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The '''Dark Mechanicum''', or '''Dark Mechanicus'''{{Fn|7}}, referred to by themselves as the '''New Mechanicum'''{{Fn|6b}} or '''True Mechanicum''',{{Fn|20a}} is a [[Chaos]]-affiliated counterpart to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. Its origins trace back to those who pledged loyalty to [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] at the end of the [[Great Crusade]]. The Dark Mechanicum serves as a dark "mirror" to their counterparts within the [[Imperium]].
The [[tech-adept]]s of the Dark Mechanicum readily adopting black robes and wore wear a perversion of the [[Machina Opus]]. The symbol of the [[Machine God were the ]] but 8 arrows making make the star of Chaos with and the a skull wore an with a daemonic grimace. These adepts quickly be Adepts of the Dark Mechanicum are often bestowed with mutation and other [[Gifts of Chaos]].{{Fn|28}}
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