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'''{{PAGENAME}}''', known as the '''Blessed Lady''' by the [[Word Bearers]] and inhabitants of [[Colchis]], was an early [[Confessor]].{{Fn|11a}}
==History==
===The Blessed Lady===
Cyrene was the sole survivor of the destruction of the Word Bearers' "perfect city" of [[Monarchia]] by the [[Ultramarines]], losing her sight amid the blinding light of [[Lance]] orbital bombardment. {{fn|1b}} Thereafter she was worshiped by many of those who followed the Word Bearers' ideals{{fn|1c}}, and was made a [[Confessor]] by [[Lorgar]] himself{{fn|1d}}. Cyrene became very close to and trusted by [[Argel Tal]] and [[Xaphen]], who came to her with their troubles. {{fn|1e}}{{fn|1f}} One of the three [[Furious Abyss|Abyss ClassBattleship]] battleships s was named in her honor as ''[[Blessed Lady]]''.{{Fn|12}}
Because she had kept secret the treason and sorceries of the Word Bearers, Cyrene was killed by the [[Adeptus Custodes]] for being in their way during the beginnings of the [[Drop Site Massacre]]{{fn|1g}}, and she spent the next year having her soul torn apart by [[daemon]]s in the [[warp]]. Later, she was resurrected by [[Erebus]] as part of his scheme to better control Argel Tal. However, she was apparently killed again during the [[Shadow Crusade]] when the [[Fidelitas Lex]] was heavily damaged. In truth she had reached an escape pod and met [[Cabal]] agents led by [[Damon Prytanis]], who revealed that she was a [[Perpetual]] since her resurrection and asked her to come with them.{{Fn|2}}
===Actae===
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]],:**{{endn|1a}}: ''Dramatis Personae''**{{endn|1b}}: 1**{{endn|1c}}: 9**{{endn|1d}}: 11**{{endn|1e}}: 19**{{endn|1f}}: 20**{{Cite thisendn|1g}}: 29*{{Endn|2}}: [[Betrayer (Novel)]],{{Cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Slaves to Darkness (Novel)]] — Chapters 17–19
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] - Chapters 20-22