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ersofPe
rse
phone
.
“
Ift
heWar
mas
terHor
usi
stohavehi
ssons
,the
nthe
ses
hal
lbemydaught
ers
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rsofPer s
ephonear eanall wome nchapterofspac emar inesthatretaine dthe
nameoft heirfoundi
ngl egi
on. Theyarethege nechi
ldr
enofl ostPr i
mar chPe r
sephone .The
Daught ersofPe rs
ephonel egionandtheirenti
rehomes yst
em we rel os
tt othewar ppr iorto
theEmpe rorbe i
ngawar eofhi sbet
rayalatthehandsofHor us .I
twasi ncorrect
lyassume d
thatt he
irdisappearancehadoc cur
redduet osomec haoscorruptibi
lit
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ntint hege ne
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cke nfr
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e gionswouldr endersuchce nsor
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andy
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swouldpas
sbef
oret
heDaught
ersofPe
rse
phonewoul
dbehe
ardf
rom
agai
n.Tothemi
twasbut7mont
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fi
c7mont
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t
toal lbutane l
i
tehandf ulandt heHi ghLor dsofTe rr
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goner igoroustest
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psy chologi
cal–f oranys i
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on. Aft
er50+y earsoft es
ti
ngandf i
ndi
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ane wf oundingtookpl ac
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sofPerse
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veintheImperi
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'
TheHul kMandr agora'wherethe
enti
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li
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orchargedwi t
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892.M30 Pe rs
e phoneisdis
coveredbytheEmperoront heplanetMandragoraPri
me .
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pl
ane talmostentirel
yoverr
unbyor kswherePers
ephonewasl eadingthef
orcesoft
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re
sis
tanceagainstt hem.Onceherhumanf orc
eswerebolste
redbyt hepres
enceofhergene
l
egion,theorkme nacewasove r
come .
Theplane
twoul dbe c
omet heDaughtersof
Persephone’
spri
mar ybaseofoperati
onandmainr e
cruit
ingwor l
d.

001.M31 TheCounc i
lofNikaeawasagr eatI
mpe r
ialconclavec
all
edbytheEmpe r
orof
Mankind,
andasar es
ultofi
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answereoutl
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ralrol
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ningdue
tot
hiswouldcos
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rde arl
yindaystocome.

005.M31 TheDar kAnge

lsaredi
spatche
dtotheEast
ernFri
ngesbyHorus.
TheDaught
ers
ofPer
sephonear
ecommande dtoret
urnhome .
Oncethere,
as or
cer
ousdevi
cewasac
ti
vate
d
andherhomeworldandenti
resys
tem weres
hunte
dintotheimmateri
um.

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gionwaslos
ttothewar pwasares
ultofane
xper
ime
ntalmachi
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mployedbyt
hefol
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r
ecor
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twoul
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heyhadne verexi
st
edatall
.

946.M41 TheDaught er
sreturntorealspacei
nac oloss
alspac ehulkrenamed'TheHulk
Mandragor
a'butatthecos
tofl e
avingtheirPri
marchbe hi
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rchargesar eloyals
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mpe r
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ersofPe
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996.M41 TheDaught
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sephoneret
urntoac
tiveser
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nqui
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hel e
gionPe r
sephonehadnoi de aoft hetrap
theywe rere t
urningto.Upont heirar r
ivalinsyst
e m,as orcerousmachineofuni magi ned
powe rwasac t
ivated,tearingahol einthef abri
cofreal spac eandfol
dingt hee ntire
Mandr agoras yst
emi ntot hewar p.
Almostinst
ant l
ythephy si
calnatur eofthepl anetsi
nt hes yste
ms hi
ftsandMandr agora
primeme lt
sintonightmar ishl
ands cape s.
Theps ychic
allyac ti
veme mbe rsofthec hapt e
rdie
horrif
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all
yast heiruntraine dmindsf allpreytot hesurginge nergi
esofthewar p. Amongs t
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fsurvi
ve s
,butnotwi thoutitt
akingi t
stollonhe r
.She
fall
sintoac omaf rom whi chthele gionf e
arsshemayne verr ec
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Fullyonet hi
rdoft heplanetscivil
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anpopul ati
oni skil
ledbyt heiniti
alde monic
mani f
e st
ations.Mor ewouldhavebe enlostifnotfortheac ti
onsoft helegion,butitisnot
withoutc ost.Almosthalfofthele gi
onse i
ghty-t
hreet housandmar i
nesar elos
tinpl anetwide
protecti
veac t
ionsinthatfi
rs
tmont h. Allthewhilet heyarewi thouttheleadershipoftheir
Primar ch.Manyoft heremainingc ivil
ianshavet ake ntocall
ingt heplane t'
Tartarus'
,some
event urningt r
aitorinthehope sofs avingthems el
ve s
.

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Mucht otherel
iefoft helegion,Persephoner ecover
sandi mme di
atelysetsaboutmounti
ng
amor esoli
ddefensivestrategy.Sheinvoke sahar s
hbutne ces
saryt
riage ,
bypul l
i
ngmar i
nes
andmi l
itar
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n.Sheherdstheci
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ioni
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ttleintoaslowatt
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iedasbe sttheyc anbe .Casualt
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ngmani f
estationsofde monicforces,warpingof
environme nts,t
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fectsofmadne s sandt heac tionsoft rai
tors.
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pos s
ibleunde rt
hec i
rcums tances.Lar gevol ume sofc ivil
i
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cee i
theras
mi l
it
ar um i r
regularsorintot hemanuf acturingofammuni t
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howe ver,are
stret
c he dtobr eakingpoi nt,teachingt heDaught e rshar dless
onsaboutpr ec
is
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conse rvationofbol terrounds .
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tuationr emai nsunc hange ditwi l
linevit
ablyleadt otheir
de aths, andnohe lpseemst obec omi ng. Shec harge sMe li
noe,hers e
condi ncommand, with
l
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vet eam ofe l
itemar i
ne sandt e chpri
ests
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raimi stofindouthow
thisoc curredint hefi
rstplac eandi ft hereisawayout .
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inoe
andhe rteam woul ddiscove rrecordsofscanst akenofanunknowns hi
pi nsy s
tem pri
ortoi
t
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akings pacepor tCharon( i
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ngc hannell
e dthroughi t
.
Convincedthiswast hefoc iholdingthemi nwar pspace,Me l
inoeselec
tedt hemos tski
ll
edof
thelegi
on’sremai ni
ngve terans .
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temat i
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yfoughtandc l
e aredtheirwayt hrought hehulkt othepowe rc ore.Duetothei
r
succe
ss,Meli
noedubbe dt hem“ thenightmare sofdae monsmademani fes
t”.Tot hi
sdaythe
chapterusesthisveter
anf or mationknownas' Me l
inoe'sNightmare s
'
.

Oncetheareawass ecur
e,Pers
ephoneris
ke dabandoni nghergr
oundf or
cestojointhem
there.Astheonlyremaini
ngpsychi
cinthelegion,shealonewasabletodis
cernthenat ureof
theforcesatwork.Asyste
m widespher
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ngt he
mi nwar ps pace
,
emanat i
ngf r
om thisc
ore.Knowi
ngthateverydayt heyspenti
nwar pspacewasc ost
ingli
ves,
Pe r
sephoneformulatedaplan.

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ant sofTar t
aruswe reshuttledt othehul kvia
enor moust rans portships.Uti
li
si
nge achne wavai lablespac easthemar inesc learedit.
Whe nthel as toft hec i
vil
ianpopul at i
onwasonboar d,Pe rs
ephonee nteredt hec hambe r,and
usinghe rps y chicmi ghtshewasabl et oc ontaint hesphe reofe nergyt othec orec hambe r
i
tse l
f.Buts hec ouldonl ydos oforas horttime .Athe rsignal,Me l
inoede tonat edas er
iesof
char gesfrom t heout erhullofthes pac ehulkt ot hec ore,prope l
l
ingt hec hambe rand
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ht heas si
stanceofthe
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ngast ugs,thehul kwasabl etoe xittheTar tarus
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tcont rolandbot hs heandt heirhomes ys
tem we repulledonc e
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ght y-t
hreet hous ands t
rong
l
e gionr educ edt oame refourteent hous ands urvivors,
andPe rsephonewasl ost.
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phone
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om 3 0k
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re quipment.AgoodchunkoftheMk4swe relost
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ult,
the
Daught er
sfie
ldami xedforcemainlymadeupf rom Mk2toMk4ar mourt ypesandother
warge arfrom thate ra.Ast heygainnewrecr
uit
sit
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hatthe ywill
eventual
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l
at erMksofarmour .Butf ornow, 3
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chmake supthemajori
tyofthe i
rarmoury.

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imari
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TheDaught
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ecr
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fe
wPr i
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l
lchange.
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n.

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Thechapterl
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lps
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htheCounc
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Nikaeast
il
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eshint
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rme mor
ies
,i
tisunknowni
fthi
ssi
tuat
ionwi
ll
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ight
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avit
yguns.Theyusethet
echni
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eredi
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ear
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ns
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areusuall
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vesandst
eal
thbehi
ndenemylines,
onlyusi
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pis
tol
sasal astres
ort
.Theyarei
denti
fi
abl
ebyabloodre
dmar kingontheirs
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pauldron.

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.
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df orsur
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cial
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chicatt
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sephoneGe neLe gacy
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stl
y,i
ti scapabl
eofbe i
ngi mplantedin
wome nrecruit
s,whic hmaynotbeuni queinandofi ts
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.Butwhe ncoupledwi t
ht hefact
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t
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uitatthesamet i
me
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wisehasal lthege ne t
icproperti
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er,t
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tstoanyc hapter. Further
mor e,t
hege neseedsproduc edbythi
smar inewi l
l,
from that
pointon, beimpl antabl einanys e
x .

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s,
coupl
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uff
ere
dbyt heDaughter
sofPer
sephonele
gion,
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t
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andsofr
esc
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labl
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