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===Dark Imperium===
Grimaldus has since crossed the [[Rubicon Primaris]] and become a [[Primaris Space Marine]].{{Fn|6}}
In the wake of the [[Great Rift]]'s creation, [[Armageddon]] has been invaded by [[Daemons]]. This has caused a climate of fearful and superstitious fervor and its major population centres have become rife with [[Imperial]] sub-cults and worshipful creeds. The same is true for the people of [[Hive Helsreach]] and Grimaldus has, perhaps unsurprisingly, become the focus of one particularly large [[Imperial Savior Cult]] within the [[Hive]]. Due to his efforts to save its people, during the [[Third War for Armageddon]], the Cult attaches spiritual significance to the '''Hero of Helsreach''' and a talismanic notion of protection to him. To worship the [[Reclusiarch]], Grimaldus' Cult will gather at the ruins of the [[Temple of the Emperor Ascendant]] and perform several rituals in his name. These include lighting huge pyres, where the Cult burns alive citizens that they have accused of [[Psyker|witchery]], [[mutation]] or [[heretical]] thought. Many of the Cult's members will also dig ceremonial graves and then cover them over with shrouds of industrial tarpaulin. They do so in the belief that - just as he reputedly dug his grave in the Temple's grounds once before - Grimaldus might rise from such a ritual pit, to defend the people of Helsreach as he did previously. A high ranking member of the Imperium has his servants watching these Cults, and the one that worships the Reclusiarch in particular. So far, however, it is unclear if there is anything excessively divergent in the Cult's beliefs. They do wonder, though, what the pious Grimaldus would make of the Cult, if he knew about it.{{Fn|7}}
==Retinue==
While the book [[Helsreach (Novel)|Helsreach]] claims that Grimaldus wears a [[Skull Helm]]{{Fn|3g}} like those commonly seen on modern Astartes Chaplains, all artwork and other depictions of the helmet (such as in the cover art of [[Blood and Fire (Novella)|Blood and Fire]]) show it to be closer in appearance to a MkV pattern helmet.
Grimaldus states during the [[Helsreach Crusade]] (part of the [[Third War for Armageddon]]) that his rosarius [[Rosarius]] was destroyed in battle. He later says, ''"I am still alive three years after its destruction..."'' Since the Third War for Armageddon started in 998.[[M41]], this would mean the rosarius Rosarius was destroyed around 995.[[M41]].{{Fn|3h}} However, during the events of [[Blood and Fire (Novella)|Blood and Fire]], Grimaldus has his rosariusRosarius.{{Fn|4a}}
==See also==
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Helsreach (Novel)]] - ''Cover Art (Masterworks rerelease)''
*{{Endn|6}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/09/27/grimaldus-the-relic-saving-and-ork-smashing-high-chaplain-of-the-black-templars-is-back/ Warhammer Community: Grimaldus, the Relic-Saving and Ork-Smashing High Chaplain of the Black Templars, Is Back (posted 27/9/2021)] ''(last accessed 9th October 2021)''
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Black Templars (9th Edition)]], pg. 19 - ''War Zone: Armageddon''
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