Fort of Echoes
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Name: | Fort of Echoes | 
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| Segmentum: | Tempestus | ||
| Sector: | Caligari Sector | ||
| Subsector: | Agartha Subsector | ||
| System: | Gwaelod System | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Voidrippers (Traitor Space Marine Chapter) / Formerly Stormwatchers (Space Marine Chapter) | ||
| Class: | Star Fort | ||
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The Fort of Echoes also known as Fort Blood is a Star Fort located in the Gwaelod System in the Agartha Subsector, located in the Caligari Sector in the Segmentum Tempestus.[1]
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Overview
This silent and dark Star Fort is a mystery. The gargantuan library of the Adeptus Administratum lacks any records of this place and the Rogue Traders of the Agartha Subsector seem to be uncharacteristically silent about this fortification. Even requests sent to the Inquisitorial Archives come back without any results. The only clue is a cryptic warning from the Stormwatchers about the 'Fort of Echoes'.[1a]
History
The Fort of Echoes had originally served the Stormwatchers, before the Voidrippers corrupted the Starfort[1c] and Fort Blood now served as their only base in Realspace. The Voidrippers did not know, however, that a few of their loyalist Stormwatcher Battle Brothers had survived the Warband's purge.
In M42 the Caligari Conclave soon discovered the seemingly abandoned Fort Blood and entered the Star Fort. During the course of exploring it, Sergeant Caius Thorn and an inquisitor discovered evidence that it was once used by the Stormwatcher Chapter and then began to reactivate the Starfort.[1b]
This awoke Fort Blood's slumbering Voidrippers, who in turned warned their brethren in the Warp, before confronting the interlopers. The first to do so, was the Champion Gladius Feralt and he was surprised to see that Sergeant Thorn was a living Stormwatcher. He then revealed that the Voidrippers were once Stormwatchers to a disbelieving Thorn. The Champion then told the Sergeant they thought their loyal Brothers were dead and the enraged Sergeant attacked Feralt while denying his words. The Inquisitor joined Thorn and the Champion was soon killed by them[1c]. Other Voidrippers then attacked them, but the two destroyed the Anchor-machines that were keeping the Blood Fort from being dragged into the Warp Rift in its lower levels. While they escaped before the Blood Fort was destroyed by the Warp Rift, the Voidrippers now knew the loyalist Stormwatchers still lived[1d]. This led them to emerge from the Warp and begin a Crusade to destroy the Chapter once and for all[1e], as an offering to Khorne[1d].
