Remembrancer
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The Remembrancer Order was a group of poets, journalists, imagists and writers that were sent to accompany the Imperial forces during the later years of the Great Crusade, once the Emperor had returned to Terra.[1] Remembrancers continue to serve in the Era Indomitus.[13]
The term Remembrancer also appears to refer to any historian in general, even those who predate the existence of the Remembrancer Order. Several historians of M2 Terra have been described by the Imperium as remembrancers.[27][28]
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History
Pre-Imperial Remembrancers
These remembrancers predate the Great Crusade, as well as predate the Imperium and the Unification Wars:
The Great Crusade
During the Great Crusade, various chroniclers and recorders had been accompanying Imperial forces as individuals, but their records were piecemeal and irregular. Following the victory at Ullanor, it was decided that a more formal and authoritative celebration of mankind's reunification was needed.[1] The Order of Remembrancers was ratified by the Council of Terra following a petition by Solomon Voss, with the aid of Askarid Sha, directly to the Emperor with the goal of forming an order of people to be the Imperium's memory of its foundation and reflect the truth of the Great Crusade.[17] The remembrancers were recruited from all levels of Terran society and from the societies of other key Imperial worlds, based on the merit of their creative gifts. Almost 4.3 million remembrancers were sent abroad in the first months following the ratification of the bill, assigned to join all the key expedition fleets active in the expanding Imperium.[1]
However they were generally disliked by both the regular troops and the Astartes. Leman Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves, was rumoured to have groused that all remembrancers should be given weapons if they wanted to be on the front lines.[1]
When the Horus Heresy began, the Imperium issued the Edict of Dissolution which officially dissolved the Order of Remembrancers and removed the status they once held[18], although the reason for the Dissolution was kept from the former Remembrancers. Further, on the orders of Malcador, they were to be immediately sent to Terra, where they would be debriefed by his office.[11] Later on during the Siege of Terra Dorn and Malcador agreed to restore the Remembrancer Order under Kyril Sindermann. This time, the Remembrancer's symbol was the Inquisitorial "I", representing their role as interrogators as they now interviewed subjects for historical documentation.[16b]
Known Remembrancers of the Great Crusade
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- Aseneca, Coraline, actress — killed by the performance of the Maraviglia and possessed by a daemonette.[4c]
- Brandt, Marlehck — attached to the Blood Angels from 811.M30 to 848.M30.[19]
- Cadmus, Leopold, poet — murdered by Serena d'Angelus.[4a]
- d'Angelus, Serena, painter — Impaled herself with the corpse of Ostian Delafour.[4b]
- Dei, Sketina, a renowned artist.[10b]
- Delafour, Ostian, sculptor — Impaled by Fulgrim on the anathame through a statue of the Emperor.[4b]
- DeMartos, Eurykidas, saga-poet — attached to the World Eaters Legion. Inspired by the Conqueror's Captain Lotara Sarrin, he wrote a poem about her named, The Rose Watered With Blood. It was treated with derision by Sarrin and the World Eaters. Noted as being deceased; presumably at the hands of the World Eaters.[14]
- Dolvar, wrote on the history of the Thunder Warriors.[10a]
- Eris, Kallista, historiographer — Died shortly before the Burning of Prospero.[5]
- Gaumon, Lemuel, societal behaviourist — 28th Expedition Fleet.[5]
- Gerwyn, Halerdyce, sequentialist — Blood Angels.[21]
- Gilt, Heraslk[22]
- Hellic, unknown — assigned to the Word Bearers' 1,301st Expeditionary Fleet[12a]. Likely killed after the Drop Site Massacre.[12d]
- Iconialis, Sermis, iterator — assigned to the Raven Guard Legion. Was later sent to Terra to be debriefed by the offices of Malcador, after the Remembrancers were disbanded during the Heresy.[11]
- Kadeen, Ishaq, imagist — assigned to the Word Bearers' 1,301st Expeditionary Fleet[12a]. Took image of Word Bearers' heresy to Adeptus Custodes led by Aquillon[12c], which led to fatal confrontation between them. Likely killed by Captain Argel Tal in retaliation after the Drop Site Massacre.[12d]
- Kaliha, imagist — assigned to the Word Bearers' 1,301st Expeditionary Fleet[12b]. Likely killed after the Drop Site Massacre.[12d]
- Kallimakus, Mahavastu, documentarist - Disappeared shortly before the Burning of Prospero.[5][8]
- Karkasy, Ignace, poet — Killed by Maggard.[2]
- Keeler, Euphrati, imagist — Escaped Isstvan III aboard the Eisenstein.[3]
- Kynskai, Bequa, musician — killed by daemonettes during the performance of the Maraviglia.[4c]
- Lakk, Orsan.[20]
- Lueianna, composer — assigned to the Word Bearers' 1,301st Expeditionary Fleet[12a]. Likely killed after the Drop Site Massacre.[12d]
- Marsin, painter — assigned to the Word Bearers' 1,301st Expeditionary Fleet[12a]. Likely killed after the Drop Site Massacre.[12d]
- Nasturbright, Loc, iterator assigned to the Raven Guard Legion. Was later sent to Terra to be debriefed by the offices of Malcador, after the Remembrancers were disbanded during the Heresy.[11]
- Oliton, Mersadie, documentarist — Escaped Isstvan III aboard the Eisenstein.[3]
- Persephia, a sculptor turned Artificer after the Edict of Dissolution.[18]
- Reheen, Valora, a renowned artist.[10b]
- Thorn, Lackland, noted Remembrancer and documentarist to the Imperial Court. He documented the Emperor's actions during the Great Crusade and hoped to do the same for Mortarion, after he had been found on Barbarus, but the Primarch refused.[15]
- Sha, Askarid, illuminator and calligraphist, partner of Solomon Voss — Killed by the Sons of Horus.[6]
- Shivani, Camille, archeohistorian. [5]
- "The Silversmith" (unnamed) — murdered by Serghar Targost.[9]
- Sindermann, Kyril — Iterator and Historian. One of the last surviving of the original Remembrancers.[1]
- Gonn, Ceris — Historian of Sindermann's renewed order.[16a]
- Harr, Hari — Historian of Sindermann's renewed order.[16a]
- Vivar, Petronella, documentarist — Killed by Warmaster Horus.[2]
- Voss, Solomon, wordsmith — Executed by Rogal Dorn.[6]
Post Heresy
Note that another organization, the Historical Revision Unit, was created at an unstated date Post-Heresy whose members, called Historitors, also served as historians in general. It is not clear if they are also considered remembrancers.[30]
Other post heresy historians are not necessarily given the specific title of either remembrancer or Historitor, but are included here for convenience.
Known Remembrancers of M31
- Diomedon of Luna - Remembrancer who covered events of The Great Scouring[29]
Known Remembrancers of M41 and Beyond
In the 41st Millennium, the title of Remembrancer is still used, although how it came to be used again is unknown. These "modern" remembrancers appear to record the history of the Imperium, much like the remembrancers of the Great Crusade. However, unlike remembrancers of the Great Crusade, "modern" remembrancers do not appear to accompany Imperial armies into the field.[7b]
- Tremault - M41 era remembrancer. Wrote The Accounts of the Tallarn.[7a]
- Lev Tieron - Personally appointed by the Primarch Roboute Guilliman his personal Remembrancer at the end of the Ultramar Campaign.[13]
- Theta-Scion - Recorded the events of the Dark Crusade[23][25] and the Kaurava campaign.[24]
- Ayjaepi Clothier - Era Indomitus historian who wrote In Blackest Night: The Millennial Wars Appraised in 127.M42, covering events of the 13th Black Crusade and the Fourth Tyrannic War. A chapter of his book was devoted to the involvement of Ciaphas Cain in the Second Siege of Perlia, and was quoted by Amberly Vail when editing Cain's memoirs[26a]; she considered him an authoritative source.[26b]
"The Planet Cronus, beset on all sides by tides of war. This once quiet colony became a savage battlefield. Seven armies clashed on this one world each refusing to back down. Each convinced it was in the right. A dark crusade had begun. It could only end with the total victory of one of these factions and the total defeat of all others.”
Sources
- 1: Horus Rising (Novel), Part One, ch. 3, pgs. 45-47
- 2: False Gods (Novel), ch. 21
- 3: The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel), ch. 9
- 4: Fulgrim (Novel):
- 5: A Thousand Sons (Novel), Dramatis Personae
- 6: The Last Remembrancer (Short Story)
- 7: Desert Raiders (Novel) — Hammer of the Emperor (Omnibus):
- 8: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 51
- 9: Death of a Silversmith (Short Story)
- 10: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal:
- 11: Deliverance Lost (Novel), Chapter 10
- 12:The First Heretic (Novel):
- 13: Watchers of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion (Novel), Tieron ch. 26
- 14: A Rose Watered with Blood (Short Story)
- 15: Lantern's Light (Short Story)
- 16: Saturnine (Novel):
- 17: The Last Remembrancer (Short Story)
- 18: Forgotten Sons (Short Story)
- 19: The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence, pg. 115
- 20: The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest, pg. 214
- 21: Fear to Tread (Novel), ch. 3
- 22: Rogal Dorn: The Emperor's Crusader (Novel), Section 8
- 23: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
- 24: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
- 25: The Art of Warhammer Video Games (e-version)
- 26: Cain's Last Stand (Novel) (e-version):
- 27: Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar (Novel) (e-version), Chapter Four
- 28: Horus Rising (Novel), Epigraphs before Part One, Chapter One, pg. 14
- 29: Ashes of the Imperium (Novel) (e-version) Chapter One
- 30: Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 48
