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[[Image:Vengefulspirit.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Vengeful Spirit'' during the [[Horus Heresy]] ]]

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]]. Today, it serves as the flagship of [[Abaddon the Despoiler]] and the [[Black Legion]].{{Fn|1}}

==Overview==

The ''Vengeful Spirit'' is an ancient vessel, constructed in the [[M30|30th Millennium]] by the artisans of [[Mars]]. The ''Vengeful Spirit'' was one of the largest of the Gloriana-class command vessels alongside the ''[[Hrafnkel]]'', ''[[Conqueror (Ship)|Conqueror]]'', and ''[[Iron Blood]]''.{{Fn|3}} Heavily armed, the ''Vengeful Spirit'' gained a formidable reputation during the [[Great Crusade]] as the command ship of [[Primarch]] and later [[Imperial]] [[Warmaster]] [[Horus Lupercal]]. The mere arrival of the ''Vengeful Spirit'' would often result in the surrender of an entire [[System]].{{Fn|2}}

Following death of Horus and the defeat of the traitors in [[The Scouring]], the ''Vengeful Spirit'' fell under the control [[First Captain]] [[Ezekyle Abaddon]]. Somehow, the vessel became embedded under the former [[Eldar]] world of [[Asa'ciaral]] deep within the [[Eye of Terror]]. With the Sons of Horus in disarray after the fall of [[Maleum]], an expedition led by [[Falkus Kibre]], [[Iskandar Khayon]], and others eventually managed to find both Abaddon and the ''Vengeful Spirit''. Convinced to command once again, Abaddon used the vessel to crush the [[Emperor's Children]] and their clone of Horus on [[Harmony]].{{Fn|4}}

Following the [[Battle of Harmony]], Abaddon resumed command of the Sons of Horus. The ''Vengeful Spirit'' became the flagship of the newly christened [[Black Legion]], a role it continues to this day.{{Fn|4}} The ''Vengeful Spirit'' is known to have appeared in the [[10th Black Crusade|10th]]{{Fn|7}} [[12th Black Crusade|12th]]{{Fn|5}} and [[13th Black Crusade|13th]]{{Fn|6}} [[Black Crusade]]s. During the battle above [[Cadia]] in the 13th Black Crusade, the ''Vengeful Spirit'' was damaged as it was overwhelmed by [[Imperial Navy]] battlegroups, but before it could be finished off retreated with the rest of the Black Legion fleet as a [[Blackstone Fortress]] was dropped on the planet.{{Fn|8}}