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[[Perturabo]] – master of siegecraft, and executioner of [[Olympia]]. Long has he lived in the shadow of his more favoured [[primarch]] brothers, frustrated by the mundane and ignominious duties which regularly fall to his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]. When [[Fulgrim]] offers him the chance to lead an expedition in search of an ancient and destructive [[xenos]] weapon, the [[Iron Warriors]] and the [[Emperor's Children]] unite and venture deep into the heart of the great warp-rift known only as "[[Eye of Terror|the Eye]]". Pursued by a ragged band of survivors from [[Isstvan V]] and the revenants of a dead [[eldar]] world, they must work quickly if they are to unleash the devastating power of the Angel Exterminatus!{{Fn|1}}
==StoryDramatis Personae=='''The III Legion [[Emperor's Children]]'''*[[Fulgrim]] — [[Primarch]] of the Emperor's Children{{fn|2a}}*[[Fabius]] — [[Apothecary]] of the Emperor's Children{{fn|2a}}*[[Eidolon]] — "The Risen", Lord Commander{{fn|2a}}*[[Julius Kaesoron]] — "The Favored Son", First [[Captain]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Marius Vairosean]] — Captain, 3rd Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Lucius (Emperor's Children)|Lucius]] — The Eternal Blademaster{{fn|2a}}*[[Kalimos]] — "The Whipmaster, Captain, 17th Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Lonomia Ruen]] — Captain, 21st Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Bastarnae Abranxe]] — Captain, 85th Company{{fn|2a}}*[[Krysander|Krysander of the Blades]] — Captain, 102nd Company{{fn|2a}} '''The IV Legion [[Iron Warriors]]'''*[[Perturabo]] — Primarch of the Iron Warriors{{fn|2a}}*[[Forrix]] — 'The Breaker', First Captain, [[Trident|Triarch]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Obax Zakayo]] — [[Lieutenant]], 1st Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Berossus]] — [[Warsmith]], 2nd Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Galian Carron]] — [[Techmarine]], 2nd Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Harkor]] — Warsmith, 23rd Grand Battalion, Triarch{{fn|2a}}*[[Kroeger]] — [[Lieutenant]], 23rd Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Soltarn Vull Bronn]] — 'The Stonewrought', 45th Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Barban Falk]] — Warsmith, 126th Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Soulaka|Soulaka]] — Apothecary, 235th Grand Battalion{{fn|2a}}*[[Toramino]] — Warsmith, Master of the [[Stor-bezashk]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Cadaras Grendel]] — Legionary{{fn|2a}} [[Sisypheum|The ''Sisypheum'']]*[[Ulrach Branthan]] — Captain, [[Iron Hands]] 65th Clan-company{{fn|2a}}*[[Cadmus Tyro]] — [[Equerry]] to Captain Branthan{{fn|2a}}*[[Frater Thamatica]] — [[Ironwrought]], [[Morlock]] veteran{{fn|2a}}*[[Sabik Wayland]] — [[Iron Father]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Karaashi Bombastus]] — [[Dreadnought]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Vermana Cybus]] — Morlock veteran{{fn|2a}}*[[Septus Thoic]] — Morlock veteran{{fn|2a}}*[[Ignatius Numen]] — Battle-brother{{fn|2a}}*[[Nykona Sharrowkyn]] — [[Raven Guard|Raven Guard Legion]], [[66th Company (Raven Guard Legion)|66th Company]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Atesh Tarsa]] — Apothecary, [[Salamanders|Salamanders Legion]], [[24th Company (Salamanders Legion)|24th Company]]{{fn|2a}} '''[[Drukhari|The Ebonite Achymsts]]'''*[[Karuchi Vohra]] — Ovate Seer of the Paths Above{{fn|2a}}*[[Varuchi Vohra]] — Ovate Seer of the Paths Below{{fn|2a}} '''The VII Legion [[Imperial Fists]]'''*[[Felix Cassander]] — Captain, [[42nd Company (Imperial Fists Legion)|42nd Company]]{{fn|2a}}*[[Navarra]] — Legionary, [[6th Company (Imperial Fists Legion)|6th Company]]{{fn|2a}} ==Plot Summary==
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==Theogonies==Book One: Terra Figula====As a boy, [[Olympia]]. [[Perturabo]]'s first memories were memory is of climbing a sheer cliff in the rain. When he was able to come to Finding a spot to rest, he looked up and saw feels the stars. Among them, he was able to sense something watching him, a malevolent presence within the immaterium that was like weight of a hunter stalking him, and he could see it manifested in the distant [[Eye of Terror. He suddenly became weak and began to fall from the cliff. Grabbing the cliff, he felt |rift in space]] as if he was abandoned to die and that though it was a cruel fatewere watching him. At that momentHe nearly falls, but is offered a rope was lowered to him and by armed men in armor offered to pull him up. He rejected the offer and climbed by himself to at the top of the cliff . Refusing their help, he finishes the climb and saw heads towards the fortress Lochos therefortified city-state Lochros. The guards commanded him to go no further{{fn|2c}} [[Hydra Cordatus]], ~007.[[M31]]. [[Warsmith]]s [[Kydomor Forrix]] and [[Barban Falk]] contemplate the siege of the boy questioned them[[Cadmean Citadel]], learning that Dammekos was which has occupied the master[[Iron Warriors]] for three months. [[Berossus]] awakes as a [[Dreadnought|dreadnought]] after having suffered Perturabo's [[The boy then commanded Crimson Fist (Novella)|wrath at [[Phall]]. [[Imperial Fists]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Felix Cassander]] readies the warriors to take him Citadel's defenses as Warsmith [[Harkor]] launches an escalade.{{fn|2d}} Of the attackers, [[Kroeger]] is the only one to still be alive at the top of the tyrantwalls when Perturabo drops in with his [[Iron Circle]], and they obeyedthus ending the loyalist hold on the keep. The boy then questioned Afterwards, the troops as [[Primarch]] demotes Harkor back to a rank-and-file legionary for launching an unsanctioned assault, promoting Kroeger to the nature command of the eye 23rd [[Grand Battalion]] and they were confusedto a position in the [[Trident]], unable to see it himselfalong with Falk and Forrix.{{Fnfn|22e}}
==Dramatis Personae==Deep in the ''[[Cavea Ferrum]]'', Perturabo is taken aback when the [[Emperor's Children]] make planetfall shortly after their fleet has reached Hydra Cordatus's orbit.{{fn|2f}}Aboard the ''[[Andronius|Andronicus]]'', [[Fabius Bile|Fabius]] is working to reattach [[Eidolon]]'s [[The Reflection Crack'd (Novella)|severed head and body]]. The Iron Warriors stare in disbelief when the III approaches along with a garish mob of [[Slaanesh|hedonistic]] [[Chaos Cult|deviants]], and Perturabo berates [[Fulgrim]] before the latter reveals he is accompanied by an [[Aeldari]], [[Karuchi Vohra]].{{fn|2g}}The primarchs' commanders almost come to blows over the xenos, but are ordered to stand down as Fulgrim asks his brother to build one of his more grandiose designs for the story to be told properly. Within a day, the [[Thaliakron]] is erected and Fulgrim is about to present the tale of the Angel Exterminatus, a weapon of unfathomable power. Hidden in the upper levels, [[Iron Hands|Iron Hand]] [[Sabik Wayland]] and [[Raven Guard]] [[Nykona Sharrowkyn]] observe the proceedings, collecting information for their [[Shattered Legion ]] compatriots, but decide to assassinate Fulgrim upon hearing his speech{{fn|2h}}: when the III primarch finishes his tale, Sharrowkyn snipes him in the head and the two loyalists barely escape the planet.{{fn|2i}} Fabius removes the projectile from Fulgrim's wound, and Perturabo accepts to follow his brother's plan: to enter the [[Eye of Terror|warp rift]] where the weapons are hidden, thanks to Karuchi Vohra's knowledge of a safe passage known as the Paths Above. Aboard the ''Andronicus'', Cassander awakes strapped to a gurney in Fabius's laboratory, along with [[EmperorNavarra]], and the two Imperial Fists gifted by the IV are the [[Apothecary|apothecary's Children]]next test subjects.{{fn|2j}}In the ''*[[Iron Blood]]'''s command center, Perturabo tells the Trident not to trust the III, as Fulgrimhas his own agenda. Aboard the ''[[Sisypheum]] — '', Captain [[PrimarchUlrach Branthan]] is briefly taken out of the stasis field keeping him alive and orders the loyalists deny the traitors their objective. On the ''[[Pride of the Emperor]]'', Fulgrim orchestrates the public return of Eidolon and admits he has lied to Perturabo and intends to resurrect the Angel Exterminatus.{{fn|2k}} ====Book Two: As Above, So Below====[[Medusa IV]]. [[Ferrus Manus]] awakes in an ice cavern, and realizes his capsule's Childrenarrival has freed a dangerous wyrm. He resolves to hunt it down to protect the planet's human population.{{fn|2l}} *In the reopened Fenice, Fulgrim wrestles with memories of Ferrus Manus and orders the [[FabiusBrotherhood of the Phoenix]] to assemble anew. On the ''Sisypheum'', Wayland assists [[Iron Father|Frater]] — [[ApothecaryThamatica]] in one of the Emperorlatter's Childrenrisky experiments. Berossus learns to fight as a dreadnought, making the acquaintance of [[Cadaras Grendel]].{{fn|2m}}*Sharrowkyn and [[Salamanders|Salamander]] [[EidolonAtesh Tarsa]] bond over their isolation from their respective [[Space Marine Legion|Legios]]. Cassander manages to break his bonds and tries to kill Fabius, but he is subdued and sent to the [[Enhanced Warrior|terata]] — ". The Risen"''Sisypheum'' heads for the Paths Below under the guidance of Varuchi Vohra, Lord CommanderKaruchi's counterpart.{{fn|2n}} *Faced with the task of leading a Grand Battalion, Kroeger considers Harkor's offer to be his adviser. Contemplating the warp rift's nature, Perturabo gives it a new name: the '''Eye of Terror'''. At the [[Dodekatheon]], Kroeger meets Honourable [[Soulaka]] and challenges Perturabo to a simulation of the siege of the [[Julius KaesoronImperial Palace]] — "The Favored Son". Aboard the ''Sisypheum'', First acting commander [[CaptainCadmus Tyro]]discovers that one of Branthan’s wounds has healed against all probability.{{fn|2o}}*On the ''Pride of the Emperor'', Eidolon's attempt to corrupt [[Marius VairoseanSoltarn Vull Bronn]] — Captainto Chaos is narrowly thwarted by Grendel. Attempting to recreate his experiment on a larger scale, Thamatica inadvertently causes a massive electromagnetic signal to give away the ''Sisypheum'''s presence.{{fn|2p}} Upon locating the loyalist ship, Perturabo orders it to be destroyed but must relent when Fulgrim insists on having it boarded.{{fn|2q}}Mutated into one of the terata, Cassander is forced to kill a loyalist Astartes, 3rd Companyto his horror and shame. Lucius and Sharrowkyn start a duel but are interrupted by Perturabo teleporting in.{{fn|2r}}*Thamatica has an idea while the IV primarch slaughters the defenders and Fabius leads a strike force towards the Sisypheum’s apothecarion. On the bridge, Wayland and Tyro detect spiking energy, which may culminate into a discharge powerful enough to kill Perturabo while he is on board. Fabius reaches the [[Lucius (Apothecarion|apothecarion]] and incapacitates Tarsa.{{fn|2s}}Thamatica requests control of the ship as the Trident evacuates Perturabo when they detect the energy spike. Fabius's study of [[The Heart of Iron]] keeping Branthan alive is interrupted by Sharrowkyn, [[Septus Thoic]], [[Ignatius Numen]] and the dreadnought [[Bombastus]] who drive him off. Aboard the ''Iron Blood'', Perturabo understands Thamatica's plan: to overcharge the ''Sisypheum''s reactors and speed through the ''Andronicus''. The primarch lets the loyalists wreck the Emperor's Children)ship and escape, as punishment for Fulgrim's underhanded tactics.{{fn|Lucius2t}} In his chambers, Perturabo remembers a conversation he had with the [[Emperor of Mankind]] — The Eternal Blademaster*before leaving for the [[KalimosGreat Crusade]] — "The Whipmaster. In the lower decks of the ''Iron Blood'', CaptainHonourable Soulaka harvests the [[Gene-seed|gene-seed]] of an Emperor's Children Astartes, 17th Companybut is incapacitated by Lucius and has his own gene-seed harvested by Fabius. Fulgrim answers his brother's summons and is violently made to understand that Perturabo will lead the expedition from now on.{{fn|2u}} ====Book Three: Coniunctio====*[[Lonomia RuenChemos]] — Captain. Three factory workers on a scavenging mission stumble upon a capsule containing a newborn, whose presence brings heals the planet's polluted land. One of them goes to kill it as an unnecessary mouth to feed, 21st Company*but is gunned down. The other two take the child in and name it [[Bastarnae AbranxeFulgrim (God)|Fulgrim]] — Captain, 85th Companyto honor one of their creation-myths.{{fn|2v}}*The traitors reach their destination, a [[KrysanderCrone World]] named [[Iydris]], and establish a beachhead. The planet itself seems to resist this incursion, weakening the Iron Warriors' field fortifications and leaving the Trident with frayed nerves.{{fn|Krysander 2w}} They launch their assault through the deserted city, reaching the citadel at its center. Leaving two thirds of their forces to secure their point of entry, the Trident and their primarch lead a three-pronged force, but many of the BladesEmperor's Children are left behind when they are distracted by the sensations arising from breaking some of the decor's [[Spirit stone|gemstones]] — Captain. From the Aeldari sepulchre, Sharrowkyn and Wayland observe the advance and report to [[Vermana Cybus]].{{fn|2x}}Harkor detects loyalist encrypted communication over the vox and informs Kroeger, whom he plans to stab in the back with the help of [[Toramino]]. Aboard the ''Sysipheum'', Tarsa risks awakening Branthan to study the causes of his recovery, and the captain tells him to prevent the rebirth of the Angel Exterminatus. The traitors march into the sepulchre, 102nd Companyand the loyalists set out to do the same through another entrance.{{fn|2y}}
Aboard the ''The IV Legion [[Iron Warriors]]''*[[Perturabo]] — Primarch Pride of the Iron Warriors*[[Forrix]] — Emperor'The Breaker', First CaptainCassander is racked by remorse. On Iydris, [[Trident|Triarch]]*[[Obax Zakayo]] — [[Lieutenant]]Perturabo leads the way through the sepulchre's maze and kills Vohra, 1st Grand Battalion*[[Berossus]] — [[Warsmith]]resolving to prevent Fulgrim from seizing the weapons. Outside, 2nd Grand Battalion*[[Galian Carron]] — [[Techmarine]], 2nd Grand Battalion*[[Harkor]] — Warsmith, 23rd Grand Battalion, Triarch*[[Kroeger]] — [[Lieutenant]], 23rd Grand Battalion*[[Soltarn Vull Bronn]] — 'The Stonewroughtthe Emperor's Children kill each other in sacrificial frenzy, 45th Grand Battalionand the Aeldari dead rise to slay the invaders.{{fn|2z}}*Spirits and [[Barban Falk]] — Warsmith, 126th Grand Battalion*[[SoulakaGhost-Warriors|Soulakaconstructs]] — Apothecarysimilarly attack Perturabo's force, 235th Grand Battalion*[[and the primarch chases his brother into the depths of the building. Toramino]] — Warsmith, Master orders a bombardment of Forrix's position as the Warsmith is dragged to safety by [[Stor-bezashkJulius Kaesoron]].{{fn|2za}}*[[Cadaras Grendel]] — LegionaryWading through memories, Perturabo reaches Fulgrim who announces his intent to become the Angel Exterminatus by sacrificing his brother: the gemstone he had gifted him on Hydra Cordatus is sapping Perturabo's life force.{{fn|2zb}}
[[Sisypheum|The Sisypheum]]*[[Ulrach Branthan]] — CaptainForrix's position is shelled to rubble as, in the sepulchre, [[Iron Hands]] 65th Clan-company*[[Cadmus Tyro]] — [[Equerry]] Kroeger is subjected to Captain Branthan*[[Frater Thamatica]] — [[Ironwrought]], [visions of slaughter through the ages after killing Harkor in a [Morlock]] veteran*[[Sabik Wayland]] — [[Iron Father]]*[[Karaashi Bombastus]] — [[Dreadnought]]*[[Vermana Cybus]] — Morlock veteran*[[Septus Thoic]] — Morlock veteran*[[Ignatius Numen]] — Battle-brother*[[Nykona Sharrowkyn]] — [[Raven GuardKhorne|Raven Guard Legionblood frenzy]]. The primarchs struggle as Fulgrim rises through the sepulchre's central shaft, [[66th Company (Raven Guard Legion)leaving Perturabo lifeless and the Aeldari ghosts inanimate.{{fn|66th Company]]2zc}}*[[Atesh Tarsa]] — ApothecaryEidolon begins the ritual stabbing of his primarch, but Perturabo reveals he has managed to take hold of the stone. After being confronted by his brother in a vision of the Lochos that never would be, he hurls the artifact down the shaft – but it is snatched by Branthan's [[SalamandersPsyber-Eagle|Salamanders Legionpsyber-eagle]], [[24th Company (Salamanders Legion).{{fn|24th Company]]2zd}}
''The Ebonite Achymsts''*loyalists join the fray: [[Marius Vairosean]] is slain by Numen, Bombastus by Grendel, Lucius by Sharrowkyn. The latter destroys the gemstone, allowing Perturabo to swing his hammer at Fulgrim{{fn|2ze}}, who splits open and ascends as a [[Karuchi VohraDaemon_Prince#Daemon_Primarchs|champion]] — Ovate Seer of the Paths Above*[[Varuchi VohraSlaanesh]] — Ovate Seer before magicking his force away. As Iydris begins to collapse, Perturabo leads his Astartes out of the sepulchre, and the loyalists retreat as well after Varuchi teleports himself away. The Iron Warriors evacuate, with Forrix and Vull Bronn the only survivors of Toramino's fragging. Perturabo orders his fleet to head for the inside of the Paths Belowblack hole that is destroying Iydris.{{fn|2ze}}
''The VII Legion [[Brought back from the dead, Lucius awakes to a fight between Fabius and the Imperial Fists]]''*[[Felix Cassander]] — Captainterata. The latter set fire to the laboratory, meeting their deaths and denying the apothecary all but one of his gene-samples: that of [[42nd Company (Imperial Fists Legion)Honsou|42nd Company]]*[[NavarraHonourable Soulaka]] — Legionary, [[6th Company (Imperial Fists Legion).{{fn|6th Company]]2ze}}
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*{{Endn|1}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20171102155819/https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/angel-exterminatus-ebook.html Black Library- ''Angel Exterminatus'']''(site saved archive page, dated 02 November 2017, last accessed 20 December 201805 October 2024, original link: https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/angel-exterminatus-ebook.html)''*2 '''''Angel Exterminatus''''' (Novel):**{{endn|2a}}: ''Dramatis Personae''**{{endn|2b}}: epigraphs**{{Endnendn|2c}}: ''Theogonies – I''**{{endn|2d}}: ch. 1**{{endn|2e}}: ch. 2**{{endn|2f}}: ch. 3**{{endn|2g}} : ch. 4**{{endn|2h}}: ch. 5**{{endn|2i}}: ch. 6**{{endn|2j}}: ch. 7**{{endn|2k}}: ch. 8**{{endn|2l}}: ''Theogonies – II''**{{endn|2m}}: ch. 9**{{endn|2n}}: ch. 10**{{endn|2o}}: ch. 11**{{endn|2p}}: ch. 12**{{endn|2q}}: ch. 13**{{endn|2r}}: ch. 14**{{endn|2s}}: ch. 15**{{endn|2t}}: ch. 16**{{endn|2u}}: ch. 17**{{endn|2v}}: 'Angel Exterminatus'Theogonies – III''**{{endn|2w}}: ch. 18**{{endn|2x}}: ch. 19**{{endn|2y}}: ch. 20**{{endn|2z}}: ch. 21**{{endn|2za}}: ch. 22**{{endn|2zb}}: ch. 23**{{endn|2zc}}: ch. 24**{{endn|2zd}}: ch. 25**{{endn|2ze}}: ch. 26**{{endn|2zf}}: ch. 27**{{endn|2zg}}: '' Novel - Theogonies - 1– IV''
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