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[[File:DG_Leviathan_Dred_2.png|thumb|250px|A Pre-Heresy [[Death Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought armed with a pair of [[Leviathan Storm Cannon]]s]]
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[[File:LeviathanDreadnought00001.png|thumb|250px|A Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the ancient [[Space Wolves]] [[Legion]]]]
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Created in limited numbers in the latter days of the [[Great Crusade]], the '''Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought''' was developed in secret on [[Terra]], away from the pervasive oculars of the [[Mechanicum]]. Its massive frame incorporates hybridised technologies, some dating back into the dim past of humanity. Towering over later Imperial walker patterns, this heavily armoured dreadnought is savagely powerful. It was designed for siege warfare and primarily armed with close combat and support weaponry that can rend buildings, vehicles and flesh alike; though it is no less effective when armed with the powerful and esoteric short ranged weaponry uniquely developed for it. The Leviathan's oversized reactor allows it to bear weapons more powerful than other classes of dreadnought, and also powers reinforced energy fields that surpass those developed for the [[Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought|Contemptor class]]. Power has its cost though, and the systems of the Leviathan place a lethal level of strain on the minds its occupants. Marines who find themselves interred within a Leviathan will pay a heavy toll; either with their life, or their reason.
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Created in limited numbers in the latter days of the [[Great Crusade]] of the late 30th Millennium, the '''Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought''' or more simply, the '''Leviathan Dreadnought''', was developed in secret on [[Terra]], away from the pervasive oculars of the [[Mechanicum]]. Its massive frame incorporates hybridised technologies, some dating back into the dim past of humanity. Towering over later Imperial combat walker patterns, this heavily armoured [[Dreadnought]] is savagely powerful.
   
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It was designed for siege warfare and primarily armed with close combat and support weaponry that can rend buildings, vehicles and flesh alike; though it is no less effective when armed with the powerful and esoteric short-ranged weaponry uniquely developed for it. The Leviathan's oversized [[Atomantic Reactor]] allows it to bear weapons more powerful than other classes of Dreadnought, and also powers reinforced energy fields that surpass those developed for the [[Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought]]. Power has its cost though, and the systems of the Leviathan place a lethal level of strain on the minds of its occupants. [[Space Marines]] who find themselves interred within a Leviathan will pay a heavy toll; either with their life, or their reason.
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Those few examples of Relic Leviathan Dreadnoughts which survive into the 41<sup>st</sup> Millennium are ancient and terrible relics, rarely spoken of and rarely deployed, dreaded as much as they are revered by those Chapters in whose armoury vaults they reside and stand empty until direst need. The tormented and ravaged minds of those interred within are driven to the edge of madness by the little-understood mechanisms unique to the Leviathan, trapped in gore-soaked dreams of the lost [[Age of Darkness]] which haunt the machines themselves, and soon suffer a final dissolution owing to the terrible strain the Leviathan inflicts on those who would dare to master it. Only the full authority of a [[Chapter Master|Master of the Chapter]] is sufficient to unleash these terrifying machines in war, as where they strike and what they kill is as often determined by their dark dreaming as it is the will of their commanders.
  
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[[File:LeviathanDreadnought0002.png|thumb|250px|A Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the ancient [[Thousand Sons]] [[Legion]]]]
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Those few examples of Relic Leviathan Dreadnoughts which survive into the late 41st Millennium are ancient and terrible relics, rarely spoken of and rarely deployed, dreaded as much as they are revered by those Chapters in whose armoury vaults they reside and stand empty until direst need. The tormented and ravaged minds of those [[Astartes]] interred within are driven to the edge of madness by the little-understood mechanisms unique to the Leviathan, trapped in gore-soaked dreams of the lost Age of Darkness during the [[Horus Heresy]] which haunt the machines themselves, and soon suffer a final dissolution owing to the terrible strain the Leviathan inflicts on those who would dare to master it. Only the full authority of a [[Chapter Master|Master of the Chapter]] is sufficient to unleash these terrifying machines in war, as where they strike and what they kill is as often determined by their dark dreaming as it is the will of their commanders.
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==History==
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[[File:LeviathanDreadnought0000.png|thumb|250px|A Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the [[Death Guard]] [[Legion]] during the [[Horus Heresy]]]]
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Developed in the highest secrecy not on [[Mars]], but on [[Terra]], the Leviathan was an alternative development of the highly successful [[Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought|Contemptor Dreadnought]]. It represents hybrid technologies, some of which it is believed date back to the [[Age of Strife]], which rumours had it were created by the hand of the [[Emperor]] directly. The resources required to produce one were immense, equal perhaps even to an [[Imperial Knight]]. Made available to the ''[[Legiones Astartes]]'' only in limited quantities before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, they were highly valued and recognised as savagely powerful siege and hunter-killer units. They placed an onerous and ultimately lethal strain upon their occupants, the Leviathan's incumbent burning brightly but briefly in their second life. Many in the Mechanicum were deeply uneasy over the design, seeing it as purpose-designed to match and indeed destroy the Mechanicum's own [[Imperial Robots|Battle-Automata]] in some future, unforeseen crisis or dispute between them and the wider Imperium.
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During the Horus Heresy, Loyalists with access to Terra were able to obtain new Leviathan Dreadnoughts, although never many, while Traitors and isolated forces were reduced to marshalling their few Leviathans carefully or hunting down the relics of the dead from the battlefields to be re-commissioned.
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==Unit Composition==
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*'''1 Relic Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought (41st Millennium Only)'''
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*'''1-3 Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnoughts (31st Millennium Only)'''
   
 
==Wargear==
  
==Wargear==
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A Relic Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought is armed and equipped with:
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*'''Two [[Leviathan Siege Claw]]s, each with an inbuilt [[Meltagun]]''' - The close combat weapons of the Leviathan pattern Siege Dreadnought were developed to be even more destructive than those of other dreadnoughts. The Leviathan Siege Claw was designed to sever flesh and bone, slicing the Leviathan’s foe apart in a single cut. It also incorporates a melta-gun and, as with all of the Leviathan’s close combat weapons, excels at tearing through the walls of enemy fortifications.
  
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*'''Two torso-mounted [[Heavy Flamer]]s'''
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*'''2 [[Leviathan Siege Claw]]s with built-in [[Meltagun]]s'''
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*'''2 torso-mounted [[Heavy Flamer]]s'''
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*'''Smoke Launcher'''
  
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*'''Searchlight'''
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*'''[[Smoke Launcher]]s'''
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*'''Reinforced [[Atomantic Shielding]]'''
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A Relic Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought may replace one or both of their [[Leviathan Siege Claw]]s with built-in [[Meltagun]]s with any of these options:
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*'''One or two [[Leviathan Siege Drill]]s with built-in [[Meltagun]]s'''
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*'''One or two [[Leviathan Storm Cannon]]s (Storm Cannon Array)'''
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*'''[[Cyclonic Melta Lance]]'''
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*'''[[Grav Flux Bombard]]'''
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===Horus Heresy Wargear===
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During the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] the Leviathan Dreadnoughts of the ''[[Legiones Astartes]]'' featured different weapon loadout options than those relics still found during the 41st Millennium.
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A Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought is armed and equipped with:
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*'''2 [[Leviathan Siege Claw]]s with built-in [[Meltagun]]s'''
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*2 hull-mounted [[Heavy Flamer]]s
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*[[Smoke Launcher]]s
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*'''[[Searchlight]]'''
 
*'''[[Frag Grenade]]s'''
  
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*'''Extra Armour'''
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*'''[[Extra Armour Plating]]'''
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*'''Reinforced Atomantic Shielding'''
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*'''Reinforced [[Atomantic Shielding]]'''
   
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A Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought may replace one or both of their [[Leviathan Siege Claw]]s with built-in [[Meltagun]]s with any of these options:
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===Optional Wargear===
  
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*'''One or two [[Leviathan Siege Drill]]s with built-in [[Meltagun]]s'''
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*'''Twin-Linked [[Volkite Weapon|Volkite Caliver]]'''
  
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*'''One or two [[Leviathan Storm Cannon]]s'''
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*'''[[Leviathan Siege Drill]] with inbuilt Melta''' - The close combat weapons of the Leviathan pattern Siege Dreadnought were developed to be even more destructive than those of other dreadnoughts. The Leviathan Siege Drill was designed to bore straight through the heavy armour armoured vehicles. It also incorporates a melta-gun and, as with all of the Leviathan’s close combat weapons, excels at tearing through the walls of enemy fortifications.
  
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*'''Ceramite Plating'''
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*'''[[Cyclonic Melta Lance]]'''
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*'''Three Hunter-Killer Missiles'''
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*'''[[Grav Flux Bombard]]'''
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*'''Phosphex Discharger'''
  
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A Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought may replace its torso-mounted [[Heavy Flamer]]s with this option:
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*'''[[Leviathan Storm Cannon]]''' - The ranged weapons of the Leviathan pattern Siege Dreadnought were designed to be used at closer range than those carried by most classes of dreadnought. The Leviathan Storm Cannon is a rapid firing multi-barrelled weapon, purpose built to scythe down infantry and clear out the defenders of tactical objectives.
  
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*'''2 torso-mounted, [[twin-linked]] [[Volkite Caliver]]s'''
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*'''[[Grav Flux Bombard]]''' - The ranged weapons of the Leviathan pattern Siege Dreadnought were designed to be used at closer range than those carried by most classes of dreadnought. The Leviathan Grav-flux Bombard creates a spiralling vortex of gravitation-torsion force. It is a fortress-breaching weapon which can reduce the toughest armour to twisted scrap and crush anything living beyond recognition.
  
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Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnoughts may also have a variety of equipment such as:
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*'''[[Armoured Ceramite Plating]]'''
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*'''[[Phoxphex Bomb Discharger]]'''
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==Notable Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnoughts==
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The following are notable Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnoughts:
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[[File:LeviathanDreadnought0001.png|thumb|250px|Ancient-Reductus Vakuran, a Leviathan Dreadnought of the [[Night Lords]] [[Legion]]]]
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*'''Ancient-Reductus Vakuran''' - Vakuran was a Leviathan Dreadnought of the [[Night Lords]] [[Legion]]. Before being interred within a Dreadnought, Ancient-Reductus Vakuran had fought during the later stages of the [[Unification Wars]] on [[Terra]] and eventually fell in combat against a mighty Over-wyrd of the Hambro-Cuth. Later, sometime after the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, he would be sealed within his Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought after it was captured from the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]] at Xorthorn VII, the Night Lords ripping the still-living body of its previous owner out and casting him upon the bloody ground. While interred within his Leviathan Dreadnought, Vakuran is known to have participated is dozens of campaigns across the [[Ultima Segmentum|Ultima]] and [[Segmentum Tempestus|Tempestus Segmentums]]. In each case he led the forces of the Night Lords in direct assaults against heavily-defended Loyalist positions. In each assault his attacks were described as direct, brutal and crude, leading observers to suspect that he had been driven to the edges of sanity by the strain of operating the highly-demanding systems of the Leviathan Dreadnought.
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[[File:Ancient-Claviger_Khalon.png|thumb|250px|[[Iron Hands]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought, Ancient-Claviger Khalon, Heavy Assault Echelon, Order Novii, Morragul Clan-Company during the [[Horus Heresy]]]]
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*'''Ancient-Claviger Khalon''' - Khalon was a Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the [[Iron Hands]] [[Legion]]'s Morragul Clan-Company. Once a Legion Consul of the Ungavarr Clan-Company, Ancient-Clavigar Khalon was a Terran-born siege-breaker of great renown, having won countless honours during the early days of the [[Great Crusade]]. Khalon fell in combat during the apocalyptic Battle of Rust, and was barely saved by [[Legion Apothecarion Detachment|Legion Apothecaries]]. His body was placed in stasis so that he could later be interred within a mighty Dreadnought. When at last a Dreadnought shell was available, it was to be a prototype class intended for heavy assaults and siege warfare, a perfect fit for the renowned siege-breaker. Upon being placed within his new Dreadnought form, Khalon was found to be mentally ill-suited to his new existence and was prone to bouts of extreme instability. At the order of [[Ferrus Manus]] himself he was transferred from Clan Ungavarr to Clan Morragul, where his demeanour was considered to be more suited to the orphans and outcasts that had gathered under the stewardship of [[Iron Father]] [[Autek Mor]].
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[[File:LeviathanDreadnought0003.png|thumb|250px|Hrimthursar Arn Therod, the ''Ice Lord of the Sons of Ymir'', Ancient of the Fourth Great-Company]]
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*'''Hrimthursar Arn Therod''' - Therod was a Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the [[Space Wolves]] [[Legion]]'s Fourth Great-Company. Arn Therod was renowned even amongst the bitter ranks of the Hrimthursar for his grim demeanour and unremitting wrath, Therod was present for the Breaking of the Acropolis Magna's gates and the slaughter that soon followed. Therod systematically slaughtered the members of the [[Prosperine Spireguard]] for hours on end, their weapons proving little more than an annoyance against the mighty Dreadnoughts hull. As with all Space Wolves Legion Dreadnoughts, Therod's hull was covered with decorative inscriptions and designs, mostly commemorating past deeds and victories. One design of note was the ''Hagalaz'' rune inscribed upon the Dreadnought's left greave, a mark of the Hrimthursar, the most hated of the Sons of Ymir, the given name for the Space Wolves Dreadnought cadres.
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[[File:CarabCullnLeviathanDreadnought.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Carab Culln]] of the [[Red Scorpions]] [[Chapter]] after his transformation into a Relic Leviathan Dreadnought known as "Carab Culln the Risen"]]
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*'''[[Carab Culln|Carab Culln the Risen]]''' - Carab Culln is the former Lord High Commander ([[Chapter Master]]) of the [[Red Scorpions]] [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]] and a current Relic Leviathan Dreadnought. Known throughout the [[Imperium]], he is a warrior of great courage and battle experience who has fought the enemies of [[Mankind]] across the breadth of the [[galaxy]]. Renowned as an inspirational leader of unimpeachable bravery, Carab Culln had the honour of being selected as Magister Militum (supreme commander) of the Loyalist Space Marine forces during the internecine conflict known as the [[Badab War]] from 904.M41 until 912.M41. During his baptism of fire as a Chapter Master during this conflict, he preferred to lead the major actions of the war from the front, earning the respect and admiration of his peers. Carab Culln was believed lost to the Imperium in the campaigns that followed the [[Indomitus Crusade]]. Grievously wounded in the slaying of the Great Beast of [[Sarum]], Culln's remains were returned to the Chapter, bearing only the faintest whisperings of life. Thus in honour he was interred within the armoured shell of a Relic Leviathan Dreadnought, blessed with the technology to allow Culln to serve his brethren in battle once again as Carab Culln the Risen.
   
 
==Sources==
  
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*''Imperial Armour Index: Forces of the Adeptus Astartes'' (8th Edition), pg. 30
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*[http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/PDF/Datasheets/LeviathanSiegeDreadnoughtRules.pdf ''Forge World - Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Experimental Rules'']
  
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*''The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution'' (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 235-237, 292
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*[http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Leviathan-Pattern-Siege-Dreadnought-Body ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought'']
  
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*''The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno'' (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 53, 78, 142, 186, 197
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*[http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Leviathan-Dreadnought-with-Siege-Claw-and-Siege-Drill ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought with Siege Claw & Siege Drill'']
  
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*''The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List'' pp. 11, 76-77
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*[http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Leviathan-Dreadnought-with-Storm%20Cannon-and%20Grav-Flux-Bombard ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought with Storm Cannon & Grav Flux Bombard'']
  
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/PDF/Datasheets/LeviathanSiegeDreadnoughtRules.pdf ''Forge World - Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Experimental Rules'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NZ/Leviathan-Pattern-Siege-Dreadnought-Body ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NZ/Leviathan-Dreadnought-with-Siege-Claw-and-Siege-Drill ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought with Siege Claw & Siege Drill'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NZ/Leviathan-Pattern-Siege-Dreadnought-Siege-Claw ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought Siege Claw'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NZ/Leviathan-Pattern-Siege-Dreadnought-Grav-Flux-Bombard ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought Grav-Flux Bombard'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NZ/Leviathan-Pattern-Siege-Dreadnought-Storm-Cannon ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought Storm Cannon'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NZ/Leviathan-Dreadnought-with-Storm%20Cannon-and%20Grav-Flux-Bombard ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought with Storm Cannon & Grav Flux Bombard'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-FR/Leviathan-Dreadnought-with-Cyclonic-Melta-Lance-and-Siege-Claw ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought with Cyclonic Melta Lance & Siege Claw'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-NZ/Leviathan-Pattern-Siege-Dreadnought-Talon ''Forge World - Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought Talon'']
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*[https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/Carab-Culln-the-Risen-2017?utm_source=warhammer-community&utm_content=FWDec1 ''Forge World Webstore - Carab Culln the Risen'']
   
 
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WE Levianthan Dred.png|A Pre-Heresy [[World Eaters]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought armed with a pair of [[Leviathan Siege Drill]]s
  
WE Levianthan Dred.png|A Pre-Heresy [[World Eaters]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought armed with a pair of [[Leviathan Siege Drill]]s
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DG Leviathan Dred 3.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Death Guard]] Legion Leviathan Siege Dreadnought (Aft View)
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File:DG_Leviathan_Dred_2.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Death Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought armed with a pair of [[Leviathan Storm Cannon]]s
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DG Leviathan_Storm Cannon_Bombard 1.png|A Pre-Heresy Death Guard Legion Leviathan Siege Dreadnought armed with a [[Leviathan Storm Cannon]] & [[Grav Flux Bombard]]
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DG Leviathan Dred 3.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Death Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought (Aft View)
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DG Leviathan_Storm Cannon_Bombard 1.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Death Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought armed with a [[Leviathan Storm Cannon]] & [[Grav Flux Bombard]]
 
RG Leviathan Dred 1.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Raven Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought armed with a Grav Flux Bombard and [[Leviathan Siege Claw]]
  
RG Leviathan Dred 1.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Raven Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought armed with a Grav Flux Bombard and [[Leviathan Siege Claw]]
 
RG Leviathan Dred 4.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Raven Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought (Aft View)
  
RG Leviathan Dred 4.png|A Pre-Heresy [[Raven Guard]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Siege Dreadnought (Aft View)
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ultramarine levithian pattern siege dread.jpg|Pre-Heresy [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought armed with a [[Leviathan Siege Claw]] and [[Leviathan Siege Drill]]
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ultramarine levithian pattern siege dread.jpg|A Pre-Heresy [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]] Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought armed with a [[Leviathan Siege Claw]] and [[Leviathan Siege Drill]]
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Emperor's Children Leviathan Seige Dreadnought.jpg|A Pre-Heresy Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the [[Emperor's Children]] [[Legion]]
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File:CarabCullntheRisenwithReiver.jpg|Crab Culln the Risen, Relic Leviathan Dreadnought, alongside a [[Red Scorpions]] [[Primaris Space Marine]] [[Reiver]]
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CarabCullntheRisen02.jpg|Details of Carab Culln the Risen's [[Red Scorpions]] Relic Leviathan Dreadnought sarcophagus, including from clockwise his helm, the ''[[Crux Terminatus]]'', [[twin-linked]] [[Assault Cannon]] and [[Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher]]
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CarabCullntheRisen03.jpg|The [[Red Scorpions]] Relic Leviathan Dreadnought Carab Culln the Risen prepares to meet the foes of the [[Emperor]] in battle once more after his resurrection
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LeviathanDreadnought0004.png|An ancient pict-capture of two Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnoughts of the [[Space Wolves]] [[Legion]] during the [[Scouring of Prospero]]
 
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LeviathanDreadnought00001

A Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the ancient Space Wolves Legion

Created in limited numbers in the latter days of the Great Crusade of the late 30th Millennium, the Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought or more simply, the Leviathan Dreadnought, was developed in secret on Terra, away from the pervasive oculars of the Mechanicum. Its massive frame incorporates hybridised technologies, some dating back into the dim past of humanity. Towering over later Imperial combat walker patterns, this heavily armoured Dreadnought is savagely powerful.

It was designed for siege warfare and primarily armed with close combat and support weaponry that can rend buildings, vehicles and flesh alike; though it is no less effective when armed with the powerful and esoteric short-ranged weaponry uniquely developed for it. The Leviathan's oversized Atomantic Reactor allows it to bear weapons more powerful than other classes of Dreadnought, and also powers reinforced energy fields that surpass those developed for the Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought. Power has its cost though, and the systems of the Leviathan place a lethal level of strain on the minds of its occupants. Space Marines who find themselves interred within a Leviathan will pay a heavy toll; either with their life, or their reason.

LeviathanDreadnought0002

A Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the ancient Thousand Sons Legion

Those few examples of Relic Leviathan Dreadnoughts which survive into the late 41st Millennium are ancient and terrible relics, rarely spoken of and rarely deployed, dreaded as much as they are revered by those Chapters in whose armoury vaults they reside and stand empty until direst need. The tormented and ravaged minds of those Astartes interred within are driven to the edge of madness by the little-understood mechanisms unique to the Leviathan, trapped in gore-soaked dreams of the lost Age of Darkness during the Horus Heresy which haunt the machines themselves, and soon suffer a final dissolution owing to the terrible strain the Leviathan inflicts on those who would dare to master it. Only the full authority of a Master of the Chapter is sufficient to unleash these terrifying machines in war, as where they strike and what they kill is as often determined by their dark dreaming as it is the will of their commanders.

History

LeviathanDreadnought0000

A Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the Death Guard Legion during the Horus Heresy

Developed in the highest secrecy not on Mars, but on Terra, the Leviathan was an alternative development of the highly successful Contemptor Dreadnought. It represents hybrid technologies, some of which it is believed date back to the Age of Strife, which rumours had it were created by the hand of the Emperor directly. The resources required to produce one were immense, equal perhaps even to an Imperial Knight. Made available to the Legiones Astartes only in limited quantities before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, they were highly valued and recognised as savagely powerful siege and hunter-killer units. They placed an onerous and ultimately lethal strain upon their occupants, the Leviathan's incumbent burning brightly but briefly in their second life. Many in the Mechanicum were deeply uneasy over the design, seeing it as purpose-designed to match and indeed destroy the Mechanicum's own Battle-Automata in some future, unforeseen crisis or dispute between them and the wider Imperium.

During the Horus Heresy, Loyalists with access to Terra were able to obtain new Leviathan Dreadnoughts, although never many, while Traitors and isolated forces were reduced to marshalling their few Leviathans carefully or hunting down the relics of the dead from the battlefields to be re-commissioned.

Unit Composition

  • 1 Relic Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought (41st Millennium Only)
  • 1-3 Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnoughts (31st Millennium Only)

Wargear

A Relic Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought is armed and equipped with:

A Relic Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought may replace one or both of their Leviathan Siege Claws with built-in Meltaguns with any of these options:

Horus Heresy Wargear

During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy the Leviathan Dreadnoughts of the Legiones Astartes featured different weapon loadout options than those relics still found during the 41st Millennium.

A Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought is armed and equipped with:

A Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought may replace one or both of their Leviathan Siege Claws with built-in Meltaguns with any of these options:

A Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought may replace its torso-mounted Heavy Flamers with this option:

Legion Leviathan Pattern Dreadnoughts may also have a variety of equipment such as:

Notable Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnoughts

The following are notable Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnoughts:

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Ancient-Reductus Vakuran, a Leviathan Dreadnought of the Night Lords Legion

  • Ancient-Reductus Vakuran - Vakuran was a Leviathan Dreadnought of the Night Lords Legion. Before being interred within a Dreadnought, Ancient-Reductus Vakuran had fought during the later stages of the Unification Wars on Terra and eventually fell in combat against a mighty Over-wyrd of the Hambro-Cuth. Later, sometime after the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, he would be sealed within his Leviathan Pattern Dreadnought after it was captured from the Ultramarines Legion at Xorthorn VII, the Night Lords ripping the still-living body of its previous owner out and casting him upon the bloody ground. While interred within his Leviathan Dreadnought, Vakuran is known to have participated is dozens of campaigns across the Ultima and Tempestus Segmentums. In each case he led the forces of the Night Lords in direct assaults against heavily-defended Loyalist positions. In each assault his attacks were described as direct, brutal and crude, leading observers to suspect that he had been driven to the edges of sanity by the strain of operating the highly-demanding systems of the Leviathan Dreadnought.
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Iron Hands Leviathan Siege Dreadnought, Ancient-Claviger Khalon, Heavy Assault Echelon, Order Novii, Morragul Clan-Company during the Horus Heresy

  • Ancient-Claviger Khalon - Khalon was a Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the Iron Hands Legion's Morragul Clan-Company. Once a Legion Consul of the Ungavarr Clan-Company, Ancient-Clavigar Khalon was a Terran-born siege-breaker of great renown, having won countless honours during the early days of the Great Crusade. Khalon fell in combat during the apocalyptic Battle of Rust, and was barely saved by Legion Apothecaries. His body was placed in stasis so that he could later be interred within a mighty Dreadnought. When at last a Dreadnought shell was available, it was to be a prototype class intended for heavy assaults and siege warfare, a perfect fit for the renowned siege-breaker. Upon being placed within his new Dreadnought form, Khalon was found to be mentally ill-suited to his new existence and was prone to bouts of extreme instability. At the order of Ferrus Manus himself he was transferred from Clan Ungavarr to Clan Morragul, where his demeanour was considered to be more suited to the orphans and outcasts that had gathered under the stewardship of Iron Father Autek Mor.
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Hrimthursar Arn Therod, the Ice Lord of the Sons of Ymir, Ancient of the Fourth Great-Company

  • Hrimthursar Arn Therod - Therod was a Leviathan Pattern Siege Dreadnought of the Space Wolves Legion's Fourth Great-Company. Arn Therod was renowned even amongst the bitter ranks of the Hrimthursar for his grim demeanour and unremitting wrath, Therod was present for the Breaking of the Acropolis Magna's gates and the slaughter that soon followed. Therod systematically slaughtered the members of the Prosperine Spireguard for hours on end, their weapons proving little more than an annoyance against the mighty Dreadnoughts hull. As with all Space Wolves Legion Dreadnoughts, Therod's hull was covered with decorative inscriptions and designs, mostly commemorating past deeds and victories. One design of note was the Hagalaz rune inscribed upon the Dreadnought's left greave, a mark of the Hrimthursar, the most hated of the Sons of Ymir, the given name for the Space Wolves Dreadnought cadres.
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Carab Culln of the Red Scorpions Chapter after his transformation into a Relic Leviathan Dreadnought known as "Carab Culln the Risen"

  • Carab Culln the Risen - Carab Culln is the former Lord High Commander (Chapter Master) of the Red Scorpions Space Marine Chapter and a current Relic Leviathan Dreadnought. Known throughout the Imperium, he is a warrior of great courage and battle experience who has fought the enemies of Mankind across the breadth of the galaxy. Renowned as an inspirational leader of unimpeachable bravery, Carab Culln had the honour of being selected as Magister Militum (supreme commander) of the Loyalist Space Marine forces during the internecine conflict known as the Badab War from 904.M41 until 912.M41. During his baptism of fire as a Chapter Master during this conflict, he preferred to lead the major actions of the war from the front, earning the respect and admiration of his peers. Carab Culln was believed lost to the Imperium in the campaigns that followed the Indomitus Crusade. Grievously wounded in the slaying of the Great Beast of Sarum, Culln's remains were returned to the Chapter, bearing only the faintest whisperings of life. Thus in honour he was interred within the armoured shell of a Relic Leviathan Dreadnought, blessed with the technology to allow Culln to serve his brethren in battle once again as Carab Culln the Risen.

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Space Marine Forces
Chapter Command Chapter Master • Master of the Keep • Master of Sanctity • Chief Librarian • Master of the Apothecarion • Master of the Forge • Master of the Watch • Master of the Fleet • Master of the Arsenal • Master of the Marches • Master of the Rites • Master of Relics • Chief Victualler • Lord Executioner • Master of Recruits • Master of Reconnaissance • Master of the Signal • Chapter Ancient • Primaris Ancient • Chapter Champion • Honour Guard
Company Command Command Squad • Reclusiam Command Squad • Captain • Primaris Captain • Lieutenant • Primaris Lieutenant • Company Ancient • Company Champion
Specialists Librarian (Epistolary • Codicier • Lexicanium • Primaris Librarian • Vanguard Librarian) • Chaplain (Reclusiarch • Primaris Chaplain • Judiciar) • Apothecary (Primaris Apothecary • Apothecary Biologis • Helix Adept) • Techmarine
Veteran Squads Veteran Marines (Sternguard Veteran • Vanguard Veteran • Veteran Intercessor • Veteran Assault Intercessor • Bladeguard Veteran) • Terminator Squad • Terminator Assault Squad
Battleline Squads Tactical Squad • Intercessor Squad (Heavy Intercessor Squad) • Infiltrator Squad
Close Support Squads Assault Squad • Assault Intercessor Squad • Jump Pack Intercessor Squad • Inceptor Squad • Reiver Squad • Incursor Squad • Suppressor Squad • Bike Squad • Outrider Squad • Centurion Assault Squad
Fire Support Squads Aggressor Squad • Desolation Squad • Devastator Squad • Hellblaster Squad • Eradicator Squad • Eliminator Squad • Infernus Squad • Centurion Devastator Squad
Neophyte Squads Scout Squad • Scout Bike Squad
Light Vehicles Assault Bike • Attack Bike • Scout Bike • Raider Pattern Combat Bike • Invader ATV • Land Speeder (Land Speeder Storm • Land Speeder Tempest • Land Speeder Tornado • Land Speeder Typhoon • Land Speeder Vengeance • Land Speeder Proteus • Darkshroud) • Storm Speeder (Storm Speeder Hailstrike • Storm Speeder Hammerstrike • Storm Speeder Thunderstrike)
Combat Walkers Dreadnought (Castraferrum Dreadnought • Siege Dreadnought • Hellfire Dreadnought • Ironclad Dreadnought • Venerable Dreadnought • Mortis Dreadnought • Chaplain Dreadnought • Librarian Dreadnought • Furioso Dreadnought • Death Company Dreadnought • Redemptor Dreadnought (Brutalis Dreadnought • Ballistus Dreadnought) • Wulfen Dreadnought • Doomglaive Dreadnought) • Nemesis Dreadknight • Invictor Tactical Warsuit
Armoured Personnel Carriers Rhino • Razorback • Damocles Command Rhino • Rhino Primaris • Rhino Advancer • Impulsor
Main Battle Tanks Predator Destructor (Predator Annihilator • Baal Predator) • Land Raider (Land Raider Phobos • Land Raider Crusader • Land Raider Redeemer • Land Raider Achilles • Land Raider Prometheus • Land Raider Terminus Ultra • Land Raider Ares • Land Raider Excelsior • Land Raider Wrath of Mjalnar • Land Raider Angel Infernus • Land Raider Solemnus Aggressor • Land Raider Anvilarum) • Deimos Vindicator Laser Destroyer • Repulsor • Repulsor Executioner • Gladiator (Gladiator Reaper • Gladiator Valiant • Gladiator Lancer) • Astraeus
Artillery Whirlwind • Vindicator • Stalker • Hunter • Whirlwind Hyperios • Land Raider Helios • Thunderfire Cannon • Firestrike Servo-turret
Aircraft/Air-Deployed Stormtalon • Thunderhawk • Thunderhawk Transporter • Shadowhawk • Stormraven • Storm Eagle • Fire Raptor • Stormhawk Interceptor • Caestus Assault Ram • Dark Talon • Nephilim Jetfighter • Stormfang • Stormwolf • Corvus Blackstar • Overlord • Drop Pod • Hammerfall Bunker
Rare, Relic or Retired Vehicles Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought • Deredeo Pattern Dreadnought • Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer • Leviathan Dreadnought • Javelin Attack Speeder • Jetbike • Deimos Predator • Deimos Rhino • Sabre Tank Hunter • Land Raider Proteus • Kratos Heavy Assault Tank • Mark IIb Land Raider Phobos • Malcador Assault Tank (Malcador Annihilator) • Sicaran Battle Tank • Sicaran Venator • Sicaran Punisher Assault Tank • Sicaran Arcus Strike Tank • Sicaran Omega Tank Destroyer • Spartan Assault Tank • Typhon Heavy Siege Tank • Fellblade • Falchion • Mastodon • Deimos Whirlwind Scorpius • Xiphon Pattern Interceptor • Stormbird • Kharybdis Assault Claw
Chaos Space Marine Forces
Command Chaos Lord • Exalted Champion • Chaos Champion • Aspiring Champion • Sorcerer Lord • Daemon Prince • Daemon Prince of Nurgle • Daemon Prince of Tzeentch • Death Guard Lord
Specialists Exalted Sorcerer • Sorcerer • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Executions • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Death Guard Sorcerer • Lord of Contagion • Malignant Plaguecaster • Plague Surgeon • Tallyman • Scarab Occult Sorcerer • Scarab Occult Terminators
Troops Chaos Space Marines • Havocs • Chosen • Chaos Terminators • Possessed • Greater Possessed • Khorne Berzerkers • Plague Marines • Noise Marines • Rubric Marines • Obliterators • Mutilators • Chaos Spawn • Fallen Angels • Noxious Blightbringer • Foul Blightspawn • Biologus Putrifier • Blightlord Terminators • Deathshroud
Fast Attack Chaos Space Marine Bikers • Chaos Space Marine Raptors • Warp Talons
Chaos Dreadnoughts Helbrute • Ferrum Infernus Dreadnought • Chaos Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought • Sonic Dreadnought • Berserker Dreadnought • Leviathan Dreadnought
Vehicles and Daemon Engines Chaos Rhino • Chaos Predator • Infernal Relic Predator • Chaos Vindicator • Chaos Land Raider • Chaos Land Raider Proteus • Infernal Relic Land Raider Achilles • Land Raider Hades Diabolus • Relic Sicaran Battle Tank • Maulerfiend • Forgefiend • Defiler • Brass Scorpion • Blood Slaughterer • Blight Drone • Foetid Bloat-drone • Kytan • Plague Hulk • Venomcrawler • Myphitic Blight-hauler
Heavy Vehicles and Daemon Engines Spartan Assault Tank • Fellblade • Decimator • Typhon Heavy Siege Tank • Lord of Skulls • Death Wheel • Plaguereaper • Plagueburst Crawler • Silver Tower of Tzeentch
Aircraft Heldrake • Stormbird • Thunderhawk • Chaos Storm Eagle • Chaos Fire Raptor • Hell Blade • Hell Talon • Harbinger • Chaos Dreadclaw • Kharybdis Assault Claw • Fire Lord • Doom Wing
Summoned Daemons Bloodletters • Plaguebearers • Horror of Tzeentch • Daemonette • Nurglings • Beast of Nurgle • Plague Drone • Flamer • Screamer
Lost and the Damned Chaos Cultists • Poxwalkers • Pestigor • Plague Zombies • Plague Ogryn • Thrall Wizard • Tzaangor • Tzaangor Enlightened • Tzaangor Shaman • Dark Disciple
Champions Magnus the Red • Mortarion • Abaddon the Despoiler • Kharn the Betrayer • Typhus • Ahriman • Huron Blackheart • Fabius Bile • Cypher • Haarken Worldclaimer • Invocatus
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