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Belial - Belial: Belial is the current Grand Master of the Dark Angels Chapter of Space Marines' elite 1st Company, known as the Deathwing. The 1st Company of every Space Marine Chapter represents the apex amongst a warrior elite, and none are held in higher regard than the Deathwing of the Dark Angels. Lauded for countless victories across the millennia, the Deathwing are the epitome of their primarch Lion El'Jonson's ideals: courageous, noble, indefatigable and unwavering in their dedication to the service of the Emperor's ideals.To lead such a company requires a commander of the most exceptional ability, judgement and fortitude. Grand Master Belial is just such an individual. He commands the Deathwing in their never-ending hunt for the Fallen Angels. Belial swiftly earned the approval of the Chapter's Supreme Grand Master Azrael, as well as the admiration and unswerving loyalty of those under his command.To be named the Grand Master of the Deathwing is to be recognised as a lion of the battlefield, a tactician without peer and the Chapter's most loyal paladin. Grand Master Belial, to whom the title currently belongs, has earned such an honour with deeds that would fill volumes, if the Dark Angels allowed such things to be written. Belial is a warrior born -- a killer whose skill with bolter and blade have always stood out, even amongst his transhuman brethren.His martial prowess is without style or artifice; there is no flourish to Belial's swordplay, no extravagance to his movements. Yet even as a neophyte, none but the other Masters of the Chapter could best him in practice. Throughout his rise through the ranks, it was noted that Brother Belial was a perfectionist -- chastising himself for a single missed shot. As a commander, Belial did not revel in triumphs, but instead, he begrudged the losses, castigating himself for the least mistake. Those beneath him came to expect that, after each action -- even the most glorious victories -- Belial would find them and assign each his own specific penitence, be it battle drills, hymnals, or arduous rites of atonement. Such discipline was not lamented, but embraced -- for it was easy to see that Belial was righteous and his success undeniable.The Deathwing have fought in scores of battles under the leadership of Belial, distinguishing themselves in such campaigns as the fighting around the Eye of Terror during Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade. Belial and the Deathwing would prove pivotal in subsequent victories over the forces of Chaos on Crassia II and routing the Renegade Chapter of the Violators  on the world of Terraq after a brutal campaign.During the Arks of Omen Campaign of the Era Indomitus, Belial was badly wounded in combat against the Daemon Primarch Angron. To save his life, he was forced to cross the Rubicon Primaris and become a Primaris Space Marine.Amongst all the Dark Angels, there are none who judge themselves more abrasively than Belial. To the Grand Master of the famed Deathwing, every battle-brother lost, every foe not efficiently slain, only makes the defence of the Imperium of Man, and the path to redemption for himself and his Chapter, that much more difficult.
Belial - Blade Born: The semi-Feudal World of Bregundia is ruled by a number of knightly orders called "societies," and it was into the nobility of the Society of the Ebon Star that Belial was born. Son of the society's governing Magister Militum, Belial was destined from birth to be a warrior and a leader and was raised accordingly. He learned to wield a sword as soon as he was able to lift one, and into his young mind were poured all the principles of Bregundian chivalry, military strategy and the precepts of command.As a recruiting world for the Dark Angels, Bregundia is visited by the Chaplains of the sons of the Lion every few solar decades so that they might pick the most prominent and skilled knightly aspirants and squires for testing. Such an event happened shortly after Belial's seventeenth local birthday (the equivalent of eleven standard years by Terran reckoning) but the youth's father forbade him from entering the tournament which would determine the hopeful boy's fate -- Belial was destined to become Magister Militum of the Society of the Ebon Star like his forefathers.Stealing the armour of a lowlier knight, Belial ignored his father's command and entered the contest, keeping his visor lowered to conceal his identity. None could best him, and he was duly declared the Ebon Star's candidate to be tested as a Chapter aspirant. When Chaplain Lamorak demanded that the young knight remove his helm to be identified, Belial refused, fearing that his father would see him and withdraw his application. Lamorak insisted and Belial again deferred, claiming that he would rather face the Chaplain in combat than reveal himself.Lamorak accepted the challenge, expecting to best the upstart squire in moments, but the duel that followed lasted a full seven solar minutes -- an extraordinary effort for any non-augmented Human. Eventually, Lamorak landed a blow that sent Belial crashing to the floor and the youth was bested. Forced to remove his helm, he revealed his true identity.As Belial feared, his father demanded that the Dark Angels choose another aspirant -- but Lamorak overruled the Magister Militum, saying that Belial was surely the most capable recruit he had encountered since becoming a Chaplain. The Society of the Ebon Star would lose a proud warrior and future leader, but their loss was to the benefit of the Dark Angels -- and the Imperium of Man.
Belial - The Perfection of Self: Throughout his time as an aspirant and a Scout, few could defeat Belial with a blade, and as he acclimated to the Adeptus Astartes' genetic enhancements and gene-seed organ implants, only the most experienced warriors of the Chapter could defeat him. When he ascended to the full rank of battle-brother, Belial's first act was to challenge Chaplain Lamorak to a rematch -- a duel Belial won in under a solar minute.The teachings of the Dark Angels and the doctrines of the Society of the Ebon Star are combined in Belial, driving him to seek a state of perfection as both a warrior-noble and a Space Marine. Brutally efficient with bolter and blade, as a warrior, Belial had few peers amongst his brethren. He applied the same drive to learning the principles of tactics and strategy, command and logistics, and though his rise was not as meteoric as some of the most famed Masters of the Chapter, Belial's knowledge and skill is wide-ranging and perhaps without equal.Motivated to learn as much from every victory as defeat, Belial would frequently impose penitence and atonements upon himself for perceived failures, and when he was promoted to sergeant, such impositions were shared with the other warriors of his squad. No matter how small or seemingly insignificant a flaw he found, Belial was ready to atone and improve. A missed shot, a delay of solar seconds in responding to an order, a wayward blow or clumsy step, all were treated with the same regard as a failure.Over the solar decades, Belial and his squad gained renown amongst the Dark Angels' 3rd Company in which they served, and their ethos spread to other battle-brothers. Many of those who learned from Belial's example went on to serve in the Deathwing, so that at one time, the 3rd Company provided twice as many warriors to the 1st Company as any other.
Belial - A Demanding Master: Despite his victories, Belial's quest for perfection continued as he became accustomed to his new role. The 3rd Company was turned into a benchmark of discipline and lethal efficiency. Never once giving thought to defeat, Belial fought in dozens of campaigns, most notably against the Ork warlords Ghazghkull Thraka and Nazdreg on the world of Piscina IV during the campaigns preceding the Third War for Armageddon in 998.M41.Despite suffering near-terminal injuries, Belial went on to command a successful holding action against the Ork invaders, saving the planetary capital of Kadillus Harbour from repeated attacks. Ghazghkull himself led the assault on the plasma reactor of Kadillus Harbour, seeking to use it to power the Orks' tellyportas. Master Belial led a counter-attack that sent the Orks reeling, and it seemed that the Space Marines would prevail. But it was then that Ghazghkull himself attacked Belial, and almost killed him. The plasma reactor fell to the Greenskins soon afterward.With the Orks' tellyportas now fully operational, massive Ork reinforcements flooded onto Piscina IV. The wounded Belial continued to lead the Dark Angels, who were now outnumbered several thousand to one. The battle for Piscina IV raged for another two solar weeks until the remainder of the Dark Angels arrived and drove off the Ork horde. Thanks to the actions of Master Belial and his small force, Piscina IV was saved from the Greenskins' assault, and Ghazghkull's ambitions were held in check, for a time at least, until he descended upon the Armageddon System.When Grand Master Gabriel was later slain leading the Deathwing aboard the space hulk Charnel Shrine during the events of the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41, there was only one candidate for his replacement voiced by the Inner Circle of the Chapter.Belial's reputation as a hard but fair taskmaster, coupled with his personal prowess, made him the obvious successor. Becoming Grand Master of the Deathwing did not soften Belial's demeanour in any respect. He leads from the front of every campaign, setting an example to his warriors that has further heightened the expertise and dedication of the Dark Angels' 1st Company.
Belial - Vengeance Delivered: Though other matters demanded his attention, and he had not been in command at the time, Belial was driven to atone for the Deathwing's defeat on the Charnel Shrine. He was now of the Deathwing, and their reputation and his were one and the same. The mark against the elite Veteran company was a dishonour that gnawed at Belial, and when he was granted the opportunity, he requested that he lead the Deathwing back to the space hulk to correct the previous failure.Knowing that such a thorn can work terrible injuries in the mind of one such as Belial, Supreme Grand Master Azrael granted the 1st Company commander any resources required for the mission. Belial turned down the assistance of any other company, saying that it was the Deathwing alone that would pass judgement on the denizens of the Charnel Shrine.The space hulk was an enormous conglomeration of dozens of different vessels, stretching over twenty cubic kilometres. It was inhabited by both a large brood of Genestealers and an Ork tribe, which occupied opposite ends of the massive structure. They seemed oblivious to each other's presence, and having discovered the Orks in the previous engagement, it was the unexpected appearance of the Genestealers that had doomed the first attack.Grand Master Gabriel's initial plan had been a targeted strike to reactivate a plasma reactor on one of the dormant vessels, which would initiate a chain-reaction detonation to destroy the hulk. Belial eschewed this strategy, preferring systemic cleansing, corridor by corridor, chamber by chamber. By this means alone would he be satisfied that every foe had been slain.In a campaign that was waged incessantly for seventy-three solar days, the Deathwing launched assault after assault, driving the Genestealers out of their brood-nests towards the Orks, whilst simultaneously purging the Ork settlements to force the Greenskins into the claws of the Tyranid bio-constructs. The inevitable conclusion was fighting between the two alien species, draining their strength further.Like a predator stalking its prey, the Deathwing cleansed the passages and rooms, eliminating the survivors of both xenos species, advancing deep into the hulk with Belial always at the forefront. The final engagement aboard the Charnel Shrine took place around the plasma reactor previously selected by Gabriel. Assured that the xenos inhabitants had been corralled on this one component-vessel of the hulk, Belial led another strike team accompanied by several Techmarines.The reactor was brought back on-line and forced into overcharge. Under bombardment by the Dark Angels vessels in attendance, the Orks and Genestealers were prevented from escaping while the Deathwing teleported to safety. The resulting explosion ripped apart the hulk, destroying everything that remained. Never one to overlook any detail, Belial sent search-and-destroy teams into the remnants for a further eighteen solar days, until he finally declared the enemy wiped out and the company's honour restored.
Belial - Hunt for the Fallen: As well as campaigns against xenos, Heretics, mutants and the forces of Chaos, Belial has been instrumental in the hunt for the Fallen Angels. His temperament of ruthlessness and efficiency intersects well with the more flamboyant approach practised by Grand Master Sammael of the Ravenwing. Recent plans to capture the Fallen combine Sammael's daring and creativity with Belial's thoroughness and persistence, and the Interrogator-Chaplains have been kept busy by their efforts over the latter decades of the 41st Millennium.To Belial, every Fallen yet to be captured is a stain upon the Chapter's honour -- and his own -- and their continued existence is an affront to his nature. To the Grand Master of the Deathwing, the quest for redemption and the search for perfection are one and the same.Under Belial's austere and exacting leadership, the Deathwing continues to earn praise in the fighting around the Eye of Terror, winning victories on the marshes of Crassia II and routing the Violators on the planet Terraq after a brutal campaign. It was Belial who arrived in time to save his fellow Sammael of the Ravenwing from the crushing death grip of Marbas -- cutting the Fallen Daemon Prince's hand off with the Sword of Silence.Alas, Belial could not finish the job, however, as the lion-headed Daemonic foe won free and escaped, his loathsome claw-hand regrowing anew even as he took flight. In all his long service to the Dark Angels, the only other foe to have bested Belial in close combat was the Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka on Piscina IV. Such memories of failure still cause Belial pain.
Belial - Arks of Omem Campaign: During the siege of The Rock in the Arks of Omen Campaign in the Era Indomitus, Belial took part in the defence of the Dark Angels' mobile fortress-monastery against an invasion of the forces of Chaos led by the Greater Daemon Vashtorr. During the battle, Belial was appointed by Azrael as the commander of the defence of The Rock within the command spire known as the Tower of Angels while the Supreme Grand Master focused on facing Vashtorr personally.Later in the same campaign during the Battle of Idolatros, Belial led the Deathwing in a boarding action against the Chaos-corrupted remains of the Dark Angels lost homeworld of Caliban, now a Daemon World that had been dubbed "Wyrmwood." However, when the Daemon Primarch Angron entered the battle against the Dark Angels, Belial was badly injured by the Daemon Primarch's axe and had to be carried away by his Deathwing veterans.To save his life, the Dark Angels' Apothecaries ultimately determined that Belial's only chance for survival was to cross the Rubicon Primaris. The agonising surgery proved successful, and Belial has now joined the ranks of the Primaris Space Marines.
Belial - Wargear: Master-crafted Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour - To represent his venerable status within the ranks of the Chapter, Grand Master Belial wears master-crafted Indomitus Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour into battle.Storm BolterThunder Hammer - When leading the Deathwing to war, Belial is known to wield a Thunder Hammer. Favoured by those wearing Terminator Armour, this formidable melee weapon releases a terrific blast of coruscating electromagnetic energy when he strikes his foes.Iron HaloStorm Shield - Used in conjunction with a Thunder Hammer or the Sword of Silence, Belial's Storm Shield provides additional protection when fighting in close quarters. The shield's energy field generator is very useful in close combat where it is capable of deflecting almost any attack, even blows from Power Weapons.Sword of Silence - In times of need, Belial wields the famous master-crafted Power Sword known as the Sword of Silence. This sword is one of a quadrumvirate of legendary swords collectively known as the Heavenfall Blades. These formidable weapons are only carried by the highest-ranking members of the Inner Circle of the Dark Angels. The Chapter's lore states that these blades were forged from the core of a meteorite that struck The Rock in orbit around the Feral World of Al Baradad. The mightiest of these blades is the Sword of Secrets, carried by the Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter, and the current wielder of that sword is Azrael. The blades wielded by the Master of the Deathwing and the Master of the Ravenwing also utilise small amounts of the obsidian taken from the meteorite in their working. It is also said that a small portion of this meteoric substance was despatched to each of the Dark Angels' Successor Chapters, so that the senior members of the Unforgiven's own Inner Circles would also bear the same heritage forged in steel as those borne by the Masters of the Dark Angels. The Sword of Silence has traditionally been gifted to the most lethal close-quarters combatant in the Dark Angels. The Sword of Silence seems to swallow nearby light and sound, absorbing them into its glowing obsidian blade.
Belial - Sources: Codex Supplement Dark Angels (10th Edition), pg. 82Codex Adeptus Astartes - Dark Angels (8th Edition), pp. 48, 77Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition), pp. 42-43Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition), pg. 56Warlords of the Dark Millennium: Belial (Digital Edition), pp. 3-9, 22-26Master of Sanctity (Novel) by Gav ThorpeThe Unforgiven (Novel) by Gav ThorpeWarhammer Community - Angels Appear on Christmas Day
Belial (Ship) - Belial (Ship): The Belial, flagship of Commodore Thalion Vycorious, is an Emperor-class Battleship of the Imperial Navy.Under the command of Vycorious, the Belial has become a legend of the Achilus Crusade battlefleets, having fought at the head of a dozen engagements against alien forces.Belial's presence amongst the other ships of the line is considered a sign of the Emperor's favour, and its crew is considered one of the most elite amongst the crusade forces.
Belis Corona - Belis Corona: Belis Corona is an Imperial Dead World located near the Eye of Terror, which serves as the Segmentum Obscurus' primary base for the Imperial Navy's Battlefleet Obscurus as well as essentially the Imperium's administrative capital for the entire segmentum. There is a vast conglomeration of orbital dockyards in geosynchronous orbit about Belis Corona where entire sector battlefleets can be serviced and refitted. Massive stockpiles of munitions, supplies and other war materiel are stored in armoured bunkers buried many kilometres below the planet's barren surface. Belis Corona saw many battles during Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41 and served as the headquarters for the Imperium's overall defence of the segmentum and the Cadian Gate.
Belis Corona Sector - Belis Corona Sector: The Belis Corona Sector of the Milky Way Galaxy is a Sector of the Imperium of Man in the Segmentum Obscurus to the galactic north of Terra that is located adjacent to the vital Fortress World of Cadia. The Belis Corona Sector lies adjacent to the great Warp rift known as the Eye of Terror and was one of the locations where Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade was fought in 999.M41. The Imperium was able to largely hold at Belis Corona, the capital of the sector, suffering the worst excesses of a Tyranid splinter fleet of Hive Fleet Leviathan, and the horrific plagues bestowed upon the world's hive cities by the Death Guard Traitor Legion. The world of Subiaco Diablo within the sector saw the Convent of the Order of the Ermine Mantle hold out against overwhelming odds, before being relieved by a host of Adepta Sororitas' Sisters of Battle from across the region, their assault spearheaded by the celebrated Canoness Astra.
Belis Corona Sector - Belis Corona Sub-sector: The Belis Corona Sub-sector is the most strategic and important part of the Belis Corona Sector, which is one of the Imperial sectors closest to the vitally important Fortress World of Cadia and the Cadian Gate. The Cadian Gate is the only predictably stable Warp route that leads out of the Eye of Terror and into the realm of the Imperium. Only a few hundred light years from Cadia, the Belis Corona sub-sector is one of those in the narrow gap that lies squarely between humanity and the rapacious host of Abaddon the Despoiler. With all the rising Chaos activity in the sub-sectors surrounding Cadia, prior to the 13th Black Crusade, is was only a matter of time before the Chaos Fleets of the Arch-enemy would make their presence known there as well.The Imperial Navy shipyards for the sector were located on the Forge World of Belis Corona. Belis Corona is a vitally important Imperial Dead World located in the Belis Corona Sub-sector which serves as the Segmentum Obscurus' primary base for the Imperial Navy's Battlefleet Obscurus as well as essentially the Imperium's administrative capital for the entire Segmentum. There is a vast conglomeration of orbital dockyards in geosynchronous orbit about Belis Corona where entire sector battlefleets can be serviced and refitted. Massive stockpiles of munitions, supplies and other war materiel are stored in armoured bunkers buried many kilometres below the planet's barren surface.
Belis Corona Sector - 2nd Black Crusade: As part of the 2nd Black Crusade launched in 597.M32, Abaddon wove a terrible hex upon a number of worlds close to the Eye of Terror, seeding them with the taint of the Dark Gods. Leading a small band of his elite warriors from the Black Legion, Abaddon breached the Imperial Navy base at Belis Corona. While his fleet launched a diversionary attack against the orbital shipyards, Abaddon and his Bringers of Despair, the strongest and most vicious members of the Black Legion's Terminator elite, landed on one of the system's outermost moons. Slaughtering the garrison, Abaddon crafted a complex sorcerous ritual using their mangled remains and invoking a curse that would sink deep into the core of the moon. Only centuries later would the curse awaken at the Despoiler's behest and do its terrible work, unleashing a mutagenic plague upon the Imperial defenders stationed there. By the time Battlefleet Corona had mustered to repel the attacks on the core worlds of the Belis Corona Sector, Abaddon had already departed, his mission complete.Shortly after the assault on the shipyards of Belis Corona, an attack occurred on the Inquisitorial vaults of the world of Nemesis Tessera. Hidden beneath layers of ice and snow, the Inquisition had constructed a watch station from which to study the Eye of Terror along with hexagramatically warded cells to hold daemonic prisoners. It remains unknown if this was the work of Abaddon, but in a swift and brutal assault, one of the cells deep beneath the station was opened and the daemon contained within was released. By the time Inquisitorial forces had secured the facility, the attackers were gone, leaving only a trail of smoking corpses and spent Bolt shells to mark their passage.
Belis Corona Sector - The Imperium Gathers its Strength: A fleet the size of which has not been seen since the end of the Gothic War eight standard centuries earlier had been dispatched from Cypra Mundi, and arrived at Belis Corona in preparation for a massive Imperial counter-offensive into the Cadian Gate. The arrival of this vast armada allowed those Imperial vessels that had been fighting continuously since the beginning of the invasion a brief respite. Severely depleted ship's companies were bolstered through indiscriminate press-ganging, and hasty repairs and refits were undertaken on those vessels most in need of them. Many warships at Belis Corona were interred as part of the reserve fleet or were undergoing extensive repairs and refitting, including the Retribution-class Battleship Interdictor and the Victory-class Battleship Warspite, and only a small handful of vessels could be mobilised and put underway quickly. Though it was certain that no fleet would attempt to break itself against the vast orbital defence network and densely seeded minefields of Belis Corona (itself capped by the Ramilies-class Starfort Shield of the Emperor), the Imperium could ill-afford the enemy to take the outer planets, sunder the sensor network and assemble a blockade akin to the one that nearly starved out heavily-defended Port Maw during the Gothic War.The Imperial reinforcements were split into battlegroups, each tasked with bolstering the defences in a specific sector of the Segmentum Obscurus. The regions around the Eye of Terror encompass many millions of cubic light years, and only by the concentrated application of resources in those areas in most desperate need could the Imperial Navy hope to make inroads and slow, stall, and eventually repel the Chaos warfleets plaguing the region. A small number of Imperial Navy starships won a decisive victory when they managed to hold back a larger Chaos Fleet at the Ilthirium Belt, buying time for Battlefleet Agripinaa to arrive and allow the remaining ships to retreat. This course of action however, left the Agripinaa Sector open to invasion and soon the worlds of this sector and the Belis Corona Sub-sector was transformed into nightmarish realms of plague and pestilence.
Belis Corona Sector - Engaging the Arch-Enemy: Admiral Guerroro Benadorn tasked Captain Johan Abearsen of the Lourdes Divina to lead Flotilla Malleus in a reconnaissance-in-force of the sensor grid. Having recently returned from action in the Elaysion Sector, the Dictator-class Cruiser Lourdes Divina had only recently replenished the losses of its Attack Craft wing, and Captain Abearsen tasked his Master of Ordnance to keep his flight crews drilled on an exhaustive schedule as Belis Corona receded behind them, escorted by the newly-refitted Sword-class Frigates of the 128th Escort Squadron, "Ghost Wing." Understrength with half of their complement still under repair, they nonetheless resolutely took screening positions as the flotilla was met by the Dauntless and Endeavour-class Light Cruisers Macedon and Just Cause. The Macedon was a highly decorated vessel with a long history of valiant service, but the Just Cause was only recently re-commissioned after nearly a millennium of internment, and the flotilla had a lot of work ahead of it before it could effectively operate as a cohesive group. As Admiral Benedron aboard the venerable Mars-class Battlecruiser Imperious took the rest of his fleet (codified Flotilla Incudis) to secure and fortify remote Bairsten Prime's duralium mining facilities on the other side of the system, Captain Abearsen led his flotilla to the one place the vast sensor network in the system was weakest, the Crown Belt and the vital orbital dock of Adelphia.
Belis Corona Sector - Imperial Flotilla Maellus: Lourdes Divina (Dictator-class Cruiser)Macedon (Dauntless-class Light Cruiser)Just Cause (Endeavour-class Light Cruiser)128th Escort Squadron "Ghost Wing" (3 Sword-class Frigates)Orbital Dock Adelphia
Belis Corona Sector - Chaos Reconnaissance Force: Chaos Eternus (Acheron-class Heavy Cruiser)Blood Scythes (Devastation-class Cruiser)Eternal Suffering (Devastation-class CruiserBlood Singers (Raider Pack - 3 Infidel-class Raiders and 1 Iconoclast-class Destroyer)
Belis Corona Sector - Defending Bairsten Prime: As the fleets engaged, the Nova Cannon of Admiral Guerrero's flagship sang out its fierce war-song to score a telling hit against the Traitor Battleship Wage of Sin. The flagship of the Tributor Berephon, the hated vessel was no stranger to Segmentum Obscurus, and it bought him great satisfaction to visit a measure of the Emperor's mercy upon their hated foe. Calling up his lectern, the Admiral saw that Imperial reinforcements had arrived. The Emperor had smiled on them this day, and the fleet managed to arrive in force much earlier than expected, their numbers and position perfect for a devastating pincer movement that would trap the entire enemy fleet. No matter how it was looked upon, it could be nothing less than a decisive Imperial victory, and it would easily make up for the crushing defeat the Imperial Navy suffered at the Crown Belt. Despite the Navy's loss at the Belt, it managed to batter the enemy nearly into oblivion, with only the accursed Chaos Eternus remaining to deliver the Adelphia's killing blow. With this incursion fleet destroyed as well, the yards of Belis Corona would have the time to get enough warships into space to plug the sensor hole near Malusoir for good.As the fleets closed to join the battle, the Admiral pondered the significance of the Chaos Eternus' reappearance. Believed to be the only example of the Mechanicus project BF/67-A, rumours of the Acheron-class Heavy Cruiser's reappearance had come to light several times following its supposedly confirmed destruction by Warp-Drive implosion after a concerted series of attacks and boarding actions by the Space Wolves several centuries after the Gothic War. Should it prove to be true, either the ship was not destroyed and still plied the stellar main, or even more disturbingly, the Traitor host had gained the ability to build more of those accursed vessels, a possibility not entirely out of the scope of an enemy capable of building the titanic Planet Killer. Suddenly the hololithic display changed radically as the red-glowing runes of enemy vessels began to scatter. The Chaos fleet had suddenly disengaged without warning. Even as the Imperial Navy officers shouted directions back and forth and the astropathic choir sent out the Admiral's demands, he knew it would be for naught. At their current range, their greater speed and acceleration would pull their fleet away without a single loss long before they would be able to get in range, and amid the nearby asteroids and dust clouds, their slow transports would all but disappear.Amid the tumult, Guerrero's astropath informed the commander that Laurentix was under attack. Admiral Beneadorn was aghast at the dire news. The invasion of Bairsten Prime was a ruse, and it succeeded in pulling half of the system's Battlefleet millions of kilometres out of position while their real objective was overrun virtually unopposed. He sent an urgent astropathic message for all reinforcements still en route to Bairsten Prime to come about and head at best speed towards Laurentix, and he hastily directed his vessels assembled above the planet to break orbit and push back in-system.
Belis Corona Sector - Imperial Flotilla Incudis: Imperious (Mars-class Battlecruiser, flagship)Cardinal Demos (Tyrant-class Cruiser)Agamemnon (Dauntless-class Light Cruiser)
Belis Corona Sector - Reserve Component: Steadfast (Executor-class Grand Cruiser)Achilles (Dauntless-class Light Cruiser)Ajax (Dauntless-class Light Cruiser, squadroned with the Achilles)125th Escort Squadron, "Torchbearers" (4 Cobra-class Destroyers with retrofitted sensors, 2 Sword-class Frigates)122nd Escort Squadron, "Sons of Ogala" (3 Firestorm-class Frigates, 3 Sword-class Frigates)Interdictor (Retribution-class Battleship)Aegis (Relentless-class Cruiser)Excelsis Gloria (Dictator-class Cruiser)
Belis Corona Sector - Chaos Invasion Fleet: Wage of Sin (Desolator-class Battleship)Insidious Horror (Retaliator-class Cruiser)Killfrenzy (Slaughter-class Cruiser)Dangerous Wind (Devastation-class Cruiser)Revolution (Murder-class Cruiser)Destructors (Raider Pack - 6 Infidel-class Raiders)
Belis Corona Sector - Chaos Invasion Fleet: Treacherous (Desecrator-class Battleship)Raining Death (Carnage-class Cruiser)Deathbane (Devastation-class Cruiser)Chaos Eternus (Acheron-class Heavy Cruiser)Injustice (Hades-class Heavy Cruiser)Skull Breakers (Raider Pack - 4 Idolator-class Raiders and 2 Iconoclast-class Destroyers)
Belis Corona Sector - Chaos Reserve Components: Wage of Sin (Desolator-class Battleship)Insidious Horror (Retaliator-class Cruiser)Killfrenzy (Slaughter-class Cruiser)Dangerous Wind (Devastation-class Cruiser)Revolution (Murder-class Cruiser)"Destructors" (6 Infidel-class Raiders)Heathen Promise (Slaughter-class Cruiser, additional shield generator, squadroned with Killfrenzy)
Belis Corona Sector - Imperial Flotilla Malleus: Warpsite (Victory-class Battleship)Allegiance (Armageddon-class Battlecruiser)Unyielding (Space Marine Strike Cruiser, Genesis Chapter)Victorious (Space Marine Strike Cruiser, Genesis Chapter)
Belis Corona Sector - Imperial Reserve Component: 125th Escort Squadron, "Torchbearers" (4 Cobra-class Destroyers retrofitted sensors, 2 Sword-class Frigates)Henderson (Endeavour-class Light Cruiser)
Belis Corona Sector - Planetary Defences: Monitor Squadron Excise (2 Defence Monitors, Orbital Weapons Battery Platform, 2 Minefields)
Belis Corona Sector - Battle of Belis Corona: Admiral Benadron was ordered by the belis Corona Sector Command to retire to the Shield of the Emperor and command the defence of Belis Corona from a Ramilies-class Starfort's vantage point. As the Admiral's pinnace approached the Starfort, he allowed the impressive display of massed Imperial might to calm his anxious thoughts. The relentless attacks by the foul Traitors had been swiftly leap-frogging from world to world, and though their attempts at invasion were so far unsuccessful, they had succeeded in wreaking havoc upon the support infrastructure of the entire system. Though the main force of Flotilla Incudis and Malleus was assembled here, at least as many warships were scattered throughout the system plugging the ever-increasing number of holes in the sensor net or scrying for some sign of the enemy's next objective. After an unrelenting tempo of operations, the foul Chaos minions had simply stopped, and for more than two weeks there was not a single reported sighting of Chaos movement or activity throughout the system. While it was a welcome respite that allowed the ships to conduct hasty repairs and the fleets to assemble into coordinated defensive formations, it was unlike Chaos simply to give up the initiative, though admittedly to attempt to understand the motives of the dark powers was to invite madness.The Admiral arrived to the bridge of the Starfort to a flurry of commotion, with the alarm klaxons of battle stations wailing seconds later. Captain Altus Cornelian, the harried commander of the battlefortress approached him and informed the Admiral they had located the enemy fleet. Without wasting time with idle pleasantries and standard protocols of assuming command, the Admiral approached the command pulpit. The fleet was bearing down on them at full speed and would be in range soon. A massive host it was, twelve capital ships, two of them Battleships, all escorting an object so vast it could only be one thing -- a Space Hulk.
Belis Corona Sector - Planetary Defences: Shield Of The Emperor (Ramilies-class Starfort)Monitor Squadron Anvil (3 Defence Monitors, 2 Orbital Weapons Battery Platforms, 1 Orbital Lance Platform and 2 Minefields)
Belis Corona Sector - Imperial Battlefleet Incudis: Warpsite (Victory-class Battleship)128th Escort Squadron, "Ghost Wing"Allegiance (Armageddon-class Battlecruiser)Henderson (Endeavour-class Light Cruiser)Unyielding (Space Marine Strike Cruiser, Genesis Chapter)Victorious (Space Marine Strike Cruiser, Genesis Chapter)125th Escort Squadron, "Torchbearers" (4 Cobra-class Destroyers retrofitted sensors, 2 Sword-class Frigates)Imperious (Mars-class Battlecruiser)Cardinal Demos (Tyrant-class Cruiser)Agamemnon (Dauntless-class Light Cruiser)Excelsis Gloria (Dictator-class Cruiser)Aegis (Relentless-class Cruiser)Steadfast (Executor-class Grand Cruiser)Achilles (Dauntless-class Light Cruiser)Ajax (Dauntless-class Light Cruiser)122nd Escort Squadron, "Sons of Ogala" (3 Firestorm-class Frigates, 3 Sword-class Frigates)Interdictor (Retribution-class Battleship)
Belis Corona Sector - Chaos Invasion Fleet: Desolation's Stronghold (Space Hulk)Treacherous (Desecrator-class Battleship)Raining Death (Carnage-class Cruiser)Deathbane (Devastation-class Cruiser)Desecrator (Devastation-class Cruiser squadroned with Deathbane)Injustice (Hades-class Heavy Cruiser)"Skull Breakers" (4 Idolator-class Raiders, 2 Iconoclast-class Destroyer)Wage of Sin (Desolator-class Battleship)Insidious Horror (Retaliator-class Cruiser)Killfrenzy (Slaughter-class Cruiser)Heathen Promise (Slaughter-class Cruiser, additional shield generator, squadroned with Killfrenzy)Dangerous Wind (Devastation-class Cruiser)Revolution (Murder-class Cruiser)"Destructors" (Raider Pack - 6 Infidel-class Raiders)"Blood Singers" (Raider Pack - 3 Infidel-class Raiders, 3 Iconoclast-class Destroyers)Canticle of Pain (Repulsive-class Grand Cruiser)
Belis Corona Sector - Invasion Transports: Bird of Prey (Heavy Transport)Sirius (Heavy Transport, squadroned with Bird of Prey)"Lost Souls" (Transport Squadron - 3 transports, 2 armed freighters)"Dark Light" (Transport Squadron - 2 fast clippers)
Belis Corona Sector - Belis Corona Sub-Sector: Belis Corona - Dead World. Designation: IN45.554, Orbital Distance: 3.94AU, 0.76G, Temperature: 2C, Tithe Grade: Adeptus Non, Aestimare: K500. A vast conglomeration of orbital dockyards, this vital Imperial Navy facility orbits the Dead World of Belis Corona. Entire battlefleets can be serviced there and the munitions stockpiles are stored in armoured bunkers kilometres below the planet's barren surface.Subiaco Diablo - Hive World. Subiaco Diablo was the first planet in the Belis Corona sector to come under the heel ot the forces of Disorder, as the Plague Marines of the Death Guard Traitor Legion unleashed their foulest contagions upon its populace. Soon, the shattered streets were home lo the unquiet dead, the Plague Zombies of Nurgle, reanimated victims of the Plague God's choicest gifts. Throughout the opening phase ot trie invasion, only the convent of the Order of the Ermine Mantle held out, though at terrible cost, against the shuffling hordes of undead.Phonosar - Agri-World.
Belisarian Furnace - Belisarian Furnace: The Belisarian Furnace, also called the Revitaliser, is one of the twenty-two gene-seed implant organs of the Adeptus Astartes, and one of the three unique only to the Primaris Space Marines.This is a dormant organ that connects to both Astartes hearts. In times of extreme stress, or should the warrior's body undergo violent, damaging trauma, it expels great blurts of self-synthesized chemicals -- a hyper-cocktail that simulates the biological action of combat stimms while also aiding in the rapid regrowth of tissue, bone and muscle. The gland then falls dormant again, and takes some time to metabolically build itself up once more for the next usage.
Belisarius Cawl - Origins: Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl has been alive since the time of the Horus Heresy, though how he managed to maintain his life over more than ten thousand Terran years is unknown. Even the most advanced Rejuvenat and augmetic systems cannot normally maintain an organic Human mind for such a long period.During that span of ages the Tech-priest has served Mars and the Machine God as a Forge Lord and a Lexico Arcanus, but it is in his role as Magos Biologis that Cawl's greatest mastery lies. It is rightfully said that the aged archmagos dominus has forgotten more knowledge, particularly about genetics, than all but the most studious could ever hope to learn.Cawl was born on Mars, created in the birthing facilities of Xanthe Terra controlled by Magos Biologis Hammareth at some point during the early 31st Millennium. Like most Martian children he was vat-born and at the time of his birth already was physically and mentally a young adolescent. However, unlike most Martian children, he was able to speak normally at the time of his birth, a result of absorbing more fully the data uploaded into all Mechanicum fetuses while he was gestating.Cawl's first confirmed appearance in Imperial history came during the Horus Heresy, where he was a Tech-acolyte on the Mechanicum world of Trisolian-A4 in the Trisolian System. He was trained under the Magos Domina Hester Aspertia Sigma-Sigma, herself a master of the art of "soul-merging," essentially the digital duplication of another being's mind and psyche and the ability to merge it with another using cybernetic implants. His greatest friend and companion at this time was his fellow Tech-priest Friedisch Adum Ship Qvo.Cawl, the last remaining disciple of this technology, maintained that the Emperor was the Omnissiah, which was the theological position of the orthodox Mechanicum, but disagreed with a great deal of the rest of Mechanicum dogma as he felt the true Quest for Knowledge was to pursue technological innovation rather than ritualistically and mindlessly maintain the Imperium's existing technology base.Cawl believed in the superiority of the Human form as the Emperor had taught and refused many of the more visible cybernetic modifications commonly utilised by other Tech-priests. However, at the same time, the young Cawl secretly performed illegal brain enhancement surgeries on himself in order to increase his own intelligence.When the Trisolian System was assaulted by Traitor forces led by Horus himself Cawl was betrayed when his mistress Hester Aspertia Sigma-Sigma defected to the service of the Warmaster. Cawl was disgusted at the sight of the Chaos-corrupted Horus, but feigned submission to the servants of the Ruinous Powers to survive.Later during the battle to take control of Trisolian-A4, Cawl, alongside Friedisch Adum Ship Qvo, were able to kill Aspertia Sigma-Sigma for her betrayal and escape the Trisolian System -- but not before Cawl first merged his own mind with Aspertia Sigma-Sigma's own intelligence core and gained her mastery of soul-merging and cloning.
Belisarius Cawl - Prime Conduit of the Omnissiah: Despite his own memories being stolen -- twice has Cawl also suffered mindwiping as well as his periodic memory dumps -- he remains a tech-savant, a genius at the forefront of whatever field to which he turns his mind. Even amongst the ranks of the Adeptus Mechanicus -- where artificial devices increase brain capacity and extend life beyond measure -- such an accumulation of knowledge in multiple disciplines is exceedingly rare. The Priesthood of Mars titles such beings as Prime Conduits of the Omnissiah, or as Dominatus Dominus -- "Master of Masters" -- and of those few that still survive, Cawl is by far the most active.Cawl dedicates himself to a multitude of projects, his mind leaping from the construction of Mars' largest Macromag-cannon, to perfecting his stasis field work, or to the endless experiments he conducts within his city-sized laboratories housed in Mars' extensive underground complexes.The majority of these obsessive undertakings are done in secret. Cawl has so many projects running simultaneously that he has added multiple, independent consciousnesses to track them and employed furtive measures to keep them hidden from his many rivals. Deep in sealed vaults, countless experiments await Cawl's multi-faceted servo-eyes.Since reloading a portion of his stored memories, the ancient Tech-priest has become forgetful, prone to spending recuperative solar decades within his own stasis crypts. Yet such prolonged periods offline inspire Cawl to once more take to the field in his hunt for knowledge.It is during such times that Cawl dons the mantle of archmagos dominus, gathering about him Skitarii Legions and maniples of the Legio Cybernetica. Although Mars is his homeworld, other Forge Worlds often place troops beneath Cawl's command, asking only that he shares any knowledge accumulated.On the battlefield Cawl is a force to be reckoned with, and he fearlessly scuttles into the thick of the fighting. Most enemy weapons fire is thwarted by Cawl's force field, however, even when parts of his mechanised body are blasted off, cables snake out to effect immediate repairs or swarm any foes that come close.The hunched figure is a whir of activity as Cogitators adjust firing angles and broadcast orders to his troops. Amidst the maelstrom of combat, the Tech-priest himself remains calm, his mind assessing threats, predicting enemy attacks, and calculating victory probabilities.
Belisarius Cawl - Deeds of Ages: Belisarius Cawl has invented dozens of weapons, uncovered scores of STC databases, and quested for knowledge across the galaxy, even once venturing into the Eye of Terror. Malfunctions, erasures, and jumbled bibelots have left vast holes in Cawl's ancient memories, but what remains fills vaulted halls the size of a Battle Cruiser.There, in binharic code stacks, are mountains of information -- from the hundreds of xenos races that he helped drive to extinction, to the schematic details of wonder-engines lost since the Age of Technology.From the galactic census during the Great Crusade to studies of communication difficulties in the aftermath of the birth of the Great Rift, it is a knowledge-hoard unlike any other.So vast is this information stockpile, that after ten millennia, Cawl can no longer recall how large portions of it were obtained.Even with his most recent glorious achievement -- the successful creation of the Primaris Space Marines and the subsequent Ultima Founding -- Archmagos Cawl believes he has even greater experiments currently in development.
Belisarius Cawl - Ultramar Campaign: The Reborn Aeldari guided the Celestinians through the Webway to the Realm of Ultramar in the Eastern Fringes of the galaxy, now also under ferocious assault by the forces of the Despoiler. After some initial distrust, the Celestinians were ultimately taken by the Ultramarines who called Ultramar home to the realm's capital world of Macragge.Once in the Ultramarines' Fortress of Hera, Cawl revealed the identity of the artefacts in his accompanying auto-reliquary. He declared that they were intended to resurrect Primarch Roboute Guilliman from the mortal wound that had seen him trapped in stasis in the Temple of Correction for the last ten millennia.While under potent assault by the forces of Chaos within the primarch's final resting place, Cawl worked with Yvraine, the Daughter of Shades and priestess of Ynnead, the Aeldari God of the Dead, to restore the Primarch's life force while Cawl's technology healed his grievous wound.
Belisarius Cawl - Terran Crusade: With Guilliman resurrected, the Primarch drove the invaders from Ultramar before deciding to make his way to Terra through the Warp anomalies roiling the galaxy to an extent not seen since the Horus Heresy. Cawl joined the Primarch on this Terran Crusade, his technological acumen and combat prowess aiding the Imperial forces of the Crusade in all their trials and tribulations in the Warp rift known as the Maelstrom.The survivors of the Terran Crusade finally arrived in the Sol System at Luna through the Webway after being freed from imprisonment in another Blackstone Fortress belonging to the Red Corsairs. Following the Crusade's rescue by the Fallen Angel Cypher and a troupe of Harlequins, Cawl was one of the few Imperials present at the fall of Cadia to survive both the Celestinian and Terran Crusades.After aiding in the defeat of the forces of the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion and the Daemon Primarch Magnus the Red on Luna, Cawl and his allies were finally ferried to the Imperial Palace on Terra. There, before the Eternity Gate of the Inner Palace leading to the throne room of the Emperor where Guilliman would meet his father for the first time in ten standard millennia, Cawl spoke with his Mechanicus fellows and with the primarch himself.His words were cryptic, mentioning secret pacts forged on the Red Planet and long works at last drawing to their conclusion. Satisfied, Cawl took his leave of the primarch and returned to his forge on Mars to oversee these projects to completion.