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The '''Bell of Lost Souls''' is located on [[Terra]]. There is a spire in at the Emperor's palace called peak of the [[Tower of Heroes]]. It is a black column which rises into the sky ancient, like a spike. At the summit most of that tower hangs the Bell of Lost Souls. It is an ancient thingequipment on Terra, massive and as big as a building . It is also covered in runes and adorned with runes. Its peal its sound is said to sound be like the scream of an anguished god. It is tolled once sounded when a great hero of the Imperium dies. Its wailing moan The sound of grief the bell lasts for a long time and reaches the ears of millionsof the inhabitants of Terra.<sup>1</sup> The bell was rung one thousand times to honour each dead marine when the [[Fire Hawks]] [[Chapter]] was lost.<sup>2</sup>
The bell was rung one thousand times to honour each dead marine when the [[Fire Hawks]] [[Chapter]] was lost.<sup>2</sup> This may possibly indicate that each Space Marine is a great hero of the Imperium, in which case the bell must have been sounded millions of times.
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Codex Imperialis]]
*<sup>2</sup>[[Index Astartes: The Cursed Founding]]
[[Category:The Galaxy]]
[[Category:Space Marines]]