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In the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]], commanded by [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] himself, the cult was most prevalent. Horus took steps to try to extinguish the cult, as he perceived it as a threat to his power. The [[remembrancer]] [[Euphrati Keeler]] - who was attached to the 63rd - became a major figure, venerated as a [[living saint]] and prophet of the Emperor. As a result, she was the target of Horus' assassins at some point before she escaped from the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]''.{{Cite This}} Even some Astartes - such as [[Nathaniel Garro]], the [[Death Guard]] loyalist who led the ''[[Eisenstein]]'' escape - became part of the cult at one point.{{Fn|3}}
At some point after the Emperor was interred in the [[Golden Throne]], worshippers emerged from all across it may have been one of the cults that took part in the Imperium, unifying war that eventually saw the people until it became rise of the official religion Church of the Imperium.Saviour Emperor, a rival, rise to power as [[The Ecclesiarchy]] {{Cite ThisFn|4}}
==Related articles==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Part One, Chapter Three, pgs. 58-59
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]], Chapter Fourteen, pgs. 344-345
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Sisters of Battle (2nd Edition)]], pg. 5
[[Category:Ecclesiarchy]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]