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The Phoenix Gate was a large bronze gateway guarded by more Emperor's Children. Upon the doors was engraved a mural showing the Emperor presenting Fulgrim with the symbol of the Imperial Eagle. Passing through it, one arrived in the Heliopolis, a large circular chamber designed as the main meeting room of the Legion officers. Also lined with pale marble walls, black terrazo flooring and supported by pillars and bronze statues, the Heliopolis also featured a heavily mosaiced ceiling that dripped purple and gold banners. The centre of the domed roof featured a window port that allowed starlight to penetrate the room when the illuminators were doused. Oil-burning censers were spaced throughout the room. Rows of benches were arranged in a circular formation, in a banked series that provided seating for two thousand. A chair of black marble sat in the very centre of the room; the seat of the Primarch. The closer one sat to the floor and the Primarch, the higher one's perceived rank and status. Fulgrim typically gave his speeches here and, on the days before a battle, a feast as well as celebration was held within the Heliopolis. {{Fn|1}}
A century after the Heresy at the [[Battle of Thessala]] the ''Pride of the Emperor'' had been grotesquely transformed by the corruption of the Warp. The vessel was a sick intimidation of what it had once been in the Emperor's service. During the Battle, the ''Pride of the Emperor'' was crippled by loyalist forces.{{Fn|3}}
==History==
Serving as the flagship of the Emperor's Children throughout the [[Great Crusade]], the ''Pride of the Emperor'' saw numerous actions including the [[Cleansing of Laeran]]. Later in the early stages of the [[Horus Heresy]] when Fulgrim attempted to turn [[Ferrus Manus]] to side with [[Horus]] and the two sides came to blows, the ''Pride of the Emperor'' managed to badly damage the Iron Hands' flagship ''[[Fist of Iron]]''. The ''Pride of the Emperor'' then led Fulgrim and the Emperor's Children into the [[Eye of Terror]] alongside [[Perturabo]] and the [[Iron Warriors]] to the [[Crone World]] of [[Iydris]].{{Fn|2}}
During the [[Great Scouring]] the ''Pride of the Emperor'' was at the forefront of the Emperor's Children fleet led by Fulgrim against the [[Ultramarines]]. The vessel engaged in a vicious duel with the Ultramarines Battle Barge ''[[Gauntlet of Power]]'' and was ultimately the site of the battle between Fulgrim and [[Roboute Guilliman]] that saw the loyalist Primarch mortally wounded. During the battle, the ''Pride of the Emperor'' was crippled by loyalist forces.{{Fn|3}}
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