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The '''Book of Lorgar''' was said to be a tome penned by the [[Primarch]] [[Lorgar]] himself, following his dealings with old priesthoods and their dark masters. By the time of the [[Battle of Calth]], the Book of Lorgar was 9,752 volumes and counting.{{Fn|1a}} His [[Astartes]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], the [[Word Bearers]], held this text as almost sacred, in spite of the concern this caused for others, including the [[Emperor]] himself.{{Cite This}}.
[[Chaplain]] [[Erebus]] bore tattoos upon his shaven scalp said to depict long passages from the book, that he might terrify his foes with the strength of his conviction. While attempting to decode these tattoos and text from the book itself, Imperial [[iterator]] [[Kyril Sindermann]] inadvertently summoned a [[daemon]] from the [[Warp]] which destroyed many of the archives aboard the [[Vengeful Spirit]] before it was banished once more.{{Cite This}}.
During the [[Horus Heresy]], senior officers of the Word Bearers and [[Planetary Governor|Planetary Governors]] appointed by the Word Bearers were expected to own and study a copy{{Fn|1b}}. In addition, each of the traitor Primarchs was given an individualized copy. [[Fulgrim]]'s copy was bound in living skin, [[Perturabo]]'s copy was bound in etched steel, [[Alpharius]] was given two copies, each slightly different than each other, and [[Horus]]'s copy was bound in the flesh of betrayed legionaries.{{Fn|1b}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: Target//Engagement: Chapter 2 p. 221
**{{Endn|1b}}: Target//Engagement: Chapter 2 p. 222
* {{Endn|2}}: [[Dark Apostle (Novel)]] - [[The Word Bearers Omnibus]] p.20
*{{Endn|3}}: [[False Gods (Novel)]]
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