Saiph
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| Affiliation: | Imperium (Blood Angels)[1a] | ||
| Class: | Death World[1a], Rad World[1a], | ||
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Saiph was a recruitment world[1a] and Fief World[2] for the Blood Angels Legion during the Great Crusade[1a] and Horus Heresy.[2]
Contents
Overview
A savage irradiated wasteland,[1a] Saiph's notoriously aggressive[3] barbaric population frequently slaughtered one another. Its ferocious inhabitants made fine Blood Angels Space Marines,[1a] since before their Primarch Sanguinius was united with his Legion, during the Great Crusade.[3] When this occurred, the Saiph-born Blood Angels were moulded properly under the Primarch's teachings,[1a] though he came to lament their inclusion into his now enlightened Blood Angels.[3] In addition, the world also provided Cohorts for the Solar Auxilia known as the Saiphan Elevatii (many members of which were failed Legion Aspirants deemed unsuitable for one reason or other).[2]
Despite their bloodthirsty reputation, during the Battle of Signus Prime many of the recruits from Saiph maintained their sanity while the Terran and Baalite recruits succumbed to the Red Thirst.[1b]
History
Later in the Horus Heresy, the world was invaded by the World Eaters. Blood Angels Medicae Primus Anastor Kendral waged a brutal guerrilla war against the World Eaters for many years, forcing them to evacuate in 012.M31 during the Great Scouring.[1a]
See also
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence:
- 2: Warhammer Community: Solar Auxilia – The Heraldry of Honour Part 2 (posted 13/6/2024) (Saved archive page, dated 15 June 2024, last accessed 23 June 2024, original link here)
- 3: Warhammer Community: Heresy Thursday – Aster Crohne is the immovable object of the IX Legion (Saved archive page, dated 6 March 2025, last accessed 6 March 2025, original link here)
