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The Dragon of Mars is a being and a location at the same time. It exists beneath the [[Noctis Labyrinth]] in the form of an empty cavern of great size with walls of silver. The room is literally immeasurable, as physical laws warp and bend to the point of being meaningless inside. The air itself is malevolently sentient, and one can feel the hate and anger of the bound god all around them, driving most insane. The Dragon seems only capable of directly communicating to a small lineage of humans via intense visions and grants the ability to control and repair all technology merely by touch. This group, the Children of the Dragon, live one at a time inside the Dragon, called to it by its desire to be free and replacing the previous guardian. The Dragon's power grants them immortality until it passed on, and thus far all have chosen to deny the Dragon its freedom and serve the [[Emperor]] instead by waiting for the next guardian to arrive. It does not appear the Dragon has a choice in whether or not the Children receive its power, but instead they are somehow part of it to begin with.
Dalia Cythera, Guardian during the Horus Heresy, accidentally allowed a book containing the account of the Dragon to be taken from the Dragon's cavern. This book was later used to prove the Dragon (or perhaps is the [[Machine God]] and his Children)Guardian, and not the Emperor, was is the [[Omnissiah]]. The truth was eventually covered up again by tech priests who realized that having the [[Mechanicum]] turn against the [[Imperium]] would doom both.
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