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Dolan Chirosius - The Road to Gathalamor: Soon after Chiros, another world managed to successfully rebel: the Mining World of Curyan. The miners had cut down their guards with drills and hammers, clambering over a mound of their own dead to strangle their foes with the chains of their shackles. After Curyan came Dolsia, then Vaust. The rebellions were cutting a swathe through Bucharis' domain, straight towards Gathalamor. On Colcha, Bucharis' forces laid an ambush and when a small rebel fleet appeared from the Warp it was attacked and almost entirely destroyed. However, a single shuttle managed to reach the planet's surface. Wary of the shuttle that had landed, the overall commander of Bucharis' forces on Colcha, Fredreich Khust, kept his men and tanks on full alert.The waiting dragged on for a month, then two months, three months, half a year. A year later, almost to the day, the quiet farmers of Colcha went berserk. They burnt the crop fields, stormed the local barracks with crude shotguns and farming tools, losing three quarters of their number before overwhelming the enemy. They stampeded their vast herds of gigantic gorbeasts into tank companies, crushing the war machines under a thunderous storm of house-sized animals. They dammed the rivers and looted the towns where Khust's men were billeted, sweeping away their own homes. Even the elderly and young children hurled makeshift grenades made from the local distilled Promethium fuel, setting light to the air vents of Leman Russ tanks and choking the crews inside. All across both continents of the world the people of Colcha stopped at nothing to rid themselves of their enslavers.Pushed from Colcha, and then Lima Rogan, Troudor and a score of other worlds, Bucharis' coffers began to empty more rapidly than they could be filled. Many of his soldiers deserted and there was infighting and dissension even within the highest ranks of his army. And still the revolts continued, like an arrow aimed at the heart of the Apostate Cardinal. Finally, Methalor, the closest inhabited star system to Gathalamor, fell to the rebels, its principal hive city destroyed by a raging inferno started by the inhabitants who overloaded its geo-thermal power grid. Bucharis doubled the security cordon on his own system and ordered every vessel to be stopped and searched.Not long after the fall of Methalor a messenger arrived at the Cardinal Palace on Gathalamor. With a defiant look and a stern voice, the messenger proclaimed himself the envoy of Confessor Dolan Chirosius. Confessor Dolan called for the immediate surrender of Bucharis. The Cardinal was ordered to resign his position and throw himself on the mercy of the Emperor. Most importantly, he was to renounce his heresies and apostate ideas of self-deliverance.
Dolan Chirosius - Death of a Tyrant: In the end, Bucharis' plan to shame the Confessor backfired wildly. In allowing the Confessor to speak, he had given Dolan the means to spread his message further across the stars than it ever would have done otherwise. When the Confessor's death was announced, Bucharis' domain erupted into open revolt. Almost as one, the populations of a thousand worlds attacked their cruel overseers. Inspired by the sacrifice of the Great Confessor, millions of men, women and children faced the guns of their foes with their bare hands.Bucharis' palace itself was stormed, and traitors within his own ranks opened the gates to allow the faithful to gain their vengeance. As his few loyal servants held back the human tide that poured through the passages and halls destroying everything in its path, Bucharis fled. Using a network of tunnels he made his way to the Cardinal World's spaceport where he intended to board the next shuttle leaving and desert everything he had built to preserve his own life. Again, his own closest followers betrayed him, hoping to save themselves from the savagery of the mob. Warned of Bucharis' imminent departure, the inhabitants of Gathalamor surrounded the spaceport.They threw themselves at its electrified walls until the generators short-circuited. Bucharis never reached his ship. The mob found him even as he was boarding. Swallowed up in a mass of hundreds of thousands of former slaves crying for revenge and his blood, he was tom apart. His body was never recovered, but when the mass of repressed citizens dispersed, the scattered ashes of a fire were all that was left to mark the place of his demise.
Dolan Chirosius - Sainthood: In the wake of Bucharis' death his pocket empire was reabsorbed into the Imperium and the Plague of Unbelief came to its end. The Ecclesiarchy soon canonised Confessor Dolan Chirosius as an Imperial Saint and his extraordinary faith in the God-Emperor and willingness to countenance any sacrifice in pursuit of His will has been an inspiration for thousands of years to countless members of the faithful across the galaxy.
Dolmen Gate - Dolmen Gate: A Dolmen Gate is a living stone portal that serves as a gate into a portion of the Webway created by the Old Ones. Dolmen Gate technology was first developed by the Necrons with the aid of the C'tan Nyadra'zatha, "the Burning One."With this technology, the Necrons were able to gain a major advantage during the War in Heaven and were finally able to move rapidly through interstellar space without relying on sublight, anti-matter-powered stasis-ships.As a species lacking psykers, the Dolmen Gates now represent the only means the Necrons possess for faster-than-light interstellar space travel. By the time of the 41st Millennium, most of the Dolmen Gates still scattered around the galaxy have been destroyed by the Aeldari or have malfunctioned over the passage of time.Those few still functioning have allowed certain Necron Dynasties to exert their influence rapidly over a large area. Most notably, the Necrons that arose from the world of Damnos utilised Dolmen Gates to maximum effect and launched raiding parties all over the Ultima Segmentum.
Dolmen Gate - Operation: In the closing years of the War in Heaven, one of the primary factors that led to the Necrons' ascendancy was their ability to finally gain access to the Old Ones' Webway. The C'tan known as Nyadra'zath, the Burning One, had long desired to carry his eldritch fires into that space beyond space, and so showed the Necrons how to breach its extradimensional boundaries.Through a series of living stone portals known as Dolmen Gates, the Necrons were finally able to turn the Old Ones' greatest weapon against them, vastly accelerating the ultimate end of the War in Heaven in a Necron triumph.The portals offered by the Dolmen Gates are neither so stable, nor so controllable as the naturally occurring entrances to the Webway scattered across the galaxy currently controlled by the Craftworld Aeldari and their Drukhari cousins.Indeed, in some curious fashion, the Webway can detect when its environs have been breached by a Dolmen Gate and its arcane mechanisms swiftly attempt to seal off the infected spur from the rest of the Labyrinth Dimension until the danger to its integrity has passed. Thus, Necrons entering the Webway must reach their intended destination through its shifting extra-dimensional corridors quickly, lest the network itself bring about their destruction.Of course, in the present age, aeons have passed since the Necrons used the Dolmen Gates to assault their archenemies. The Old Ones are gone, and the Webway itself has become a tangled and broken labyrinth. Many Dolmen Gates were lost or abandoned during the time of the Necrons' Great Sleep, and many more were destroyed by the ancient Aeldari Empire, the Old Ones' successors as the guardians of the Webway.Those that remain grant access to but a small portion of the immense maze that is the Webway, much of that voluntarily sealed off by the Aeldari to prevent further contamination. Yet the Webway is immeasurably vast, and even these sundered skeins allow the Necrons a mode of travel that far outpaces those of the younger races.It is well that this is so. As a species bereft of psykers as a result of the loss of their souls during the biotransference process, the Necrons are also incapable of Warp travel, and without access to the Webway, they would be forced to rely once more on slow-voyaging stasis-ships, dooming them to interstellar isolation.
Dolorium - Dolorium: Dolorium is a Feral World settled by Humans that is located in the uncharted territories of the Cinerus Maleficum region of the Koronus Expanse in the Segmentum Obscurus.The Adeptus Mechanicus sub-sect of the Calixis Sector known as the Disciples of Thule discovered data-vaults from a space hulk drifting through the void above the Feral World of Dolorium in 741.M41. The so-called "Dolorium Vaults" revealed details of the unexplored regions of the Koronus Expanse that began a rush of Imperial exploratory voyages -- especially by Rogue Traders -- into its far reaches.Many of these Imperial explorers disappear and much of the data proves inaccurate, or to have been rendered so by the passage of time. Whispers circulate that the Disciples of Thule have deliberately corrupted the information. Some go so far as to assert that they have kept some fragments secret from those outside their order.
Dolorous Gnaw - Dolorous Gnaw: The Dolorous Gnaw is a warband or vectorium of Heretic Astartes of the Death Guard Traitor Legion's 3rd Plague Company. Noxious Blightbringers are especially prevalent in the vectoriums of the 3rd Plague Company.Such warbands as the Putrid Choir or the Dolorous Gnaw rarely take to the battlefield without two or three Noxious Blightbringers to herald them into battle.
Dolorous Gnaw - Warband Colours: The Dolorous Gnaw's power armour is the same as that of the Death Guard, composed of decayed and cracked plates of ceramite, though its colours are unknown. The Dolorous Gnaw's Chaos Space Marines, like those of their fellow Death Guard, often wear grotesquely warped suits of antique Mark III Iron Power Armour.
Dolorous Gnaw - Warband Badge: The Dolorous Gnaw's warband badge is usually a modified version of the standard Mark of Nurgle, similar to that used by the rest of the Death Guard.
Dolorous Guard - Dolorous Guard: The Dolorous Guard is a warband of Chaos Space Marines that are the survivors of the corrupted Ashen Blades Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes, who were of unknown genetic origin and Founding. They were commanded by the Chaos Lord and Chaos Champion of Slaanesh Markog and served as the honour guard of the Sorcerer Lord Seraphax, the Fallen Angel who was the leader of the Ten Thousand Eyes warhost.
Dolorous Guard - Warband History: The Ashen Blades were originally a Loyalist Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes. When the entire Chapter was trapped in the Immaterium by the sudden onset of a Warp storm, the Chapter's Space Marines were consumed by infighting as Chaos slowly claimed them. During the conflict among the Ashen Blades that erupted as some of their number fell to Chaos, the Chapter's Master of Sanctity was killed by his subordinate Chaplain Jai'tana for opposing the service of the Ruinous Powers.When the survivors finally reemerged into realspace aboard their battle barge Blade of Truth after an unknown subjective amount of time trapped in the Warp, they had become Heretic Astartes commanded by the Chaos Lord Markog, originally an officer of the Ashen Blades known for his intense pride. During the Chapter's time trapped in the Warp, Markog became a Chaos Lord and a Chaos Champion of Slaanesh who had been drawn to the Dark Prince by his pride and ego. It was Markog who renamed the survivors the "Dolorous Guard" and eventually brought them to join the warhost of the Ten Thousand Eyes commanded by the Sorcerer Lord Seraphax.Seraphax welcomed the Dolorous Guard, making the Blade of Truth the flagship of his Chaos fleet and naming Markog's warband his honour guard. Markog greatly respected the power of the Sorcerer Lord and gladly followed his every command.During the battle between the Ten Thousand Eyes and the returned Primarch Lion El'Jonson and his redeemed Fallen Angels known as The Risen on the world of Sable in the Imperium Nihilus in the Era Indomitus, Markog was slain by a group of The Risen that included the former Fallen Zabriel, Guain, Borz, Galad, and Launciel.
Dolorous Guard - Notable Dolorous Guard: Chaos Lord Markog - Markog was the Chaos Lord of the Dolorous Guard warband and was originally an officer of the Ashen Blades known for his intense pride. When the Ashen Blades' Chapter fleet was trapped in the Immaterium by the sudden onset of a Warp storm, the Chapter's Space Marines were consumed by infighting as Chaos slowly claimed them. When the survivors finally reemerged into realspace aboard their battle barge Blade of Truth after an unknown subjective amount of time trapped in the Warp, they had become Heretic Astartes commanded by Markog, who was now their Chaos Lord and a Chaos Champion of Slaanesh who had been drawn to the Dark Prince by his pride and ego. It was Markog who renamed the survivors the Dolorous Guard and eventually brought them to join the warhost of the Ten Thousand Eyes commanded by the Sorcerer Lord Seraphax. Seraphax welcomed the Dolorous Guard, making the Blade of Truth the flagship of his Chaos fleet and naming Markog's warband his honour guard. Markog greatly respected the power of the Sorcerer Lord and gladly followed his every command. The Chaos Lord was suited to his new role, for as a Slaaneshi Champion he had been gifted the Daemon Axe Heartdrinker by his divine patron. As long as he held the weapon, Markog was able to heal any wound dealt to him and also teleport the Dolorous Guard through the Warp to wherever they needed to be. However, Markog's corruption by the Prince of Chaos had left him with intense cravings to feel the pleasure engendered by consuming Human flesh, especially those of his fellow Astartes. During the battle between the Ten Thousand Eyes and the returned Lion El'Jonson and his redeemed Fallen Angels known as The Risen on the world of Sable, Markog was slain by a group of The Risen that included the former Fallen Zabriel, Guain, Borz, Galad, and Launciel.Dark Apostle Jai'tana - Jai'tana was once a Chaplain of the Ashen Blades Chapter and was attached to the command of the officer Markog on the battle barge Blade of Truth when the Chapter's fleet was trapped in the Immaterium by a Warp storm. During the infighting among the Ashen Blades that erupted as they slowly fell to Chaos, the Chapter's Master of Sanctity was killed by Jai'tana for opposing the service of the Ruinous Powers. After the surviving Ashen Blades returned to realspace under the command of Markog, who had become a Chaos Champion of Slaanesh during their time in the Warp, he formed the Ashen Blades' survivors into the warband of Heretic Astartes he renamed the Dolorous Guard. Jai'tan now served as their Dark Apostle, for he had wholly accepted the worship of the Chaos Gods during his time in the Warp. After the Dolorous Guard joined Seraphax's Ten Thousand Eyes warhost as the Sorcerer Lord's honour guard, Jai'tana rose to become a powerful leader among the warhost. He has largely cast off the authority of Markog and heeds only the commands of Seraphax and what he believes to be the will of the Dark Gods.
Dolorous Guard - Warband Fleet: Blade of Truth (Battle Barge) - The Blade of Truth was the flagship of the Ten Thousand Eyes warhost. The battle barge was once part of the Chapter fleet of the Ashen Blades, until that entire Chapter was corrupted by Chaos after its fleet was caught in a Warp storm. Once the Ashen Blades escaped back into realspace, the former Ashen Blades officer Markog, now a Chaos Lord, remained in command of the Blade of Truth and its surviving Astartes. It was Markog who led the remaining Ashen Blades into becoming the Heretic Astartes warband known as the Dolorous Guard. Under Markog's command, the Dolorous Guard eventually joined the Ten Thousand Eyes warhost as the honour guard of its Sorcerer Lord Seraphax, who made the Blade of Truth the flagship of his own Chaos fleet.
Dolorous Guard - Warband Colours: The Dolorous Guard's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Dolorous Guard - Warband Badge: The Dolorous Guard's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Dome of Crystal Seers - Dome of Crystal Seers: The Dome of Crystal Seers is a location found within an Aeldari Craftworld's wraithbone core that serves as the centre of its Infinity Circuit. It is a place of calm and reverence, where the living come to pay homage to the deceased.It is within the Dome that the contents of the Spirit Stones of deceased Asuryani Aeldari are added to the gestalt spiritual reality of the Infinity Circuit, and it is there that the Spiritseers commune with the deceased and entreat them to empower the Wraithguard and Wraithlord combat walkers when the need arises.Farseers often meditate within the Dome of the Crystal Seers and attempt to divine the future, protected in body and mind by their many forebears within the Infinity Circuit and represented by the crystalline statues that are prevalent throughout the Dome.When a Farseer reaches an extreme old age, his or her mind becomes more and more closely aligned with the Infinity Circuit and their bodies become dormant, slowly transmuting into an unknown form of psychically-resonant crystal.When they ultimately die, their soul finally merges with the Infinity Circuit, casting off their crystalline shell and leaving it behind. These crystal statues, which are essentially the remains of past Farseers, are left undisturbed to adorn this sanctum, and it is from their presence that the name of the Dome is derived.
Dominator-class Cruiser - Dominator-class Cruiser: The Dominator-class Cruiser is a cruiser of the Imperial Navy. The Dominator-class Cruiser is an unusual class of warship originally built to act as a fleet support unit for major engagements and planetary assaults. It was designed to hang back and use its massive Nova Cannon to bombard the enemy at extreme range.Dominator-class Cruisers are far more common to Battlefleet Ultima than Battlefleet Obscurus, the vast majority being built at the fleet base at Kar Duniash.Though the Dominator-class' flanking weapons batteries are as powerful as those of a Retribution-class Battleship, the Dominator does not possess the longer range of the larger vessel's macrocannon macrobatteries.
Dominator-class Cruiser - History: The Dominator-class was originally conceived as a planetary assault and fleet-support vessel, built around the colossal energies of the gravimetrically-driven Nova Cannon. The ship was designed to remain behind the main fleet line, using the Nova Cannon to bombard the enemy at extreme range.The majority of Dominators are constructed in the Ultima Segmentum at Kar Duniash, and are relatively rare in the sector battlefleets of the Segmentum Obscurus. However, after the impressive performance of the Dominator-class Hammer of Justice during the Gothic War, the other Segmentum Battlefleets showed a renewed interest in the Dominator.The Dominator is relatively rare in Battlefleet Calixis, with only one example, the Astrum Astae, remaining in service. In part, this is due to the relatively peaceful nature of the Calixis Sector; while at a planetary level it may seethe with cult activity and apostasy, there have been relatively few fleet-level actions for some three standard centuries.The Dominator's prized Nova Cannons are therefore relegated to more turbulent sectors, or to one of the massive Imperial Crusades grinding down heretical forces across the galaxy.
Dominator-class Cruiser - Armament: To construct a Dominator, Imperial shipwrights begin with a standard  Lunar-class Cruiser hull, and equip it with an armoured prow and a Stygies Pattern Nova Cannon. Dominators typically mount macrocannon macrobattery broadsides instead of individual lances, as the additional power generated by this change is needed for the Nova Cannon.
Dominator-class Cruiser - Notable Dominator-class Vessels: Astrum Astae - One of the few remaining examples of the Dominator-class within the Calixis Sector.Depth of Fury - During the Kathur Reclamation, the Dominator-class vessel Depth of Fury, commanded by Captain Straden, defended the Shrine World of Kathur to death from the forces of Chaos. During its valiant defence, it came close to destroying the infamous Death Guard Traitor Legion vessel Terminus Est. The Depth of Fury managed to vaporise multiple decks and destroyed a number of its escort vessels before finally succumbing, with all hands lost.Hammer of Justice - The only Dominator-class vessel serving in the Gothic Sector at the outset of the Gothic War was the Hammer of Justice under the command of Captain Grenfeld. Although it had always performed poorly on exercises and had an undistinguished prior history, the vessel rose to the challenge of full war and fought with vigour and resolution at every opportunity. The potency of the somewhat cumbersome Nova Cannon was ably illustrated by Captain Grenfeld at the Port Maw blockade and the raid on Alios. Indeed, over the course of the war a number of other vessels undertook major refits to replace their prow armaments with a Nova Cannon.
Dominator-class Cruiser - Dimensions: Hull: CruiserClass: Dominator-class CruiserDimensions Approximately 5 kilometres long, 0.8 kilometres abeam at finsMass: Approximately 28 MegatonnesCrew: Approximately 95,000 crewAcceleration: 2.5 gravities max sustainable acceleration
Dominator - Dominator: A Dominator was a member of a Dominator Cohort Squad, also called the Tyranthikos, that were an elite formation of Terminators exclusively utilised by the Iron Warriors Space Marine Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Once they had been the honour guard of Primarch Perturabo himself, and high in the esteem of their primarch and Legion, but their failure at the Battle of Phall in 007.M31 would see them reduced to the miserable state in which they existed during the Horus Heresy.The Dominator cohorts existed in purgatory, stripped of the honours once bestowed upon them by their primarch and forced to serve in the forefront of the most gruelling assaults. The Iron Circle Battle-Automata that had replaced them as Perturabo's honour guard were an ever-present reminder of their failures during the opening salvos of the Horus Heresy and became the focus of a malignant disdain.
Dominator - History: There existed in the ranks of the Iron Warriors Legion a series of long-standing warrior societies that existed outside of the Legion's standard military order and command structure, and which seldom became known to outsiders. One such warrior society of the IVth Legion was the "Tyranthikos," also known as the "Dominators." It was said the title of Tyranthikos had its origins on the Iron Warriors' Legion homeworld. Here, the twelve lords of Olympia were themselves referred to as the Tyranthikos. The Dominators were a Veteran core of line breakers and assaulters who had each survived a score of desperate and bloody sieges to receive the name and were the foremost proponents of the use of Terminator Armour within the Legion. They were seeded throughout the ranks of the Legion's grand battalions.Once proudly honoured as peerless among their brethren and granted the role of retinue and honour guard for their gene-sire, those of the Dominator cohorts were relieved of their most prized duty following the events of the Battle of Phall.Perturabo's unveiling of his "Iron Circle" automata displaced the former bodyguard of the primarch and sent the veteran warriors back into the front lines of Warmaster Horus' campaign towards Terra. With their battle-honed experience replaced by the calculating logic engines of the Iron Circle and their honour besmirched, the Dominators became increasingly resentful of their Legion command and within them grew an unrestrained hatred towards the automata that had replaced them.
Dominator - Unit Composition: 5-10 Dominators
Dominator - Wargear: Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour - The Cataphractii Terminator Armour utilised by the Dominator cohorts contained additional, non-standard ablative plating.Combi-bolterThunder HammerLand Raider Proteus - Dedicated transport for up to 5 Dominators.
Dominator - Optional Wargear: For every five Space Marines in the squad, one Dominator may exchange their Combi-bolter for one of the following:Heavy FlamerReaper AutocannonMulti-MeltaChainfist - Any Dominator in the unit may exchange their Thunder Hammer for a Chainfist.Minor Combi-Weapon - Any Dominator in the unit may exchange their Combi-bolter for a Minor Combi-Weapon.Magna Combi-Weapon - Any Dominator in the unit may exchange their Combi-bolter for a Magna Combi-Weapon.
Dominatrix - Dominatrix: A Dominatrix (Tyranicus praepotens) is the Tyranid Norn-Queen's link to the Tyranid swarms on the ground of a target planet as the Norn-Queen must stay aboard the hive fleet's largest Hive Ship to continue birthing more Tyranid bioforms.This colossal creature is a fearsome opponent, for its sheer mass and panoply of bio-weaponry dwarf that of an Imperial super-heavy tank.The Dominatrix is no unthinking beast -- its level of intelligence is akin to that of the Hive Tyrant, and its link to the Hive Mind surpasses even those mighty creatures. Whilst within range of the Dominatrix's psychic aura, lesser Tyranid creatures become little more than an extension of the Dominatrix's will.As a result, a swarm under the Dominatrix's direct supervision functions with uncanny efficiency and a tactical genius that is beyond compare.Fortunately, such beasts are extremely rare in all but the most advanced and mature Tyranid swarms, for where the Dominatrix treads, doom surely follows.
Dominion (Blood Angels) - Dominion (Blood Angels): Dominion was an officer rank used in the ancient Blood Angels Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy to designate an officer who commanded a company, esentially equivalent to the rank of captain in the other Space Marine Legions.The Blood Angels, as with many of the other Legiones Astartes, had their own titles and names for authority and a host of lesser divisions to suit their style.  Dominions ranked just below officers known as "Archeins," who were the Blood Angels' equivalent to the other Legions' praetors, more senior officers who usually commanded chapter-strength units of approximately 1,000 Astartes, known instead as a "Host" among the ranks of the IX Legion.
Dominus - Dominus: The Dominus, also called the Dominus Armoured Siege Bombard, is a mobile artillery piece deployed by the Astra Militarum. The Dominus is a variant of the Imperial Crassus Armoured Assault Transport that has had its crew transport capacity replaced with a Dominus Heavy Siege Bombard, after which the vehicle gets its name.The Standard Template Construct data for the manufacture of the Crassus, Dominus and Praetor weapon systems were found on the recently re-conquered and re-consecrated Forge World of Zhao-Arkkad.Like the Praetor, Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-priests determined that it would be possible to place the massive, triple-barreled Dominus Heavy Siege Bombard within the chassis of a Crassus to transform it into a potent mobile artillery piece that could be used to provide direct fire support for the Astra Militarum's armoured thrusts.The Dominus' primary weapon is a powerful and somewhat unpredictable triple-barrelled Bombard Cannon that fires in an automated sequence and pushes the durability of the Crassus' armoured hull to its very limits.The Dominus, much like the ancient Minotaur heavy mobile artillery piece, is not used for slow and grinding bombardments of fixed fortifications but for direct fire support during armoured assaults.The Dominus is heavily protected enough by armour plating to accompany an armoured spearhead directly into the face of the enemy, providing artillery support against enemy strong-points and fortifications where the more common but less durable mobile artillery pieces like the Basilisk and Medusa would not survive.The Dominus is capable of unleashing rapid saturation bombing of an enemy position before the main attack, and can continue firing even while on the move, alongside the main attack force. Unfortunately, due to this role on the frontlines, Dominus tank crews suffer from unusually high casualty rates, and many Imperial Guardsmen see being assigned to a Dominus crew as a death sentence.As a result, the Dominus has earned the nick-name the "Iron Tomb" among those Imperial Guard regiments that deploy them. Many Dominus crews adorn their vehicle with mortuary or religious insignia, and trust in their faith in the God-Emperor to protect them from the ever-present touch of death.
Dominus - Armament: The Dominus is named after the main weapon system it carries, the Dominus Heavy Siege Bombard. The Dominus Bombard is a battery of three Bombard Cannons that fire in an automated sequence and can pulverize anything caught within its field of fire.The size of the weapon unfortunately limits the amount of ammunition it can carry. The Dominus, like its variants the Crassus and the Praetor, is armed with 2 front-mounted Heavy Bolters, which can be replaced with either Heavy Flamers, Autocannons, or Lascannons.The Dominus can also be equipped with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, a Pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber or Storm Bolter, and a Dozer Blade.
Dominus - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The technical specifications of this vehicle have yet to be released for public consumption by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Dominus Pattern Knights - Dominus Pattern Knights: Dominus Pattern Knights, also called Dominus-class Knights and known as Tyrant-class Knights among the Questor Traitoris, are the super-heavy Imperial Knights in use by the Knight houses of the Imperium of Man and the Adeptus Mechanicus. The Noble houses call uponthe hulking Dominus-class Knights to form the core of their battle lines.More bulky than those of the Questoris-class, these indomitable war engines boast dual plasma cores that -- while potentially volatile when badly damaged -- allow them to mount an intimidating array of heavy weaponry spread across two brachial couplings and three carapace mounts. Though typically fielded in smaller numbers than the Questoris Pattern Knights, Dominus Knights provide their comrades with potent fire support.While the Standard Template Construct databases for some classes of Knight have been lost over the millennia, several remain in widespread use. Thus, while the mainstay of most Knight houses is the Questoris-class Knight chassis, heavy fire support is offered by the hulking Dominus-class engines, while scouting and raiding duties often fall to the lighter Armiger-class Knights.Most Knight armies consist of a core of Questoris Knights deployed in formations of three to five known as "lances," supported by walking batteries of Dominus Knights and preceded by fleet-footed packs of Armigers. Though some houses are famed for their specialist types of lance, or predispositions towards specific classes of Knight, these standard tactics have brought the Nobles victory for many thousands of Terran years.
Dominus Pattern Knights - Types of Dominus Knights: Knight CastellanKnight ValiantKnight Tyrant
Domitar-class Battle-Automata - Domitar-class Battle-Automata: The Domitar-class Battle-Automata was the ultimate Battle-Automata to enter production among the Forge Worlds of the ancient Mechanicum before the terrible events of the Horus Heresy and the Schism of Mars tore the Imperium asunder in the early 31st Millennium.Considered by many Imperial savants to be the pinnacle of Martian ingenuity and Imperial Battle-Automata technology, a Domitar is a towering robot, nearly twice the size of the more widespread Castellax and a feared sight on the battlefields of the 32nd Millennium.As with so many other sophisticated technologies from this period, the Imperium of Man and the Martian Priesthood of the late 41st Millennium have sadly lost the knowledge required to create such powerful engines of destruction.
Domitar-class Battle-Automata - History: At a fundamental level, the Domitar-class Battle-Automata is derived from the much more ancient Conqueror-class, whose construction plans were safeguarded inside one of the incredibly rare STC databases discovered by the ancient Mechanicum.Following the initial launch of the Great Crusade and encounters with new and terrifying species of xenos, the Mechanicum recognised that it would need a new type of Battle-Automata for its most militant arm, the Ordo Reductor, to successfully face these threats.However, development of an entirely new warmachine takes time, and as politics go, the Martian Priesthood spent several standard years arguing which forge-fanes would be tasked with the arduous but glorious task of developing this new Battle-Automata.The requirements that would lead to the creation of the Domitar Pattern were quite specific: the new Battle-Automata had to be fast, enduring and well-armed, as its designated tactical role was that of a line-breaker.The Domitar's slow evolution was further delayed when the isolated Forge World of Xana II -- located at the very edge of the Segmentum Pacificus -- submitted another design able to fulfill the same battlefield role as the intended Domitar -- the Arlatax-class Battle-Automata.Loathe to see so many standard years of research and development go to waste, the Martian Priesthood chose to continue development of the Domitar and refused its benediction to the Arlatax-design, which may well have constituted one of the many reasons Xana II chose to join the Warmaster Horus' camp once the civil wars of the Horus Heresy erupted.In defence of the Martian magi, it has to be said that even at the prototype stage, the Domitar-class incorporated a new technology that made it superior to the Xanite Arlatax Pattern -- its Graviton Hammers -- which would multiply the destructive force of each of the Domitar's blows.This weapon allowed the Domitar to crash into enemy lines with shattering force, capable of pulverising battle tanks and -- as the wars of the Horus Heresy would show -- even Legiones Astartes Dreadnoughts.To add to the Domitar's durability, its chassis was further shock-protected and enhanced with the addition of a built-in Missile Launcher whose variable payload provided the Domitar a modicum of polyvalence.Satisfying in every regard, the construction templates of the Domitar-class Battle-Automata were distributed to many of the Forge Worlds loyal to Mars, and the Domitar's mass-production began during the the 10th century of the 30th Millennium.
Domitar-class Battle-Automata - Wargear: Missile Launcher - The Domitar's Missile Launcher can be equipped with a variety of different types of missiles, but having been developed for use within the Ordo Reductor, the Domitar replaced its usual fragmentation ammunition with Ignis-Frag Missiles, an ordnance combining fragmentation casings and a powerful incendiary core which ignites upon exposure to oxygen. These warheads were especially designed to clear out Ork dens.2 Graviton Hammers- A Graviton Hammer is a miniaturised version of the powerful Graviton Ram used by the Thanatar-Calix Siege-Automata. A Graviton Hammer used cascading waves of gravity to multiply the kinetic and disruptive force of every physical blow. Equipped with two Graviton Hammers, the Domitar was capable of pulverising flesh and easily shattering the thickest armour.Atomantic Shielding- Certain Battle-Automata featured particularly powerful Atomantic Reactor cores designed to energise defensive field generators built into the Battle-Automata's exterior armour plating, as well as power its combat systems.Searchlight (Optional upgrade)Frag Grenades (Optional upgrade)Flakk Missiles (Optional upgrade)
Domitar-class Battle-Automata - Notable Variants: Domitar Ferrum Pattern - The Domitar Ferrum Pattern was a notable evolution of the initial Domitar-class that saw exclusive use within the ranks of the Iron Warriors Legion. Following the Battle of Phall, when the flagship of the IV Legion, the Iron Blood, came under attack by the Imperial Fists and a kill-squad actually managed to break through and threaten the Primarch Perturabo, the Lord of the Iron Warriors modified six Domitar-class Battle-Automata to form his personal Honour Guard, which quickly earned the moniker of the "Iron Circle." The Domitar-Ferrum Pattern had been thoroughly modified by the hands of the Primarch himself and incorporated many technologies not available to the Mechanicum. For instance, the Domitar-Ferrum replaced its built-in Missile Launcher with a shoulder-mounted Olympia Bolt Cannon, a weapon believed to have been developed by Perturabo from the Castellax-class Battle-Automata's Mauler Pattern Bolt Cannon. More importantly, being intended for use as untiring and ever vigilant bodyguards for the Primarch himself, the Ferrum Pattern eschewed the use of both its Graviton Hammers for a single Graviton Maul and a great Karceri Battle Shield, a massive Storm Shield adapted to the colossal size of the Domitar-Ferrum. Throughout the wars of the Horus Heresy, Pertuarbo steadily modified a great quantity of Battle-Automata, so that maniples of the Domitar-Ferrum could readily be encountered across several battlefields, the towering robots acting as protectors and executioners of the Primarch's will.
Domitar-class Battle-Automata - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 227The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 274The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 177The Horus Heresy - Legiones Astartes: Age of Darkness Legions, pp. 22-23Forge World - Mechanicum Domitar Battle-AutomataForge World - Iron Circle Domitar-Ferrum Battle-Automata
Donarathi - Donarathi: The Donarathi are a little-known xenos race from the Eastern Fringe.They are known to have been engaged in a war against the neighbouring Vassalians until the arrival of Hive Fleet Jormungandr in the late 41st Millennium.Facing the Tyranid invasion, they accepted the uneasy truce proposed by High Admiral Vortigern Hanroth to join his loose alliance of various fleets with their Thunderprow starships.In 995.M41, during the subsequent Battle of Black Nebula, Hanroth and his unlikely allies shattered Hive Fleet Jormungandr.
Donatos Aphael - Donatos Aphael: Donatos Aphael serves as the current captain of "The Blooded," the Blood Angels Chapter's 2nd Battle Company, and also serves as the Chapter's Master of the Watch.Within the Chapter, the 2nd Company is renowned for its purity both in mind and body, and of all of the companies theirs is among the least prone to mass instances of the Black Rage.The Blooded embody the perfection of Sanguinius in both word and deed and, when unleashed upon the battlefield by their commander, strive to live up to their primarch's glorious example.
Donatos Aphael - Amethal Campaign: All of these qualities stood The Blooded in good stead upon the battlefields of the world of Amethal, allowing them to shrug off the pernicious influence of Chaos and discharge their duties with flawless skill and heroism.At the heart of the 2nd Company's force stood its Tactical Squads, each equipped to deal with a variety of enemies and capable of facing any strategic challenge without hesitation.Each battle-brother amongst these squads was a warrior seasoned by many solar decades of battle in the Emperor's name. They were versatile and deadly sons of the Angel, whose dedication to obliterating the Chaos threat was total.Supported by a fleet of transport vehicles, as well as heavier armoured assets from the Chapter Armoury, this formidable core of warriors was in itself powerful enough to conquer an entire world.Though their numbers were comparatively few, every single Blood Angel was worth many times their number of mortal Human warriors, and their valour and skill was such that even the Traitors of the Black Legion would struggle to fight them toe-to-toe.The company's might and strategic versatility were further enhanced by the close support and fire support squads who marched alongside their battleline brothers, the former adding speed and close-quarters lethality while the latter slaughtered the foe from afar with their heavy weapons.This potent force was rounded off by the addition of the Chapter Ancients, a trio of Dreadnoughts who wielded their veritable arsenal of weaponry with the skill and wisdom of those who had seen entire standard millennia of war. Bolstered by the sage experience and armoured might of these warriors of old, Aphael's Blooded were a force fit to seize victory upon Amethal, no matter the dangers they faced.
Donatos Aphael - Wargear: Artificer Power Armour - Captain Aphael stands out from the other members of The Blooded. Pale-skinned and perfect-featured, he wears sculpted Power Armour of a most rare and ancient design. Every aspect of his regalia announces him as a Captain of the Adeptus Astartes, from winged icons and Purity Seals that are stamped onto his ceramite plates to the golden eagle heads upon his backpack.Iron HaloThe Blooded Tabard - Aphael bears the red and yellow colours and sacred icons of the 2nd Company upon his tabard, the garment itself part of the honoured trappings of company command.Blade of the Blooded - This master-crafted Power Sword is perfectly balanced and moves like a steel shadow in the Company Captain's expert grip, scything down his foes in rapid blurs of crackling silver.Artificer Plasma Pistol - Aphael's finely crafted Plasma Pistol contains within its magnetic coils the fearsome power of a small sun, its searing blasts able to burn through armour and flesh in seconds.Frag GrenadesKrak Grenades
Donatos Primus - Donatos Primus: Located in the Ultima Segmentum, Donatos Primus is a Class Two Industrial World of the Imperium of Man. Heavily industrialised, the planet maintains close ties with the Adeptus Mechanicus and can be counted as a part of the Mechanicus' net of influence within the Imperium. As of 925.M41, Donatos' sizeable industrial output was reserved almost exclusively for the supply of the Mechanicus military forces defending the Forge World of Ryza, which was struggling to defeat two consecutive Ork WAAAGH!s.Donatos Primus came under assault by the forces of Chaos during the Donatos War, a bloody campaign of reconquest launched by the Imperium to prevent its fall to the servants of the Ruinous Powers. Donatos was only saved through the sacrifices made by the Imperial Knights of the Knight World of Adrastapol.
Donatos Primus - Geography: Like Old Earth, Donatos Primus features water in abundance, vast oceans that have not yet succumbed to the heavy levels of pollution that result from the waste output of Donatos' many heavy industries. In contrast to Terra, the landmasses of Donatos Primus are relatively few and number only two continents. The smaller one, Continent Secundus, is sparsely inhabited and is mainly used as a toxic waste disposal centre for the by-products of Continent Primus' manufactoria. Both continents are separated by the wide expanses of the Raekesh Ocean.In stark contrast to its counterpart, Continent Primus is a heavily urbanised super-continent. The northern shores of Continent Primus are so densely populated that several hive cities have expanded into each other to form what is commonly referred to as the "Northern Industrialia." As one travels south, the hive cities become smaller until they  are no longer true hives. The southern and northern settlements of Continent Primus are connected by great macro-highways that are six lanes wide on each side. Most of the world's ports are concentrated to the south, on the Pentakhost Peninsula.Donatos Primus' central landmasses are quite mountainous, though even the mountain peaks have been claimed by the expansion of Donatos' hives and given over to hab-blocks or the military fortifications of the Adamant Citadels.
Donatos War - Donatos War: The Donatos War, also sometimes referred to as the Donatosian War, the Donatos Uprising, or the Betrayal at Donatos, was a hard-fought Imperial victory won over the servants of Chaos on the Industrial World of Donatos Primus largely through the action of the Imperial Knights of the Knight World of Adrastapol.Through the negligence of its rulers, the promises of the Dark Gods were allowed to spread amongst the world's class of labourers, leading to an outbreak of worker strikes and a rise in gang violence in the northern industrial zone of interlinked hive cities.When Planetary Governor Gnossul ordered the unrest put down, elements of the local Planetary Defence Forces joined the rebels who soon revealed themselves as the members of a hideous Chaos Cult. This cult had ties to far darker masters, the Chaos Space Marines of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion, who they called to their aid.Directed by the battle-hardened Dark Apostle Varakh'Lorr, the Chaos Cultists soon spread their influence across Donatos' principal continent, bypassing a series of extensive fortifications and turning them against the Loyalist defenders of Donatos Primus.Following the death of Governor Gnossul and the confirmation of the presence of Heretic Astartes in the warzone, an astropathic distress signal was sent to which the Imperium responded with uncustomary swiftness.Tolwyn Tan Draconis, the high king of the Knight World of Adrastapol, led a powerful alliance of Knight houses and several regiments of the Astra Militarum to retake Donatos Primus for the Emperor.This assault initially met with great success. The balance of power was tipped back in the Archenemy's favour when two previously Loyalist Houses of Imperial Knights, House Chimaeros and House Wyvorn, changed sides in the middle of a decisive battle.Falling back in disarray, the Imperial forces lost ground to the resurgent enemy before rallying around Tolwyn's successor, his son Danial Tan Draconis. As the Renegade Knights in turn betrayed their Word Bearers allies, the Imperial forces were able to mount a decisive attack on Donatos Primus' industrial heartland and slay both of the Traitors' leaders.Without leadership and abandoned by their more powerful allies, the Renegade PDF forces and Chaos Cultists were slowly pressed back and Donatos Primus was ultimately reclaimed for the Throne of Terra.
Donatos War - History: The history of the Donatos War is intertwined with the tale of High King Danial's ascension to the throne of the High King of Adrastapol. To the scholar, it comes as no surprise that the writings of the famed Sage-Strategist Sendraghorst hold the most complete account of these dire events.