Sentinels of Uphrateus
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The Sentinels of Uphrateus are a Space Marine Chapter.[1]
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History
Their Homeworld is Uphrateus, which lies close to the Eye of Terror and was used by the Imperium as a vital base for guarding against Chaos incursions. However in M41, the Sentinels' Homeworld was engulfed by the Eye and the Chapter was thought lost to the Imperium. Because of this, their name was stricken from the Roll of Chapters afterwards and no effort was made to reclaim the Sentinels' homeworld. But while the influence of Chaos had turned Uphrateus into a world of madness, the Sentinels survived and remained loyal to the Imperium.[1]
When it soon became infested by the forces of Chaos, the Sentinels then began a campaign to reclaim Uphrateus from the invaders. This brought the Chapter into conflict with the Word Bearers of the Chaos Lord Saegius Mindblighter, who had constructed a necropolis upon the Sentinels' homeworld. Mindblighter preached his heretical sermons from a cathedral within the necropolis, which was later attacked by the Sentinels. Despite suffering grievous casualties, the Chapter was able to successfully breach the cathedral's defences and in doing so, they also weakened the grip the Eye of Terror had on their homeworld. This allowed Uphrateus to break free of the Eye and after 200 years it returned to Realspace.[1]
This was soon discovered by the Imperium and a major operation was launched to reclaim Uphrateus and once more use the world as a base of operations against Chaos incursions. When the Imperials arrived, though, they learned that not only was Uphrateus heavily infested by numerous Chaos forces, but that the Sentinels lived as well and they were still loyal. Operatives of the Imperium's Scholastica Psykana became alarmed, however, about the Sentinels' battle within Mindblighter's cathedral. Their psychic senses saw that the Chaos Lord was manipulating the bloodshed in order to summon a vast Daemon host of Khorne to his aid. Now seeing a full picture of Uphrateus' fate, the Imperium has sent two of the Space Wolves' Great Companies to aid their forces, and also dispatched the Eversor Assassin Tormentius, to kill Mindblighter before the Chaos Lord's summoning is completed.[1]
Trivia
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- The Sentinels of Uphrateus, their Homeworld, Tormentius and Saegius Mindblighter were created by the Games Workshop employees Wayne England and Ian Pickstock for Inferno! 1.[1]
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Sources
- 1: Inferno! 1, pg. 30 - Everor Assassin: XX99AAA Prime: Status Most Urgent
