Coldura
Coldura is an Imperial Saint.[1f]
History
He defeated the Daemon Prince Halphas, who had invaded an Imperial world and wreaked havoc there. Afterwards, Coldura used the sacred power granted to him by the Emperor to create a seal which imprisoned the Daemon Prince on the world. The Saint was later laid to rest there in a tomb[1f] and Halphas would remain sealed away,[1e] until the world's Sector was invaded by the Black Legion warband of the Prophet. By that time, it was part of the Imperium Nihilus[1a] and the Sorcerer Lord sought to draw the Sector into the Warp, through a Chaos ritual.[1b] However, the Prophet's plot was stopped by an Indomitus Crusade Fleet and the Sorcerer Lord barely escaped with his life.[1c] The vengeful Prophet then sought to free Halphas, so the Daemon Prince could destroy the Fleet and its Space Marine Commander.[1e]
The Sorcerer Lord then started a rebellion on the world[1d] Halphas was imprisoned on and began a Chaos ritual to destroy Saint Coldura's seal. As he did so, the Prophet made contact with the Daemon Prince and the two came to an agreement. Their bargain was simple: if the Sorcerer Lord freed Halphas, then the Daemon Prince would kill the Commander and his forces, for the Prophet.[1e] The Commander meanwhile, had been in constant pursuit of the Sorcerer Lord and once his fleet arrived on the world, the Imperials put an end to the Prophet's rebellion.[1d] They then learned that the Sorcerer Lord was conducting a Chaos ritual, but the Prophet broke the seal, shortly after the Imperials found him. With that, Halphas materialized into Realspace and this created a Warp Storm around the world.[1e]
Now freed, the Daemon Prince told the Sorcerer Lord that their bargain was complete and he ordered the Prophet to leave. However after a brief battle, the Commander quickly ordered his forces to retreat, when they were unable to destroy Halphas.[1e] But as the Imperials regrouped, the Seraphim Superior Erynica studied information they had claimed from the defeated rebellion's leadership. From it, she learned that Coldura had sealed Halphas away and with the aid of the Primaris Librarian Cordus, Erynica was able to locate the Saint's tomb on the world. Once the Seraphim informed the Commander of this, he gave her permission to search Coldura's tomb, for anything that could be used against the Daemon Prince.[1f] Erynica later found one of the Saint's relics,[1g] which the Imperials then used to defeat Halphas.[1h]
See Also
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000: Lost Crusade - Campaign
- 1a: Chapter 2
- 1b: Expedition: Section 3 - Truth Revealed
- 1c: Expedition: Section 5 - The Dust Settles
- 1d: Expedition: Ancient Evil - Khorne Echoes
- 1e: Expedition: Ancient Evil - Halphas
- 1f: Expedition: Holy Flames - Saint Coldura
- 1g: Expedition: Holy Flames - Saint's Tomb
- 1h: Expedition: Holy Flames - Only the Emperor
