1,150
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
add plot summary and sourcing from the other page
2014 ebook<br \>ISBN 9781782517498
}}
'''Daemonology''' is short story written by [[Chris Wraight]] and part of the [[Horus Heresy series]]. It was released November 2014.and later included in the [[Blades of the Traitor (Anthology)]]
== Cover Description ==
Chagrined by his defeat at the hands of [[Jaghatai Khan]], [[Mortarion]] abandons the pursuit of the [[White Scars]] and instead leads the [[Death Guard]] in a spiteful, punitive rampage across the systems of the Prosperine empire. World after world has fallen to this horrific onslaught, and yet the insular and secretive [[primarch]] seems preoccupied by some other, unspoken goal. Finally, on Terathalion, the truth of Mortarion’s sinister heritage will be exposed, and the future of the XIV Legion will be written...
==Story==
Mortarion, primarch of the Death Guard Legion, brings his forces to the library-world [[Terathalion]] which was brought into compliance by the [[Thousand Sons]]. The Death Guard swiftly destroy the meagerly-defended world and Mortarion achieves his goal by capturing a seemingly ordinary woman named Lermenta. Back aboard his flagship it is revealed that Lermenta is a [[daemon]] who was masquerading as a human librarian to get access to the planet's secrets. Seeking to understand the nature of daemons so he can destroy them Mortarion tortures Lermenta with primitive rituals, but she goads him that it is his fate to become a powerful servant of the Warp-powers he so despises. Throughout the story Mortarion has flashbacks to a time when he visited [[Terra]] in search of [[Emperor of Mankind|his father]] and discovered the [[Infinity Gate]] under construction. Grudgingly deterred by [[Malcador the Sigillite]], Mortarion is appeased when Malcador reveals his part in the Emperor's plans for the [[Council of Nikaea]] as part of a grander scheme for freeing humankind from dependence on the [[Warp]]. Back aboard his flagship, Lermenta breaks free of her bonds and attacks Mortarion in her true daemonic form, forcing him to repel her with his latent [[psyker]] powers. Furious that he has been forced to use the powers he seeks to destroy, Mortarion decides that he should at least learn to wield them properly and begins taking grudging guidance from Lermenta.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
{{Endn|1}} "Daemonoloy" Short Story
{{HHnav}}
