There is a special dispensation for the use of the bell concerning the Grey Knights Chapter. That day, the bell tolled 1,000 times, once for each Astartes lost. One of the most well-known, and recent ringings of the Bell of Lost Souls occurred when the Fire Hawks Chapter was declared "Lost to the Warp" in 963.M41 by the High Lords of Terra. Its wailing moan of grief lasts long and reaches the ears of millions, and its tones penetrate the unifying ether of humanity, turning the thoughts of countless billions towards the loss of Mankind as a whole. The bell is inscribed across its entire surface with psychically-active hexagrammatic runes and its peal is said to sound like the scream of an anguished god, in this case the Emperor, mourning the lost lives of His children. It rarely rings, but when it does, all resident Imperial Palace servants must be evacuated and sealed within reinforced shelters to prevent the annihilation of their eardrums and subsequent death through lung rupture and embolism.Īmong its many legends is the holiest of all that when the bell rings, the Emperor of Mankind hears the sound even in His slumber upon the Golden Throne, and sheds a single tear. The Bell of Lost Souls tolls only when the greatest of the Imperium of Man's heroes perish and can be heard by millions of people across the face of Terra. This lone bell is the size of a Titan, and attended by hundreds of men, women and servitors whose existence is entirely devoted to maintaining the sacred instrument's function. The belfry itself is the size of a cathedral and houses a single bell forged of unassuming, commonplace metals, marked by the stains and patinas of time's eroding touch. The summit of this looming structure is capped by a bell tower.
One, and only one, of these towers stands out from its gold and marbled kindred as it is coloured jet black. Thousands of minarets, towers, and spires rise from the Imperial Palace and breach Terra's ever-thinning cloud cover. It is located at the top of one of the many spires of the Imperial Palace on Terra. The Bell of Lost Souls is a colossal iron bell that is as massive as a building and adorned with dark runes.
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