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The '''Secta Mortis''' were the elite [[Honor Guard]] of the [[Dark Angels]] [[Deathwing]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
They were composed of thirty legionnaires tasked to protect their '''Deathbringer'''.{{Fn|1}} Of which the three most senior of their number were counted amongst the Lord of the Deathwing’s chain of voted-successors, one of whom would immediately take over command of the Wing should their Lord ever be rendered incapable.{{Fn|1}}
The warriors of the Secta Mortis were marked out from the rest of their Deathwing brethren by the gilded helmets they wore, and were known to wield [[Jezzailli|Terran-Forged Jezzailli]].{{Fn|1}} The '''Deathbringer’s''' voted-successors were further denoted in their heraldry by an inverted heart-shaped besagew worn upon their left pauldron.{{Fn|1}}
==Known members==
*[[Morphael]] - Voted-Successor.
*[[Carolingus]] - Voted-Successor.
*[[Athoris]] - Voted-Successor.
==Source==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]], Chapter 16
[[Category:Dark Angels]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
The '''Secta Mortis''' were the elite [[Honor Guard]] of the [[Dark Angels]] [[Deathwing]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
They were composed of thirty legionnaires tasked to protect their '''Deathbringer'''.{{Fn|1}} Of which the three most senior of their number were counted amongst the Lord of the Deathwing’s chain of voted-successors, one of whom would immediately take over command of the Wing should their Lord ever be rendered incapable.{{Fn|1}}
The warriors of the Secta Mortis were marked out from the rest of their Deathwing brethren by the gilded helmets they wore, and were known to wield [[Jezzailli|Terran-Forged Jezzailli]].{{Fn|1}} The '''Deathbringer’s''' voted-successors were further denoted in their heraldry by an inverted heart-shaped besagew worn upon their left pauldron.{{Fn|1}}
==Known members==
*[[Morphael]] - Voted-Successor.
*[[Carolingus]] - Voted-Successor.
*[[Athoris]] - Voted-Successor.
==Source==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]], Chapter 16
[[Category:Dark Angels]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
