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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Added new information concerning the fate of Ekene Dubaku, per Spears of The Emperor by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
|Founding Chapter=[[Imperial Fists]]{{Fn|3a}}
|Founding=[[M38]]{{Fn|2}}
|Chapter Master=Currently Unknown, Formerly [[Ekene Dubaku]]{{Fn|3b}}
|Homeworld=[[Elysium IX]]{{Fn|1}} (Destroyed){{Fn|4b}}
|Fortress-Monastery=Unknown
===Great Rift===
Following the opening of the [[Great Rift]] the Celestial Lion's homeworld of [[Elysium IX]] was invaded by the [[Chaos]] warband known as the [[Exilarchy]]. Before Elysium was invaded, though, the Lions' [[Chapter Master]], [[Ekene Dubaku]], put into motion a plan to evacuate its population, before the Exilarchy arrived. He knew it would be impossible to save the entire population, but Dubaku hoped that enough would survive to help both his Chapter and the spirit of Elysium live on.{{Fn|4b}} The current fate of the world's surviving population is unknown{{Fn|4b}}, but Dubaku had drafted a message asking the [[Emperor's Spears]]' Chapter Master, [[Arucatas]], if they could be relocated to his Homeworld, [[Nemeton]].{{Fn|4c}}In the midst of meeting with Emperor's Spears space marines on the Starship [[Hex]] Chapter Master Dubaku was decapitated by an Inquisitorial Assassin.
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