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The '''Somnus Citadel''' was the headquarters of the [[Sisters of Silence]] during the [[Great Crusade]]. Based on [[Luna]], it contained launch bays for [[Black Ship]]s and was an impressive fortress armed with automated gun-drones. In addition, parts of the citadel could be separated and lowered underground in case of attack.{{Fn|1}}
==History==
During the early stages of the [[Horus Heresy]], the survivors of the ''[[Eisenstein]]'' were interred within the Somnus Citadel on the orders of [[Rogal Dorn]]. Battle in the citadel took place when the terminally ill ''Eisenstein'' survivor [[Solun Decius]] gave himself over to [[Nurgle]]. Mutating into a [[Warp]] abomination, Decius slew numerous Sisters of Silence and loyalist Death Guard until he was killed by [[Nathaniel Garro]]. After the incident, the Somnus Citadel was used as the base of operations for [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]]'s newly formed [[Knights-Errant]].{{Fn|1}}
Shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]], the Sisters of Silence abandoned the Somnus Citadel in order to fortify the [[Imperial Palace]] instead.{{Fn|2}} It Following the fall of Luna to the Traitors in the [[Solar War]], it was taken by the [[Sons of Horus]] and [[Selenar]]. During the [[Retaking of Luna]] in the [[Great Scouring]], [[Ultramarines]] [[Chief Librarian]] [[Titus Prayto]] led the storming of the Citadel and personally killed Sons of Horus [[Chief Apothecary]] [[Vardesh Kraiya]]. Underneath the Citadel, the Imperials discovered large numbers of [[League of Black Ships|Black Ships]] ready for use.{{Fn|5}} After the Heresy the Citadel was subsequently said to be ruined and abandoned, but apparently decendents decedents of the [[Selenar|Selenites]] known as the [[Fellowship (Sisters of Silence)|Fellowship]] remained.{{Fn|3}} The only part of the citadel that was properly maintained during this time were the orbital docking spikes for the Blackships.{{Fn|4}} At the dawn of the [[Indomitus Crusade]] on the orders of the recently resurrected [[Roboute Guilliman]], the Somnus Citadel was restored.{{Fn|3}} Despite its renovations, many old cracks and unrepaired sections still remain.{{Fn|4}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow]] — Chapter 6: Aleya, Chapter 18: Aleya
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Hand of Abaddon (Novel)]] — Chapter 7
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]] - Chapter 38
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