Ethanarang

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DAILY FACT #512: Icons of Chaos are standards used in Chaos Daemon armies. These unholy icons shine with the baleful energies of Chaos, guiding Daemons to the mortal plane and anchoring them there.

Banner of Blood - Khorne. Brass standards constantly dripping with blood, the smell of which drive's Daemons into a frenzy.

Blasted Standard - Tzeentch. These standards are saturated with change and warpfire which leaps out and consumes foes.

Plague Banner - Nurgle. These standards emit a aura of pestilence, causing Daemonic weapons to weep with even fouler and more toxic disease.

Rapturous Standard - Slaanesh. This icon fills all who gaze upon it with such euphoria that they can barely defend themselves from the carresses of Slaanesh's followers.

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DAILY FACT #511: Kabe was a legendary Knight Commander of Cadia. While he was eventually slain by a traitor Warhound Titan when his Leman Russ Battle Tank was crushed under its foot, his high-gain vox unit lives on as an heirloom of Cadia.

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DAILY FACT #510: The Sanguinary Guard, also known as the Ikisat, Seraphs, or the Burning Ones, are the utmost elite of the Veterans of the Blood Angels, proven in mind, body, and spirit, and exemplifying the values of their Primarch Sanguinius to an extent no other Space Marine can.

The Sanguinary Guard has its origins during the Great Crusade when Sanguinius himself led the Blood Angels as a Legion. These warriors were the most renowned of the Orders of the First Sphere, which then also included the Crimson Paladins, Burning Eyes, and Angel's Tears. Members of the Sanguinary Guard were chosen for their unwavering devotion to their Primarch and were tasked to act as the personal bodyguard of Sanguinius. On some occasions, they were also used to protect other high-ranking members of the Blood Angels.

The Sanguinary Guard fought alongside Sanguinius as he took part in the boarding operation of the Vengeful Spirit during the climax of the Siege of Terra. After this battle only a single survivor remained of that august force: Azkaellon, Herald of the Primarch, and only because Sanguinius insisted that he remain on Terra. It was on his shoulders that the heavy burden befell of the reconstitution of the Order, to serve as a beacon of hope for the dark days that lay ahead. It is largely through his efforts that the legacy of the Sanguinary Guard survived in the Blood Angels, and spread to all its Successors.

Ten thousand years later, after the formation of the Great Rift, the Sanguinary Guard again faced destruction against Hive Fleet Leviathan. In the ensuing Devastation of Baal, only a single member of the Sanguinary Guard, Caraeus, survived.

The Sanguinary Guard was subsequently rebuilt with surviving veterans and Primaris Space Marines. During the Battle of Idolatros in the Arks of Omen Campaign they accompanied Dante as he battled Angron. Once again the Sanguinary Guard took heavy losses, though there were several survivors.

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DAILY FACT #509: Litany of Demolition is a pre-battle ritual blessing of Vindicator ammunition to be performed Chapter Techmarine or Chaplain.

Litany of Demolition

"For the ruination of the Emperor's foes,

I commit your body and soul to battle

Strike down upon those who defy his Divine Will,

Go forth and lay the blood of our enemies,

At the Emperor's feet."

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DAILY FACT #508: Clovius is a Tactical Squad sergeant in the third company of the Salamanders. He led his squad to help breach the Iron Warriors fortress on the world of Scoria. He also led his squad on the world of Geviox fighting the Dark Eldar. He was also involved in the hunt for Tsu'gan on the world of Strumdrang and later rescued the serfs on the Forge Hammer from the Black Dragons.

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DAILY FACT #507: The Grizzlepit Convicts are a Genestealer Cult that promises to bring liberation to those imprisoned on the Imperium's Penal Worlds.

Though it is now active on many Imperial worlds in the Reductus Sector, the Grizzlepit were created on the Penal World Damnathor V. The Genestealer Cult's name came from the mining labour some convicts had to endure there and it was able to infect generations of Damnathor's population due to the Sector not having a need for Penal Legions. When Hive Fleet Leviathan invaded the Reductus Sector though, the Imperium began the Stratos Campaign to combat the Tyranids. The Sector's garrisons also focused on the threat, but Damnathor V's doom came when the Hive Fleet neared it. The Tyranids approach caused the Grizzlepit Convicts to begin a rebellion on the Penal World and they were able to overthrow Damnathor's wardens. The Genestealer Cult then sent its forces to infect nearby worlds and other Penal Worlds within the Reductus Sector. There they continued to spread the Grizzlepit's promise of liberation to those imprisoned by the Imperium. Thus while Damnathor was later consumed by Hive Fleet Leviathan, the Grizzlepit Convicts have continued to survive on other worlds.

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DAILY FACT #506: Alasteir Gundi was a Unification Wars-era Imperial scholar. One of the first true scholars of the Imperial Truth, he contributed greatly to its ideals. He emphasized that there was no evidence that malevolent entities dwelt within the Warp.

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DAILY FACT #505: Alber Vander Trake was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Navy who took part in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. During the Battle of Addolorata in 773.M41 Trake's fleet was ambushed by over 30 Chaos starships. In the ensuing eight-hour battle, Trake died aboard the Destroyer No Quarter.

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DAILY FACT #504: The Knight Valiant is a Dominus-class Imperial Knight, that excels at destroying its enemies at close-range.

The Knight Valiant defeats its enemies through the simple principle of applying overwhelming firepower at close proximity. Marching relentlessly into the fight, the Valiant unleashes such devastating punishment against its targets in so short a space of time that they can neither fight back nor endure. Even a single Knight Valiant can break the back of an onrushing enemy horde, or shatter the centre of the foe’s battle line like a battering ram smashing through a castle gate. When an entire squad of these fearsome war engines strides into battle, they can easily rip apart an enemy army.

For armament, the Knight Valiant is equipped with a Thundercoil Harpoon and Conflagration Cannon as well as carapace-mounted Shieldbreaker Missiles and Siegebreaker Cannons and two twin-Meltaguns.

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DAILY FACT #503: The Kass'l Class Gunship is a class of Tau Empire warship.

Also called the Orca gunship, the Kass'l is a much more nimble vessel compared to the Kor'vattra's other mainline escort, the Kir'qath. Equipped with both Railgun Batteries and Ion Cannons, its only pitfall is that it lacks its own Gravitic Drive, the Tau being unable to manufacture them on such a compact scale. Instead, they are transported via the Gravitic Hooks of larger vessels.

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DAILY FACT #502: Elenor Verity is a Seraphim of the Sisters of Battle.

A grim-faced and efficient killer, Sister Verity has fought on countless battlefields in the name of her faith. Sister Verity embraces battle with a rapturous joy. With every act in battle, she sees the golden light of the Emperor. In every dying scream her enemies voice, she hears his words, elevating her to an ecstasy of righteous wrath. She took part in the Cryptus Campaign where she welcomed battle with the Tyranids as a chance to be closer to her Emperor.

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DAILY FACT #501: Masters of Diversions are Alpha Legion Chaos Lords, who are venerated tacticians that make use of feints, false signals, holo-projectors and a host of strategic diversions in their battle plans.

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DAILY FACT #500: The Phoroki are a carnivorous Xenos species that has clashed with the T'au Empire. They can not visually register the colour of bright green and the Empire has exploited this weakness when fighting the Phoroki by using the colour on their forces' uniforms for camouflage.

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DAILY FACT #499: Qui was a Veteran Space Marine of the Mantis Warriors Chapter. He participated in the Badab War and was slain at Sagan. He displayed the chapter's Sigil of Prophecy.

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DAILY FACT #498: Magni Morkaisson was a Space Wolves Wulfen Dreadnought who served in a strike force that attacked a large Thousand Sons force commanded by the Daemon Primarch Magnus, sometime after the Great Rift's creation.

Led by their Chapter Master Logan Grimnar, the Space Wolves had tracked down Magnus in order to claim their revenge for the Daemon Primarch's invasion of their Homeworld Fenris. In the fierce battle that followed, Morkaisson was killed by an Exalted Sorcerer, though the Space Wolves would emerge victorious and destroyed the Thousand Sons.

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DAILY FACT #497: Abraham Ortelius is a Black Templars Chaplain.

He took part[1] in the Dark Crusade's Kith Campaign against the invading Asuryani. Ortelius was also among those that the Ordo Xenos gathered information on during the conflict, but it was made classified by the Ordo. The Kith Campaign later ended in a great victory for the Imperium and Ortelius survived the Crusade.

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DAILY FACT #496: Balefire Guns are flamers that uses highly refined promethium fuel mixed with a number of radioactive compounds to both burn and irradiate foes.

They are effective against Orks and other xenos with natural regeneration and are only rarely deployed due to the collateral damage it causes to the local environment. They are used solely by the Deathwatch to cleanse particularly resilient xenos and effective in controlling and eradicating Ork infestations.