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The Horus HeresyM30–M31
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in The Horus Heresy.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
Age of the ImperiumM32–M40
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in Age of the Imperium.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
The 41st Millenniumpre-Rift
imperium
Blood Angels battle-barge of the Bellus expedition
A Blood Angels battle-barge under Brother-Captain Ideon, sent into ork space at Inquisitor Ramius Stele's suggestion to recover the lost Spear of Telesto, with the Sanguinary Priest Sachiel and Battle-Brother Arkio aboard. Bearing the spear, she returns to Imperial space and joins the Blood Angels fighting on Cybele, then carries them on to Shenlong. After Arkio's acclamation her captain and crew swear to him, and she carries his cause on to the shrine world Sabien.
Position: Cybele System (Cybele) The Blood Angels battle-barge returns from the expedition that recovered the Spear of Telesto and meets the beleaguered Cybele garrison Cited in Deus Encarmine
Position: Shenlong System (Shenlong) Carries the Blood Angels in pursuit of the Word Bearers to Shenlong; Arkio is presented with the Spear of Telesto aboard her Cited in Deus Encarmine
Position: Phaedra System (Sabien) Arkio's battle-barge at the Sabien confrontation, in battle over the planet with the Europae and the Misericorde Cited in Deus Sanguinius
Era Indomituspost-Rift
[RECORD LOST]
No record for this location in Era Indomitus.
Position in this era: [RECORD LOST].
Position
A mobile record: it carries a position timeline rather than a fixed point. The archive places it in 1 of the four eras (M41); each era section above carries that era's entry.
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identityhigh
wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Bellus (read directly in a browser on 2026-10-02): 'a battle barge in service to the Blood Angels chapter'; the expedition under Brother-Captain Ideon into Ork space for the Spear of Telesto at Inquisitor Ramius Stele's suggestion, with Sachiel and Arkio; returned bearing the Spear and met the Blood Angels force on Cybele (Deus Encarmine ch. 2 pgs. 39-40, ch. 7, ch. 9). Later fate cited to Deus Sanguinius. NAME-COLLISION CHECK: Lexicanum full-text search for 'Bellus' also returns Bellus Prime, a different world; no index record uses the id or label 'bellus'.
positionshigh
m41, the Cybele and Shenlong systems: Lexicanum Bellus (ch. 2) and Koris (chs. 1-2) bring her to Cybele; Lexicanum Arkio has the spear presented aboard her 'En route' to Shenlong, and Koris (ch. 11) has Rafen tap her astropathic choir after the Shenlong battle. Added 2026-10-02 for Deus Sanguinius: the Phaedra System (Sabien), Lexicanum Bellus (Deus Sanguinius ch. 4: Ideon and the crew swear fealty to Arkio and fire on the Amareo; ch. 12: destroyed in orbit over Sabien in a three-way duel with the Europae and the Misericorde) and Europae (ch. 11).
classhigh
battle-barge, per Lexicanum Bellus and List_of_Battle_Barges; no archetype beyond the generic ship schematic is set.
erashigh
m41 only, the novel's era (the expedition is 'late M41', Lexicanum Bellus). Allegiance 'imperium'.