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==History==
[[Image:BelialIV.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Belial IV{{Fn|10}}]]
Belial IV was once one of the worlds at the heart of the [[Eldar Empire]].{{Fn|6a}}
During the [[First Survey]], Belial was marked on the star charts of the [[Imperium]] as [[Forbidden World|Forbidden]] under the interdict of the [[Ecclesiarchy]]. It was rumoured in the Imperium to be haunted, covered in the ruins of a lost race, and steeped in ancient evil.{{Fn|2b}}
In 334.[[M36]], it was raided for [[Spirit Stone]]s by the [[Twelve Outcasts of Alaitoc]].{{Fn|3}}
In 993.[[M37]], it was the site of a [[Battle of Belial IV|clash]] between the [[Dark Eldar]] of the [[Haemonculi]] [[Coven of the Thirteen Scars]] and [[Fabius Bile]]'s [[Emperor's Children]], who had a bastion on the world.{{Fn|4}}
During the [[Abyssal Crusade]], the [[Brothers of the Anvil]] were captured by [[Dark Eldar]] raiders on the surface of Belial IV.{{Fn|1}} Later in [[Abaddon the Despoiler]]'s [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]], the [[Word Bearers]] constructed the '''Black Cathedral''' there and began to worship the [[Chaos Gods]]. Their dedicated worship was able to stem the [[Warp Storm]]s surrounding [[Cadia]], which stabilized the existence of [[Daemon]]s that were summoned on nearby worlds.{{Fn|5}}{{CMS}} However, the [[Eldar]] later managed to scour the surface of Belial IV. While the Eldar are believed to have left, its part in the return of the [[Craftworld]] [[Altansar]] should be noted.{{CME}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement]] — ''The Chronicle of Endless Woe''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 292 (UK)]], pg. 96
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan]]:**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 52**{{Endn|6x}}: {{CME}}
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)]], pg. 25
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising]], pg.8-9
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book)]], pg. 155
*{{Endn|10}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040630112137/http://www.games-workshop.de:80/Sturm_des_Chaos/gallery/Planets/images/EoT-Belial-IV_480.jpg Games-Workshop: Eye of Terror map] (Saved archive page, dated Jun 2004, last accessed 24 January 2025)
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