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[[Image:Vengefulspirit.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Vengeful Spirit'']]
The '''''Vengeful Spirit''''' was a [[Gloriana Class Battleship]]{{Fn|2}} that served as the flagship of the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]]. From The ''Vengeful Spirit'' was the largest of the Gloriana-class vessels alongside the ''strategium[[Hrafnkel]]'', and later ''[[Lupercal's CourtConqueror (Ship)|Conqueror]]'', upon the command deck, Horus would coordinate the military and diplomatic efforts of the ''[[63rd Expeditionary FleetIron Blood]], and countless thousands of personnel lived and worked on board. Additionally because it was so old the core of the ship was a rotting, empty labyrinth of filth and rats''.{{Fn|3}}
==Overview==From the ''strategium'', and later [[Lupercal's Court]], upon the command deck, Horus would coordinate the military and diplomatic efforts of the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]], and countless thousands of personnel lived and worked on board. Additionally because it was so old the core of the ship was a rotting, empty labyrinth of filth and rats. Over time, it became less of a warship and more of a temple to the dark gods of [[Chaos]] whom Horus came to revere. The final battle between Horus and the [[Emperor]] took place on the twisted bridge of the ship where humanity's bright future was shattered beyond repair.
Following the Heresy, [[Abaddon the Despoiler]] claimed the ''Vengeful Spirit'' as his own flagship and it still forms the heart of the [[Black Legion]]'s fleet to this day.{{Fn|1}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Soul Hunter (Novel)]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], Chapter 4
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Vengeful Spirit (Novel)]], by [[Graham McNeill]], Chapter 5
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Wolf King (Novella)]]
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