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The main passageway of the vessel was the Triumphal Way; a wide processional, tiled in cool marble and supported with onyx columns. The columns were inlaid with gilt lettering that recounted the victories of the [[Legion]], and statues of Legion heroes lined the walls. In between the statues were later added paintings created by the [[remembrancer]] contingent present with the [[28th Expeditionary Fleet]]. Interspersed with the statues at fixed intervals were an honour guard of Emperor's Children Space Marines, each armed with a throwing spear. The Triumphal Way terminated at the Phoenix Gate; the main entryway to the council chamber known as the Heliopolis.{{Fn|1a}}
The Phoenix Gate was a large bronze gateway guarded by more Emperor's Children. Upon the doors was engraved a mural showing the Emperor presenting Fulgrim with the symbol of the Imperial Eagle. Passing through it, one arrived in the Heliopolis, a large circular chamber designed as the main meeting room of the Legion officers. Also lined with pale marble walls, black terrazo flooring and supported by pillars and bronze statues, the Heliopolis also featured a heavily mosaiced mosaicked ceiling that dripped purple and gold banners. The centre of the domed roof featured a window port that allowed starlight to penetrate the room when the illuminators were doused. Oil-burning censers were spaced throughout the room. Rows of benches were arranged in a circular formation, in a banked series that provided seating for two thousand. A chair of black marble sat in the very centre of the room; the seat of the Primarch. The closer one sat to the floor and the Primarch, the higher one's perceived rank and status. Fulgrim typically gave his speeches here and, on the days before a battle, a feast as well as celebration was held within the Heliopolis.{{Fn|1b}} Fulgrim's personal chambers were located near the top of the vessel and held two busts of his foster-parents of [[Chemos]]ian foster-parents, [[Tullea]] and [[Corrin]].{{Fn|5}}
A century after the Heresy at the [[Battle of Thessala]] the ''Pride of the Emperor'' had been grotesquely transformed by the corruption of the Warp. The vessel was a sick intimidation imitation of what it had once been in the Emperor's service.{{Fn|3}}
==History==
Serving as the flagship of the [[Emperor's Children]] throughout the [[Great Crusade]], the ''Pride of the Emperor'' saw numerous actions including the [[Cleansing of Laeran]]. Later in the early stages of the [[Horus Heresy]] when [[Fulgrim]] attempted to turn [[Ferrus Manus]] to side with [[Horus]] and the two sides came to blows, the ''Pride of the Emperor'' managed to badly damage the [[Iron Hands]]' flagship ''[[Fist of Iron (battleship)|Fist of Iron]]''. The ''Pride of the Emperor'' then led Fulgrim and the Emperor's Children into the [[Eye of Terror]] alongside [[Perturabo]] and the [[Iron Warriors]] to the [[Crone World]] of [[Iydris]].{{Fn|2}} The ''Pride of the Emperor'' reappeared during the final phase of the [[Solar War]] with Fulgrim himself aboard the vessel.{{Fn|4}}
During the [[Great Scouring]], the ''Pride of the Emperor'' was at the forefront of the [[Emperor's Children]] fleet led by [[Fulgrim]] against the [[Ultramarines]]. The vessel engaged in a vicious duel with the Ultramarines [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Gauntlet of Power]]'' and was ultimately the site of the battle between Fulgrim and [[Roboute Guilliman]] that saw the [[Loyalist|loyalist]] [[Primarch]] mortally wounded. During the battle, the ''Pride of the Emperor'' was crippled by loyalist forces.{{Fn|3}} As of [[M42]], the [[Traitor Legion]] does not known if the ''Pride of the Emperor '' still exists or if it has been destroyed. If Fulgrim knows the truth he does not seem to care, as the [[Daemon Primarch]] used the ''[[Vexation]] '' as his base, when he summoned the Emperor's Children to his side.{{Fn|7}}
==See also==
{{Cite}}
*1: [[Fulgrim (Novel)]]:
**{{endnEndn|1a}}: ch. 2**{{endnEndn|1a}}: ch. 4
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]], {{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Part 1
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]], Chapter 19
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix (Novel)]] - , Chapter 3
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Collected Visions]], pg. 37
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Fulgrim: The Perfect Son (Novel)]], Chapter 1
