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[[Image:SerpentLodge.jpg|thumb|right|A Chaos Priest of the Serpent Lodge{{Fn|2}}]]
The '''Serpent Lodge''' was the name given to both a group of suspected [[Chaos]] cultists and their Temple on the planet of [[Davin]]. The Lodge members treated [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] for the crippling injury he received campaigning on Davin's moon, and the Lodge itself is the location where Horus is believed to have begun his alignment with was turned against the [[Emperor]] as part of an elaborate scheme by the Chaos powers[[Word Bearers]] and [[Ruinous Powers]].
== History Overview== ==
The '''Temple of the Serpent Lodge''', also known as the '''Delphos''', was an imposing stone building set in the middle of a huge crater that had a diameter of thousands of metres. The crater was located at the end of a long valley, and the chief way to approach it by land involved traveling along a stone causeway set along the bottom of the valley. The causeway was lined with crumbling statues of ancient Davinite kings.{{Fn|1a}}
Davinite belief was that the injured taken inside were left to the care of the spirits of the deceased, and their destiny. They were expected to come forth healed, but if this did not occur after nine days, their remains were brought out and burned, the ashes cast into the pool. Horus came forth upon the ninth day.{{Fn|1c}}
==History==
The Serpent Lodge existed for many years on [[Davin]]'s moon, worshiping the [[Dark Gods]]. During the [[Great Crusade]] when the planet was brought into [[Imperial]] compliance by the [[Luna Wolves]] and [[Word Bearers]], the warriors of Davin fought under the banner of the Serpent Lodge, and gained the respect of the [[Legiones Astartes]] for their martial culture and prowess despite their [[Feral World]] status. After the Davin campaign the first [[Warrior Lodge]]s were secretly established by the treacherous Word Bearers throughout the Astartes Legiones in a bid to usurp loyalty to the [[Emperor]]. Unknown to most, the Warrior Lodges were heavily based on the Davinite Serpent Lodge.{{Fn|3}}
60 years later following the [[Battle on Davin's Moon]] when Warmaster [[Horus]] was injured by the [[Anathame]], the nearby Serpent Lodge was cited by [[Erebus]] as the only way to save the Primarch. In desperation the Luna Wolves agreed to have the Lodge Priests heal Horus, but in truth this was a plot to corrupt him with the powers of Chaos and bring about the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}} The Chaos plan was successful, and members of the Serpent Lodge were still employed as agents of Horus after his conversion to the Dark Powers.{{Fn|4}}
==Known Members==
*[[Ashkub]]
*[[Bruja]]
==See Also==
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Seventeen, pg. 334
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Collected Visions]], pg. 54
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]]
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Fear to Tread (Novel)]]
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