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1. Which main gun equips the standard Leman Russ battle tank?

   Answer: A. Battle cannon

   Explanation and sources

   The standard Leman Russ entry lists a battle cannon; other patterns replace it with specialist guns.

   Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 7 – The Siege of Vraks part 3 — p. 120.

2. Which Imperial artillery vehicle mounts an Earthshaker cannon?

   Answer: B. Basilisk

   Explanation and sources

   The Basilisk cutaway identifies its principal weapon as the Earthshaker cannon.

   Sources: Imperial Guard (Imperial Armour, Volume 1) (2nd Edition) — p. 167.

3. What battlefield role is given in the Leman Russ Demolisher designation?

   Answer: A. Siege tank

   Explanation and sources

   Imperial Armour designates the Demolisher as a siege tank.

   Sources: Imperial Guard (Imperial Armour, Volume 1) (2nd Edition) — p. 29.

4. Which Leman Russ variant carries twin autocannons?

   Answer: C. Exterminator

   Explanation and sources

   The Exterminator replaces the standard battle cannon with a twin-linked autocannon.

   Sources: Imperial Guard (Imperial Armour, Volume 1) (2nd Edition) — p. 21.

5. Which Imperial tank specialises in shooting down aircraft with autocannons?

   Answer: A. Hydra

   Explanation and sources

   The Hydra mounts two twin-linked long-barrelled autocannons on an anti-aircraft mounting.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour I — p. 172.

6. Which Chimera-derived flame tank carries an inferno cannon?

   Answer: B. Hellhound

   Explanation and sources

   The Hellhound is a Chimera-derived flame tank equipped with an inferno cannon.

   Sources: Only War – Core Rulebook — p. 219.

7. Which Leman Russ variant carries a plasma cannon?

   Answer: C. Executioner

   Explanation and sources

   The Executioner is the plasma-cannon pattern in the listed Leman Russ variants.

   Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 7 – The Siege of Vraks part 3 — p. 120.

8. Which Leman Russ variant mounts a long-barrelled anti-tank cannon?

   Answer: A. Vanquisher

   Explanation and sources

   The Vanquisher fires specialist anti-tank ammunition through an exceptionally long barrel.

   Sources: Only War – Core Rulebook — p. 217.

9. Which Leman Russ variant is known for its multi-barrelled gatling cannon?

   Answer: B. Punisher

   Explanation and sources

   The Punisher variant is listed with the Punisher Gatling cannon.

   Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 7 – The Siege of Vraks part 3 — p. 120.

10. Which Imperial artillery vehicle carries a heavy siege mortar?

    Answer: C. Bombard

    Explanation and sources

    The Bombard carries a heavy siege mortar; the Medusa entry instead lists a siege gun.

    Sources: Imperial Armour – 2006 — p. 3.

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1. What does the T'au Fire caste chiefly provide?

   Answer: C. Warriors

   Explanation and sources

   The Fire caste provides warriors and fighters for Tau forces.

   Sources: Cavan Scott – Secrets of the Tau (Warped Galaxies, Book 3).

2. What is the T'au Water caste particularly known for?

   Answer: B. Diplomacy

   Explanation and sources

   The Water caste specialises in diplomacy and commerce.

   Sources: Cavan Scott – Secrets of the Tau (Warped Galaxies, Book 3).

3. What is a central responsibility of the T'au Earth caste?

   Answer: A. Maintaining technology

   Explanation and sources

   The Earth caste understands, builds and maintains Tau technology.

   Sources: Codex – Tau Empire – 2001 — p. 9.

4. Which caste claims the right to guide all the others?

   Answer: B. Ethereal caste

   Explanation and sources

   The Ethereals form the ruling caste of the Tau Empire.

   Sources: Cavan Scott – Secrets of the Tau (Warped Galaxies, Book 3).

5. What philosophy guides the T'au Empire?

   Answer: A. The Greater Good

   Explanation and sources

   Tau society follows the philosophy known as the Greater Good.

   Sources: Cavan Scott – Secrets of the Tau (Warped Galaxies, Book 3).

6. Which species supplies many mercenary warriors to T'au armies?

   Answer: C. Kroot

   Explanation and sources

   Chapter Approved states that most Kroot warriors serve as mercenaries in Tau armies.

   Sources: Chapter Approved – Third Book of Astronomicon – 2003 — p. 36.

7. Which T'au caste supplies pilots and starship crews?

   Answer: A. Air caste

   Explanation and sources

   The Air caste supplies pilots and spaceship crews.

   Sources: Codex – Tau Empire – 2001 — p. 9.

8. What do the T'au call their human auxiliaries?

   Answer: B. Gue'vesa

   Explanation and sources

   Gue'vesa is the Tau term applied to humans who join their empire.

   Sources: Cavan Scott – Secrets of the Tau (Warped Galaxies, Book 3).

9. What is the name of Commander Farsight's sword?

   Answer: C. Dawn Blade

   Explanation and sources

   The scene shows Commander Farsight descending into battle with the Dawn Blade.

   Sources: Warzone Damocles – Mont'ka — p. 73.

10. Which T'au commander is also called O'Shaserra?

    Answer: A. Shadowsun

    Explanation and sources

    The scene identifies Commander Shadowsun as O'Shaserra.

    Sources: Various – Masters of the Hunt (The White Scars Omnibus).

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1. Which primarch's memories intrude upon the minds of afflicted Blood Angels?

   Answer: B. Sanguinius

   Explanation and sources

   Afflicted Blood Angels experience the memories and consciousness of Sanguinius.

   Sources: Codex – Blood Angels — p. 4.

2. What is the Blood Angels' thirst for blood called?

   Answer: A. Red Thirst

   Explanation and sources

   The Red Thirst is the Blood Angels' craving for blood.

   Sources: Codex – Blood Angels — p. 4.

3. What curse overwhelms a Blood Angel with the memories of his primarch?

   Answer: B. Black Rage

   Explanation and sources

   The Black Rage overwhelms the warrior with the memories and consciousness of Sanguinius.

   Sources: Codex – Blood Angels — p. 4.

4. Which formation receives warriors overcome by the Black Rage?

   Answer: C. Death Company

   Explanation and sources

   The Chaplains gather warriors showing the Black Rage into the Death Company.

   Sources: Codex – Blood Angels — p. 10.

5. Which Blood Angels specialists are described as both medics and mystics?

   Answer: A. Sanguinary Priests

   Explanation and sources

   Sanguinary Priests are both medical and spiritual guardians of the Chapter.

   Sources: Deathwatch – First Founding — p. 44.

6. Who is the Blood Angels' Lord of Death?

   Answer: C. Mephiston

   Explanation and sources

   The narration identifies Mephiston by his title, the Lord of Death.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Darkness in the Blood (2).

7. Which Blood Angels order traces its origins to Sanguinius' personal bodyguard?

   Answer: A. Sanguinary Guard

   Explanation and sources

   The Sanguinary Guard originated as Sanguinius' personal bodyguard.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 97.

8. Which Blood Angels Chaplain is known as the Redeemer of the Lost?

   Answer: B. Astorath

   Explanation and sources

   The scene identifies Astorath as the Lord Redeemer of the Lost.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Astorath. Angel of Mercy.

9. What name did Mephiston bear before his transformation?

   Answer: C. Calistarius

   Explanation and sources

   Mephiston was Calistarius before his ordeal and transformation at Hades Hive.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Darkness in the Blood — Chapter Twelve.

10. Which Blood Angels Chaplain retains his sanity by willpower despite the Black Rage?

    Answer: A. Lemartes

    Explanation and sources

    Lemartes still experiences the Black Rage but retains a measure of sanity through willpower.

    Sources: Guy Haley – Darkness in the Blood — Chapter Twelve.

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1. Which Necron skimmer mounts a doomsday cannon?

   Answer: C. Doomsday Ark

   Explanation and sources

   The Doomsday Ark is built around its devastating Doomsday Cannon.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 140.

2. Which Necron war machine lets units emerge through its portal?

   Answer: A. Monolith

   Explanation and sources

   The Monolith portal allows Necron units to emerge onto the battlefield.

   Sources: Codex – Necrons – 2002 – 3rd Edition — p. 23.

3. Which Necron transport collects fallen warriors for repair?

   Answer: C. Ghost Ark

   Explanation and sources

   Ghost Arks collect fallen Necrons and repair them aboard the transport.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 141.

4. Which Necron aircraft is armed with a death ray?

   Answer: B. Doom Scythe

   Explanation and sources

   The Doom Scythe carries a death ray beneath its hull.

   Sources: Expansion – Death From The Skies – 2013 – 6th Edition — p. 66.

5. Which Necron aircraft trades some heavy weaponry for troop transport capacity?

   Answer: A. Night Scythe

   Explanation and sources

   The Night Scythe gives up some heavy weaponry to carry troops.

   Sources: Expansion – Death From The Skies – 2013 – 6th Edition — p. 63.

6. What small Canoptek constructs consume matter and repair Necron structures?

   Answer: B. Scarab swarms

   Explanation and sources

   Canoptek Scarabs consume material and use the energy to build and repair Necron technology.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 135.

7. Which Canoptek construct can phase through solid barriers without slowing?

   Answer: A. Wraith

   Explanation and sources

   A Canoptek Wraith can phase through solid barriers without slowing.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 135.

8. Which Canoptek construct manufactures Scarabs?

   Answer: B. Canoptek Spyder

   Explanation and sources

   Canoptek Spyders contain systems that continuously construct Scarabs.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 134.

9. Which Necron vehicle carries an overlord into battle above his warriors?

   Answer: A. Catacomb Command Barge

   Explanation and sources

   The Catacomb Command Barge carries a Necron noble above the battlefield.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 139.

10. Which Necron weapons platform carries twin tesla destructors?

    Answer: C. Annihilation Barge

    Explanation and sources

    The Annihilation Barge is a mobile weapons platform armed with twin tesla destructors.

    Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 138.

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1. Which planet is the spiritual centre of the Adeptus Mechanicus?

   Answer: A. Mars

   Explanation and sources

   Mars is described as the centre of the Cult of the Machine and high temple of the Mechanicus.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour I — p. 7.

2. What are the Mechanicus' cybernetic soldiery called?

   Answer: C. Skitarii

   Explanation and sources

   The novel describes the Skitarii as cybernetic soldiers.

   Sources: Rob Sanders – Skitarius (Adeptus Mechanicus).

3. What spirit does a tech-priest seek to soothe when tending a machine?

   Answer: B. Machine spirit

   Explanation and sources

   The Machine Spirit Empathy description has a tech-priest soothing and persuading the spirits of devices.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Ascension — p. 109.

4. What does STC stand for in the Mechanicus' search for lost technology?

   Answer: A. Standard Template Construct

   Explanation and sources

   STC abbreviates Standard Template Construct, an ancient template for a machine.

   Sources: Ben Counter – Dark Adeptus (Grey Knights, Book 18) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

5. What title is held by the supreme leader of the Martian priesthood?

   Answer: B. Fabricator-General

   Explanation and sources

   The Fabricator-General rules the Adeptus Mechanicus from Mars.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour I — p. 7.

6. Which Mechanicus infantry use radioactive weaponry and contaminate their surroundings?

   Answer: C. Skitarii Vanguard

   Explanation and sources

   Vanguard radium weapons irradiate their bearers and those who fight beside them.

   Sources: Rob Sanders – Skitarius & Tech Priest (Adeptus Mechanicus) — p. 69.

7. Which Mechanicus specialists study biological systems?

   Answer: A. Magos Biologis

   Explanation and sources

   The Magos Biologis study biological systems, including human and alien life.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – The Lathe Worlds — p. 106.

8. What are the tentacle-like mechanical appendages used by Tech-Priests called?

   Answer: B. Mechadendrites

   Explanation and sources

   The novel describes a mechadendrite as a tentacle-like appendage used by a tech-priest.

   Sources: Ben Counter – Dark Adeptus (Grey Knights, Book 18) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

9. Which Mechanicus crawlers fire neutronic streams in Skitarius?

   Answer: A. Onager Dunecrawlers

   Explanation and sources

   In Skitarius, Onager Dunecrawlers advance while firing eradication beams and neutronic streams.

   Sources: Rob Sanders – Skitarius & Tech Priest (Adeptus Mechanicus) — p. 85.

10. Which robots does Datasmith Undra command in By Your Command?

    Answer: C. Kastelan Robots

    Explanation and sources

    In By Your Command, Datasmith Undra commands a maniple of Kastelan robots.

    Sources: Gav Thorpe – By Your Command (Adeptus Mechanicus) (2).

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1. Which Ork specialists build engines and weapons?

   Answer: B. Mekboyz

   Explanation and sources

   Mekboyz have an innate ability to construct weapons, armour and vehicles.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Tome of Blood — p. 83.

2. Which Ork specialists seek out wounded warriors to provide medical attention?

   Answer: C. Painboyz

   Explanation and sources

   Painboyz seek wounded Orks and provide medical attention.

   Sources: Codex – Orks – 1991 — p. 6.

3. Which Orks channel their species' psychic energy?

   Answer: B. Weirdboyz

   Explanation and sources

   The psychic energy flowing through Orks manifests through Weirdboyz.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – The Navis Primer — p. 61.

4. Which Orks keep grots and snotlings in line?

   Answer: A. Runtherds

   Explanation and sources

   Runtherds force Gretchin and Snotlings to perform assigned tasks.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – The Koronus Bestiary — p. 81.

5. Which blue-painted clan is especially fond of looted enemy vehicles?

   Answer: B. Deathskulls

   Explanation and sources

   Deathskulls prize looted war machines and paint their possessions blue for luck.

   Sources: Only War – Enemies of the Imperium — p. 65.

6. Which Ork clan is particularly associated with camouflage and sneaky tactics?

   Answer: A. Blood Axes

   Explanation and sources

   The Blood Axes use camouflage and clandestine tactics.

   Sources: Only War – Enemies of the Imperium — p. 63.

7. Which Ork clan is most associated with preserving the old ways?

   Answer: C. Snakebites

   Explanation and sources

   Snakebites hold to traditional ways and are viewed as backward by other Orks.

   Sources: Only War – Enemies of the Imperium — p. 65.

8. What is the thickest and sturdiest kind of Ork personal armour called?

   Answer: A. Mega armour

   Explanation and sources

   Mega armour is described as the thickest and sturdiest Ork personal protection.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Creatures Anathema — p. 104.

9. Which Ork gunfighters take great pride in extensively customised weapons?

   Answer: C. Flash Gitz

   Explanation and sources

   Flash Gitz lavish effort and expense on their highly customised guns.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Ark of Lost Souls — p. 122.

10. What term describes Orks who offer their services as mercenaries?

    Answer: A. Freebooterz

    Explanation and sources

    Freebooterz sell their services as mercenaries to a wide range of employers.

    Sources: Rogue Trader – Into The Storm – The Explorer's Handbook — p. 67.

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1. What is the Dark Angels' First Company called?

   Answer: A. Deathwing

   Explanation and sources

   The Deathwing is the Dark Angels' First Company.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook — p. 47.

2. What is the Dark Angels' Second Company called?

   Answer: C. Ravenwing

   Explanation and sources

   The Ravenwing is the Dark Angels' Second Company.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook — p. 47.

3. What name groups the Dark Angels and their successor Chapters together?

   Answer: A. The Unforgiven

   Explanation and sources

   The Dark Angels and their successor Chapters are collectively the Unforgiven.

   Sources: Codex – Dark Angels – 1999 — p. 14.

4. Which Dark Angels Chaplains are dedicated to reclaiming the Fallen?

   Answer: B. Interrogator-Chaplains

   Explanation and sources

   Interrogator-Chaplains pursue the Fallen and seek their repentance.

   Sources: Rulebook – Index Astartes II – 2002 — p. 60.

5. Who is the Dark Angels' Supreme Grand Master in the era before the Lion's return?

   Answer: C. Azrael

   Explanation and sources

   Azrael is addressed as Supreme Grand Master in his Space Marine Legends novel.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – Azrael (Space Marine Legends, Book 2).

6. Which Dark Angel commands the Ravenwing?

   Answer: A. Sammael

   Explanation and sources

   The Unforgiven identifies Sammael as Grand Master of the Ravenwing.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – The Unforgiven (Legacy of Caliban, Book 3).

7. Who is the Dark Angels' Chief Librarian?

   Answer: C. Ezekiel

   Explanation and sources

   The scene identifies Ezekiel with the office of Chief Librarian.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – Azrael (Space Marine Legends, Book 2).

8. What Imperial relic does the returned Lion bear as a shield?

   Answer: B. The Emperor's Shield

   Explanation and sources

   The Lion takes up the Emperor's Shield during the events of Son of the Forest.

   Sources: Mike Brooks – The Lion Son of the Forest.

9. What are the strange, diminutive robed figures accompanying the Dark Angels called?

   Answer: A. Watchers in the Dark

   Explanation and sources

   The diminutive robed figures accompanying the Dark Angels are called Watchers in the Dark.

   Sources: Deathwatch – First Founding — p. 107.

10. What is the Lion's sword in Son of the Forest called?

    Answer: B. Fealty

    Explanation and sources

    The Lion wields the sword Fealty in Son of the Forest.

    Sources: Mike Brooks – The Lion Son of the Forest.

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1. Which Space Marine carrier is too cramped to transport Terminators?

   Answer: A. Rhino

   Explanation and sources

   The Rhino is a Space Marine transport whose compartment cannot accommodate Terminator armour.

   Sources: Codex – Grey Knights – 2010 — p. 35.

2. Which Imperial armoured carrier has a multilaser in its listed wargear?

   Answer: C. Chimera

   Explanation and sources

   The Chimera entry lists a multilaser and capacity for twelve models.

   Sources: IA9 – The Badab War – Part 1 — p. 187.

3. Which orbital troop carrier opens petal-like doors after landing?

   Answer: B. Drop Pod

   Explanation and sources

   The audio drama explicitly describes drop pods landing and their petals opening.

   Sources: Andy Smillie – The Stromark Massacre (Space Marine Battles Short Story) — EIGHT.

4. Which heavily armoured transport is especially associated with Terminators?

   Answer: A. Land Raider

   Explanation and sources

   Imperial Armour Apocalypse lists the Land Raider as a transport option for Terminator squads.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour Apocalypse — p. 34.

5. Which Space Marine transport combines a smaller troop capacity with a gun turret?

   Answer: C. Razorback

   Explanation and sources

   The Razorback trades some of the Rhino's troop capacity for a turret weapon.

   Sources: Codex – Grey Knights – 2010 — p. 35.

6. Which Battle Sisters transport commonly mounts twin heavy flamers?

   Answer: A. Immolator

   Explanation and sources

   The Witch Hunters entry equips the Immolator with twin heavy flamers.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition — p. 38.

7. Which Space Marine gunship is classed as a super-heavy flyer and orbital lander?

   Answer: B. Thunderhawk

   Explanation and sources

   The Thunderhawk Gunship is classified as a super-heavy flyer and orbital lander.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour Update – 2002 — p. 7.

8. Which armoured transport is closely associated with the Militarum Tempestus?

   Answer: C. Taurox Prime

   Explanation and sources

   Militarum Tempestus regiments rely on Taurox Primes to deliver their elite warriors over hazardous terrain.

   Sources: Codex – Militarum Tempestus – The Lore — p. 36.

9. Which airborne assault carrier can transport a Support Sentinel?

   Answer: B. Valkyrie

   Explanation and sources

   Imperial Armour III allows a Support Sentinel to be carried in a Valkyrie.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour III — p. 274.

10. Which squat Imperial Navy utility shuttle is normally unarmed?

    Answer: A. Arvus Lighter

    Explanation and sources

    The Arvus is a durable Imperial Navy utility cargo shuttle, normally unarmed.

    Sources: Aeronautica Imperialis — p. 32.

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1. What is the Drukhari's vast city in the webway called?

   Answer: A. Commorragh

   Explanation and sources

   Commorragh is the impossible city hidden deep in the webway.

   Sources: Chapter Approved – 2017 – 8th Edition — p. 91.

2. Which Drukhari cult warriors are gladiators and close-combat specialists?

   Answer: B. Wyches

   Explanation and sources

   The cults of Hekatarii, or Wyches, provide the Drukhari's arena gladiators.

   Sources: Only War – Core Rulebook — p. 358.

3. What are the Drukhari flesh-sculptors called?

   Answer: C. Haemonculi

   Explanation and sources

   Haemonculi are genetic manipulators and flesh sculptors in the Dark City.

   Sources: Andy Chambers – Bellathonis and the Shadow King (Dark Eldar Short Story) — BELLATHONIS AND THE SHADOW KING.

4. Which Drukhari warriors are associated with klaives?

   Answer: B. Incubi

   Explanation and sources

   The scene shows an Incubus fighting with a klaive.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – Dark Son (Path of the Eldar Short Story).

5. Which winged Drukhari fly on powerful wings?

   Answer: A. Scourges

   Explanation and sources

   The scene describes Scourges flying on powerful wings.

   Sources: Andy Chambers – Path of the Incubus (Dark Eldar, Book 5).

6. Which Drukhari raiders ride skyboards?

   Answer: C. Hellions

   Explanation and sources

   Hellions ride single-pilot anti-gravity skyboards.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – The Soul Reaver — p. 127.

7. Which Drukhari raiders ride jetbikes?

   Answer: A. Reavers

   Explanation and sources

   Reavers attack from speeding jetbikes.

   Sources: Only War – Enemies of the Imperium — p. 92.

8. Which Drukhari gunship can carry dark lances or disintegrators?

   Answer: B. Ravager

   Explanation and sources

   Ravagers mount powerful dark lances or disintegrators.

   Sources: Only War – Enemies of the Imperium — p. 94.

9. Which celebrated Wych rules the Cult of Strife's arenas?

   Answer: A. Lelith Hesperax

   Explanation and sources

   The Crucibael, domain of the Cult of Strife, is identified as Lelith Hesperax' sovereign territory.

   Sources: Gathering Storm II – Fracture of Biel-Tan — p. 11.

10. Which Drukhari creatures are called children of the shadow-realm in Path of the Archon?

    Answer: C. Mandrakes

    Explanation and sources

    Path of the Archon calls the Mandrakes children of the shadow-realm.

    Sources: Andy Chambers – Path of the Archon (Dark Eldar, Book 6).

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1. Which primarch is the gene-sire of the Imperial Fists?

   Answer: B. Rogal Dorn

   Explanation and sources

   The Horus Heresy profile names Rogal Dorn as Sire of the Imperial Fists.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 268.

2. Which Chapter does Pedro Kantor lead?

   Answer: A. Crimson Fists

   Explanation and sources

   The War for Rynn's World links Pedro Kantor with the Crimson Fists.

   Sources: Steve Parker, Mike Lee – The War for Rynn's World (Space Marine Battles Anthology, Book 4) — PEDRO KANTOR:.

3. Who became the Black Templars' first High Marshal?

   Answer: C. Sigismund

   Explanation and sources

   Armageddon recounts Sigismund's foundation of the Black Templars as their first High Marshal.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – Armageddon (Space Marine Battles Anthology, Book 1) — Warhammer 40,000.

4. Which High Marshal did Yarrick join in the hunt after Armageddon?

   Answer: A. Helbrecht

   Explanation and sources

   The Black Templars codex identifies Helbrecht as High Marshal in its Armageddon account.

   Sources: Codex – Black Templars – 2005 (2) — p. 46.

5. Which Black Templars Reclusiarch rallies the defenders in Helsreach?

   Answer: C. Grimaldus

   Explanation and sources

   The passage shows Grimaldus rallying the defenders of Helsreach.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – Armageddon (Space Marine Battles Anthology, Book 1) — Warhammer 40,000.

6. What is the Black Templars High Marshal's great battle-barge called?

   Answer: B. Eternal Crusader

   Explanation and sources

   The High Marshal's huge battle-barge is the Eternal Crusader.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook — p. 40.

7. Which Imperial Fists successor has a fortress-monastery called Darkenvault?

   Answer: A. Executioners

   Explanation and sources

   Imperial Armour names Darkenvault as the Executioners' fortress-monastery.

   Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 10 – The Badab War – Part 2 — p. 83.

8. What recruiting bases do the Black Templars establish on conquered worlds?

   Answer: B. Chapter keeps

   Explanation and sources

   The Black Templars establish chapter keeps on conquered or reclaimed worlds as recruiting and staging bases.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook — p. 40.

9. Which post-Heresy siege against the Iron Warriors devastated the Imperial Fists?

   Answer: A. Iron Cage

   Explanation and sources

   The Battle of the Iron Cage was a devastating post-Heresy siege against the Iron Warriors.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 66.

10. Which Imperial Fists company does Alexis Polux captain in The Unremembered Empire?

    Answer: C. 405th Company

    Explanation and sources

    The dramatis personae lists Alexis Polux as captain of the Imperial Fists' 405th Company.

    Sources: Various – The Horus Heresy Volume Six (The Horus Heresy Omnibuses, Book 6) — ~ DRAMATIS PERSONAE ~.

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1. Which common Tyranid foot soldiers carry fleshborers?

   Answer: A. Termagants

   Explanation and sources

   The Termagant profile lists a fleshborer as its ranged weapon.

   Sources: Deathwatch – oblivions-edge-print-quality — p. 8.

2. Which small Tyranids fight with scything talons and springing leaps?

   Answer: B. Hormagaunts

   Explanation and sources

   Hormagaunts combine scything talons with bounding leaps.

   Sources: Codex – Tyranids – 2001 — p. 13.

3. Which winged Tyranid infantry darken the skies in swarms?

   Answer: A. Gargoyles

   Explanation and sources

   Gargoyles are winged forms that fill the skies over the Tyranid swarm.

   Sources: Deathwatch – oblivions-edge-print-quality — p. 8.

4. Which Tyranid predators burrow through the earth with frightening speed?

   Answer: C. Raveners

   Explanation and sources

   Raveners are predators that burrow with great speed and precision.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Mark of the Xenos — p. 47.

5. Which Tyranid artillery creatures launch spore mines?

   Answer: B. Biovores

   Explanation and sources

   The Biovore entry states that it stores and fires Spore Mines.

   Sources: Codex – Tyranids – 2001 — p. 16.

6. Which great Tyranid creature spawns Termagants?

   Answer: C. Tervigon

   Explanation and sources

   A Tervigon can spawn Termagants from its incubation chamber.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Jericho Reach — p. 192.

7. Which psychic Tyranids have swollen brains and atrophied bodies?

   Answer: A. Zoanthropes

   Explanation and sources

   The codex describes Zoanthropes as psychic creatures with atrophied bodies and bulbous heads.

   Sources: Codex – Tyranids – 2001 — p. 15.

8. Which Tyranid guards are bred to protect Hive Tyrants?

   Answer: C. Tyrant Guard

   Explanation and sources

   Tyrant Guard exist specifically to defend their Hive Tyrant.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Mark of the Xenos — p. 55.

9. Which colossal burrower creates tunnels other Tyranids can use?

   Answer: B. Trygon

   Explanation and sources

   Trygons carve tunnels large enough for smaller Tyranid organisms to follow.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour Apocalypse — p. 67.

10. Which Tyranids poison the ground and air with toxic spore miasmas?

    Answer: A. Venomthropes

    Explanation and sources

    Venomthropes spread toxic spore miasmas that poison the ground and air.

    Sources: Deathwatch – Mark of the Xenos — p. 57.

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1. What are the fighting Sisters of the Ecclesiarchy commonly called?

   Answer: A. Sisters of Battle

   Explanation and sources

   The Sisters of Battle are the fighting arm of the Ecclesiarchy.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Daemon Hunter — p. 28.

2. Which Sororitas specialists are battlefield healers?

   Answer: B. Hospitallers

   Explanation and sources

   Hospitallers provide medical care in war zones and disaster-stricken areas.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Blood of Martyrs — p. 97.

3. What are the Sororitas' jump-pack troops called?

   Answer: A. Seraphim

   Explanation and sources

   Seraphim train to fight using jump packs and twin pistols.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rising Tempest — p. 126.

4. What title does the 1997 codex give an Order Militant's overall commander?

   Answer: B. Canoness

   Explanation and sources

   The 1997 codex names a Canoness as the overall commander of an Order Militant.

   Sources: Codex – Sisters of Battle – 1997 — p. 55.

5. Which Sororitas specialists study languages and interpret texts?

   Answer: C. Dialogus

   Explanation and sources

   Sisters Dialogus assist with translation and the study of regional mythology.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Faith and Coin (scan) — p. 45.

6. Which Sisters specialise in heavy weapons?

   Answer: A. Retributors

   Explanation and sources

   The Retributor entry allows several members to carry heavy weapons.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition — p. 38.

7. Which penitents go into battle wielding eviscerators?

   Answer: C. Sisters Repentia

   Explanation and sources

   Sisters Repentia seek redemption in battle armed with ceremonial eviscerators.

   Sources: Codex – Imperial Agents – 2016 – 7th Edition — p. 24.

8. Which Sororitas tank combines a missile launcher with a mobile shrine?

   Answer: A. Exorcist

   Explanation and sources

   The Exorcist is described as both a missile-launcher tank and a mobile shrine.

   Sources: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes (Imperial Armour, Volume 2) (2nd Edition) — p. 210.

9. Which Sororitas order is especially associated with Saint Katherine?

   Answer: B. Order of Our Martyred Lady

   Explanation and sources

   Katherine's Order became the Order of Our Martyred Lady after her death.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition — p. 8.

10. Which Sisterhood martyr is associated with the Order of the Bloody Rose?

    Answer: C. Mina

    Explanation and sources

    The Order of the Bloody Rose was founded in honour of Mina.

    Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition — p. 8.

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1. What is the Space Wolves' ancient stronghold on Fenris called?

   Answer: A. The Fang

   Explanation and sources

   The Fang is the ancient Space Wolves stronghold on Fenris.

   Sources: Warzone Fenris – Wrath of Magnus — p. 74.

2. What do the Space Wolves call their Librarians?

   Answer: C. Rune Priests

   Explanation and sources

   Rune Priests possess psychic abilities equivalent to Librarians in other Chapters.

   Sources: Codex – Space Wolves – 2000 — p. 30.

3. Which Space Wolves specialists combine the roles of Chaplain and Apothecary?

   Answer: B. Wolf Priests

   Explanation and sources

   Wolf Priests combine the roles normally divided between Chaplains and Apothecaries.

   Sources: Deathwatch – First Founding — p. 63.

4. What are the Space Wolves' Techmarines called?

   Answer: A. Iron Priests

   Explanation and sources

   Iron Priests fulfil the role of Techmarines.

   Sources: Codex – Space Wolves – 2000 — p. 30.

5. Which Space Wolves packs specialise in heavy weapons?

   Answer: B. Long Fangs

   Explanation and sources

   Long Fangs carry the pack's heavy weapons, such as heavy bolters and lascannons.

   Sources: Codex – Eye Of Terror – 2003 — p. 38.

6. What is the elite bodyguard of a Wolf Lord called?

   Answer: C. Wolf Guard

   Explanation and sources

   Wolf Guard act as the elite bodyguard of a Wolf Lord.

   Sources: Lee Lightner – Sons of Fenris (Space Wolf, Book 5) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

7. Which Wolf Lord is known as Blackmane?

   Answer: A. Ragnar

   Explanation and sources

   The audio drama addresses the Wolf Lord as Ragnar Blackmane.

   Sources: Ben Counter – Ice Claw (Audio Drama) — p. 6.

8. What Space Wolves rank does the young messenger hold in Jackalwolf?

   Answer: C. Blood Claw

   Explanation and sources

   The young messenger in Jackalwolf is repeatedly identified as a Blood Claw.

   Sources: C. Z. Dunn – Jackalwolf (Short Story).

9. Which ancient Space Wolf Dreadnought does Dragongaze visit in Curse of the Wulfen?

   Answer: A. Bjorn

   Explanation and sources

   Curse of the Wulfen shows Dragongaze visiting Bjorn's ancient Dreadnought sarcophagus.

   Sources: Warzone Fenris – Curse of the Wulfen — p. 82.

10. Which Space Wolves formation was lost in the Eye of Terror for ten millennia?

    Answer: B. 13th Great Company

    Explanation and sources

    The 13th Company was lost in the Eye of Terror for ten millennia.

    Sources: Codex – Eye Of Terror – 2003 — p. 21.

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1. Which Aspect Warriors carry fusion guns to destroy armour?

   Answer: B. Fire Dragons

   Explanation and sources

   Fire Dragons fight using fusion guns.

   Sources: David Annandale – Overfiend (Space Marine Battles Anthology, Book 3) — p. 268.

2. Which Aspect Warriors use wings to fight above the battlefield?

   Answer: A. Swooping Hawks

   Explanation and sources

   Swooping Hawks use wings to fly above the battlefield.

   Sources: Rulebook – Compilation – 1991 — p. 61.

3. Which Aspect Warriors specialise in long-range missile fire?

   Answer: C. Dark Reapers

   Explanation and sources

   Dark Reapers provide long-range support with missile launchers.

   Sources: Codex – Codex Imperialis – 1993 – 2nd Edition — p. 67.

4. Which Aspect Warriors charge into combat with laser lances?

   Answer: A. Shining Spears

   Explanation and sources

   Shining Spears use laser lances to deliver short-range blasts while charging.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 35.

5. Which Aspect Warriors combine mandiblasters with chainswords?

   Answer: C. Striking Scorpions

   Explanation and sources

   Striking Scorpions attack with mandiblasters and chainswords.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 10.

6. Which female Aspect fights in distinctive masks and carries gleaming power weapons?

   Answer: B. Howling Banshees

   Explanation and sources

   Howling Banshees are a female Aspect associated with masks and power weapons.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 10.

7. Which Aspect Warriors use warp jump generators?

   Answer: C. Warp Spiders

   Explanation and sources

   Warp Spiders carry Warp Jump Generators in their broad-shouldered armour.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – The Koronus Bestiary — p. 55.

8. Which Phoenix Lord founded the Dire Avengers?

   Answer: A. Asurmen

   Explanation and sources

   Asurmen founded the Shrine of Asur, which developed into the Dire Avengers Aspect.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 41.

9. Which Phoenix Lord is associated with the Fire Dragons?

   Answer: B. Fuegan

   Explanation and sources

   The codex identifies Fuegan with the founding of the Fire Dragon shrines.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 41.

10. Which Phoenix Lord is called the Harvester of Souls?

    Answer: A. Maugan Ra

    Explanation and sources

    Maugan Ra is identified as the Harvester of Souls.

    Sources: C. S. Goto – Ascension (Dawn of War, Book 3) (2) — CHAPTER THREE: CLANDESTINATION.

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1. Which Chaos God is served by Bloodletters?

   Answer: C. Khorne

   Explanation and sources

   Bloodletters are daemons of Khorne.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Daemons – 2008 — p. 64.

2. Which Chaos God is served by Plaguebearers?

   Answer: A. Nurgle

   Explanation and sources

   Plaguebearers serve Nurgle.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Daemons – 2008 — p. 36.

3. Which Chaos God is served by Pink Horrors?

   Answer: B. Tzeentch

   Explanation and sources

   The Tzeentch detachment explicitly includes Pink Horrors of Tzeentch.

   Sources: Expansion – War Zone Fenris – Wrath of Magnus – 2016 – 7th Edition (rules pages not in The Lore edition) — p. 189.

4. Which Chaos God is served by Daemonettes?

   Answer: A. Slaanesh

   Explanation and sources

   Daemonettes are the handmaidens and daemons of Slaanesh.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Daemons – 2008 — p. 36.

5. What are Khorne's greater daemons called?

   Answer: C. Bloodthirsters

   Explanation and sources

   Bloodthirsters are the Greater Daemons of Khorne.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Daemons – 2008 — p. 30.

6. What are Nurgle's greater daemons called?

   Answer: A. Great Unclean Ones

   Explanation and sources

   Great Unclean Ones are the Greater Daemons of Nurgle.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Daemons – 2008 — p. 32.

7. What are Tzeentch's greater daemons called?

   Answer: B. Lords of Change

   Explanation and sources

   Lords of Change are Tzeentch's Greater Daemons.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Tome of Fate — p. 17.

8. What are Slaanesh's greater daemons called?

   Answer: A. Keepers of Secrets

   Explanation and sources

   Keepers of Secrets are Slaanesh's Greater Daemons.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Core Rulebook — p. 18.

9. What is Khorne's sacred number?

   Answer: C. Eight

   Explanation and sources

   Khorne's sacred number is eight.

   Sources: Index Astartes – Extra – White Dwarf articles 2001-2002 (Iron Hands to Alpha Legion) — p. 150.

10. What is Nurgle's sacred number?

    Answer: B. Seven

    Explanation and sources

    Nurgle's sacred number is seven.

    Sources: Index Astartes – Extra – White Dwarf articles 2001-2002 (Iron Hands to Alpha Legion) — p. 166.

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1. What is the Ultramarines' realm within the Imperium called?

   Answer: C. Ultramar

   Explanation and sources

   Ultramar is the Ultramarines' realm within the wider Imperium.

   Sources: Codex – Ultramarines – 1993 – 2nd Edition — p. 17.

2. Which Ultramarines Chief Librarian shows psychic foresight in Shadow of the Leviathan?

   Answer: B. Varro Tigurius

   Explanation and sources

   Tigurius demonstrates psychic foresight in Shadow of the Leviathan.

   Sources: 5 Josh Reynolds – Shadow of the Leviathan (Shield of Baal Short Story) — SHADOW OF THE LEVIATHAN.

3. Which company does Uriel Ventris command?

   Answer: A. Fourth Company

   Explanation and sources

   The Swords of Calth explicitly places Captain Ventris in command of Fourth Company forces.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – Uriel Ventris. The Swords of Calth.

4. Which Ultramarines Chapter Master bears the title Lord of Macragge?

   Answer: B. Marneus Calgar

   Explanation and sources

   The 1993 codex identifies Marneus Calgar as Master of the Ultramarines and Lord of Macragge.

   Sources: Codex – Ultramarines – 1993 – 2nd Edition — p. 72.

5. Which captain leads the Ultramarines Second Company in Two Kinds of Fool?

   Answer: C. Cato Sicarius

   Explanation and sources

   Two Kinds of Fool places Sicarius in command of the Second Company forces.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – Two Kinds of Fool (Short Story) — Two Kinds of Fool.

6. Which of Uriel Ventris' friends has a bronze and iron augmetic arm in The Chapter's Due?

   Answer: A. Pasanius Lysane

   Explanation and sources

   The Chapter's Due describes Pasanius with a bronze and iron augmetic arm.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – The Chapter's Due (Ultramarines, Book 6).

7. Who arrives with forty-three Ultramarines Scouts in The Chapter's Due?

   Answer: C. Torias Telion

   Explanation and sources

   Torias Telion arrives with forty-three Ultramarines Scouts in The Chapter's Due.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – The Chapter's Due (Ultramarines, Book 6).

8. Which Ultramarine is the Chapter's renowned tank commander?

   Answer: A. Antaro Chronus

   Explanation and sources

   Antaro Chronus commands the tank formation known as the Spear of Macragge.

   Sources: Apocalypse War Zone – Damnos — p. 27.

9. Which Ultramarines Chaplain originally trained the Tyrannic War Veterans?

   Answer: B. Ortan Cassius

   Explanation and sources

   Cassius originally trained the warriors known as Tyrannic War Veterans.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 97.

10. What is the name of the Ultramarines' Gloriana-class flagship during the Heresy?

    Answer: A. Macragge's Honour

    Explanation and sources

    Macragge's Honour is identified as the Gloriana-class flagship of the Great Crusade.

    Sources: Guy Haley – Dark Imperium (Dark Imperium, Book 1) (Redux).

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1. Which Imperial Titan class is commonly called a Scout Titan?

   Answer: B. Warhound

   Explanation and sources

   The Warhound is the smallest Imperial Titan class in Rites of Battle and is known as a Scout Titan.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 185.

2. Which Battle Titan carries three principal weapons, one on its carapace and one on each arm?

   Answer: A. Reaver

   Explanation and sources

   The Reaver has three principal weapons: one on the carapace and one on each arm.

   Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 6 – The Siege of Vraks part 2 — p. 123.

3. What are the protective energy barriers around Titans called?

   Answer: C. Void shields

   Explanation and sources

   Titan generators power void shields that surround the machine with protective energy.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 186.

4. What is the senior commander bonded to a Titan called?

   Answer: A. Princeps

   Explanation and sources

   The commander is ranked Princeps and controls the Titan through a mind-impulse connection.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour Update – 2002 — p. 47.

5. What are a Titan princeps' supporting crew officers called?

   Answer: C. Moderati

   Explanation and sources

   The Princeps is aided by two Moderati as well as a Tech-Priest and servitors.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour III — p. 247.

6. Which organisation supplies the devout crews of the Imperium's Titans?

   Answer: B. Adeptus Titanicus

   Explanation and sources

   The source describes Titan crews as devout members of the Adeptus Titanicus.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour Update – 2002 — p. 47.

7. Which Titan Legion is known as the War Griffons?

   Answer: C. Legio Gryphonicus

   Explanation and sources

   Legio Gryphonicus is also called the War Griffons.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 158.

8. Which Traitor Titan Legion is called the Death's Heads?

   Answer: A. Legio Mortis

   Explanation and sources

   Titandeath uses Death's Heads as the name of Legio Mortis.

   Sources: Warhammer 30,000 – The Horus Heresy – Adeptus Titanicus 1 – Titandeath — p. 44.

9. Which enormous Titan type carries the garrison-filled shoulder structure seen on Casus Belli?

   Answer: B. Imperator

   Explanation and sources

   The Imperator Casus Belli carries a massive shoulder superstructure containing garrison chambers and much of its arsenal.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – By Your Command (Adeptus Mechanicus) (2).

10. Which Titan Legion is known as the Firebrands?

    Answer: A. Legio Atarus

    Explanation and sources

    Loyalist Legios identifies Legio Atarus as the Firebrands.

    Sources: Warhammer 30,000 – The Horus Heresy – Adeptus Titanicus 6 – Loyalist Legios — p. 6.

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1. How does a Genestealer begin infecting a new host?

   Answer: B. The Genestealer's Kiss

   Explanation and sources

   The Genestealer’s Kiss implants genetic material which corrupts the victim’s descendants.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Emperor Protects — p. 48.

2. What is the cult's primary psychic priest usually called?

   Answer: A. Magus

   Explanation and sources

   A Magus is the cult’s psychic prophet.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

3. Which cult commander is bred for tactical leadership?

   Answer: B. Primus

   Explanation and sources

   A Primus acts as an ambush leader and front-line general.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

4. Which cult fighter is described as erupting from stillness into sudden violence?

   Answer: A. Locus

   Explanation and sources

   A Locus can move from absolute stillness into sudden violence.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

5. Which cult gunslinger is treated as a folk hero?

   Answer: C. Kelermorph

   Explanation and sources

   Kelermorph gunslingers are celebrated in cult folk legends.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

6. Which cult specialist manipulates genetic material?

   Answer: B. Biophagus

   Explanation and sources

   A Biophagus practises gene manipulation and bio-alchemy.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

7. Which cult specialist is described as its tactical lynchpin?

   Answer: A. Nexos

   Explanation and sources

   The Nexos is the cult’s tactical coordinator.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

8. Which cult propagandist broadcasts messages and disrupts communications?

   Answer: C. Clamavus

   Explanation and sources

   A Clamavus spreads propaganda and hacks enemy communications.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

9. What are the cult's heavily mutated muscular shock troops called?

   Answer: A. Aberrants

   Explanation and sources

   Aberrants are oversized mutants with the strength to wield massive hammers and picks.

   Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

10. Which cult assassin hides in the shadows before striking without warning?

    Answer: C. Sanctus

    Explanation and sources

    A Sanctus is a stealthy cult assassin who strikes without warning.

    Sources: Games Workshop — Genestealer Cults faction guide — Official source.

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1. Which primarch is the Salamanders' gene-sire?

   Answer: B. Vulkan

   Explanation and sources

   The source identifies Vulkan as Primarch of the Salamanders.

   Sources: Chapter Approved – Third Book of Astronomicon – 2003 — p. 90.

2. What is the Salamanders' home world?

   Answer: A. Nocturne

   Explanation and sources

   Nocturne is the Salamanders' volcanic home world.

   Sources: Codex Supplement – Angels of Death – The Lore — p. 42.

3. Which moon holds the Salamanders' fortress-monastery?

   Answer: B. Prometheus

   Explanation and sources

   The Salamanders' fortress-monastery is on the giant moon Prometheus.

   Sources: Index Astartes – Extra – White Dwarf articles 2001-2002 (Iron Hands to Alpha Legion) — p. 185.

4. Who is the Salamanders' Chapter Master in Nocturne?

   Answer: C. Tu'Shan

   Explanation and sources

   Tu'Shan is identified as the Chapter Master in Nocturne.

   Sources: Nick Kyme – Nocturne (Tome of Fire, Book 3) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

5. Which weapon type is particularly associated with Salamanders craftsmanship?

   Answer: A. Flame weapons

   Explanation and sources

   The Salamanders' requisition rules favour flame weapons, alongside melta weapons and thunder hammers.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Index Astartes Vol 1 — p. 10.

6. What is the name of the Salamanders' ancient forge-ship?

   Answer: B. Chalice of Fire

   Explanation and sources

   Nocturne explicitly identifies the Salamanders' forge-ship as Chalice of Fire.

   Sources: Nick Kyme – Nocturne (Tome of Fire, Book 3) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

7. Which Salamanders hero leads the Flameblade Strike Force at Tesslan VI?

   Answer: A. Vulkan He'stan

   Explanation and sources

   Vulkan He'stan leads the Flameblade Strike Force at Tesslan VI.

   Sources: Codex Supplement – Angels of Death – The Lore — p. 10.

8. What colour are the Salamander's eyes in The Hammer of Olympia?

   Answer: C. Red

   Explanation and sources

   The Salamander's face in The Hammer of Olympia is repeatedly described with red eyes.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Perturabo. The Hammer of Olympia (The Horus Heresy Primarchs, Book 4).

9. How many line companies does The Badab War describe for the Salamanders?

   Answer: A. Seven

   Explanation and sources

   The Badab War describes seven line companies, plus a Scout sub-company.

   Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 10 – The Badab War – Part 2 — p. 75.

10. Whose Third Company command squad is the Inferno Guard in Nocturne?

    Answer: C. Adrax Agatone

    Explanation and sources

    The Inferno Guard are identified as Adrax Agatone's Third Company command squad.

    Sources: Nick Kyme – Nocturne (Tome of Fire, Book 3) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

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1. Which bird-named Aeldari grav-tank can carry a small infantry squad?

   Answer: C. Falcon

   Explanation and sources

   The codex gives the Falcon a transport capacity of six models.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 15.

2. Which Aeldari transport uses an energy field to protect its passengers?

   Answer: A. Wave Serpent

   Explanation and sources

   The Wave Serpent is protected by an energy field.

   Sources: Imperial Armour – 2006 — p. 19.

3. Which Aeldari grav-tank carries a prism cannon?

   Answer: B. Fire Prism

   Explanation and sources

   The Fire Prism entry lists a prism cannon as its main weapon.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 15.

4. Which Aeldari tank fires clouds of monofilament web?

   Answer: A. Night Spinner

   Explanation and sources

   Night Spinners launch clouds of monofilament web.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour Apocalypse — p. 60.

5. Which small Aeldari skimmer uses a pilot and a gunner to operate its heavy weapons?

   Answer: C. Vyper

   Explanation and sources

   The Vyper scene describes crews divided into pilots and gunners carrying heavy weapons.

   Sources: Ian Watson – The Inquisition War Omnibus (2).

6. Which Aeldari walker carries two heavy weapons?

   Answer: B. War Walker

   Explanation and sources

   The War Walker entry equips it with two heavy weapons chosen from the listed options.

   Sources: Codex – Eldar – 1999 — p. 15.

7. Which Aeldari flyer is piloted by an Aspect Warrior devoted to aerial combat?

   Answer: A. Crimson Hunter

   Explanation and sources

   Crimson Hunter pilots belong to Aspect Shrines devoted to aerial combat.

   Sources: Flyers of the Dark Millennium — p. 50.

8. Which Aeldari aircraft is flown by a Spiritseer?

   Answer: C. Hemlock Wraithfighter

   Explanation and sources

   The Hemlock Wraithfighter section describes Spiritseer pilots.

   Sources: Flyers of the Dark Millennium — p. 55.

9. Which giant construct is driven by a dead twin's anxiety during the charge in Asurmen: Hand of Asuryan?

   Answer: A. Wraithknight

   Explanation and sources

   The Wraithknight scene joins Nymuyrisan with his dead twin Jarithuran, whose fury drives the charge.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – Asurmen Hand of Asuryan (Phoenix Lords, Book 1).

10. Which Aeldari super-heavy grav-tank is armed with twin-linked pulsars?

    Answer: B. Scorpion

    Explanation and sources

    The Scorpion is equipped with twin-linked Pulsars.

    Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour II – 2001 — p. 17.

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1. Which Chaos God does the Death Guard serve?

   Answer: B. Nurgle

   Explanation and sources

   The Death Guard became the Plague Marines of Nurgle.

   Sources: Realm of Chaos – The Lost and the Damned – 1990 – Rogue Trader — p. 252.

2. Who is the Death Guard's daemon primarch?

   Answer: A. Mortarion

   Explanation and sources

   The source describes Mortarion as Death Guard commander and a Daemon Prince of Nurgle.

   Sources: Realm of Chaos – The Lost and the Damned – 1990 – Rogue Trader — p. 252.

3. Which adopted home world did Mortarion continue to regard as his birthplace?

   Answer: C. Barbarus

   Explanation and sources

   Mortarion continued to regard Barbarus as his birthplace despite discovering his true origin.

   Sources: James Swallow – Lantern's Light (The Horus Heresy Short Story) (2).

4. What was the Death Guard's name before Mortarion took command?

   Answer: B. Dusk Raiders

   Explanation and sources

   Betrayal describes the transformation of the Dusk Raiders into the Death Guard.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book I – Betrayal — p. 122.

5. What is the Death Guard's daemon world usually called?

   Answer: C. Plague Planet

   Explanation and sources

   Mortarion rules the Plague Planet deep inside the Eye of Terror.

   Sources: Realm of Chaos – The Lost and the Damned – 1990 – Rogue Trader — p. 252.

6. Which Death Guard captain escaped on the Eisenstein to warn Terra?

   Answer: A. Nathaniel Garro

   Explanation and sources

   Garro's escape aboard the Eisenstein aims to warn the Emperor of Horus' betrayal.

   Sources: Alan Merrett, Guy Haley – Visions of Heresy. Iconic Images of Betrayal and War — p. 127.

7. Which Death Guard warrior is identified as the First Captain in Plague War?

   Answer: C. Typhus

   Explanation and sources

   Plague War identifies Typhus as the First Captain.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Plague War (Dark Imperium, Book 2) (Redux).

8. What name did Typhus use before his corruption?

   Answer: A. Calas Typhon

   Explanation and sources

   The dialogue explicitly identifies Calas Typhon by his later name Typhus.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – Master of Sanctity (Legacy of Caliban, Book 2) — DISTRACTIONS.

9. What is Mortarion's great blade called in Garro: Knight of Grey?

   Answer: B. Silence

   Explanation and sources

   Mortarion's named weapon Silence is the blade he uses against Garro.

   Sources: James Swallow – Garro Knight of Grey.

10. Which Death Guard warship is associated with Typhus?

    Answer: A. Terminus Est

    Explanation and sources

    The Typhus account identifies him with command of Terminus Est.

    Sources: Reference and Extras – Extra – Heros & Villains — p. 18.

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1. What are the Custodes collectively nicknamed?

   Answer: B. The Ten Thousand

   Explanation and sources

   The dramatis personae calls the Legio Custodes the Ten Thousand.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – The Master of Mankind. War in the Webway (The Horus Heresy, Book 41).

2. Which palace do the Custodes guard?

   Answer: A. The Imperial Palace

   Explanation and sources

   Valdor names palace security as a principal concern of the Custodes.

   Sources: Various – War Without End Heresy. Begets Retribution (The Horus Heresy Anthology, Book 33).

3. Which Custodian spear mounts a Guardian bolter?

   Answer: B. Guardian spear

   Explanation and sources

   Guardian spears are fitted with Guardian bolters.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VII – Inferno — p. 230.

4. What are the Custodes' infiltration exercises testing palace defences called?

   Answer: C. Blood Games

   Explanation and sources

   The Custodes use Blood Games to probe weaknesses in Imperial security.

   Sources: Various – Tales of Heresy (The Horus Heresy Anthology, Book 10).

5. Which sisterhood fights beside Custodians as part of the Talons of the Emperor?

   Answer: A. Sisters of Silence

   Explanation and sources

   The Sisters of Silence may fight alongside Custodes in a Talons detachment.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VIII – Malevolence — p. 263.

6. Which Custodian served as Captain-General during the Great Crusade and Heresy?

   Answer: C. Constantin Valdor

   Explanation and sources

   Valdor is addressed as Captain-General in Hands of the Emperor.

   Sources: Rob Sanders – Hands of the Emperor (The Horus Heresy Short Story) — p. 6.

7. In The Master of Mankind, which Custodian is Tribune of the Hykanatoi?

   Answer: A. Ra Endymion

   Explanation and sources

   Ra Endymion is Tribune of the Hykanatoi.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – The Master of Mankind. War in the Webway (The Horus Heresy, Book 41).

8. In War of the Spider, which Custodian formation accompanies Tyvar into the fortress?

   Answer: B. Allarus Custodians

   Explanation and sources

   Tyvar enters with two squads of Allarus Custodians.

   Sources: Psychic Awakening – War of the Spider – The Lore — p. 22.

9. What title does Caecaltus Dusk hold in The End and the Death: Volume I?

   Answer: C. Hetaeron Proconsul

   Explanation and sources

   Caecaltus Dusk is a Hetaeron Proconsul in the opening cast.

   Sources: Dan Abnett – The End and the Death Volume I (Siege of Terra, Book 8.1).

10. Which Custodian is listed as a warrior of the Moritoi in The Master of Mankind?

    Answer: A. Sagittarus Malacque

    Explanation and sources

    Sagittarus Malacque is a warrior of the Moritoi.

    Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – The Master of Mankind. War in the Webway (The Horus Heresy, Book 41).

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1. What is the Orks' basic wheeled troop transport called?

   Answer: A. Trukk

   Explanation and sources

   Trukks are wheeled vehicles used to rush Ork Boyz into combat.

   Sources: Imperial Armour vol 8 – Raid on Kastorel-Novem — p. 135.

2. Which Ork flying machines use rotor blades?

   Answer: B. Deffkoptas

   Explanation and sources

   Deffkoptas fly using spinning blades and roaring jets.

   Sources: Imperial Armour vol 8 – Raid on Kastorel-Novem — p. 135.

3. Which Ork fighter specialises in saturating targets with gunfire?

   Answer: A. Dakkajet

   Explanation and sources

   Dakkajets pour a huge volume of bullets at their targets.

   Sources: Expansion – Death From The Skies – 2013 – 6th Edition — p. 64.

4. Which Ork bomber carries burna bombs and can add racks of skorcha missiles?

   Answer: B. Burna-bommer

   Explanation and sources

   Burna-bommers carry burna bombs and can add skorcha missiles.

   Sources: Expansion – Death From The Skies – 2013 – 6th Edition — p. 58.

5. Which Ork walker is normally piloted by a grot?

   Answer: C. Killa Kan

   Explanation and sources

   A Killa Kan is piloted by a grot.

   Sources: Imperial Armour vol 8 – Raid on Kastorel-Novem — p. 165.

6. Which Ork walker encloses a surgically implanted Ork pilot?

   Answer: A. Deff Dread

   Explanation and sources

   Orks are installed inside Deff Dreads and welded into the machines.

   Sources: Only War – Enemies of the Imperium — p. 57.

7. Which of these Ork machines is classified as a super-heavy walker in Imperial Armour VIII?

   Answer: C. Stompa

   Explanation and sources

   The Stompa is classified as a super-heavy walker.

   Sources: Imperial Armour vol 8 – Raid on Kastorel-Novem — p. 194.

8. Which Ork vehicle is described in the 1992 Vehicle Manual as carrying the weapons of the family that owns it?

   Answer: A. Battlewagon

   Explanation and sources

   The Vehicle Manual describes family-owned Battlewagons carrying varied weapons.

   Sources: Rulebook – Vehicle Manual – 1992 – Rogue Trader — p. 28.

9. Which upgrade equips the five Battlewagons of Zog Blackclaw’s Black Deff Blitz Brigade?

   Answer: B. Deff rollas

   Explanation and sources

   The Black Deff Blitz Brigade equips five Battlewagons with deff rollas.

   Sources: Waaagh! Ghazghkull – The (Lore) — p. 19.

10. In Brutal Kunnin’, which aircraft is described as Kaptin Badrukk’s personal machine?

    Answer: C. Wazbom Blastajet

    Explanation and sources

    Badrukk flies over the battle in his personal Wazbom Blastajet.

    Sources: Mike Brooks – Brutal Kunnin' (Waaagh! Novel).

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1. Which primarch led the Raven Guard?

   Answer: B. Corvus Corax

   Explanation and sources

   The Raven Guard Legion entry identifies Corvus Corax as its primogenitor.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 128.

2. What is the Raven Guard's fortress-monastery called?

   Answer: C. Ravenspire

   Explanation and sources

   The former overseers’ spire is the Ravenspire.

   Sources: Deathwatch – First Founding — p. 16.

3. What is the Raven Guard's home moon called?

   Answer: A. Deliverance

   Explanation and sources

   Deliverance is the Raven Guard's home moon.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 134.

4. Which industrial world does Deliverance orbit?

   Answer: B. Kiavahr

   Explanation and sources

   Deliverance is the largest satellite of Kiavahr.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 134.

5. Which Raven Guard leader is addressed as Chapter Master in the audio drama Soulbound?

   Answer: A. Kayvaan Shrike

   Explanation and sources

   Soulbound addresses Kayvaan Shrike as Chapter Master.

   Sources: George Mann – Soulbound (Audio Drama) — p. 2.

6. In Hunt for Voldorius, what weapons does Shrike raise as blue energy runs along their blades?

   Answer: C. Paired talons

   Explanation and sources

   Shrike fights with energised talons in Hunt for Voldorius.

   Sources: Andy Hoare – Hunt for Voldorius (Space Marine Battles, Book 3) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

7. What was Deliverance called before Corax's uprising?

   Answer: A. Lycaeus

   Explanation and sources

   Lycaeus was renamed Deliverance after its liberation.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 134.

8. Which power-armour mark is called Corvus-pattern?

   Answer: C. Mark VI

   Explanation and sources

   Garro identifies Mark VI armour as Corvus-pattern.

   Sources: James Swallow – Garro. Weapon of Fate (The Horus Heresy, Book 42).

9. Which secret attempt to rebuild Corax's Legion was sabotaged by the Alpha Legion?

   Answer: A. Raptor project

   Explanation and sources

   Alpha Legion infiltrators corrupt the gene-seed, condemning the Raptors to mutation.

   Sources: Alan Merrett, Guy Haley – Visions of Heresy. Iconic Images of Betrayal and War — p. 335.

10. Which Alpha Legion Harrowmaster earned the epithet Crowbane by ambushing the Raven Guard?

    Answer: B. Dynat Mal

    Explanation and sources

    Dynat Mal earned Crowbane for ambushing the Raven Guard.

    Sources: Imperial Armour – Volume 13 – War Machines of the Lost and Damned — p. 23.

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1. Which Chaos God is associated with the Thousand Sons?

   Answer: A. Tzeentch

   Explanation and sources

   The Thousand Sons embrace Tzeentch after their fall.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Tome of Fate — p. 21.

2. Who is the Thousand Sons' primarch?

   Answer: C. Magnus the Red

   Explanation and sources

   The Legion’s genetic imprints were taken from Magnus the Red.

   Sources: Codex Supplement – Traitor Legions – The Lore — p. 22.

3. What was the Thousand Sons' home world before its destruction?

   Answer: B. Prospero

   Explanation and sources

   The source identifies Prospero as the Thousand Sons’ home world.

   Sources: Reference and Extras – Extra – Heros & Villains — p. 2.

4. Which sorcerer cast the Rubric that transformed much of the Legion?

   Answer: A. Ahriman

   Explanation and sources

   Tome of Fate attributes the spell to Ahriman.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Tome of Fate — p. 44.

5. What are the Legion's automaton-like warriors called?

   Answer: C. Rubric Marines

   Explanation and sources

   Rubric Marines are the mute armoured retinue of Thousand Sons sorcerers.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Tome of Fate — p. 44.

6. What instability threatened the Legion before Magnus was reunited with it?

   Answer: B. Flesh Change

   Explanation and sources

   Magnus stabilised the Legion after most of it had succumbed to the flesh change.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Tome of Fate — p. 21.

7. What are the Thousand Sons' elite Terminators called in the forty-first millennium?

   Answer: C. Scarab Occult

   Explanation and sources

   Wrath of Magnus identifies the Scarab Occult as Terminators.

   Sources: Warzone Fenris – Wrath of Magnus — p. 103.

8. In A Thousand Sons, which mountain city sheltered the survivors of Prospero’s early civilisation?

   Answer: A. Tizca

   Explanation and sources

   Tizca sheltered the survivors of Prospero’s early civilisation.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – A Thousand Sons. All is Dust (The Horus Heresy, Book 12) — SIXTEEN.

9. Which Heresy-era Thousand Sons psychic cult specialised in foresight?

   Answer: B. Corvidae

   Explanation and sources

   Inferno pairs the Corvidae with Divination.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VII – Inferno — p. 197.

10. Which Heresy-era Thousand Sons psychic cult specialised in pyromancy?

    Answer: A. Pyrae

    Explanation and sources

    Inferno pairs the Pyrae with Pyromancy.

    Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VII – Inferno — p. 197.

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1. What technology protects an Imperial ship's crew from the warp during transit?

   Answer: A. Gellar field

   Explanation and sources

   A Gellar field envelops an Imperial vessel in a protective skin of reality.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Daemons – 2008 — p. 45.

2. Which specialist guides Imperial vessels through the warp?

   Answer: B. Navigator

   Explanation and sources

   A Navigator oversees the vessel’s route through the warp.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – The Navis Primer — p. 36.

3. Which sanctioned psykers transmit messages across interstellar distances?

   Answer: A. Astropaths

   Explanation and sources

   Astropaths send and receive telepathic messages across interstellar distances.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Core Rulebook (updated with 1.4 errata) — p. 310.

4. Which Imperial bomber commonly operates from carrier warships?

   Answer: B. Starhawk

   Explanation and sources

   Execution Hour depicts Starhawk bombers launching from a carrier.

   Sources: Gordon Rennie – Execution Hour (Gothic War, Book 3) (2) — OPENING SALVOES.

5. Which Imperial spacecraft is commonly used as an interceptor and fighter?

   Answer: A. Fury

   Explanation and sources

   The Imperial Navy’s defending craft include Fury interceptors.

   Sources: The Doom of Mymeara (Imperial Armour, Volume 11) — p. 28.

6. Which Imperial escort class is best known as a torpedo destroyer?

   Answer: C. Cobra

   Explanation and sources

   The Cobra’s main role is that of a torpedo vessel.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Into The Storm – The Explorer's Handbook — p. 153.

7. Which Imperial light-cruiser class shares its name with a word meaning fearless?

   Answer: B. Dauntless

   Explanation and sources

   White Dwarf identifies the Dauntless as an Imperial light cruiser. Its class name is an ordinary English word meaning fearless.

   Sources: White Dwarf – 281 – UK — p. 99.

8. What close-range boarding craft carries assault troops into enemy ships?

   Answer: C. Shark assault boat

   Explanation and sources

   Shark assault boats deliver troops through a ship’s defences and directly into combat.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Battlefleet Koronus — p. 141.

9. Which Imperial cruiser class is particularly associated with lance batteries?

   Answer: A. Gothic

   Explanation and sources

   The Gothic carries particularly powerful lance broadsides.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Battlefleet Koronus — p. 26.

10. In Shadow Point, Captain von Blucher commands a cruiser of which class?

    Answer: C. Lunar

    Explanation and sources

    Shadow Point identifies von Blucher’s ship as a Lunar-class cruiser.

    Sources: Gordon Rennie – Shadow Point (Gothic War, Book 4) — CONSPIRACIES.

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1. What do the Leagues of Votann call their people collectively?

   Answer: C. Kin

   Explanation and sources

   The Leagues’ people refer to themselves as Kin.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — Starting a Leagues of Votann army — Official source.

2. What are the ancient machine intelligences revered by the Kin called?

   Answer: A. Ancestor Cores

   Explanation and sources

   The Votann are ancient sentient supercogitators, called Ancestor Cores.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — Starting a Leagues of Votann army — Official source.

3. What do the Kin call their mechanical companions who are treated as equals?

   Answer: B. Ironkin

   Explanation and sources

   Ironkin are sentient mechanical members of Kin society, treated as equals.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — Starting a Leagues of Votann army — Official source.

4. What are the Kin's basic armoured infantry called?

   Answer: A. Hearthkyn Warriors

   Explanation and sources

   Hearthkyn Warriors supply the army’s core infantry, holding ground and fighting at close range.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — Starting a Leagues of Votann army — Official source.

5. Which elite Kin warriors wear bulky exo-armour?

   Answer: C. Einhyr Hearthguard

   Explanation and sources

   Einhyr Hearthguard fight in heavy exo-armour.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — 40 Years of Warhammer — The Living Ancestor — Official source.

6. Which Kin specialist is a master techno-artificer accompanied by an Ironkin assistant?

   Answer: A. Brôkhyr Iron-master

   Explanation and sources

   Brôkhyr Iron-masters are expert techno-artificers who repair damaged vehicles.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — NOVA Open Reveal — The Leagues of Votann Unveiled — Official source.

7. Which Kin prospectors ride grav-bikes?

   Answer: B. Hernkyn Pioneers

   Explanation and sources

   The Pioneers mount grav-bikes to explore and survey mineral deposits.

   Sources: Robert Rath – The Wicked and the Warped — Chapter Six.

8. Which large Kin armoured transport can mount a heavy magna-rail cannon?

   Answer: A. Hekaton Land Fortress

   Explanation and sources

   The Hekaton is a heavy transport and battle tank that can carry a heavy magna-rail cannon.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — NOVA Open Reveal — The Leagues of Votann Unveiled — Official source.

9. Which Kin specialists commune with the Ancestor Cores?

   Answer: C. Grimnyr

   Explanation and sources

   Grimnyr commune with the Ancestor Cores in the Fanes.

   Sources: Warhammer Community — 40 Years of Warhammer — The Living Ancestor — Official source.

10. Which smaller Kin transport can divide a Hearthkyn squad with a second vehicle?

    Answer: B. Sagitaur

    Explanation and sources

    Two Sagitaurs can divide a Hearthkyn squad between them.

    Sources: Warhammer Community — Starting a Leagues of Votann army — Official source.

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1. Which primarch led the White Scars?

   Answer: B. Jaghatai Khan

   Explanation and sources

   The cast identifies Jaghatai Khan as primarch of the White Scars.

   Sources: Chris Wraight – Legacies of Betrayal. Let the Galaxy Burn (The Horus Heresy Anthology, Book 31) — ~ DRAMATIS PERSONAE ~.

2. What is the White Scars' home world called?

   Answer: A. Chogoris

   Explanation and sources

   The White Scars want to return to Chogoris to defend their home world.

   Sources: White Scars – A Codex Space Marines Supplement – The Lore — p. 4.

3. What name do the White Scars use for themselves in their native tongue?

   Answer: B. Ordu of Jaghatai

   Explanation and sources

   New warriors join the Ordu of Jaghatai as warriors of the White Scars.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VIII – Malevolence — p. 147.

4. What kind of relic is the White Scars’ Mantle of the Stormseer?

   Answer: A. A psychic hood

   Explanation and sources

   The Mantle of the Stormseer is an ancient psychic hood awarded to a Librarian.

   Sources: Expansion – War Zone Damocles – Kauyon – 2015 – 7th Edition (rules pages not in The Lore edition) — p. 155.

5. What is the White Scars' fortress-monastery called?

   Answer: C. Quan Zhou

   Explanation and sources

   Damocles places Quan Zhou, the White Scars fortress-monastery, on Chogoris.

   Sources: Phil Kelly, Guy Haley, Ben Counter, Josh Reynolds – Damocles (Space Marine Battles Anthology, Book 8) — Chapter One.

6. Which White Scars hero is called the Master of the Hunt?

   Answer: B. Kor'sarro Khan

   Explanation and sources

   Kor’sarro holds the rank Master of the Hunt.

   Sources: Various – Space Marine Battles. The Novels Volume One — p. 25.

7. What is Kor'sarro Khan's sword called?

   Answer: A. Moonfang

   Explanation and sources

   Kor’sarro raises Moonfang during his charge.

   Sources: Sarah Cawkwell, Andy Hoare – Warriors of the Imperium Omnibus (Space Marine Battles Anthology, Book 5) — CHAPTER 10.

8. Which Stormseer appears alongside Shiban and Torghun in Brotherhood of the Storm’s dramatis personae?

   Answer: C. Targutai Yesugei

   Explanation and sources

   The dramatis personae lists Targutai Yesugei as a Stormseer.

   Sources: Chris Wraight – Legacies of Betrayal. Let the Galaxy Burn (The Horus Heresy Anthology, Book 31) — ~ DRAMATIS PERSONAE ~.

9. Which White Scars warrior commanded the Keshig during the Heresy?

   Answer: A. Qin Xa

   Explanation and sources

   Qin Xa introduces himself as Master of the keshig.

   Sources: Various – The Horus Heresy Volume Six (The Horus Heresy Omnibuses, Book 6) — Sixteen.

10. Which White Scars captain was known as the Tachseer?

    Answer: C. Shiban Khan

    Explanation and sources

    The End and the Death calls Shiban Khan Tachseer.

    Sources: Dan Abnett – The End and the Death Volume I (Siege of Terra, Book 8.1).

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1. Which spider-like Chaos engine mounts a battle cannon and clawed limbs?

   Answer: C. Defiler

   Explanation and sources

   A Defiler has six legs, pincer-arms and a battle cannon in its chest turret.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Space Marines – 2012 – 6th Edition — p. 56.

2. Which winged daemon engine resembles a mechanical dragon?

   Answer: B. Heldrake

   Explanation and sources

   Plague Harvest describes the Heldrake’s metallic body and dragon-like head.

   Sources: Cavan Scott – Plague Harvest (Space Marine Battles, Novella 11).

3. Which Death Guard engines bombard the fortress with blight-laden shells in War of the Spider?

   Answer: A. Plagueburst Crawler

   Explanation and sources

   Plagueburst Crawlers bombard the fortress with blight-laden shells.

   Sources: Psychic Awakening – War of the Spider – The Lore — p. 21.

4. In Sentinels of Terra, which daemon engine strikes Captain Vogen with a massive alloy fist?

   Answer: C. Maulerfiend

   Explanation and sources

   The Maulerfiend kills Vogen with a huge alloy fist.

   Sources: Sentinels of Terra – A Codex Space Marine Supplement – The Lore — p. 14.

5. Which daemon engine commonly carries a pair of hades autocannons?

   Answer: A. Forgefiend

   Explanation and sources

   Forgefiends were devised for ranged combat and commonly carry paired hades autocannons.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Space Marines – 2012 – 6th Edition — p. 54.

6. Which engines are described as scuttling and spider-like as they emerge from Scarax Krond?

   Answer: C. Venomcrawler

   Explanation and sources

   Faith and Fury describes Venomcrawlers as scuttling and spider-like.

   Sources: Psychic Awakening – Faith and Fury – The Lore — p. 20.

7. Which daemon engines fly overhead with their cannons chattering in Blade Oath?

   Answer: A. Foetid Bloat-drone

   Explanation and sources

   Blade Oath depicts Foetid Bloat-drones flying overhead and firing their cannons.

   Sources: Andy Clark – Blade Oath.

8. Which light Death Guard daemon engine carries multimeltas and missile launchers in Godblight?

   Answer: B. Myphitic Blight-hauler

   Explanation and sources

   Godblight calls myphitic blight-haulers light anti-armour constructs with multimeltas and missile launchers.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Godblight (Dark Imperium, Book 3) (Redux).

9. In Angel’s Blade, which daemon engine does Captain Karlaen immobilise by smashing its track?

   Answer: A. Lord of Skulls

   Explanation and sources

   Karlaen disables a Lord of Skulls by destroying its track.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Angels's Blade — p. 49.

10. Imperial Armour XIII contrasts Blood Slaughterers with which engines, thought to be higher-order daemons of Khorne in mechanical form?

    Answer: B. Brass Scorpion

    Explanation and sources

    Imperial Armour contrasts the Brass Scorpion’s possible higher-daemon nature with machines built to bind daemons.

    Sources: Imperial Armour – Volume 13 – War Machines of the Lost and Damned — p. 107.

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1. Which jungle world's soldiers are famed for fighting in hostile wilderness?

   Answer: C. Catachan

   Explanation and sources

   Codex Catachan describes its world and specialist jungle-fighting techniques.

   Sources: Codex – Catachan – 2006 — p. 1.

2. Which regiments are nicknamed the Bluebloods?

   Answer: B. Volpone

   Explanation and sources

   Nick Kyme names the Volpone Bluebloods in his account of writing Volpone Glory.

   Sources: Nick Kyme – Without Honour (Volpone Glory Limited Edition Short Story).

3. Which desert world’s regiments bring sandstorm-honed ambush skills to Hervara in Final Testament?

   Answer: A. Tallarn

   Explanation and sources

   Tallarn Desert Raiders use skills developed amid their home world’s sandstorms.

   Sources: Only War – Final Testament — p. 131.

4. Which icy world's soldiers are known as Ice Warriors?

   Answer: B. Valhalla

   Explanation and sources

   Valhallan Ice Warriors wear heavy insulated uniforms against severe cold.

   Sources: Only War – Hammer of The Emperor — p. 35.

5. Which soldiers specialise in airborne deployment?

   Answer: A. Elysian Drop Troops

   Explanation and sources

   The 23rd Elysian Drop Troop regiment is an air-mobile formation using Valkyries.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour III — p. 34.

6. Which world’s Steel Legion is famous for its exceptionally high proportion of mechanised infantry?

   Answer: C. Armageddon

   Explanation and sources

   Armageddon’s industrial output supports an unusually high share of mechanised infantry.

   Sources: Codex – Armageddon – 2000 — p. 28.

7. Which regiments are defined by siege warfare, endurance and tolerance of extreme attrition?

   Answer: A. Death Korps of Krieg

   Explanation and sources

   The Death Korps sustain artillery bombardments and infantry attacks in attritional siege warfare.

   Sources: Expansion – Imperial Armour V part 1 – 2007 — p. 91.

8. Which regiments maintain order for their home world’s rulers, the Tetrarchs?

   Answer: C. Mordian Iron Guard

   Explanation and sources

   The Mordian Iron Guard maintain rigidly drilled discipline in service to the Tetrarchs.

   Sources: Only War – Core Rulebook — p. 53.

9. Which Imperial soldiers are raised and trained through the Schola Progenium as elite storm troopers?

   Answer: A. Militarum Tempestus Scions

   Explanation and sources

   Tempestus Scions and commissars undergo Schola Progenium training.

   Sources: Codex – Militarum Tempestus – The Lore — p. 8.

10. Which penal-world soldiers are nicknamed Chem-Dogs?

    Answer: B. Savlar

    Explanation and sources

    Chapter Approved identifies Savlar’s Chem-Dogs and their traditional rebreather equipment.

    Sources: Chapter Approved – Third Book of Astronomicon – 2003 — p. 27.

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1. Which ancient network did the Emperor seek to rebuild to reduce humanity’s dependence on warp travel?

   Answer: A. The webway

   Explanation and sources

   The Emperor sought to rebuild the webway so humanity could avoid dependence on warp travel.

   Sources: Dan Abnett – The End and the Death Volume I (Siege of Terra, Book 8.1).

2. What is a Harlequin performance group called?

   Answer: C. Troupe

   Explanation and sources

   The Compendium calls a Harlequin performance group a troupe.

   Sources: Rulebook – Warhammer 40,000 Compendium – 1989 – Rogue Trader (pages not already indexed) — p. 185.

3. Which Harlequin warriors act as leaders and lead performers?

   Answer: B. Troupe Masters

   Explanation and sources

   Troupe Masters lead the Harlequin dance and their warriors.

   Sources: Black Crusade – Tome of Excess — p. 114.

4. Which Harlequin makes multiplying images of himself in Gabriel’s mind in Tempest?

   Answer: C. Shadowseers

   Explanation and sources

   The Shadowseer creates multiplying images by affecting Gabriel’s mind.

   Sources: C. S. Goto – Tempest (Dawn of War, Book 4).

5. Which Harlequin takes the role of Death in performances?

   Answer: B. Death Jester

   Explanation and sources

   Death Jesters portray Death during Harlequin performances.

   Sources: Codex – Harlequins — p. 5.

6. Which Harlequin plays the role of Slaanesh in the great performances?

   Answer: A. Solitaire

   Explanation and sources

   Solitaire performances take the role of Slaanesh.

   Sources: Codex – Harlequins — p. 5.

7. Which Harlequin weapon injects a monofilament wire into its victim?

   Answer: C. Harlequin's Kiss

   Explanation and sources

   The Harlequin’s Kiss delivers monofilament wires into its target.

   Sources: Rob Sanders – Atlas Infernal (Inquisitor Czevak, Book 2) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

8. Which Harlequin grav-transport carries a small troupe into battle?

   Answer: A. Starweaver

   Explanation and sources

   A Deadly Wit names Starweavers as transports hovering in grav-cradles.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – A Deadly Wit (Heirs of the Laughing God) (Audio Drama) — p. 5.

9. Which craft is listed as the attack craft alongside Starweaver transports and Skyweaver jetbikes in A Deadly Wit?

   Answer: B. Voidweaver

   Explanation and sources

   A Deadly Wit distinguishes Voidweaver attack craft from Starweaver transports.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – A Deadly Wit (Heirs of the Laughing God) (Audio Drama) — p. 5.

10. In Atlas Infernal, the guardians of which repository wield Harlequin’s Kisses?

    Answer: A. Black Library

    Explanation and sources

    Atlas Infernal describes the Black Library’s guardians using Harlequin’s Kisses.

    Sources: Rob Sanders – Atlas Infernal (Inquisitor Czevak, Book 2) — WARHAMMER 40,000.

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1. Which primarch is the Iron Hands' gene-sire?

   Answer: B. Ferrus Manus

   Explanation and sources

   Massacre identifies Ferrus Manus as Sire of the Iron Hands.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book II – Massacre — p. 225.

2. What is the Iron Hands' home world?

   Answer: A. Medusa

   Explanation and sources

   The Black Legion supplement identifies the Medusa system with the Iron Hands’ home world.

   Sources: Codex Supplement – Black Legion – The Lore — p. 22.

3. How many clan companies traditionally make up the Iron Hands?

   Answer: C. Ten

   Explanation and sources

   The Iron Hands retained Medusa’s ten great clans.

   Sources: Clan Raukaan – The Lore — p. 37.

4. What title is borne by the Iron Hands' specialists combining spiritual and technical leadership?

   Answer: B. Iron Father

   Explanation and sources

   Iron Fathers combine Chaplain and Techmarine responsibilities.

   Sources: Deathwatch – First Founding — p. 10.

5. What is Ferrus Manus's great hammer called?

   Answer: C. Forgebreaker

   Explanation and sources

   Forgebreaker is the thunder hammer made by Fulgrim and wielded by Ferrus.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book II – Massacre — p. 225.

6. Complete Stronos’s words: “With steel we are stronger, but without what are we nothing?”

   Answer: A. A soul

   Explanation and sources

   Stronos insists that steel is insufficient without a soul.

   Sources: Clan Raukaan – The Lore — p. 33.

7. Which Iron Hands hero is known as the Master of the Forge?

   Answer: B. Iron Father Feirros

   Explanation and sources

   Clan Raukaan names Feirros as its Master of the Forge.

   Sources: Clan Raukaan – The Lore — p. 36.

8. Which Iron Hands warrior became the Iron Council's warleader?

   Answer: A. Kardan Stronos

   Explanation and sources

   Kardan Stronos is elected war leader after his speech.

   Sources: Clan Raukaan – The Lore — p. 33.

9. Which Iron Hands First Captain dies duelling Julius Kaesoron in Fulgrim?

   Answer: C. Gabriel Santar

   Explanation and sources

   Gabriel Santar is First Captain in the cast of Fulgrim, and his duel with Kaesoron ends in his death.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – Fulgrim. Visions of Treachery (The Horus Heresy, Book 5) — TWENTY-THREE.

10. Which Iron-Father leads Clan Morragul in Retribution?

    Answer: A. Autek Mor

    Explanation and sources

    Retribution identifies Autek Mor as Iron-Father of Clan Morragul.

    Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VI – Retribution — p. 99.

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1. Which Assassin temple specialises in long-range sniping?

   Answer: A. Vindicare

   Explanation and sources

   The Vindicare uses a dedicated sniper rifle.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition — p. 34.

2. Which temple’s assassins are dosed with Frenzon combat drugs?

   Answer: C. Eversor

   Explanation and sources

   The Eversor is dosed with combat drugs that intensify its abilities.

   Sources: Codex – Grey Knights – 2010 — p. 55.

3. Which temple specialises in poisons?

   Answer: A. Venenum

   Explanation and sources

   Lady Syncella describes the Venenum Temple as masters of poison.

   Sources: Ben Counter – Seventh Retribution (Novel) — K-Day +15 Days.

4. Which Assassin temple specialises in information warfare?

   Answer: B. Vanus

   Explanation and sources

   The Vanus clade manipulates overt and covert media through its infocytes.

   Sources: James Swallow – Nemesis. War Within the Shadows (The Horus Heresy, Book 13) (2).

5. Which device focuses the Culexus Assassin's anti-psychic power?

   Answer: C. Animus speculum

   Explanation and sources

   The Animus Speculum is the Culexus’s primary weapon and controls its anti-psyker aura.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – The Navis Primer — p. 118.

6. What is the Vindicare Assassin's signature rifle called?

   Answer: B. Exitus rifle

   Explanation and sources

   The Vindicare’s sniper weapon is the Exitus rifle.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition — p. 34.

7. Which phase sword is listed for the shape-shifting Imperial Assassin?

   Answer: A. C'tan phase sword

   Explanation and sources

   The shape-shifting Assassin carries a C’tan phase sword.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition — p. 33.

8. What weapon attacks the nervous system in the shape-shifting Imperial Assassin’s arsenal?

   Answer: C. Neural shredder

   Explanation and sources

   The neural shredder fatally disrupts synapse activity.

   Sources: Codex – Grey Knights – 2010 — p. 55.

9. Which temple was responsible for the assassin M'Shen?

   Answer: A. Callidus

   Explanation and sources

   M’Shen’s recording identifies her as a daughter of the Callidus.

   Sources: Christian Dunn – Treacheries of the Space Marine (Space Marines Anthology, Book 4) — THRONE OF LIES.

10. Which primarch was M’Shen sent to assassinate?

    Answer: B. Konrad Curze

    Explanation and sources

    The Night Lords’ account places M’Shen before their primarch, Konrad Curze.

    Sources: Codex Supplement – Traitor Legions – The Lore — p. 16.

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1. What title commonly describes the pilot of a household Knight?

   Answer: C. Noble

   Explanation and sources

   Knight pilots are Nobles, whereas a Titan commander is a Princeps.

   Sources: The Imperial Knight Companion — p. 10.

2. Which smaller Knight class commonly supports larger engines?

   Answer: A. Armiger

   Explanation and sources

   Armigers screen the advance of heavier Knight engines.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Genefather.

3. What neural interface bonds a Knight pilot with their war engine?

   Answer: C. Throne Mechanicum

   Explanation and sources

   An aspirant bonds with a Throne Mechanicum to control a Knight.

   Sources: The Imperial Knight Companion — p. 10.

4. Which specialists maintain a Knight household's engines?

   Answer: B. Sacristans

   Explanation and sources

   Sacristans maintain the armour of the household Knights.

   Sources: Various – Servants of the Machine-God (Adeptus Mechanicus, Anthology).

5. What are wandering Knights without a household allegiance commonly called?

   Answer: A. Freeblades

   Explanation and sources

   Freeblades leave their households and owe no alliance or fealty.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book IV – Conquest — p. 303.

6. Which Armiger variant is associated with paired autocannons?

   Answer: C. Helverin

   Explanation and sources

   Assassinorum Kingmaker lists twin autocannons for the Helverin.

   Sources: Robert Rath – Assassinorum Kingmaker.

7. Which Armiger variant combines a thermal spear with a chain-cleaver?

   Answer: B. Warglaive

   Explanation and sources

   The Warglaive carries a thermal spear and chain-cleaver.

   Sources: Robert Rath – Assassinorum Kingmaker.

8. Which Knight class includes the Crusader pattern?

   Answer: A. Questoris

   Explanation and sources

   The Crusader is listed under Questoris-pattern Knights.

   Sources: Robert Rath – Assassinorum Kingmaker.

9. Which Questoris pattern traditionally combines a thermal cannon with a reaper chainsword?

   Answer: B. Errant

   Explanation and sources

   The Errant’s wargear includes a thermal cannon and reaper chainsword.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book IV – Conquest — p. 308.

10. Which Questoris pattern traditionally carries a rapid-fire battle cannon?

    Answer: A. Paladin

    Explanation and sources

    The Paladin’s wargear includes a rapid-fire battle cannon.

    Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 226.

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1. Which primarch led the World Eaters?

   Answer: A. Angron

   Explanation and sources

   The World Eaters acknowledge Angron as their primarch.

   Sources: Matthew Farrer – After Desh'ea (Audio Drama).

2. Which Chaos God is the patron of the World Eaters?

   Answer: B. Khorne

   Explanation and sources

   Angron becomes devoted to Khorne, the Blood God.

   Sources: Codex Supplement – Traitor Legions – The Lore — p. 19.

3. What implants amplify the World Eaters' aggression?

   Answer: A. Butcher's Nails

   Explanation and sources

   Gahlan studies Angron’s Butcher’s Nails and develops implants for the Legion.

   Sources: Ian St Martin – Angron. Slave of Nuceria (The Horus Heresy Primarchs, Book 11).

4. What was Angron's home world called?

   Answer: B. Nuceria

   Explanation and sources

   Saturnine depicts Angron remembering Nuceria as home.

   Sources: Dan Abnett – Saturnine (Siege of Terra, Book 4).

5. Which mortal officer is listed as Flag-Captain of the XII Legion’s warship in Betrayer?

   Answer: C. Lotara Sarrin

   Explanation and sources

   Betrayer names Lotara Sarrin as Flag-Captain of the XII Legion’s warship.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski Bowden – Betrayer. Blood for the Blood God (The Horus Heresy, Book 24) — ~ DRAMATIS PERSONAE ~.

6. Which World Eaters captain led the Eighth Assault Company during the Heresy?

   Answer: B. Khârn

   Explanation and sources

   Betrayer lists Khârn as captain of the Eighth Company and equerry to Angron.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski Bowden – Betrayer. Blood for the Blood God (The Horus Heresy, Book 24) — ~ DRAMATIS PERSONAE ~.

7. What name did the XII Legion’s flagship bear after it became the World Eaters?

   Answer: C. Conqueror

   Explanation and sources

   The XII Legion’s flagship bears the name Conqueror.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – Butcher's Nails (Audio Drama) — p. 3.

8. In After Desh’ea, who tells Angron that his warriors will become the eaters of worlds?

   Answer: A. Dreagher

   Explanation and sources

   Dreagher answers Angron with the declaration that his Legion will become eaters of worlds.

   Sources: Matthew Farrer – After Desh'ea (Audio Drama).

9. Which World Eaters Terminators have armour that functions as a locked prison between battles?

   Answer: C. Red Butchers

   Explanation and sources

   Retribution places Zhukel Dror in the Red Butchers, whose armour is locked between battles.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VI – Retribution — p. 118.

10. Which World Eaters Blackshield was called the Riven Hound?

    Answer: A. Endryd Haar

    Explanation and sources

    The Imperial Assassin reports the title Riven Hound as Endryd Haar’s name.

    Sources: Josh Reynolds – Blackshields. The False War (Audio Drama) — p. 27.

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1. Which Inquisitorial Ordo is most closely associated with the Deathwatch?

   Answer: B. Ordo Xenos

   Explanation and sources

   The Deathwatch is described as the Ordo Xenos’ chamber militant.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Core Rulebook — p. 263.

2. What are the Deathwatch's mixed small-unit formations called?

   Answer: C. Kill teams

   Explanation and sources

   The rulebook calls Deathwatch detachments kill teams.

   Sources: Rulebook – Deathwatch Kill Teams — p. 1.

3. What does a Deathwatch Marine usually retain on his right shoulder?

   Answer: A. His parent Chapter's heraldry

   Explanation and sources

   The Revilers’ heraldry remains on the Marine’s right shoulder, uncovered by Deathwatch black.

   Sources: C. S. Goto – Warrior Coven (Deathwatch, Book 2).

4. What is a Deathwatch warrior who conceals his original Chapter called?

   Answer: B. Black Shield

   Explanation and sources

   Black Shields obscure their Chapter markings despite the stigma this brings.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 103.

5. What title is used when addressing Asharbanapal in Kryptman’s War?

   Answer: A. Watch Master

   Explanation and sources

   Asharbanapal is addressed as watch master in Kryptman’s War.

   Sources: Ian St. Martin – Kryptman's War (Deathwatch Short Story).

6. Which craft can the Deathwatch squad take as a Dedicated Transport in Codex: Imperial Agents?

   Answer: B. Corvus Blackstar

   Explanation and sources

   The Corvus Blackstar is offered as a Dedicated Transport.

   Sources: Codex – Imperial Agents – 2016 – 7th Edition — p. 44.

7. Which weapon does the watch master level before addressing the watch captain in Kryptman’s War?

   Answer: A. Guardian spear

   Explanation and sources

   The watch master levels a guardian spear.

   Sources: Ian St. Martin – Kryptman's War (Deathwatch Short Story).

8. Which Chapter does Ortan Cassius identify himself as belonging to in Ignition?

   Answer: C. Ultramarines

   Explanation and sources

   Cassius introduces himself as Chaplain of the Ultramarines.

   Sources: Various – Ignition (Deathwatch Anthology).

9. Which watch captain leads a kill team of Watch Company Tertius, Talasa Prime, in Kryptman’s War?

   Answer: A. Artemis

   Explanation and sources

   The cast places Watch Captain Artemis and his kill team in Watch Company Tertius on Talasa Prime.

   Sources: David Annandale, Anthony Reynolds, Ian St. Martin, Gav Thorpe, Chris Wraight – Deathwatch. The Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000).

10. What is the power sword used by the Deathwatch captain against a Ravener in Kryptman’s War called?

    Answer: C. Exterminatus

    Explanation and sources

    The captain deflects the Ravener’s strike with Exterminatus, his power sword.

    Sources: Ian St. Martin – Kryptman's War (Deathwatch Short Story).

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1. Which Traitor Legion became the core of the Black Legion?

   Answer: C. Sons of Horus

   Explanation and sources

   The Sons of Horus formed the core of the force renamed the Black Legion.

   Sources: Codex Supplement – Black Legion – The Lore — p. 36.

2. Which Traitor Legion uses terror as its defining weapon?

   Answer: A. Night Lords

   Explanation and sources

   Massacre describes the Night Lords’ Terror Assaults as designed to sow fear.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book II – Massacre — p. 229.

3. Which traitor leader bears the title Despoiler?

   Answer: B. Abaddon

   Explanation and sources

   The Black Legion supplement calls Abaddon the Despoiler.

   Sources: Codex Supplement – Black Legion – The Lore — p. 40.

4. Which Chaos champion is known as the Eternal?

   Answer: A. Lucius

   Explanation and sources

   The Chaos Space Marines entry names Lucius the Eternal.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Space Marines – 2012 – 6th Edition — p. 65.

5. Which apothecary is the central character of Josh Reynolds’ novel Clonelord?

   Answer: B. Fabius Bile

   Explanation and sources

   Clonelord is a Fabius Bile novel by Josh Reynolds.

   Sources: Josh Reynolds – Clonelord (Fabius Bile, Book 2).

6. Which Word Bearer stole the anathame from the interex?

   Answer: A. Erebus

   Explanation and sources

   Loken states that Erebus stole the anathame from the interex.

   Sources: Various – The Horus Heresy Volume One (The Horus Heresy Omnibuses, Book 1) — ~ DRAMATIS PERSONAE ~.

7. In Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom, Ogrys is the ruined home world of which Chapter?

   Answer: C. Invaders

   Explanation and sources

   Ogrys is identified as the Invaders Chapter’s ruined home world.

   Sources: Mike Brooks – Huron Blackheart. Master of the Maelstrom.

8. Which Legion takes captives to Medrengard for Honsou’s camps in The Killing Ground?

   Answer: B. Iron Warriors

   Explanation and sources

   The Iron Warriors take prisoners to Medrengard and operate camps there.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Second Omnibus (Books 4-6) — ONE.

9. Which Night Lord calls for a soul count as the leader of First Claw?

   Answer: C. Talos Valcoran

   Explanation and sources

   Talos commands First Claw and gathers the other squads’ soul counts.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – Night Lords (Night Lords, Omnibus).

10. Who is listed as First Captain of the Night Lords in The Horus Heresy: Volume Three?

    Answer: A. Sevatar

    Explanation and sources

    The Heresy omnibus lists Sevatar as the Night Lords’ First Captain.

    Sources: Various – The Horus Heresy Volume Three (The Horus Heresy Omnibuses, Book 3) — ~ Dramatis Personae ~.

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1. Which institution administers the Imperium's vast bureaucracy?

   Answer: C. Adeptus Administratum

   Explanation and sources

   The Administratum collects tithes, mobilises forces and catalogues planets.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Core Rulebook — p. 248.

2. Which organisation collects psykers aboard the Black Ships?

   Answer: A. Adeptus Astra Telepathica

   Explanation and sources

   The League of Black Ships is one of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica’s two branches.

   Sources: Rulebook – 2012 – 6th Edition — p. 161.

3. Which institution maintains the Astronomican's psychic choir?

   Answer: B. Adeptus Astronomica

   Explanation and sources

   The Adeptus Astronomica supplies the psychic power of the Astronomican.

   Sources: Rulebook – 2012 – 6th Edition — p. 161.

4. Which organisation polices Imperial law across worlds?

   Answer: A. Adeptus Arbites

   Explanation and sources

   The Adeptus Arbites enforces Imperial laws and codes.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Ascension — p. 178.

5. Which institution provides the Imperium's state religion?

   Answer: C. Adeptus Ministorum

   Explanation and sources

   The Adeptus Ministorum guides and interprets worship of the Emperor.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Core Rulebook — p. 249.

6. What is the name of the Navigator aristocracy?

   Answer: A. Navis Nobilite

   Explanation and sources

   Navis Nobilite is the collective name for the great Navigator families.

   Sources: Imperial Armour – Volume 9 – The Badab War – Part One — p. 39.

7. To which office do the commissars return for mindwipe protocols in Codex: Militarum Tempestus?

   Answer: B. Officio Prefectus

   Explanation and sources

   Commissars return to the Officio Prefectus for mindwipe protocols.

   Sources: Codex – Militarum Tempestus – The Lore — p. 52.

8. Which institution trains orphans of Imperial servants?

   Answer: A. Schola Progenium

   Explanation and sources

   The Schola Progenium raises the orphans of Imperial servants killed in battle.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Blood of Martyrs — p. 18.

9. What is the body of ruling High Lords commonly called?

   Answer: B. Senatorum Imperialis

   Explanation and sources

   Blood of Martyrs explicitly identifies the Senatorum Imperialis as the High Lords’ council.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Blood of Martyrs — p. 9.

10. Which full honorific does Curas avoid using in The Achilus Assault?

    Answer: C. Lord General of the Imperial Guard

    Explanation and sources

    Curas avoids the full honorific Lord General of the Imperial Guard.

    Sources: Deathwatch – The Achilus Assault — p. 42.

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1. Which standard Imperial Guard weapon fires laser energy?

   Answer: A. Lasgun

   Explanation and sources

   Las weapons fire short pulses of laser energy and form the standard armament of Imperial Guard regiments.

   Sources: Only War – Core Rulebook — p. 176.

2. Which Space Marine weapon fires mass-reactive explosive bolts?

   Answer: B. Boltgun

   Explanation and sources

   The novel depicts boltgun rounds as mass-reactive shells which detonate on impact.

   Sources: Various – The Horus Heresy Volume Six (The Horus Heresy Omnibuses, Book 6) — 6.

3. Which weapon surrounds a blade with a disruptive energy field?

   Answer: A. Power sword

   Explanation and sources

   The power sword has a matter-disrupting energy field around its blade.

   Sources: Rulebook – Wargear – 1993 – 2nd Edition — p. 13.

4. Which weapon uses a motor-driven chain of teeth?

   Answer: C. Chainsword

   Explanation and sources

   Chainswords have motors and moving steel teeth.

   Sources: Lindsey Priestly, Nick Kyme – Heroes of the Space Marines (Space Marines Anthology, Book 1) — THE LABYRINTH.

5. Which Aeldari weapon fires monomolecular discs?

   Answer: B. Shuriken catapult

   Explanation and sources

   A shuriken catapult releases monomolecular discs.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Creatures Anathema — p. 86.

6. Which Necron weapon strips targets apart at a molecular level?

   Answer: C. Gauss flayer

   Explanation and sources

   Gauss flayers disassemble targets at the molecular level.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach — p. 129.

7. Which T'au infantry weapon uses pulses of energetic particles?

   Answer: B. Pulse rifle

   Explanation and sources

   Pulse rifles use an induction field to create and propel a plasma pulse.

   Sources: Codex – Tau Empire – 2001 — p. 19.

8. Which weapon type relies on the user's psychic power?

   Answer: A. Force weapon

   Explanation and sources

   Force weapons channel a psyker’s mental power into destructive force.

   Sources: Only War – Core Rulebook — p. 187.

9. Which short-range Imperial weapon type uses intense heat to destroy armour?

   Answer: C. Melta weapon

   Explanation and sources

   Melta weapons produce extremely hot, short-range blasts.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Core Rulebook (updated with 1.4 errata) — p. 123.

10. Which rifle is carried by the Crimson Woe raiders in Purge the Unclean?

    Answer: A. Splinter rifle

    Explanation and sources

    The Crimson Woe raiders carry splinter rifles with the Hail of Splinters rule.

    Sources: Dark Heresy – Purge the Unclean — p. 89.

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1. What are the autonomous organisations into which the Space Marines are divided called?

   Answer: A. Chapter

   Explanation and sources

   Space Marine Chapters are autonomous organisations with their own histories and traditions.

   Sources: Angels of Death. The Digital Collection — Cover.

2. What is the usual title of a Space Marine Chapter's leader?

   Answer: C. Chapter Master

   Explanation and sources

   A Chapter is led by a single Chapter Master.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook — p. 21.

3. What is the usual title of a Space Marine company's commander?

   Answer: B. Captain

   Explanation and sources

   Rites of Battle associates the rank Captain with a Space Marine company commander.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 126.

4. Which specialists recover gene-seed from fallen Space Marines?

   Answer: A. Apothecaries

   Explanation and sources

   Apothecaries harvest progenoid glands from fallen Space Marines.

   Sources: Jonathan Green – Crusade for Armageddon (Black Templars Book 13) (2) — FOUR.

5. Which specialists provide spiritual guidance and maintain Chapter traditions?

   Answer: B. Chaplains

   Explanation and sources

   Chaplains provide inspiration and spiritual leadership.

   Sources: Codex – Ultramarines – 1993 – 2nd Edition — p. 52.

6. Which Space Marine specialists are psykers?

   Answer: C. Librarians

   Explanation and sources

   Space Marine Librarians are highly trained psykers.

   Sources: Rulebook – Index Astartes – 2002 — p. 63.

7. Which specialists train with the Mechanicus to maintain Chapter wargear?

   Answer: A. Techmarines

   Explanation and sources

   Techmarines train on Mars and retain close ties to the Mechanicus.

   Sources: Codex – Black Templars – 2005 (2) — p. 19.

8. Which company traditionally houses a Codex Chapter's veteran elite?

   Answer: B. First Company

   Explanation and sources

   The First Company is the traditional Veteran Company.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle — p. 130.

9. Which company traditionally trains Scouts in a Codex Chapter?

   Answer: C. Tenth Company

   Explanation and sources

   A new Scout serves in the Tenth Company.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook — p. 20.

10. What is the traditional title for a Chapter's standard bearer?

    Answer: A. Ancient

    Explanation and sources

    The battle-standard bearer Helveticus is an Ancient; the entry also applies to other Ancients who carried the banner.

    Sources: Chapter Approved – Second Book of Astronomicon – 2001 — p. 122.

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1. Which ape-like aliens are renowned for intuitive technological genius?

   Answer: C. Jokaero

   Explanation and sources

   Jokaero resemble apes but possess remarkable intuitive mastery of technology.

   Sources: Cavan Scott – Claws of the Genestealer (Warped Galaxies, Book 2).

2. Which aliens are associated with destructive entropic fields and temporal distortion?

   Answer: A. Hrud

   Explanation and sources

   Hrud entropic fields accelerate time and cause fires to consume oxygen rapidly.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Perturabo. The Hammer of Olympia (The Horus Heresy Primarchs, Book 4).

3. Which xenos are known as the Maggot Men?

   Answer: B. Slaugth

   Explanation and sources

   The Inquisition calls the Slaugth the Maggot Men.

   Sources: Dark Heresy – Game Master's Kit — p. 22.

4. Which mysterious xenos merchants travel in ragged trading convoys?

   Answer: A. Stryxis

   Explanation and sources

   Stryxis caravan vessels consist of scavenged hulls towed together.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Edge of the Abyss — p. 80.

5. Which xenos species has psykers termed Techno-Shamans?

   Answer: C. Rak’Gol

   Explanation and sources

   Rak’Gol psykers are called Techno-Shamans and merge their bodies with technology.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – The Navis Primer — p. 135.

6. Which xenos built the tetragates that sustain distorted tetrascapes in Xenos?

   Answer: B. Saruthi

   Explanation and sources

   Broken tetragates sustain the distorted saruthi tetrascapes.

   Sources: Dan Abnett – Xenos (Eisenhorn, Book 4) (2).

7. Which xenos are linked to the Swarmhood expansions in Predator, Prey?

   Answer: A. Q’orl

   Explanation and sources

   Predator, Prey lists Q’orl Swarmhood expansions among Imperial military commitments.

   Sources: Rob Sanders – Predator, Prey (The Beast Arises, Book 2) (2).

8. Which mercenary xenos have hides that make laser weapons less effective than solid projectiles?

   Answer: C. Loxatl

   Explanation and sources

   Loxatl hides provide a rudimentary photochromatic defence against laser weapons.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Mark of the Xenos — p. 74.

9. Which xenos destroyed by the Imperium ruled through warp-tech and slave empires in the Calixis region?

   Answer: B. Yu'vath

   Explanation and sources

   Yu’vath enslaved Calyx worlds through warp sorcery before their destruction by the Angevin Crusade.

   Sources: Rogue Trader – Core Rulebook (updated with 1.4 errata) — p. 360.

10. Which psychic xenos does Corax hold back at a hibernation vault on Indra-siil in Extermination?

    Answer: A. Khrave

    Explanation and sources

    Corax holds off waking Khrave in a hibernation vault on Indra-siil.

    Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 150.

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1. Which loyalist Legion was formerly known as the Revenant Legion?

   Answer: A. Blood Angels

   Explanation and sources

   The author’s discussion of the Blood Angels contrasts their red armour with the former Revenant Legion.

   Sources: Aaron Dembski-Bowden – Echoes of Eternity (Siege of Terra, Book 7).

2. Which Traitor Legion was formerly known as the Imperial Heralds?

   Answer: C. Word Bearers

   Explanation and sources

   The Imperial Heralds are reconsecrated as the Word Bearers.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book V – Tempest — p. 13.

3. Which primarch carried the weapon called the Pale Spear?

   Answer: A. Alpharius

   Explanation and sources

   Alpharius takes up the Sarrisanata, the Pale Spear.

   Sources: John French – Praetorian of Dorn. Alpha to Omega (The Horus Heresy, Book 39).

4. Which primarch wields Illuminarum?

   Answer: C. Lorgar

   Explanation and sources

   Illuminarum is a sceptre-maul fashioned for Lorgar by Ferrus Manus.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book V – Tempest — p. 248.

5. Which vessel is the Dark Angels’ flagship in Gav Thorpe’s The Lion?

   Answer: B. Invincible Reason

   Explanation and sources

   The Lion identifies Invincible Reason as the Dark Angels’ flagship.

   Sources: Gav Thorpe – The Lion (The Horus Heresy, Novella 6) — p. 5.

6. Which White Scars ship leads the barrage during Jaghatai’s breakthrough attack in Malevolence?

   Answer: A. Swordstorm

   Explanation and sources

   Swordstorm and its companion ships open fire during Jaghatai’s breakthrough attack.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VIII – Malevolence — p. 102.

7. Which primarch's flagship was the Iron Blood?

   Answer: B. Perturabo

   Explanation and sources

   Extermination identifies Iron Blood as Perturabo’s flagship.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III – Extermination — p. 51.

8. Which primarch's hammer was called Dawnbringer?

   Answer: A. Vulkan

   Explanation and sources

   Vulkan wields Dawnbringer.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book II – Massacre — p. 241.

9. Which primarch drives his spear through Horus’s armour in Wolfsbane?

   Answer: C. Leman Russ

   Explanation and sources

   Leman Russ drives his spear through Horus’s armour in Wolfsbane.

   Sources: Guy Haley – Wolfsbane. The Wyrd Spear Cast (The Horus Heresy, Book 49).

10. Who takes the Golden Throne when the Emperor leaves to confront Horus?

    Answer: B. Malcador

    Explanation and sources

    Malcador takes the Golden Throne as the Emperor prepares to confront Horus.

    Sources: Alan Merrett, Guy Haley – Visions of Heresy. Iconic Images of Betrayal and War — p. 435.

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1. Moderately hardWhat split the galaxy when Cadia fell?

   Answer: A. The Cicatrix Maledictum

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Cicatrix Maledictum
   • BThe Maelstrom
   • CThe Eye of Terror

   When Cadia fell, the Cicatrix Maledictum, the Great Rift, tore out of the Eye of Terror and split the galaxy.

   Sources: Imperium Nihilus. Vigilus Defiant, p.14; The Wicked and the Warped, Chapter Nine (Robert Rath).

2. Moderately hardThe Tyrant of Badab led which Chapter into secession?

   Answer: C. The Astral Claws

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Lamenters
   • BThe Executioners
   • CThe Astral Claws

   Lufgt Huron, Master of the Astral Claws and Tyrant of Badab, led the Secessionists of the Badab War.

   Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 10 – The Badab War – Part 2, p.21; Volume 10 – The Badab War – Part Two, p.23 (Imperial Armour); Tyrant of the Hollow Worlds (Space Marine Battles, Book 20) (Mark Clapham).

3. Moderately hardThe Damocles Crusade was launched to purge which alien empire?

   Answer: B. The T'au

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Necrons
   • BThe T'au
   • CThe Orks

   The Damocles Crusade was launched to purge the T'au, a counter-attack that tore through newly colonised T'au worlds.

   Sources: Damocles, p.11 (Apocalypse War Zone).

4. HardIn the Gothic War, how many Blackstone Fortresses did Abaddon capture?

   Answer: C. Three

   Lore and sources

   • AOne
   • BSix
   • CThree

   In the Gothic War, Abaddon captured three of the six Blackstone Fortresses, the prehistoric star-forts.

   Sources: Hand of Abaddon (Nick Kyme); Black Legion – The Lore, p.40 (Codex Supplement).

5. HardIn the novella Angron's Monolith, which Chapter Master directs the Third War for Armageddon?

   Answer: A. Commander Dante

   Lore and sources

   • ACommander Dante
   • BLogan Grimnar
   • CMarneus Calgar

   In Steve Lyons' novella Angron's Monolith, Commander Dante directs the Third War for Armageddon, with almost thirty Space Marine Chapters answering his call.

   Sources: Angron's Monolith (Space Marine Battles, Novella) (Steve Lyons).

6. HardWhich apostate cardinal held the citadel the Death Korps of Krieg besieged?

   Answer: B. Xaphan

   Lore and sources

   • AGoge Vandire
   • BXaphan
   • CDeacon Mamon

   Apostate Cardinal Xaphan held the citadel of Vraks, which the Death Korps of Krieg and the Dark Angels besieged. His gospel spread among Vraks' repressed and hopeless labourers.

   Sources: The Badab War – Part 1, p.211; Imperial Armour V part 1 – 2007, p.12; The Siege of Vraks, Part 1 (Imperial Armour, Volume 5), p.10 (Warwick Kinrade).

7. HardWho succeeded Slaydo as Warmaster of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade?

   Answer: A. Macaroth

   Lore and sources

   • AMacaroth
   • BIbram Gaunt
   • CMacharius

   Warmaster Slaydo chose the younger commander Macaroth to succeed him at the head of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.

   Sources: First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts The Founding, Book 1) (Dan Abnett); The Founding (Gaunt's Ghosts, Books 1-3) (Dan Abnett).

8. Very hardLord Solar Macharius is credited with conquering how many worlds?

   Answer: C. A thousand

   Lore and sources

   • AA hundred
   • BTen thousand
   • CA thousand

   Macharius was given the title Lord Solar because he conquered a thousand worlds.

   Sources: Core Rulebook, p.261 (Dark Heresy).

9. Very hardInto which Ork empire was a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan deliberately driven?

   Answer: B. Octarius

   Lore and sources

   • ACharadon
   • BOctarius
   • CThe Maelstrom

   A tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan was deliberately driven into the Ork empire of Octarius, forcing the Tyranids into war with the greenskins. The endless war blunted that tendril.

   Sources: Deathwatch (Legends of the Dark Millennium Novel) (Ian St. Martin); David Annandale, Anthony Reynolds, Ian St. Martin, Gav Thorpe, Chris Wraight – Deathwatch. The Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000).

10. Very hardThe struggle for Vigilus against Orks and cultists was codified as the War of what?

    Answer: A. The War of Beasts

    Lore and sources

    • AThe War of Beasts
    • BThe Long War
    • CThe War of Faith

    The struggle for Vigilus against Orks and cultists was codified as the War of Beasts.

    Sources: Imperium Nihilus. Vigilus Defiant, p.82; Imperium Nihilus. Vigilus Ablaze, p.11.

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1. Moderately hardWhose face is on Dante's golden death mask?

   Answer: B. Sanguinius

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Emperor
   • BSanguinius
   • CThe Sanguinor

   Commander Dante wears the golden death mask of Sanguinius, and has worn it for a millennium.

   Sources: The Devastation of Baal (Space Marine Conquests, Book 1) (Guy Haley).

2. Moderately hardSince his return, Guilliman fights with which sword?

   Answer: C. The Emperor's Sword

   Lore and sources

   • AFealty
   • BThe Gladius Incandor
   • CThe Emperor's Sword

   Since his return, Roboute Guilliman has fought with the Emperor's Sword, his father's blade.

   Sources: Dark Imperium (Dark Imperium, Book 1) (Guy Haley); Plague War (Dark Imperium, Book 2) (Guy Haley).

3. Moderately hardWhich of Horus's relics does Abaddon wear on his hand?

   Answer: A. The Talon of Horus

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Talon of Horus
   • BThe Hand of Dominion
   • CThe Gauntlets of Ultramar

   Abaddon wears the Talon of Horus. Horus saw it as a symbol of his office as much as a tool of war; Abaddon treats it simply as a weapon.

   Sources: Black Legion (Black Legion, Book 2) (Aaron Dembski-Bowden).

4. HardWhat is Logan Grimnar's axe called?

   Answer: B. The Axe Morkai

   Lore and sources

   • AFrostfang
   • BThe Axe Morkai
   • CThe Spear of Russ

   Logan Grimnar, the Great Wolf, fights with the Axe Morkai.

   Sources: Curse of the Wulfen, p.64 (Warzone Fenris); Champions of Fenris – The Lore, p.8.

5. HardThe Sword of the High Marshals is said to contain fragments of whose blade?

   Answer: C. Rogal Dorn

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Emperor
   • BLeman Russ
   • CRogal Dorn

   The Sword of the High Marshals is said to contain fragments of the weapon Rogal Dorn wielded. Black Templar legend says Dorn broke his sword across his knee after failing to protect the Emperor, and swore never to wield it again.

   Sources: Codex – Black Templars – 2005, p.46.

6. HardWhat is Saint Celestine's sword called?

   Answer: A. The Ardent Blade

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Ardent Blade
   • BFealty
   • CThe Sword of Secrets

   Saint Celestine fights with the Ardent Blade, which clashed again and again with Abaddon's Drach'nyen during the Fall of Cadia.

   Sources: Gathering Storm I – Fall of Cadia, p.77.

7. HardWho designed the Armour of Fate that keeps Guilliman alive?

   Answer: C. Belisarius Cawl

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Emperor
   • BMalcador
   • CBelisarius Cawl

   The Armour of Fate is Archmagos Belisarius Cawl's design. It brought Guilliman back to life and still sustains him.

   Sources: Dark Imperium (Dark Imperium, Book 1) (Guy Haley); Avenging Son (Dawn of Fire, Book 1) (Guy Haley).

8. Very hardWhat is Mephiston's force sword called?

   Answer: B. Vitarus

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Axe Mortalis
   • BVitarus
   • CFrostfang

   Mephiston wields the ancient force sword Vitarus.

   Sources: Revenant Crusade (Mephiston, Book 2) (Darius Hinks).

9. Very hardWho pressed the Fist of Dorn into Lysander's hands as he died?

   Answer: A. Kleitus

   Lore and sources

   • AKleitus
   • BHelbrecht
   • CPedro Kantor

   Before he died, Kleitus thrust his thunder hammer, the Fist of Dorn, into Lysander's hands and bade him seek vengeance through victory.

   Sources: Sentinels of Terra – A Codex Space Marine Supplement – The Lore, p.10.

10. Very hardIn the Space Wolf novels, which Chaos Marine masterminded the theft of the Spear of Russ?

    Answer: B. Madox

    Lore and sources

    • AHuron Blackheart
    • BMadox
    • CAhriman

    In the Space Wolf novels, Madox, the Chaos Marine who had assaulted Fenris, was the mastermind behind the theft of the Spear of Russ.

    Sources: Sons of Fenris (Space Wolf, Book 5) (Lee Lightner).

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1. Moderately hardWhich world's soldiers fight to atone for their ancestors' rebellion?

   Answer: C. Krieg

   Lore and sources

   • ACatachan
   • BCadia
   • CKrieg

   The soldiers of Krieg fight to atone for their forefathers' rebellion against the Imperium, believing that only their martyrdom can win their people's forgiveness.

   Sources: Volume 12 – The Fall of Orpheus, p.101 (Imperial Armour); Core Rulebook, p.47 (Only War).

2. Moderately hardGaunt's Ghosts are the last survivors of which destroyed world?

   Answer: B. Tanith

   Lore and sources

   • AHyrkan
   • BTanith
   • CCatachan

   When the forest world of Tanith was destroyed, only one regiment, the Tanith First and Only, escaped. They are Gaunt's Ghosts.

   Sources: Sabbat Worlds Crusade, p.67 (Dan Abnett); Hammer of The Emperor, p.29 (Only War).

3. Moderately hardWhich volcanic, quake-rocked world endures the 'Time of Trial' when its huge moon draws close?

   Answer: C. Nocturne

   Lore and sources

   • AChogoris
   • BBaal
   • CNocturne

   When Nocturne's oversized moon, Prometheus, draws close, the world is almost torn apart by the gravitational stress. This is called the Time of Trial.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Index Astartes Vol 1, p.7.

4. HardWhich world did the Iron Warriors virus-bomb during the Horus Heresy?

   Answer: A. Tallarn

   Lore and sources

   • ATallarn
   • BVraks
   • CCatachan

   During the Horus Heresy the Iron Warriors unleashed powerful virus bombs on Tallarn, scouring it of almost all life.

   Sources: Core Rulebook, p.55 (Only War).

5. HardWhich world is called the World of Eternal Night?

   Answer: B. Mordian

   Lore and sources

   • ACatachan
   • BMordian
   • CChogoris

   Mordian is the World of Eternal Night: its day is the same length as its year.

   Sources: Codex – Imperial Guard – 1995, p.15.

6. HardWhich noble house has ruled Necromunda in the Emperor's name since time immemorial?

   Answer: A. House Helmawr

   Lore and sources

   • AHouse Helmawr
   • BHouse Escher
   • CHouse Delaque

   House Helmawr has ruled Necromunda in the Emperor's name since time immemorial, and Lord Helmawr is the Emperor's voice on the planet.

   Sources: Gordon Rennie, Will McDermott – Blood Royal (Necromunda, Book 4; Kal Jericho, Book 1); Will McDermott, Gordon Rennie – Kal Jerico The Omnibus (Necromunda, Books 4, 9-10); Road to Redemption (Necromunda) (Mike Brooks).

7. HardVigilus guards one end of which passage across the Great Rift?

   Answer: C. The Nachmund Gauntlet

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Cadian Gate
   • BThe Maelstrom
   • CThe Nachmund Gauntlet

   Vigilus stands at one end of the Nachmund Gauntlet, one of the two relatively stable passages across the Great Rift. The other end is Sangua Terra in the Imperium Sanctus.

   Sources: Imperium Nihilus. Vigilus Defiant, p.7.

8. Very hardTo repay an ancient debt, what does Vostroya give the Imperial Guard?

   Answer: B. Its firstborn

   Lore and sources

   • AIts psykers
   • BIts firstborn
   • CIts convicts

   Vostroya repays an ancient debt with its firstborn. Every Vostroyan Firstborn regiment traces its existence back to that original mustering, ten thousand years ago.

   Sources: Various – Inferno! A Warhammer 40,000 Collection; Core Rulebook, p.57 (Only War).

9. Very hardWhich forge world is famed for its plasma weapons?

   Answer: C. Ryza

   Lore and sources

   • AMars
   • BMetalica
   • CRyza

   Ryza is famed for its plasma weapons: in plasma technology it stood unrivalled, and Ryza-pattern plasma guns are rare and highly valued.

   Sources: Ascension, p.141 (Dark Heresy); Warhammer 30,000 – The Horus Heresy – Adeptus Titanicus 4 – Defence of Ryza, p.28.

10. Very hardWhat is the name of Fenris's only moon?

    Answer: A. Valdrmani

    Lore and sources

    • AValdrmani
    • BMidgardia
    • CSvellgard

    Fenris has only one moon: Valdrmani, the Wolf Moon.

    Sources: Curse of the Wulfen (War Zone Fenris, Novel), p.150 (David Annandale); Robbie MacNiven – The Lost King (Legacy of Russ, Book 1).

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1. Moderately hardWhat did the tyrant Vandire rename the Daughters of the Emperor?

   Answer: A. The Brides of the Emperor

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Brides of the Emperor
   • BThe Sisters of Silence
   • CThe Order of the Sacred Rose

   The tyrant Goge Vandire renamed the Daughters of the Emperor the Brides of the Emperor, and in his service they became his personal bodyguard.

   Sources: Codex – Sisters of Battle – 1997, p.13; Blood of Martyrs, p.12 (Dark Heresy).

2. Moderately hardWhich Assassin temple uses the shape-shifting drug polymorphine?

   Answer: B. Callidus

   Lore and sources

   • AVindicare
   • BCallidus
   • CEversor

   The Callidus Temple specialises in the use and development of polymorphine, a shape-altering drug.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition, p.33.

3. Moderately hardSince Guilliman's return, who has been Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes?

   Answer: C. Trajann Valoris

   Lore and sources

   • AConstantin Valdor
   • BColquan
   • CTrajann Valoris

   Trajann Valoris is the Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes in the era of Guilliman's return.

   Sources: The Regent’s Shadow (Watchers of the Throne, Book 2) (Chris Wraight); The Gate of Bones (Dawn of Fire, Book 2) (Andy Clark).

4. HardWho beheaded Goge Vandire in his own audience chamber?

   Answer: A. Alicia Dominica

   Lore and sources

   • AAlicia Dominica
   • BSebastian Thor
   • CSaint Celestine

   In front of four thousand assembled Brides of the Emperor, their leader Alicia Dominica drew her power sword and beheaded the High Lord Vandire in his own audience chamber.

   Sources: Blood of Martyrs, p.14 (Dark Heresy); Second Book of Astronomicon – 2001, p.6 (Chapter Approved).

5. HardSebastian Thor led which movement against Vandire?

   Answer: B. The Confederation of Light

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Frateris Templar
   • BThe Confederation of Light
   • CThe Order of the Valourous Heart

   Sebastian Thor led the Confederation of Light, whose message spread against Vandire's tyranny.

   Sources: Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition, p.6.

6. HardWhich temple's soulless assassins are ruthless in their pursuit of psykers?

   Answer: C. Culexus

   Lore and sources

   • AVindicare
   • BEversor
   • CCulexus

   Culexus Assassins are soulless pariahs, ruthless in their pursuit of psykers.

   Sources: The Navis Primer, p.117 (Rogue Trader); Codex – Grey Knights – 2010, p.55; Codex – Witch Hunters – 2003 – 4th Edition, p.32.

7. HardWhat are Saint Celestine's two chosen Battle Sister bodyguards called?

   Answer: B. The Geminae Superia

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Sisters of Silence
   • BThe Geminae Superia
   • CThe Brides of the Emperor

   Saint Celestine chooses two Battle Sisters as her Geminae Superia, to serve as both her bodyguards and her advisers.

   Sources: The Living Saint (Celestine, Book 1) (Andy Clark).

8. Very hardOn which world stands the Convent Sanctorum of the Sisters of Battle?

   Answer: A. Ophelia VII

   Lore and sources

   • AOphelia VII
   • BTerra
   • CHydraphur

   The Convent Sanctorum of the Sisters of Battle stands on Ophelia VII, while the Convent Prioris is on Terra.

   Sources: Codex – Sisters of Battle – 1997, p.20.

9. Very hardWhich Inquisition faction values order and continuity above all, opposing the Recongregators?

   Answer: C. Amalathians

   Lore and sources

   • AXanthites
   • BIstvaanians
   • CAmalathians

   The Amalathians value order and continuity above all else, and the Recongregators see them as their main opponents.

   Sources: The Radical's Handbook, p.84 (Dark Heresy); Disciples of The Dark Gods, p.180 (Dark Heresy).

10. Very hardAfter Vandire's fall, Sebastian Thor became which Ecclesiarch?

    Answer: B. The 292nd

    Lore and sources

    • AThe 192nd
    • BThe 292nd
    • CThe 392nd

    After Vandire's fall, Sebastian Thor was appointed the 292nd Ecclesiarch.

    Sources: Blood of Martyrs, p.15 (Dark Heresy).

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1. Moderately hardWhat silences astropaths before a hive fleet strikes?

   Answer: C. The Shadow in the Warp

   Lore and sources

   • AA warp storm
   • BThe Great Rift
   • CThe Shadow in the Warp

   Before a hive fleet arrives, a blanket of psychic static, the so-called Shadow in the Warp, smothers the surrounding systems and silences astropaths.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Achilus Assault, p.46; Catechism of Hate (Space Marine Battles, Novella 1) (Gav Thorpe); The Devastation of Baal (Space Marine Conquests, Book 1) (Guy Haley).

2. Moderately hardWhich hive fleet was Mankind's first documented encounter with the hive mind?

   Answer: A. Behemoth

   Lore and sources

   • ABehemoth
   • BKraken
   • CLeviathan

   Hive Fleet Behemoth was Mankind's first documented encounter with the Tyranids. The First Tyrannic War began in 745.M41.

   Sources: Codex – Tyranids – 2001, p.48; timeline, p.7 (Dark Heresy).

3. Moderately hardWhat is the first genestealer of a cult — the one that infects the first victim — called?

   Answer: B. The Patriarch

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Magus
   • BThe Patriarch
   • CThe Norn Queen

   In a genestealer cult the Patriarch is the first genestealer, the one that infected the first victim. It roosts on its throne, attended by its offspring.

   Sources: 5 Ian Watson – The Alien Beast Within (Inquisition War Short Story), p.17.

4. HardThe Tyranids are named after which Imperial outpost world?

   Answer: A. Tyran

   Lore and sources

   • ATyran
   • BTarsis Ultra
   • CIchar IV

   The Tyranids are named after Tyran, the Adeptus Mechanicus outpost world of Tyran Primus, where they were first catalogued.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Jericho Reach, p.212; Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Omnibus.

5. HardFrom which direction did Hive Fleet Leviathan strike the galaxy?

   Answer: C. From below the galactic plane

   Lore and sources

   • AFrom the Eastern Fringe
   • BFrom the Eye of Terror
   • CFrom below the galactic plane

   Unlike the other hive fleets known to Mankind, Hive Fleet Leviathan's tendrils attacked from beneath the galactic plane.

   Sources: Blood of Baal – The Lore, p.8 (Psychic Awakening).

6. HardOld One Eye, the legendary monster recovered from the ice, is what kind of Tyranid?

   Answer: B. A Carnifex

   Lore and sources

   • AA Zoanthrope
   • BA Carnifex
   • CA Hive Tyrant

   Old One Eye is a creature of the Carnifex genus recovered from the ice.

   Sources: Codex – Tyranids – 2001, p.34.

7. HardWhich Tyranid stalker leaves a pheromone trail for the swarm to follow?

   Answer: C. A Lictor

   Lore and sources

   • AA Hormagaunt
   • BA Zoanthrope
   • CA Lictor

   A stalking Lictor exudes a pheromone trail that draws other Tyranid organisms in its wake.

   Sources: Creatures Anathema, p.94 (Dark Heresy).

8. Very hardThe T'au fought a two-year war against which hive fleet?

   Answer: A. Gorgon

   Lore and sources

   • AGorgon
   • BKraken
   • CLeviathan

   The T'au fought a two-year war against Hive Fleet Gorgon and learned much from it.

   Sources: Farsight Enclaves, p.36.

9. Very hardBefore reaching Baal, Leviathan overran which system, defended by Battle Sisters?

   Answer: B. The Cryptus System

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Calth System
   • BThe Cryptus System
   • CThe Cadian System

   When the bow-wave of Hive Fleet Leviathan reached the Cryptus System, Battle Sisters were sacrificed to defend it, but its worlds fell one by one before the swarm reached Baal.

   Sources: Blood of Baal – The Lore, p.8 (Psychic Awakening); Nick Kyme, Guy Haley, Josh Reynolds, Brandon Campbell – The Great Devourer. The Leviathan Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000); Deathstorm (Shield of Baal, Book 2) (Josh Reynolds).

10. Very hardGenestealers were long thought to originate from the moons of which world?

    Answer: A. Ymgarl

    Lore and sources

    • AYmgarl
    • BIchar IV
    • CCatachan

    Genestealers had always kept a foothold on the moons of Ymgarl, which were once thought to be their origin. The Salamanders were later given the duty of purging them.

    Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 10 – The Badab War – Part 2, p.77.

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1. Moderately hardWhich Necron overlord collects living artefacts for his galleries?

   Answer: B. Trazyn

   Lore and sources

   • AImotekh
   • BTrazyn
   • CAnrakyr

   Trazyn the Infinite is overlord and master of the Solemnace Galleries: a collector and historian who has gathered countless living artefacts.

   Sources: Various – Nexus + Other Stories.

2. Moderately hardWhich C'tan is death incarnate — a grim reaper with a scythe?

   Answer: C. The Nightbringer

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Deceiver
   • BMag'ladroth
   • CThe Nightbringer

   The Nightbringer is the C'tan that is death incarnate, a grim reaper from the dawn of time.

   Sources: Codex – Necrons – 2002 – 3rd Edition, p.30; Graham McNeill – Nightbringer (Ultramarines, Book 1); Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Omnibus (Books 1-3), p.223.

3. Moderately hardAfter the War in Heaven, who set the Great Sleep in motion?

   Answer: A. The Silent King

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Silent King
   • BImotekh
   • CAnrakyr

   After the War in Heaven, the Silent King set his plan for the Great Sleep in motion, then withdrew into self-imposed exile.

   Sources: Deathwatch – The Outer Reach, p.104; 5 L. J. Goulding – Word of the Silent King (Shield of Baal Short Story); Various – The Shield of Baal Collection.

4. HardShorn of their souls, the Necrontyr were bound in frames of iron. What was that change called?

   Answer: B. Biotransference

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Great Sleep
   • BBiotransference
   • CThe War in Heaven

   On the day of biotransference, the Necrontyr were replaced by the Necrons: shorn of their souls and bound in frames of iron. They forsook death only by forsaking life along with it.

   Sources: The Twice-dead King. Reign (Necrons, Book 2) (Nate Crowley); The Twice-dead King. Ruin (Necrons, Book 1) (Nate Crowley).

5. HardWhich Necron is known as 'the Diviner'?

   Answer: A. Orikan

   Lore and sources

   • AOrikan
   • BAnrakyr
   • CImotekh

   Orikan the Diviner is a Necron astromancer, named among the most infamous of his kind alongside Trazyn the Infinite and Anrakyr the Traveller.

   Sources: Sky Hunter (The Carnac Campaign Short Story) (Graeme Lyon); Guy Haley, William King, Graeme Lyon, Joe Parrino, Rob Sanders, Gav Thorpe – The Eldar (Omnibus); The Wicked and the Warped, Chapter Six (Robert Rath).

6. HardIn The Twice-dead King, which Necron order refused the Sleep to watch over the stasis tombs?

   Answer: C. Triarch Praetorians

   Lore and sources

   • ALychguard
   • BFlayed Ones
   • CTriarch Praetorians

   In Robert Rath's Necrons fiction, the Triarch Praetorians are an order of cloistered warriors who refused the Great Sleep to watch over the stasis tombs.

   Sources: The Infinite and The Divine (Necrons Novel) (Robert Rath).

7. HardThe Flayed Ones carry the curse of which destroyed C'tan?

   Answer: B. Llandu'gor

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Deceiver
   • BLlandu'gor
   • CMag'ladroth

   Llandu'gor, the Flayer, was a C'tan not merely shattered but obliterated. At the moment of his death he laid a curse on his betrayers, and the Flayed Ones carry it.

   Sources: Volume 12 – The Fall of Orpheus, p.69 (Imperial Armour); Nick Kyme, Guy Haley, Josh Reynolds, Brandon Campbell – The Great Devourer. The Leviathan Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000); Devourer (Shield of Baal, Book 3) (Joe Parrino).

8. Very hardAnrakyr the Traveller rose from which tomb world?

   Answer: C. Pyrrhia

   Lore and sources

   • AMandragora
   • BSolemnace
   • CPyrrhia

   Anrakyr the Traveller's own tomb world is Pyrrhia.

   Sources: Devourer (Shield of Baal, Book 3) (Joe Parrino); Nick Kyme, Guy Haley, Josh Reynolds, Brandon Campbell – The Great Devourer. The Leviathan Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000); Various – The Shield of Baal Collection.

9. Very hardWhich Necron dynasty destroyed Llandu'gor and suffered his dying curse?

   Answer: A. The Maynarkh Dynasty

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Maynarkh Dynasty
   • BThe Mephrit Dynasty
   • CThe Szarekh Dynasty

   Llandu'gor was obliterated at the hands of the Maynarkh Dynasty, by the will of the Silent King, and his dying curse fell on the Maynarkh.

   Sources: Volume 12 – The Fall of Orpheus, p.69 (Imperial Armour).

10. Very hardWhat is the true name of the C'tan called the Deceiver?

    Answer: B. Mephet'ran

    Lore and sources

    • AKaelis Ra
    • BMephet'ran
    • CMag'ladroth

    The C'tan called the Deceiver has the true name Mephet'ran. It tricked and consumed several of its fellow star gods.

    Sources: C. S. Goto – Tempest (Dawn of War, Book 4); C. S. Goto – Blood Ravens (The Dawn of War Omnibus Books 1-3); Codex – Necrons – 2002 – 3rd Edition, p.33.

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1. Moderately hardWho must die to wake a craftworld's god of war?

   Answer: A. The Young King

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Young King
   • BThe Autarch
   • CA Farseer

   To wake a craftworld's Avatar of Khaine, a chosen warrior called the Young King is taken to the deep chamber where the Avatar's shell rests. The Young King is consumed in holy agony so that the Avatar can be kindled.

   Sources: The Koronus Bestiary, p.62 (Rogue Trader); Harlequin (Inquisition War, Book 2) (Ian Watson); The Inquisition War Omnibus (Ian Watson).

2. Moderately hardEldrad Ulthran is a Farseer of which craftworld?

   Answer: C. Ulthwé

   Lore and sources

   • AIyanden
   • BAlaitoc
   • CUlthwé

   Eldrad Ulthran is a Farseer of Craftworld Ulthwé, a craftworld with no formal leader as such.

   Sources: Various – The Horus Heresy Volume One (The Horus Heresy Omnibuses, Book 1); Graham McNeill – Fulgrim. Visions of Treachery (The Horus Heresy, Book 5).

3. Moderately hardThe Harlequins are devotees of which god — the one Slaanesh can never catch?

   Answer: B. Cegorach

   Lore and sources

   • AKhaine
   • BCegorach
   • CAsuryan

   The Harlequins are devotees of Cegorach, the Laughing God. However hard Slaanesh hunts him, the Dark Prince always fails to catch him.

   Sources: Codex – Chaos Daemons – 2008, p.18.

4. HardWho rules Commorragh as its Supreme Overlord?

   Answer: A. Asdrubael Vect

   Lore and sources

   • AAsdrubael Vect
   • BYllithian
   • CXelian

   Asdrubael Vect is the Supreme Overlord of Commorragh, the Dark City.

   Sources: Path of the Incubus (Dark Eldar, Book 5) (Andy Chambers); Path of the Dark Eldar (Dark Eldar, Books 1-3) (Omnibus) (Andy Chambers).

5. HardWhich hive fleet almost destroyed craftworld Iyanden?

   Answer: B. Kraken

   Lore and sources

   • ABehemoth
   • BKraken
   • CLeviathan

   Hive Fleet Kraken proved to be Iyanden's doom, leaving the craftworld all but destroyed.

   Sources: The Gathering Storm II – The Fracture of Biel-Tan – The Lore, p.67.

6. HardThe Ynnari serve which Aeldari god of the dead?

   Answer: C. Ynnead

   Lore and sources

   • AAsuryan
   • BKhaine
   • CYnnead

   The Ynnari, Yvraine's growing kindred, serve Ynnead, the Aeldari god of the dead.

   Sources: Ghost Warrior (Rise of the Ynnari) (Gav Thorpe); Hand of Darkness (Audio Drama), p.2 (Gav Thorpe).

7. HardWhen a craftworlder dies, where does the soul in their spirit stone go?

   Answer: A. The infinity circuit

   Lore and sources

   • AThe infinity circuit
   • BThe webway
   • CThe Black Library

   When a craftworlder dies, their spirit stone is placed on the nodes of the infinity circuit and the soul flows into it. Those souls become both the lifeblood and the nervous system of the craftworld.

   Sources: Path of the Outcast (Path of the Eldar, Book 3) (Gav Thorpe).

8. Very hardTo save Iyanden, Prince Yriel took up which cursed weapon?

   Answer: C. The Spear of Twilight

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Wailing Doom
   • BThe Silent Death
   • CThe Spear of Twilight

   To save Iyanden, Prince Yriel took up the Spear of Twilight, a weapon so potent it curses the soul of anyone who comes near it.

   Sources: The Gathering Storm II – The Fracture of Biel-Tan – The Lore, p.75.

9. Very hardAsdrubael Vect leads which kabal?

   Answer: B. The Black Heart

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Poisoned Tongue
   • BThe Black Heart
   • CThe Flayed Skull

   Asdrubael Vect is the supreme lord of the Kabal of the Black Heart.

   Sources: Path of the Archon (Dark Eldar, Book 6) (Andy Chambers); Path of the Dark Eldar (Dark Eldar, Books 1-3) (Omnibus) (Andy Chambers); Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Omnibus (Books 1-3), p.72.

10. Very hardBefore Commorragh's arenas, Yvraine fought for which craftworld?

    Answer: A. Biel-Tan

    Lore and sources

    • ABiel-Tan
    • BAlaitoc
    • CUlthwé

    Before she became an arena fighter in Commorragh, Yvraine fought as part of Biel-Tan's famous Swordwind, and Biel-Tan always kept a place in her heart.

    Sources: Gathering Storm II – Fracture of Biel-Tan, p.23.

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1. Moderately hardWhich Ork clan's teeth — Ork money — grow the fastest?

   Answer: C. Bad Moons

   Lore and sources

   • ABlood Axes
   • BDeathskulls
   • CBad Moons

   Teeth are Ork money, and the Orks whose teeth grow fastest are the richest. The Bad Moons' teeth grow fastest of all, which makes them the wealthiest clan.

   Sources: Enemies of the Imperium, p.61 (Only War); The Navis Primer, p.54 (Rogue Trader).

2. Moderately hardWhich Ork clan's motto is 'Red ones go faster'?

   Answer: B. Evil Sunz

   Lore and sources

   • ADeathskulls
   • BEvil Sunz
   • CBlood Axes

   'Red 'uns go faster' is the Evil Sunz clan motto. The Evil Sunz also field more bikers than any other clan.

   Sources: Imperial Armour vol 8 – Raid on Kastorel-Novem, p.119.

3. Moderately hardWhich warlord, the 'Arch-Arsonist', led the Waaagh! that struck Rynn's World?

   Answer: A. Snagrod

   Lore and sources

   • ASnagrod
   • BGhazghkull Thraka
   • CBiter

   Snagrod, the Arch-Arsonist, led the Ork Waaagh! that fell on Rynn's World and almost wiped out the Crimson Fists.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Honour the Chapter, p.61; Rynn's World (Space Marine Battles, Book 1) (Steve Parker); Steve Parker, Mike Lee – Crimson Fists. The Omnibus.

4. HardWhich Painboy rebuilt Ghazghkull's skull around an adamantium plate?

   Answer: C. Mad Dok Grotsnik

   Lore and sources

   • ABiter
   • BUgrak
   • CMad Dok Grotsnik

   Mad Dok Grotsnik is the Painboy who rebuilt Ghazghkull's shattered skull around an adamantium plate. As Ghazghkull kept growing, that plate did not grow with him.

   Sources: Codex – Orks – 1991, p.157; Ghazghkull Thraka. Prophet of the Waaagh! (Nate Crowley).

5. HardWhich greenskins tend the squigs, harvest the fungus — and are barely smarter than dogs?

   Answer: A. Snotlings

   Lore and sources

   • ASnotlings
   • BGretchin
   • CSquigs

   Snotlings are the smallest greenskins, barely smarter than dogs. They do the simplest jobs in an Ork camp, such as tending squigs and harvesting fungus.

   Sources: Codex – Codex Imperialis – 1993 – 2nd Edition, p.57; The Koronus Bestiary, p.83 (Rogue Trader).

6. HardWhich grot is Ghazghkull's personal banner waver?

   Answer: B. Makari

   Lore and sources

   • AGrotsnik
   • BMakari
   • CBiter

   Makari is the grot who serves as Ghazghkull's personal banner waver.

   Sources: Ghazghkull Thraka Warlord of Warlords (Denny Flowers).

7. HardGhazghkull rose from which Ork clan?

   Answer: C. Goffs

   Lore and sources

   • ADeathskulls
   • BBlood Axes
   • CGoffs

   Ghazghkull came from the Goffs, the clan that most prizes brutal close-range fighting, and he still fights like a traditional Goff.

   Sources: Ghazghkull Thraka. Prophet of the Waaagh! (Nate Crowley); Waaagh! Ghazghkull – The (Lore), p.19.

8. Very hardIn The Beast Arises, what bombarded Imperial worlds with gargantuan weapons and gunships?

   Answer: A. Attack moons

   Lore and sources

   • AAttack moons
   • BSpace hulks
   • CGargant forges

   In The Beast Arises, Ork attack moons bombarded Imperial worlds with gargantuan weapons and unleashed swarms of ramshackle gunships. Praxedes Prime was among the first worlds to suffer them.

   Sources: Predator, Prey (The Beast Arises, Book 2) (Rob Sanders); Dan Abnett, David Annandale, Gav Thorpe, Rob Sanders – The Beast Arises Omnibus Volume 1.

9. Very hardOn which world did Ghazghkull destroy Yarrick's army, capture him — and let him go?

   Answer: B. Golgotha

   Lore and sources

   • AArmageddon
   • BGolgotha
   • CUrk

   On Golgotha, Ghazghkull annihilated Yarrick's army and captured the commissar, then released him. Yarrick took that release as a sign of how dangerous the warlord really was.

   Sources: Sarcophagus (Yarrick Short Story) (David Annandale); Various – Astra Militarum (Legends of the Dark Millennium Anthology); Yarrick The Omnibus (Yarrick, Books 1-3) (David Annandale).

10. Very hardWhich Ork Warboss slew the Astral Claws' Chapter Master at the Battle of Hellsiris?

    Answer: C. Vorg Manburna

    Lore and sources

    • ASnagrod
    • BUgrak
    • CVorg Manburna

    At the Battle of Hellsiris, the Ork Warboss Vorg Manburna killed Rovik Blake, who had led the Astral Claws for two centuries.

    Sources: Imperial Armour Vol 10 – The Badab War – Part 2, p.56.

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1. Moderately hardOn which world did Khârn become 'the Betrayer'?

   Answer: C. Skalathrax

   Lore and sources

   • AIsstvan III
   • BTerra
   • CSkalathrax

   Before Skalathrax he was Khârn, captain of the World Eaters' Eighth Assault Company and equerry to Angron. After Skalathrax, he was the Betrayer.

   Sources: Various authors – Renegades of the Long War; Khârn. Eater of Worlds (Novel) (Anthony Reynolds); Chosen of Khorne (Khârn Eater of Worlds Limited Edition Audio Drama) (Anthony Reynolds).

2. Moderately hardAhriman's Rubric reduced most of the Thousand Sons to what?

   Answer: A. Dust sealed in their armour

   Lore and sources

   • ADust sealed in their armour
   • BChaos Spawn
   • CDaemon princes

   Ahriman's Rubric was meant to save the Thousand Sons from mutation. Instead most of the Legion's bodies were reduced to dust, their souls sealed inside their armour, while the surviving psykers grew far stronger.

   Sources: Tome of Fate, p.29 (Black Crusade).

3. Moderately hardHuron Blackheart leads which renegades out of the Maelstrom?

   Answer: B. The Red Corsairs

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Black Legion
   • BThe Red Corsairs
   • CThe Word Bearers

   Huron Blackheart, once Chapter Master of the Astral Claws, leads the Red Corsairs: renegade Space Marines from a dozen Chapters, raiding out of the Maelstrom.

   Sources: Black Legion – The Lore, p.25 (Codex Supplement); Andy Jones, Marc Gascoigne – Into the Maelstrom (Anthology).

4. HardIn Storm of Iron, the Iron Warriors besiege which Imperial citadel world?

   Answer: C. Hydra Cordatus

   Lore and sources

   • AVraks
   • BTallarn
   • CHydra Cordatus

   Graham McNeill's Storm of Iron follows the Iron Warriors' siege of Hydra Cordatus, an Imperial citadel world and its fortress complex.

   Sources: Graham McNeill – Storm of Iron (Novel); Graham McNeill – Iron Warriors The Omnibus; Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Omnibus (Books 1-3), p.642.

5. HardAfter Prospero burned, Magnus founded which world in the Eye of Terror?

   Answer: B. The Planet of the Sorcerers

   Lore and sources

   • AMedrengard
   • BThe Planet of the Sorcerers
   • CNostramo

   After Prospero burned, Magnus the Red founded the Planet of the Sorcerers in the Eye of Terror. There, gravity and the laws of nature serve the Crimson King.

   Sources: Wrath of Magnus, p.125 (Warzone Fenris); Unchanged (Ahriman, Book 11) (John French).

6. HardWho is called the First Prince of Chaos?

   Answer: A. Be'lakor

   Lore and sources

   • ABe'lakor
   • BAngron
   • CMortarion

   Be'lakor is named the First Prince of Chaos and the Master of Shadow.

   Sources: Ahriman. The Omnibus (Ahriman Omnibus) (John French).

7. HardWhich Traitor Legion destroyed Nostramo?

   Answer: C. The Night Lords

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Word Bearers
   • BThe World Eaters
   • CThe Night Lords

   Konrad Curze's own Legion, the Night Lords, destroyed their home world Nostramo before the Horus Heresy.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book II – Massacre, p.92.

8. Very hardWhich Night Lord did his primarch name 'Soul Hunter'?

   Answer: A. Talos

   Lore and sources

   • ATalos
   • BSevatar
   • CCyrion

   Konrad Curze, the Night Haunter, called his son Talos 'Soul Hunter'. It is the name his martyred primarch bestowed on him, and it follows him through the Night Lords novels.

   Sources: Soul Hunter (Night Lords, Book 2) (Aaron Dembski-Bowden); Night Lords (Night Lords, Omnibus) (Aaron Dembski-Bowden).

9. Very hardIn the Black Legion novels, which sorcerer tells the story of Abaddon's rise in his own voice?

   Answer: B. Iskandar Khayon

   Lore and sources

   • AAhriman
   • BIskandar Khayon
   • CAmon

   Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Black Legion novels are narrated by Iskandar Khayon, a sorcerer born of Prospero, who tells the story of Abaddon's rise from his own place at the Warmaster's side.

   Sources: Various – Renegades of the Dark Millennium (Anthology); Black Legion (Black Legion, Book 2) (Aaron Dembski-Bowden).

10. Very hardWhich 'half-breed' Iron Warrior did his Warsmith appoint as successor?

    Answer: A. Honsou

    Lore and sources

    • AHonsou
    • BToramino
    • CJharek Kelmaur

    Other Iron Warriors lords sneered at Honsou as a 'half-breed' and a mongrel, yet his Warsmith appointed him as his successor.

    Sources: Graham McNeill – Dead Sky, Black Sun (Ultramarines, Book 3); Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Omnibus.

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1. Moderately hardWhich Space Marine Founding was cursed?

   Answer: B. The Twenty-First Founding

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Second Founding
   • BThe Twenty-First Founding
   • CThe Thirteenth Founding

   The Twenty-First Founding was the largest since the Second Founding, raised shortly before the Age of Apostasy. It is remembered as ill-fated, and is sometimes called the Cursed Founding.

   Sources: Rulebook – Index Astartes – 2002, p.15; Codex – Ultramarines – 1993 – 2nd Edition, p.15; Deathwatch – Rites of Battle, p.63.

2. Moderately hardWhen Caliban was destroyed, one fragment became the Dark Angels' fortress-monastery. What is it called?

   Answer: A. The Rock

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Rock
   • BThe Phalanx
   • CThe Eternity Wall

   When Caliban was destroyed at the end of the Heresy, one asteroid splinter of the world survived. The Dark Angels made it their fortress-monastery: the Rock.

   Sources: The Siege of Vraks, Part 1 (Imperial Armour, Volume 5), p.128 (Warwick Kinrade); Luther. First of The Fallen (Horus Heresy Characters) (Gav Thorpe).

3. Moderately hardWhat title does the supreme commander of the Black Templars hold?

   Answer: C. High Marshal

   Lore and sources

   • AGreat Wolf
   • BSupreme Grand Master
   • CHigh Marshal

   The Black Templars have no Chapter Master in the usual sense. Their supreme commander is the High Marshal, who answers for every one of the Chapter's crusades.

   Sources: Codex – Black Templars – 2005, p.16.

4. HardWhich gene-seed strain gives the Space Wolves their distinctive traits?

   Answer: B. The Canis Helix

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Red Thirst
   • BThe Canis Helix
   • CThe Flesh Change

   The Canis Helix is the altered strain of gene-seed that gives the Space Wolves their distinctive nature. Its instability can cause the Curse of the Wulfen: a warrior who cannot master it turns bestial.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book VII – Inferno, p.71; Curse of the Wulfen (War Zone Fenris, Novel), p.241 (David Annandale); Robbie MacNiven – Infurnace (Legacy of Russ, Book 5).

5. HardWhich implant lets a Space Marine learn by eating his enemy's flesh?

   Answer: A. The Omophagea

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Omophagea
   • BBetcher's Gland
   • CLarraman's Organ

   The Omophagea absorbs genetic material from eaten tissue, where memories are stored. A Space Marine who eats an enemy's flesh can literally learn what that enemy knew.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook, p.18; Rulebook – Index Astartes – 2002, p.6.

6. HardWhat is the Ultramarines' fortress-monastery on Macragge called?

   Answer: C. The Fortress of Hera

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Fang
   • BArx Tyrannus
   • CThe Fortress of Hera

   The Fortress of Hera stands in the valley of Laponis on Macragge. It is the Ultramarines' fortress-monastery and the most magnificent structure on the planet.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Rites of Battle, p.55; Graham McNeill – Nightbringer (Ultramarines, Book 1); Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Omnibus (Books 1-3), p.38.

7. HardWhat destroyed the Crimson Fists' fortress-monastery on Rynn's World?

   Answer: A. One of their own missiles

   Lore and sources

   • AOne of their own missiles
   • BAn Ork asteroid strike
   • CA traitor's bomb

   During Snagrod's invasion of Rynn's World, a missile from one of the Crimson Fists' own defence batteries malfunctioned and fell back on their fortress-monastery. The blast killed six hundred Space Marines, more than half the Chapter, in one stroke.

   Sources: Steve Parker, Mike Lee – Crimson Fists. The Omnibus; Steve Parker, Mike Lee – The War for Rynn's World (Space Marine Battles Anthology, Book 4); Traitor's Gorge (Space Marine Battles, Novella 6) (Mike Lee).

8. Very hardWhich implant lets a Space Marine enter suspended animation at will?

   Answer: B. The Sus-an Membrane

   Lore and sources

   • ABetcher's Gland
   • BThe Sus-an Membrane
   • CLarraman's Organ

   The Sus-an Membrane lets a Space Marine voluntarily enter a form of suspended animation.

   Sources: Deathwatch – Core Rulebook, p.38.

9. Very hardThe Soul Drinkers defied the Adeptus Mechanicus to reclaim which relic?

   Answer: C. The Soulspear

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Spear of Russ
   • BThe Fist of Dorn
   • CThe Soulspear

   The Soulspear was a pre-Imperial artefact that the Adeptus Mechanicus sought to recover. The Soul Drinkers defied them to win it back.

   Sources: Hellforged (Soul Drinkers, Book 5) (Ben Counter); The Soul Drinkers Omnibus (The Soul Drinkers, Omnibus) (Ben Counter); Phalanx (Soul Drinkers, Book 6) (Ben Counter).

10. Very hardSent away on a Death Oath, Uriel Ventris was carried to Medrengard by what?

    Answer: B. The Omphalos Daemonium

    Lore and sources

    • AA Black Ship
    • BThe Omphalos Daemonium
    • CA warp storm

    After their Death Oath sent them into the Eye of Terror, Uriel Ventris and Pasanius were carried halfway across the galaxy to Medrengard, the Iron Warriors' daemon world, by the Omphalos Daemonium.

    Sources: Graham McNeill – The Chapter's Due (Ultramarines, Book 6); Graham McNeill – The Ultramarines Second Omnibus (Books 4-6); Graham McNeill – The Killing Ground (Ultramarines, Book 4).

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1. Moderately hardWho gathered the first Grey Knights in secret?

   Answer: B. Malcador the Sigillite

   Lore and sources

   • ARogal Dorn
   • BMalcador the Sigillite
   • CJanus

   The Emperor charged Malcador the Sigillite with founding an order to fight daemons. Malcador gathered the first recruits in secret, brought them through the siege lines of Terra, and hid their fortress on Titan. He chose Janus as their first Supreme Grand Master.

   Sources: Codex: Grey Knights (2010), pp.8-9; Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter, p.106.

2. Moderately hardWhich Phoenix Lord founded the Howling Banshees?

   Answer: C. Jain Zar

   Lore and sources

   • AAsurmen
   • BBaharroth
   • CJain Zar

   Jain Zar, the Storm of Silence, was Asurmen's first chosen student. Each of the first Phoenix Lords founded an Aspect: Asurmen the Dire Avengers, Baharroth the Swooping Hawks and Jain Zar the Howling Banshees.

   Sources: Codex: Eldar (1999), p.40; Eldar Prophecy (C. S. Goto), glossary; Spirits of Tir-Namagesh (Gav Thorpe).

3. Moderately hardWhat rank does Belisarius Cawl hold?

   Answer: A. Archmagos Dominus

   Lore and sources

   • AArchmagos Dominus
   • BFabricator General
   • CMagos Explorator

   Belisarius Cawl, the maker of the Primaris Marines, is an Archmagos Dominus. The Fabricator General is a different office: the ruler of Mars and of the whole Adeptus Mechanicus.

   Sources: Genefather and Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (Guy Haley); Imperial Armour I, p.7.

4. HardWhich Blackstone Fortress did Abaddon crash into Cadia?

   Answer: B. The Will of Eternity

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Fortress of Agony
   • BThe Will of Eternity
   • CThe Terminus Est

   Abaddon brought the Will of Eternity, the last known Blackstone Fortress, to Cadia. After the Imperial Fists' Phalanx crippled it, he had the fortress crashed into the planet, shattering the bastion world.

   Sources: Hand of Abaddon (Nick Kyme); Gathering Storm I: Fall of Cadia, pp.29, 31 and 81.

5. HardWhat does the name of Abaddon's daemon sword, Drach'nyen, mean?

   Answer: C. The End of Empires

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Ruin of Kings
   • BThe Last Oath
   • CThe End of Empires

   Drach'nyen means "the End of Empires". The daemon in the sword exists, in its own conviction, only to kill humanity's king. The Emperor himself is recorded giving that meaning.

   Sources: The Master of Mankind and Black Legion (Aaron Dembski-Bowden); Codex Supplement: Black Legion, p.18.

6. HardWhich inquisitor forewarned Marneus Calgar of Hive Fleet Behemoth?

   Answer: A. Kryptman

   Lore and sources

   • AKryptman
   • BCoteaz
   • CEisenhorn

   When Hive Fleet Behemoth descended on Macragge, Marneus Calgar had already been forewarned by Kryptman and had gathered a fleet. In the Ultramarines' telling, Macragge might have fallen without him.

   Sources: Warriors of Ultramar (Graham McNeill), prologue and ch. 7; Planetstrike (2008), p.57.

7. HardFighting Orks on which world did Farsight earn the name 'Warscaper'?

   Answer: C. Arkunasha

   Lore and sources

   • AVior'la
   • BDal'yth
   • CArkunasha

   Farsight fought a ten-year war against the Orks in the deserts of Arkunasha, which is where he earned the name Warscaper. The Ethereals ordered him to withdraw before he could finish the job.

   Sources: Farsight: Crisis of Faith and Blades of Damocles (Phil Kelly); Farsight Enclaves, p.16.

8. Very hardYarrick was banished to Hades Hive for contradicting whom?

   Answer: B. Herman von Strab

   Lore and sources

   • AKurtiz Mannheim
   • BHerman von Strab
   • CCommander Dante

   When Ghazghkull first invaded, Armageddon was ruled by Overlord Herman von Strab, whose "complete lack of preparation cost the Imperium dearly". Yarrick was banished to Hades Hive for contradicting von Strab's orders, and there he led the defence that made him a legend.

   Sources: Codex: Armageddon (lore), p.12; Codex: Armageddon (2000), p.2; Cities of Death (2006), p.62.

9. Very hardImotekh the Stormlord rules from which crownworld?

   Answer: A. Mandragora

   Lore and sources

   • AMandragora
   • BSolemnace
   • CThe Obsidian Moon

   Imotekh the Stormlord, Overlord of the Sautekh Dynasty, rules from Mandragora the Golden. Solemnace belongs to the Nihilakh domain, and the Obsidian Moon was a world the Sautekh took from the Atun.

   Sources: Dishonoured (Ray Harrison); Hammer and Anvil (James Swallow); Severed (Nate Crowley).

10. Very hardIn Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia, who seized command and ordered the evacuation?

    Answer: C. Katarinya Greyfax

    Lore and sources

    • AUrsarkar Creed
    • BSaint Celestine
    • CKatarinya Greyfax

    As Cadia broke, Creed's mind "roamed distant fields". Determined not to let authority pass to Saint Celestine, Inquisitor Katarinya Greyfax seized command and broadcast the evacuation order over what was left of the planetary vox-net.

    Sources: Gathering Storm I: Fall of Cadia, pp.84-85.

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1. Warm-upWhose betrayal gave the Heresy its name?

   Answer: B. Horus

   Lore and sources

   • AFulgrim
   • BHorus
   • CMortarion

   Horus Lupercal turned on the Emperor, his father, and plunged the Imperium into civil war. The chronicles that followed name the treachery he unleashed after him: the Horus Heresy.

   Sources: Visions of Heresy, pp.227, 444 and 453; Legacies of Betrayal (anthology).

2. EasyWhat title did Horus receive at Ullanor?

   Answer: A. Warmaster

   Lore and sources

   • AWarmaster
   • BPraetorian
   • CMaster of Mankind

   At the triumph on Ullanor the Emperor named Horus Warmaster and ceded command of the Imperium's military forces to him in his stead.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book I: Betrayal, p.25.

3. FamiliarHorus renamed his Luna Wolves. What to?

   Answer: C. The Sons of Horus

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Justaerin
   • BThe Iron Warriors
   • CThe Sons of Horus

   "Sons of Horus" began as a nickname for Luna Wolves who shared their primarch's features. After the expedition returned to Imperial space, the Warmaster made it official by decree: the XVI Legion would be the Sons of Horus.

   Sources: Horus Rising, ch. 4; The Horus Heresy Book II: Massacre, p.14.

4. SteadyWhich brother did Fulgrim kill at Isstvan V?

   Answer: A. Ferrus Manus

   Lore and sources

   • AFerrus Manus
   • BVulkan
   • CCorvus Corax

   Ferrus Manus, primarch of the Iron Hands, had refused Fulgrim's offer to join Horus. At Isstvan V the brothers duelled and Fulgrim dealt the death-blow. Histories agree on that much, but still argue over how it was done.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book II: Massacre, p.36; Fulgrim, ch. 19.

5. ChallengeWhat was Rogal Dorn's colossal star fort called?

   Answer: C. The Phalanx

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Vengeful Spirit
   • BThe Eternity Wall
   • CThe Phalanx

   The Phalanx was the Imperial Fists' vast travelling fortress, more planetoid than ship. The Heresy source books describe it as a pre-Imperial relic that Rogal Dorn restored and presented to the Emperor.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book III: Extermination, p.58; The Flight of the Eisenstein, ch. 14.

6. TrickyWhere did the Word Bearers betray the Ultramarines?

   Answer: B. Calth

   Lore and sources

   • AProspero
   • BCalth
   • CNikaea

   The Heresy reached Calth without warning. The Word Bearers of the XVII Legion turned on Guilliman's Ultramarines, and within hours the XIII had taken wounds its commanders feared it might never fully recover from.

   Sources: Know No Fear, ch. 7; The Horus Heresy Book V: Tempest, p.257; Lupercal's War (anthology).

7. HardBefore Angron, the World Eaters were called what?

   Answer: B. The War Hounds

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Eaters of Cities
   • BThe War Hounds
   • CThe Luna Wolves

   The XII Legion fought as the War Hounds while it waited for its primarch. On his home world Angron had led rebels called the Eaters of Cities; once he took command, his Legion became the Eaters of Worlds.

   Sources: The Horus Heresy Book I: Betrayal, p.88; Betrayer, ch. 10; Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader.

8. ExpertName the circle of four captains who advised Horus.

   Answer: A. The Mournival

   Lore and sources

   • AThe Mournival
   • BThe Justaerin
   • CThe Legio Custodes

   The Mournival was an informal circle of four captains, outside the chain of command, meant to counsel the Warmaster and act as the soul of the Legion. Each member's helm bore a phase of the moon.

   Sources: Horus Rising, chs. 3–4; Little Horus (short story).

9. MasterHorus was gravely wounded on which world's moon?

   Answer: C. Davin

   Lore and sources

   • AIsstvan III
   • BUllanor
   • CDavin

   On Davin's moon, Horus fought Eugan Temba, a commander he had once trusted, now hideously corrupted. Temba's stolen blade wounded him, and in the Serpent Lodge on Davin the Warmaster set foot on the path of heresy.

   Sources: False Gods, ch. 8; Vengeful Spirit, ch. 23; Visions of Heresy, p.101; The Horus Heresy Book I: Betrayal, p.70.

10. Final bossIn Horus Rising, whose Mournival place did Loken take?

    Answer: B. Hastur Sejanus

    Lore and sources

    • ATarik Torgaddon
    • BHastur Sejanus
    • CHorus Aximand

    Hastur Sejanus, captain of the Fourth Company, was murdered with his squad while carrying Horus's greeting to a foreign court. At Loken's induction the Mournival hailed Sejanus as the latest to fall and asked Loken to take his place.

    Sources: Horus Rising, Dramatis Personae and chs. 1 and 4; False Gods, Dramatis Personae.

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