Rogal Dorn

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Rogal Dorn était le Primarque de la Légion Space Marine des Imperial Fists. Il était l'un des vingt Primarques créés par l'Empereur dans les plus jeunes heures de l'Imperium, juste après l'Ere des Luttes. Dorn, tout comme les autres primarques, fut déplacé aléatoirement à travers la galaxie, par les Dieux du chaos, et placé sur une planète lointaine afin d'empêcher la venue de l'Age de l'Imperium.

Histoire

Jeunesse

Très peu de choses sont connues à propos de la jeunesse de Rogal Dorn. On pense qu'il fut élevé sur la planète d'Inwit dans le système du même nom par une clan natif des ruches de glace de ce monde. Le patriarche du clan qui l'éleva devint comme un grand père pour lui, et lui apprit beaucoup à propos de la tactique. Même après avoir découvert qu'il n'avait pas de lien de parenté avec son "grand-père", Dorn le tint en grande estime; il garda une cape de fourrure qui avait appartenu à l'homme et dormit avec celle-ci sur son lit chaque nuit. Finalement Rogal Dorn devint le leader non-seulement de son clan mais du monde entier et ensuite la région de l'espace environnante, régissant l'Ensemble d'Inwit en tant qu'Empereur de la Maison de Dorn. 40 ans après la mort de son grand-père, la Grande Croisade atteignit les ruches de glaces d'Inwit. Dorn accueillit l'Empereur à la tête de son énorme vaisseau stellaire, le Phalanx, devenant le septième Primarque a être trouvé.1 L'Empereur accueillit Dorn, et renvoya Phalanx à ses soins, en faisant la Forteresse Monastère des Imperial Fists.

Grande Croisade

Dorn himself was fiercely loyal to the Emperor, and never once sought any favour from him. He exemplified the truth, and could never tell a lie, even if it would have aided his cause. Because of this, Dorn's statue stands as one of four on Macragge, next to that of Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines.2

Dorn commanded his Legion and Expeditionary Fleets with peerless devotion and military genius. It was said that he possessed perhaps the finest military mind of the Primarchs, ordered and disciplined but still inclined to flashes of zeal and inspiration. Indeed, the Warmaster had said that he esteemed Dorn and the Imperial Fists so highly that he reckoned if the Fists, noted masters of defence, were to hold a fortress against him and his Luna Wolves, the resultant conflict would result in a never-ending stalemate.

Commonly dressed in armour of burnished copper and gold, Dorn also wore a red velvet cloak and unfurled eagle-wing motif was heavily present on most parts of his gear, most notably on a decorative section of his armour that rose above his shoulders. He had a stern and naturally unsmiling face, topped with an unruly shock of short, bone-white hair.3

When the Emperor returned to Terra to build a capital worthy of ruling a million planets, Dorn went as well. Always having excelled in the construction of fortresses, he was tasked with designing the defences for the Imperial Palace. These would prove to be magnificent, and would be well tested in the following years. Fulgrim once asked if Rogal Dorn thought it could withstand the Iron Warriors legion, and Dorn's truthful answer infuriated Perturabo to such a degree they would almost destroy each other in battle years later.2

Dorn and the entire Imperial Fists Legion were recalled to Terra to take up guard stations there near what would be the end of the Great Crusade.3

Hérésie d'Horus

Before the Imperial Fists could arrive at Terra in full complement, the events of the Horus Heresy overtook them. Stranded for some considerable time by severe Warp storms, the Imperial Fist fleet eventually discovered the badly damaged Death Guard frigate Eisenstein, and so learned of Horus' betrayal. At first unwilling to believe it, Rogal Dorn was eventually convinced by several members of the Eisenstein survivors, notably Captain Nathaniel Garro and remembrancer Mersadie Oliton, that his brother Horus was staging a full-scale rebellion. Dorn therefore despatched the bulk of his Legion to the Isstvan III system on a war-footing. He himself returned to Terra with his veteran companies to bring word of the events personally.4

Dorn was subsequently charged with bolstering the defences of the Imperial Palace even further, and oversaw the construction himself. He felt he was marring the perfection and beauty of the existing structure in doing this, and regretted it, even though it was necessary.1

Plus tard, Dorn serait celui qui trouverait les corps de l'Empereur, Sanguinius et Horus. Il fut aussi celui qui prit des notes de l'Empereur blessé à propos de comment construire le Trône d'Or.2

Post Hérésie

After the fall of the Emperor, Dorn was stricken with grief. He felt the Emperor's near demise to be his fault and led his Legion on a crusade of penitence across the Imperium. He was summoned back to Terra when Roboute Guilliman announced the adoption of his Codex Astartes, turning Legions into Chapters. Dorn was initially outraged at this proposal, feeling that the Imperium blamed him (and rightly so, he thought) for the fall of his brother marines. But realizing what damage another internal conflict could do to the fragile peace of the Imperium, Dorn agreed. This was a dark period in Rogal Dorn's life; he had both failed the Emperor and his legion faltered without the guiding light of the Emperor.

Some controversy exists about the next event in Rogal Dorn's life. What is clear is that the Imperial Fists could not be as easily divided into chapters as, for example the Ultramarines could. The total commitment to the legion was bred into each marine and many didn't wish to form their own chapters. Dorn found the answer to this problem in meditation through self-inflicted pain, using a device known as the Pain Glove. The pain-induced vision revealed that his legion had to be redeemed in the eyes of the Emperor, and that the way to salvation was through pain and self-sacrifice.

The 'collective pain' needed to cleanse the Chapter was decided by Dorn to be an Iron Warriors' fortress, the Iron Cage. Perturabo had built the massive fortifications to mock the Imperial Fists, and Dorn led his most die-hard followers in a siege that would last for several weeks. Followers of the Iron Warriors claim that the Imperial Fists suffered a crushing defeat, and that Dorn and his legion would have been wiped out if Perturabo hadn't prolonged Dorn's suffering so long that the Ultramarines managed to intervene.

Imperial records indicate otherwise. The Imperial Fists had always been masters of siege craft, and even unprepared and at a disadvantage they fought like lions. Dorn stood as a giant in their midst, his mind clear with purpose after years of doubt and guilt. The Iron Warriors would have had to sacrifice their lives and Primarch to destroy the Imperial Fists, a price they weren't ready to pay. The arrival of the Ultramarines cut the conflict short and the Iron Warriors fled for the Eye of Terror. The Imperial Fists had suffered staggering losses, but they had proved their loyalty to the Emperor and cleansed themselves of earlier failures.

What remained of the Legion was divided into three Chapters. The most zealous marines formed the Black Templars; the more rational and newly recruited marines the Crimson Fists and the ones most devoted to their Primarch and Legion remained the Imperial Fists. Rogal Dorn spent the next twenty years rebuilding and reforming his chapter according to the standards of the Index Astartes. (There were other chapters, like the Soul Drinkers for instance, though it is unclear when they came into existence.)

Rogal Dorn died fighting on board a Chaos ship, after attacking a Black Crusade fleet with a vastly outnumbered force. Seeing the importance of attacking the enemy fleet while they were still preparing he relied on hit-and-run attacks until his reinforcements could arrive. Dorn died on board the Despoiler Class Battleship Sword of Sacrilege after leading a desperate attack on its bridge. His remains were recovered and his engraved skeletal hand is kept in stasis by his chapter.2

Le squelette de Dorn sans ses mains est gardé à l'intérieur d'une chapelle, et encastré dans de l'ambre ayant pris les contours du corps du Primarque lui-même. Les os des mains de Dorn sont gardé à l'intérieur de deux chapelles, gravés de l'héraldique de chacun des précédents maîtres du chapitre. Seul le maître du chapitre possède le droit de graver son nom sur les os. Chaque os correspond à un précédent commandeur. Main gauche, premier métacarpien : Seigneurs Bronwin Abermort'Maximus Thane, Kalman Flodensbog, la première phalange du pouce, Ambrosian Spactor, etc.5

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