37,586
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Created page with "{{ChaosPortal}} '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a powerful Daemon, that serves all four of the Chaos Gods and took part in the Horus Heresy.{{Fn|1a}} ==Overview== Long prep..."
{{ChaosPortal}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a powerful [[Daemon]], that serves all four of the [[Chaos Gods]] and took part in the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1a}}
==Overview==
Long preparations were made to summon {{PAGENAME}} from the [[Warp]]{{Fn|1a}}, but they finally came to fruition when the [[Ruinstorm]] was cast during the Heresy and those stuck within it were unable to reliably use the [[Astronomicon]]{{Fn|1b}}. In the aftermath of the Ruinstorm's creation, the [[Xenos]] built [[Chaos]] structures on the [[Death World]] [[Pythos]], acted like a beacon within the [[Warp Storm]] and this drew the remnants of the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s 111th [[Company]] and their [[Raven Guard]] and [[Salamanders]] allies to the world{{Fn|1c}}. Led by their [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Durun Atticus]], the Iron Hands and their allies landed upon the Death World and built a base, so that their [[Astropath]] [[Rhydia Erephren]] could study the structures in order to determine how they functioned{{Fn|1d}}. This was followed by the arrival of a fleet of ships{{Fn|1e}} filled with [[Chaos]] worshipers from [[Davin]]; who had been told by a messenger from the Warp, that they would play a key part in summoning {{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|1a}}. Though the Davinites nearly met their ends at the jaws of Pythos' predators{{Fn|1e}}, they were saved by the Iron Hands after the Company was persuaded to by the Salamanders [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Khi'Dem]] and the Raven Guard Legionary [[Inachus Ptero]]. Not knowing the Davinites' true nature, the Iron Hands allowed them to build a settlement near the Company's base, after the Davinites declared that Pythos was their new home and purposely destroyed the spaceships that brought them to the Death World.{{Fn|1f}}
This proved to be the Legionaries downfall, as when the Davinites revealed their Chaos worship to the Iron Hands and their allies, it was too late to stop the ritual they had begun to enact as soon as they arrived on Pythos. When it was completed, {{PAGENAME}} emerged upon the Death World and in the mayhem that followed, the Daemon demanded that the Davinites offer themselves as blood offerings, to Pythos' predators and they willingly left the safety of their settlement. As the Legionaries in the Davinites' settlement fruitlessly attacked {{PAGENAME}}, the Davinites were being attacked by the Death World's predators and deliberately led them to the Iron Hands' base{{Fn|1a}}, which soon fell to the beasts{{Fn|1g}}. As the final Davinites died, their blood enacted yet another Chaos ritual{{Fn|1a}}, which allowed a Chaos incursion to occur on Pythos and between the rampage of the predators and Daemons, only a few Legionaries were left fighting for their lives{{Fn|1g}}. Knowing that their end was near{{Fn|1h}}, and with their [[Strike Cruiser]] [[Veritas Ferrum]] having been destroyed by a warp blast{{Fn|1i}}, Captain Atticus led a charge to one of the Xenos structures, so that the Astropath Erephren could warn [[Terra]] about {{PAGENAME}}' presence. The Daemon sensed their intent and attacked them, but was held off long enough for Erephren to send the message, before the effort of doing so killed her. Now only Atticus remained and with the message sent, the Captain charged at {{PAGENAME}}, but easily fell to the Daemon's hand. Afterwards, {{PAGENAME}} ordered the Daemons on Pythos, to use their bodies to repair the destroyed Veritas Ferrum and then left the Death World, with what remained of his Daemon flock, to attack other worlds{{Fn|1h}}. Though Terra eventually received Erephren's message, it was so undecipherable that no Astropath could understand what it contained and her warning went unheard.{{Fn|1j}}
==Source==
*1: [[The Damnation of Pythos (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 18
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 5
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter 2
**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter 4
**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter 8
**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter 9
**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter 20
**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter 22
**{{Endn|1i}}: Chapter 16
**{{Endn|1j}}: Epilogue
[[Category:Characters (Daemon)]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a powerful [[Daemon]], that serves all four of the [[Chaos Gods]] and took part in the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1a}}
==Overview==
Long preparations were made to summon {{PAGENAME}} from the [[Warp]]{{Fn|1a}}, but they finally came to fruition when the [[Ruinstorm]] was cast during the Heresy and those stuck within it were unable to reliably use the [[Astronomicon]]{{Fn|1b}}. In the aftermath of the Ruinstorm's creation, the [[Xenos]] built [[Chaos]] structures on the [[Death World]] [[Pythos]], acted like a beacon within the [[Warp Storm]] and this drew the remnants of the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s 111th [[Company]] and their [[Raven Guard]] and [[Salamanders]] allies to the world{{Fn|1c}}. Led by their [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Durun Atticus]], the Iron Hands and their allies landed upon the Death World and built a base, so that their [[Astropath]] [[Rhydia Erephren]] could study the structures in order to determine how they functioned{{Fn|1d}}. This was followed by the arrival of a fleet of ships{{Fn|1e}} filled with [[Chaos]] worshipers from [[Davin]]; who had been told by a messenger from the Warp, that they would play a key part in summoning {{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|1a}}. Though the Davinites nearly met their ends at the jaws of Pythos' predators{{Fn|1e}}, they were saved by the Iron Hands after the Company was persuaded to by the Salamanders [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Khi'Dem]] and the Raven Guard Legionary [[Inachus Ptero]]. Not knowing the Davinites' true nature, the Iron Hands allowed them to build a settlement near the Company's base, after the Davinites declared that Pythos was their new home and purposely destroyed the spaceships that brought them to the Death World.{{Fn|1f}}
This proved to be the Legionaries downfall, as when the Davinites revealed their Chaos worship to the Iron Hands and their allies, it was too late to stop the ritual they had begun to enact as soon as they arrived on Pythos. When it was completed, {{PAGENAME}} emerged upon the Death World and in the mayhem that followed, the Daemon demanded that the Davinites offer themselves as blood offerings, to Pythos' predators and they willingly left the safety of their settlement. As the Legionaries in the Davinites' settlement fruitlessly attacked {{PAGENAME}}, the Davinites were being attacked by the Death World's predators and deliberately led them to the Iron Hands' base{{Fn|1a}}, which soon fell to the beasts{{Fn|1g}}. As the final Davinites died, their blood enacted yet another Chaos ritual{{Fn|1a}}, which allowed a Chaos incursion to occur on Pythos and between the rampage of the predators and Daemons, only a few Legionaries were left fighting for their lives{{Fn|1g}}. Knowing that their end was near{{Fn|1h}}, and with their [[Strike Cruiser]] [[Veritas Ferrum]] having been destroyed by a warp blast{{Fn|1i}}, Captain Atticus led a charge to one of the Xenos structures, so that the Astropath Erephren could warn [[Terra]] about {{PAGENAME}}' presence. The Daemon sensed their intent and attacked them, but was held off long enough for Erephren to send the message, before the effort of doing so killed her. Now only Atticus remained and with the message sent, the Captain charged at {{PAGENAME}}, but easily fell to the Daemon's hand. Afterwards, {{PAGENAME}} ordered the Daemons on Pythos, to use their bodies to repair the destroyed Veritas Ferrum and then left the Death World, with what remained of his Daemon flock, to attack other worlds{{Fn|1h}}. Though Terra eventually received Erephren's message, it was so undecipherable that no Astropath could understand what it contained and her warning went unheard.{{Fn|1j}}
==Source==
*1: [[The Damnation of Pythos (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 18
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 5
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter 2
**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter 4
**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter 8
**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter 9
**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter 20
**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter 22
**{{Endn|1i}}: Chapter 16
**{{Endn|1j}}: Epilogue
[[Category:Characters (Daemon)]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
