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==Chapter Culture==
The Death Spectres have a special inclination towards Death and decorate their heraldry, armor, and fortresses with motifs associated with death and transcendence. They believe that those in that die in battle will be reborn to once again fight in the [[Emperor]]'s service. Upon death, battle-brothers are mummified and placed beneath [[Logopol]], the Chapter's [[Fortress-Monastery]].{{Fn|9}} Members of the Chapter utilize a special gesture known as the ''Masrahim'' known as the salute of skull and throne. This is achieved by placing the left hand palm up next to the abdomen then placing the right in the left hands palm as a fist.{{Fn|10}}
The Death Spectres are officially charged with protecting the Imperium from the horrors of the Ghoul Stars, but this protection does not extend to the local humans whom the Chapter mostly regards as potential breeding material to produce [[Aspirant]]s. The Death Spectres are perfectly willing to let human worlds in the Ghoul Stars die, as long as saving them is of no benefit to the wider Imperium.{{Fn|17}}
