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sorcery. Recorded in the forces of the [[Great Enemy]] as long ago as the mass genocides known in [[Imperial]] Lore as the ''"Grief of Herodin"'' in late [[M35]], they have fortunately been rarely encountered, save within the damned cults and [[daemon]] fleets that plague the benighted reaches of the '''Nightmare Rifts''' far to the
Galactic South of the [[Segmentum Tempestus]]. Here in the dark void beyond the borders of the [[Imperium]], some unknown source, it is believed, barters these
dread killing machines for a high price in blood, plunder and souls. This has led some within the [[Ordo Malleus]] to label them the work of the infamous [[Dark Mechanicum|Dark Magos]] of the [[Silent Forge]] known as the '''Sepktraal Cult''', which legend has it was driven to the rifts beyond the '''Silent Abyss''' during the [[Great Scouring]], while others insist that the cult never existed at all except in the myths of the forgotten age.
[[Inquisition|Inquisitorial]] savants do not know for sure what malefic party is responsible for this sinful innovation as the Decimator is capable of fielding a wide range of terrible armaments: rapid-firing[[ Butcher Cannon]]s, multi-barrelled [[Stormlaser]]s, and great raking [[Siege Claw]]s to name but a few. Towering over even the mighty [[Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought]]s of the [[Adeptus Astartes]], the Decimator is believed to be an attempt to bolster the ranks of such ancient devices that still serve the Traitor Legions. If this is the truth, then it is feared that many warriors of the Imperium will fall before these deadly war machines.
