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[[Image:Vengefulspirit.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Vengeful Spirit'' during the [[Horus Heresy]] ]]
The '''''Vengeful Spirit''''' is a [[Gloriana Class Battleship]]{{Fn|2}} that served as the flagship of the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]]. {{Fn|11}} 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|star system]].{{Fn|2}}
From the ''strategium'', and later [[Lupercal's Court]], upon the command deck, Horus would coordinate the military and diplomatic efforts of the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]], and countless thousands of personnel lived and worked on board. Additionally because it was so old the core of the ship was a rotting, empty labyrinth of filth and rats. Over time as the [[Sons of Horus]] became corrupted during the [[Horus Heresy]], it became less of a warship and more of a temple to the dark gods of [[Chaos]] whom Horus came to revere. By this time, Horus' throneroom Lupercal's Court existed within its own Warp Pocket Dimension inside the ship, and inside this lair Horus, often accompanied by [[Zardu Layak]], spent much of his time comatose as his spirit walked the Empyrean.{{Fn|10}} The [[Battle of Terra|final battle]] between Horus and the [[Emperor]] took place on the twisted bridge of the ship where humanity's bright future was shattered beyond repair.
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Compendium]], pg. 112
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The 13th Black Crusade (Background Book)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Black Legion - A Codex: Chaos Space Marines Supplement]], "The Conflict of Helica", pgs. 39-40, - ''The Conflict of Helica''
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2]] - Prologue
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze]], pgs. 37-49*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Lost and the Damned (Novel)]] - , Chapter 4*{{Endn|11}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]], Part One, Chapter One
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*[[False Gods (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]
*[[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)]] by [[Ben Counter]]
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