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'''House Devine''' is a Traitor [[Knight]] House that repudiated its oaths to the [[Emperor of Mankind]] and followed the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] into the service of the [[Ruinous Powers]] during the [[Horus Heresy]]. House Devine fell under the sway of [[Slaanesh]], and was the first of the Knight Houses to betray the Imperium of Man and the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|1a}}
==History==
The [[Knight World]] of [[Molech]] was located only several light years from [[Terra]].{{Fn|1}} Molech was reclaimed for the [[Imperium]] in a bloodless compliance by the [[Space Marine Legions]] in 869.M30, and was visited by no less than three [[Primarchs]], [[Lion El'Jonson]], [[Horus]] and [[Jaghatai Khan]], all of whom left their mark on the world. Prior to Imperial Complaince, the people of Devine worshiped beings known as the Serpent Gods, until the practice was outlawed in favour of the [[Imperial Truth]]. Serpent cults devoted to these gods still existed underground up until the outbreak of the Heresy.{{Fn|2}}
Ruled over by House Devine from their stronghold of the Dawn Citadel, the world had close links to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. Supporting the knight houses were a priesthood of [[Sacristans]] who handled the mechanical interface between the nobles and their mounts, the military of the Sacristan Guard and the Dawn Guard, and Devine's personal forces of huscarl cavalry, mechanised infantry, superheavy tanks, artillery and battle robot cohorts.{{Fn|2}}
Molech, like many of the Knight Worlds, was inhabited by fearsome predators such as the azhdarchid, a flightless bird creature, and the seven metre tall simian mallahgra. Regions and cities of Molech included the jungles of Kush, the mountains of Untar Mesas, Loquash, Aenatep and the Clockwork City. Other Knight Households on Devine included House Tazkhar.{{Fn|2}}
