{{WordBearersPortal}}The '''Dark Council''' is a collection of the [[Word Bearers]] Legion's most powerful [[Dark Apostles]] and are is the main ruling body on of [[Sicarus]]. The council also leads the Word Bearers legion in the absence of [[Lorgar]], who has isolated himself within the [[Templum Inficio]] for millennia, they are forbidding anyone to disturb his meditations.{{Fn|2a}} The council is based in the immense cathedral fortress – the '''Basilica of the Word'''. They have the power to elevate the First Acolyte of a Host to the rank of Dark Apostle and are said to have the power to pluck the souls of those who have failed them from the [[warp]], and torment them endlessly for eternity.{{Fn|2c}}

There are eight members of the '''Dark Council'''^{{Fn|1}}, the known members are:*[[Erebus|Lord Erebus]]^{{Fn|1}}*[[Kor Phaeron]]{{Fn|2c}}*[[Dark Grand Apostle Ekodas]]¹(Dec.){{Fn|2b}}*[[Dark Apostle ]] [[Paristur]]^{{Fn|1}}*[[Dark Apostle ]] [[Mothac]]^{{Fn|1}}*[[Marduk|Dark Apostle Marduk]]{{Fn|2c}}

*^{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Disciple (Novel)]], {{Cite Marker End}} p.  404*2: [[Dark Creed (Novel)]]**{{Endn|2a}}: {{Cite Marker End}}, p. 9**{{Endn|2b}}: {{Cite Marker End}} pgs. 40-41**{{Endn|2c}}: Epilogue ==Uncited=={{Citation issues}}