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Shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]], the Sisters of Silence abandoned the Somnus Citadel in order to fortify the [[Imperial Palace]] instead.{{Fn|2}} 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 decedents descendants 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|1}}: [[The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)]] — , Chapter 15*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Buried Dagger (Novel)]] — , Chapter 2*{{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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