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{{Spoiler|source=Apocalypse (Novel)}}

The '''Anchorite''' is the name taken by a [[Word Bearers]] [[Contemptor Dreadnought]], who has rejected the [[Daemonic]] teachings of his [[Primarch]] [[Lorgar]] and has once again embraced the worship of the [[God-Emperor]].{{Fn|1a}}

However as Calder led a desperate last stand before the Palace's walls, Cardinal Eamon pleaded with the Dreadnought to fight the Word Bearers. The Anchorite would not relent on his vow and suggested that Eamon kill him, so the Word Bearers would stop their attacks. The Cardinal refused and said he would die fighting to protect the Anchorite, just like all the other Imperial forces on Almace would. This shook the Anchorite and when Eamon pleaded once more, the Dreadnought relented and went to confront his Brothers{{Fn|1e}}. He intervened in time to save Lieutenant Calder from dying at Amatnim's hand and then spoke a lost word of Colchis, which created a bright light that banished the Chaos Lord's [[Daemon]] allies back to the [[Warp]]. In the stunned silence that followed, the astonished Chaos Lord called the Anchorite an [[Anathema]], and the Dreadnought realized he recognized Amatnim, from the time of the Heresy. He could see the Chaos Lord still walked the path Lorgar had set his Legion upon and refused Amatnim's offer to rejoin his Legion. Confused by the Anchorite's answer, Amatnim told the Dreadnought to stand aside, so the Word Bearers could kill those who had imprisoned him for millennia. Instead, the Anchorite attacked the Chaos Lord, all while he decried the lies the Chaos Gods and Lorgar told the Word Bearers, which began their damnation. He then praised the God-Emperor for saving his soul and in a rage, Amatnim destroyed one of the Anchorite's arms, but the determined Dreadnought still fought on. Though, because the Word Bearers were ordered to bring him back alive, the Anchorite was able to kill many of his brothers, all while roaring the words of the Divinitatus, before Imperial reinforcements finally arrived. With that, the Word Bearers' were defeated and the Chaos Lord Amatnim, was killed by Lieutenant Calder{{Fn|1f}}. Afterwards, the Anchorite stated he would return to the solitude of his cell to continue his penance, as the Imperials began hunting down the last of the Word Bearers' forces on Almace. What ramifications the Imperium will face, now that the Anchorite's existence is no longer a secret, is unknown though.{{Fn|1g}}

==Sources==

**{{Endn|1f}}: Chapter 27

**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter 28

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