This archive tracks four layers. A record present in 1 of them (M41) is silent in the rest, and says so.
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
drukhari
Torture-class cruiser of the Sky Serpents
One of the three ships Duke Sliscus stole when he fled Commorragh, now part of his Sky Serpents corsair fleet; in the raid on Fenris it draws the System Defence Fleet away while the corsairs make planetfall (Lukas the Trickster).
Position: Fenris System (Fenris, Midgardia, Valdrmani) This book's raid only (Chapter 9: the decoy run through the Fenris System, 641.M41). Location-specific hull placement is editorial. Cited in Lukas the Trickster
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.
Books set here
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identityhigh
wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Ribald_Blade (read 2026-10-12, citing Lukas the Trickster (Novel), Chapter Nine): 'The Ribald Blade was a Torture-class Cruiser that formed part of the Sky Serpents' fleet'; one of three ships Sliscus stole fleeing Commorragh. Also https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Torture_Cruiser ('Ribald Blade — Part of Duke Sliscus' corsairs, the Sky Serpents', same chapter) and https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sky_Serpents (Known Vessels). A void ship. NAME-COLLISION CHECK: no index record uses the id or label.
book-joinmedium
MENTIONED for Lukas the Trickster: Lexicanum records its decoy action in the Fenris System (Chapter Nine); whether any scene is set aboard is not stated on a permitted page.
positionsmedium
m41, anchored to fenris only for space-wolves::space-wolves-stories::4: 'When Sliscus raided the Fenris System in mid-M41, he used the Ribald Blade to distract Fenris' System Defence Fleet' (Lexicanum Ribald_Blade, Chapter Nine). No permanent berth or fleet-wide position inferred.
archetypemedium
Named a Torture-class cruiser (Lexicanum); cruiser is the supported renderer family, a generic schematic silhouette rather than the drukhari hull.
gposlow
inferred: book-specific position anchored to fenris (the raid of 641.M41). Anchor marker and within-system hull offset are editorial, not physical coordinates or a permanent berth.
erashigh
m41 only, with the novel. Allegiance 'drukhari' (the Sky Serpents corsairs).