the Signus Cluster, which [[Horus]] claimed to be under the control of xenos tyrants. [[Sanguinius]] had no reason to doubt his brother [[Primarch]], and so it was that he and his walked blindly into the snare set for them.
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Vol. II: Visions of Darkness]] {{Cite Marker End}}
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**{{Endn|1a}}: pgs. 171–172
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**{{Endn|1b}}: pgs. 176–177
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Vol. IV: Visions of Death]], pgs. 340–341
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[Fear to Tread (Novel)]], Chapter 20
  
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Upon arrival in Signus, the [[Blood Angels]] were immediately beset by daemonic forces and the raw power of the [[warp]]. Many of the non-[[space marine]] crew went mad from exposure, and the Blood Angels were forced to detain them. In the midst of this, Kyriss the Perverse sent an image of itself directly into the chamber of [[Sanguinius]], daring the [[Primarch]] to attack. The Lord of the [[Blood Angels]] rose to the challenge, and unleashed the fury of his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] upon '''Signus Prime''', personally leading his elite companies in an assault on Kyriss's palace. It was there that noble [[Sanguinius]] face [[Ka'Bandha]], [[Bloodthirster]] of [[Khorne]].
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*[http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/Where-angels-fear.html Black Library] (last accessed 8/1/2012')
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As [[Sanguinius]] and his forces neared the palace of Kyriss the Perverse, a massive [[daemon]] the colour of dried blood rose to meet him. Its name was Ka'Bandha, [[Greater Daemon]] of [[Khorne]]. Ka'Bandha attemped to coerce Sanguinius to the cause of Khorne, but the Lord of the [[Blood Angels]] could not be swayed, and attacked the [[Bloodthirster]]. He dealt the [[daemon]] a vicious wound, but was in turn cast to the ground, his legs crushed by the coils of the beast's whip. As he watched, helpless, Ka'Bandha slaughtered his way through the [[Blood Angels]], killing over 500 of them. The massive psychic trauma knocked [[Sanguinius]] into unconsciousness, and unlocked something dark within the members of his Legion.
 
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With the fall of their Lord and the butchering of their brethren, the [[Blood Angels]] were consumed by a dark rage that drove them into the [[daemon|daemonic]] horde with a berserker's fury. '''Signus Prime''' was utterly purged, with even the mighty Kyriss being banished back to the [[Immaterium]]. It was only after every daemon and cultist had been slain that the Blood Angels regained their senses. Their immutable wrath had left a shadow across the minds of the survivors, and '''Signus Prime''' became forever a place of darkness in their memories.
 
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*[[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)|Horus Heresy: Visions of Darkness]]
 
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Map Basic Data Planetary Image
px Name: Signus Prime px
Segmentum: Ultima Segmentum[1a]
Sector: Unknown
Subsector: Unknown
System: Signus Cluster[1a]
Population: None
Affiliation: Imperium
Class: Morti perpetua[3], Quarantined World
Tithe Grade: Aptus non

Signus Prime was the main planet of the Signus Cluster, a trinary star system of seven Hive Worlds and fifteen moons.

History

Once a major industrial center, the System of Signus fell prey to the agents of Chaos during the dark days of the Horus Heresy. It became a Realm of Chaos, a system of Daemon Worlds, under the rule of Kyriss the Perverse, Greater Daemon of Slaanesh. Kyriss raised for itself a vast palace on Signus Prime, the Cathedral of the Mark, and its daemonic horde rampaged across the system, utterly destroying hundreds of years of civilization and annihilating several planets. The entire populace was either butchered, enslaved, or corrupted, and all hope fled its inhabitants. Deliverance came, ironically, in the form of Sanguinius and the Blood Angels Space Marine Legion, sent by the Warmaster Horus to what was supposed to be their doom.[1a]

The Battle of Signus Prime

During the Horus Heresy, Signus Prime was the site of an important battle between the Blood Angels and the daemonic armies of Ka'Bandha.[1] After the battle, the entire cluster was declared morti perpetua ("forever dead") and quarantined. The Blood Angels expunged all records of their presence on Signus, resettled the few living survivors in neighbouring systems, and deployed beacons to warn starfarers away from the Signus system.[2] They also deployed a tactical cyclonic device to destroy the Cathedral of the Mark and a massive chunk of the continent with it.[3]

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