greetings everyone today you will learn
about the greatest Triumph of the great
Crusade and the exaltation of the first
among equals the great Crusade quickly
gained momentum after the capture of the
solar system the legions of aartis
supported by the forces of the Imperial
Army skitarii cohorts the mechanicum
Army and the Titan Legions methodically
expanded the boundaries of human
Dominion Imperial archist and historians
were always seeking any clues about
human populated planets from the Dark
Age of Technology The Fleets of
mechanicum explorator and families of
free Traders also assisted in this
endeavor at the Vanguard of the Crusade
stood the emperor personally with Horus
at his right
hand Father and Son spent a great deal
of time together Horus absorbed the
wisdom and Ingenuity of the emperor and
also learned The Art of War from him
over time the emperor and Horus grew
very close in battle they invariably
fought shoulder toosh shoulder and after
the battles they conversed for many
hours during one battle Horus lost
Consciousness from a plasma charge hit
and the emperor alone defended his son
against the onslaught of the enemy until
reinforcements
arrived on the planet Goro Horus had the
opportunity to repay the emperor during
a battle with the Orcs a massive orc War
Boss knocked the master of mankind down
and began to strangle him seeing this an
enraged Horus rushed to his father's Aid
and tore the orc chieftain's arm off the
emperor trusted his son infinitely and
so when another Primark was found and
the emperor needed to temporarily leave
The Crusade it was Horus who was honored
to lead the Crusade further until the
father's return during this time the
Luna Wolves Legion earned a a great many
accolades for their Valor the Zeal to be
first and best remained with the legion
even after reunification with other
primarchs the reputation of the Legion
always preceded their Fleet regiments of
the Imperial Army and even other Legions
of Space Marines often requested their
participation in joint operations with
the lunar wolves all to personally
witness the famed Legion in
action as for the relationship with his
brother primar Horus tried to maintain
relations with each becoming a close
friend to the majority of them he was
incredibly happy every time his lost
brothers were found and tried to get to
know them as soon as possible they in
turn were drawn to him as the most
experienced and closest to the emperor
Horus also had an incredible ability to
utilize all his combat resources and to
see the most complete picture of the
battlefield this meant that he always
knew precisely ly how to employ each
Legions of aartis not just his own but
every Regiment of the Imperium Army as
well the Crusade knew many glorious
victories in the name of the Imperium
but its peak of Triumph was manifested
on the world of Anor Prime in the Anor
system there were several planets all of
which had been seized by the Orcs under
the command of War Boss urak
Uruk this was one of the largest orcish
empires in the history of the Galaxy and
thus posed a significant threat to the
advancing Fleet of the great Crusade by
that time nearly all the primarchs had
been found so for such a large-scale
battle as many of these legendary
demigods as possible were needed in that
battle besides Horus rabut Gillman and
Jager Tai KH also participated with
their Legions as a result the following
plan was devised the primarch would
attack all the planets in the system
except for an and or prime and as soon
as the main forces of the green skins
rushed to defend the planets the emperor
and Horus with the support of the Luna
Wolves and the Imperial Army would
deliver a lightning strike on the
capital on the main
Planet this was horus's favorite tactic
striking with the spearhead of his army
at the head of the enemy's Army so that
after its head was crushed its body
would fall under its own weight while
the emperor and the main forces with
Titan LE Legion support stormed urak
uruk's Palace Horus with a circle of
elite Warriors in Terminator armor known
as the Jerin teleported directly inside
the palace horus's Squad had to hack
their way through orc hordes before they
reached the throne room there they were
met by a whole gang of large orc knobs
as the best warriors among Orcs are
known and leading them was the war boss
of the orc Empire
himself merely upon seeing him Horus
charged into the attack trying to tear
the enemy apart with his lightning claws
the Jerian tried to support the Primark
with bolters but fearing accident
harming him also rushed into melee
combat it was a most intense battle but
ultimately Horus managed to impale erac
with his claws the primarch lifted him
over his head carried him to the balcony
of the palace and tossed him towards the
defending Orcs seeing their great boss
turned into a piece of meat the Orcs
wavered And The remaining knobs
immediately began to divide power and
declare themselves the new Emperors of
Anor despite the attack of the Imperial
forces the Orcs began to fight among
themselves for power watching the
ensuing chaos Horus understood that
Victory had come at the moment of the
boss's killing returning to the throne
room the Primark saw that all the knobs
were dead but from his Squad only one
Space Marine remained he was the leader
of the juin the captain captain of the
first company of the Luna Wolves ISL
abdon who was also the closest friend
and adviser to Horus at the same time
khah and Gillman also conducted
brilliant campaigns on neighboring
planets so in the following months the
Warriors of the Imperium were only
occupied with searching for surviving
Orcs for the Imperium this was the
greatest victory of the campaign a
Triumph that would go down in
Legends Horus had many achievements to
his name even before Anor and after he
became the greatest hero of the Imperium
of course after the Father the emperor
decided to immortalize the significance
of this Victory platoon of the
mechanicus geof forers were convened on
Anor Prime with their Machinery they
cleared all orc corpses laying at top a
giant Plaza exceeding the size of
several cities combined they constructed
a highway with but a single structure a
massive Pavilion made of granite and
black marble transported from holy
Terror along the roadway poles adorned
with the skulls of orc leaders were
erected while torches of considerable
size lit the highway in the blue white
flame of promethium and then the
greatest parade thundered forth troops
were summoned from across the Imperium
endless ranks of Imperial regiments
reached the Horizon behind them Rose the
legions of Titans and above them
aeronautica imperialis solemnly flew by
the battle participants were awarded an
onyx golden Triumph stripe for their
uniforms signifying endless Valor and
loyalty these strips were forged from
bolt gun casings gathered on the
battlefield then came the legions of
aartis a total of 14 Legions and nine
primarchs participated in the parade
each son of the emperor was accompanied
by a circle of Warriors closest to the
primarch such Elite guards were created
in the legions following the example of
the Jerin of the lunar
wolves after the parade and ceremonial
speeches the emperor spoke he once again
acknowledged The Valor and tactical
Genius of Horus but then something
happened that no one could have
anticipated in full hearing the emperor
announced that he was leaving the great
Crusade and returning to Terror to
undertake a secret project for the
benefit of all mankind he appointed
Horus as his successor declaring his new
title warm
now Horus would lead the ships of the
Crusade further and the rest were to
serve him as if the emperor himself
spoke through the Primark the crowd
erupted in Ovations yet horus's Brothers
darkened they were of course happy for
horus's recognition of Valor but now he
was no longer a brother to them
previously he was first among equals but
now he had risen above them what
saddened them most was the departure of
the emperor to Terror it seemed to them
that the father had abandoned them that
they had completed their work and now
they were just unnecessary tools for him
and at that moment the soft voices of
the chaos Gods echoed in the minds of
each of the primarchs they sought to
turn grievance and perplexity into
something far more dire after the parade
Horus also received a proposition from
the emperor to rename his Legion the
sons of Horus to once more highlight
their merits however the Primark
declined true as time passed Horus came
to understand that he was drifting away
from his brothers losing their respect
among them and in a lengthy conversation
with sanguinius Horus eventually decided
to rename his Legion he changed the
heraldry and colors of the armor now on
the battlefield the legionnaires extoled
not only the emperor but also their
primarch who knows perhaps at that
moment Horus did Harbor Ambitions to
attain his father's power and possibly
surpass him a fertile ground of the mind
for destructive forces the emperor
undoubtedly was an extraordinary being
primarily due to his incredible psychic
powers and of course he knew about the
existence of other individuals sensitive
to warp energy and with capabilities to
utilize it some of the psychers were
vitally necessary for the Imperium such
as Navigators and
astropaths however as the great Crusade
progressed unauthorized Sorcerers were
found more frequently the psycho Gene
propagated more quickly among newborns
and this became a problem The Crusade
forces discovered entire planets mostly
populated by Sorcerers who had been
sweetly corrupted by the gods of chaos
even among the Space Marines the number
of psychers was on the rise and thus
legionnaires with such abilities either
were forbidden to use them or faced
persecution and sometimes even
worse others such as Magnus the red
sanguinius and jagai khah seeing the
potential in such unique Warriors
organized librarius in their Legions
creating also mind training programs for
more effective use of s energy in combat
and for greater protection against the
destructive forces they even convinced
the emperor to approve such an
experiment and having obtained his
consent they indeed gained a powerfully
augmented Force for their
Legions Magnus and his region the
Thousand Sons where everyone was skilled
psychers naturally suffered the most
from their brothers distrust the main
opponents of sorcery from the emperor's
forces even refused to conduct joint
combat actions side by side with the
Legion of the Crimson King and Magnus
himself was repeatedly openly accused of
using dark magic and forbidden rituals
the fiercest opponents were Leman Russ
who saw in sorceress tricks only danger
and dishonor and mortarion who still
bore the scars from the Giants the
Sorcerers of his home planet at some
point the tension in the Imperium
reached its peak and even threatened
with a Schism the emperor was concerned
about the accusations towards Magnus and
the quarrel between the primar as well
as the potential danger that could arise
from The Librarians he understood that
before he could calmly return to Terror
after the olor Triumph this problem
needed to be resolved once and for all
therefore he ordered the Gathering the
Council of Nikia to which all primarchs
were invited some Librarians of their
Legions the Lords of Mars as well as the
main advisers of the emperor the
gathered split into those who defended
Pyers and those who despised it the
emperor himself sat high as the judge of
the entire process the main accusers
were the sisters of Silence a special
order consisting of female Untouchables
Untouchables were called people whose
Souls had no reflection in the warp even
being near them caused unpleasant
Sensations in ordinary people and for
psychers and especially the Demons of
the emerium they caused incredible pain
the sisters of Silence reminded those
gathered of the horrors of sorcery the
great risk of succumbing to chaos the
terrible Deeds performed by corrupted
Sorcerers during the age of strife
mutants and the spawn of the warp that
could inadvertently be summoned by
Pyers on the defense side Primark Magnus
took the floor his main argument was
that knowledge itself could not be
inherently good or evil its use depends
solely on the intentions of the person
who acquires it it is also necessary to
master this knowledge rather than be led
by it with all the eloquence available
to a Primark Magnus argued that his
entire Legion had their powers under
full control and that their Research
into sorcery served the good of the
Imperium magnus's compelling speech
captivated many listeners and opinions
were once again divided no one could
deny the danger that Sorcerers posed and
the crimes they had already committed
but nor could anyone refute the words of
the Crimson King the tension among those
gathered once again escalated at this
moment 12 Librarians from different
Legions approached the emperor's Throne
speaking was one of them a librarian of
the white scars Legion named Tagai
yesugai
he spoke of how a Psy's mind is like the
talent or body of an athlete and it
needs to be perfected and trained a
psycha in and of itself cannot
inherently carry the destructive
Corruption of chaos therefore with
proper control and training the Imperium
could gain many most powerful warriors
including among the
aartis after all the hearings the
opposing sides even began to reach
compromises however at that moment the
emperor announced that the Council of
Nikia was con convene not only to
regulate the matters of Pyers it was
also a trial against Magnus the red he
was to answer for numerous charges of
sorcery and spreading of forbidden
knowledge within his and other Legions
through the core of
librarius there were many witnesses to
the use of Magnus and the Thousand Sons
sorcery so it was difficult to deny his
guilt the emperor was very angry with
his son as Magnus was the only one to
whom he had confided all the dangers and
secrets of the warp and learning that
even after his warnings Magnus still
reached for Forbidden Knowledge the
emperor was beside himself their heated
dispute would enter history and be
recorded in the grimoire hereticus in
the end the emperor pronounced the
verdict the severity was likely fueled
by his anger at Magnus but the emperor's
decision was irrefutable according to
the Edict of Nika the legions of the
estares were forbidden from using
Librarians the librarian I were to be
disbanded and the gifted estares were to
be transferred to regular squads with a
Prohibition on sorcery additionally a
new position was introduced into the
legions chaplain and the chaplain was to
ensure the purity of the legion's
thoughts and adherence to Imperial truth
the only exceptions for psyo use within
the legions were astropaths and
Navigators Magnus was also forbidden
from using his powers if you engage with
the warp Magnus I will come and destroy
you you the name of your legion will be
erased from the Imperial records forever
Thus Spoke the emperor this phrase by
the way could also hint at the fates of
the second and 11th Legions the malice
and offense Magnus felt cannot be fully
conveyed his main objective was the
pursuit of knowledge for a better future
and sorcery made his Legion unique it
was their primary weapon with bitterness
in his heart he obeyed the father's
prohibition thus the Council of Nika
concluded but did the Sons heed their
father's warning who threatened them
with death and anathema for Disobedience
many did especially the opponents of
walk forces however magnus's most
fervent opponent of sorcery Leman Russ
kept Pyers in his Legion firmly
believing they drew their power not from
the imiter but from the depths of their
home World Fenris alarus simply ignored
the ban and Magnus continued to explore
the mysteries of the warp only now even
more vertly than before and in times of
need many other Legions did not disdain
to allow their Librarians to summon
their powers once more future events
would yet show the utter dubiousness of
The Emperor's prohibition for bands do
not work if one betrays him who imposed
these bands the emperor left his sons
after the victory at olena and went to
Terror he left Horus as his Deputy who
received the title of warm but this
likely left horus's Soul vulnerable to
the the dark Gods each primarch felt
abandoned by the father but Horus being
the very first found primarch felt it
more acutely than others he saw his new
title only as a consolation for the fact
that the father had abandoned him
commanding the forces of the Crusade
Horus found less and less meaning in the
victories and heroic sacrifices of his
soldiers it seemed to him as if the
emperor suddenly did not care at all
about his Feats his paranoia also grew
believing his brothers were envious of
him disrespecting him laughing at his
command and orders twisting them at
their whim those primarchs who rivaled
each other started to openly conflict
and Horus could not reconcile them as
the emperor would have this struck at
the war Master's self-esteem and
Authority but the last straw was the
creation of the Council of Terror which
attempted to perform the duties of the
Emperor as ruler meaning the primarch
had to submit to mere mortals
obsessive thoughts arose in his head
that his father was to blame for all the
arising difficulties he left his
children in the cold void of space the
father who seemed to have deliberately
placed Horus at the head of the campaign
to watch his
failures soon Horus ceased attempts to
reconcile his brothers he surrounded
himself with those primarch who
unquestioningly obeyed him or at least
carried out his orders swiftly and
accurately and in order order to calm
his disappointment and paranoia Horus
tried to focus on Conquering the Galaxy
for mankind however the seeds of
betrayal had already been sown all that
remained was for them to germinate and
soon the Servants of ruinous Powers were
granted the opportunity to assist in
this process once horus's Fleet
encountered a xenos race known as the
interx they were a humanoid race similar
to humans highly advanced in technology
surpassing that of the Imperial
unlike humans the interex sought to
First establish friendship when
encountering other races and One race
the kinra even became firmly integrated
into their Community this was a very
ancient and technologically advanced
Simeon
people together the union of these two
races inhabited several dozen star
systems the interex did not wish for
contact with the Imperium they dedicated
their lives to the war against chaos and
believed that Horus his Fleet could be
under the influence of ruinous Powers
therefore horus's landing on the world
of Zenobia for negotiations was seen as
an invasion the fact was that Zenobia
housed a museum of various weapons and
after horus's landing a very valuable
artifact disappeared it was a kinra
Anatomy sword linked to the chaos God
nurgle no one would ever find out that
the blade was stolen by arabus a
chaplain of the word bearer's legion who
by that time was already a secret
servant of the dark Gods as was his
primar logar who had devised this plan
conflict flared between horus's forces
and the xenos escalating into Warfare
this led to the downfall of the interex
race sometime later on the feral world
of Davin in the midst of battle with the
local insurrectionist humans Horus was
treacherously wounded by an anatomy the
strike was delivered by yugan tber the
former Governor of the colony on Davin
seduced by chaos and secretly given the
blade by arabus following the advice of
the same arabus the dying Primark was
taken to the local Priests of the
serpent
Lodge the plan of the chaos Gods was
unfolding perfectly a ritual was
performed over Horus during which arabus
entered the mind of the primarch he told
him about the imiter about the true
goals of the dark gods and about the
arrogance of the emperor he showed Horus
visions of the future the emperor is
worshiped as a god while the marks no
longer needed have
vanished but Horus was most horrified by
the fact that the emperor used the
powers of the warp to create the
primarch all these Visions strengthened
his hatred for his father the gods of
chaos made Horus an offer he would
deliver the emperor to them and the
primarch himself would take his place
but then suddenly ignoring the Edict of
Nika Magnus broke into horus's mind he
tried to convince his brother not to
believe the deceitful words of the
traitor arabus and to maintain faith in
their father's plans but it was already
too late Horus I beg you exclaimed
Magnus but his voice was already fading
and his form trembled and paled you
cannot do this or everything we have
fought for will turn to dust you will
not make this Dreadful step is it so
Dreadful scoffed arabus it's but a small
favor hand over the emperor to the gods
of the warp and you will gain boundless
power I have already mentioned that they
are utterly indifferent to the material
world and their offer still stands the
Galaxy will be yours and you shall
become the new ruler of humanity enough
bellowed Horus and all around fell
silent I have made my
choice soon Horus awoke to the surprise
of his legionnaires the Primark had
undergone a radical change enraged by
the dictator father's goals who aspired
only for Divinity Horus began to gather
allies he turned to the closest of his
brethren the first to side with him were
angran who harbored resentment towards
the father mortarion who compared the
father's actions to the monsters of
barbarus and picking up on horus's
contempt for the emperor then fulgrim
joined who by that moment had already
felt the touch of chaos after finding
the lirer blade this blade belonged to a
race of serpent-like beings the
emperor's Sons had fought against and
contained within it a powerful demon of
slanesh Horus only found and the Flames
of heresy in his brother's heart later
Perabo who feuded with rogul Dawn Conrad
K who foresaw a dark future and alarus
omegon whose goals were unknown to
anyone joined Horus and of course lar as
the first traitor Primark followed the
warrior also joining Horus was the
fabricator general of Mars along with a
large portion of the mechanicus which
became the dark mechanicus and a
significant part of the fleet and
divisions of the Imperial Army for the
time being the Heretics did not act
openly they were amassing strength
devising plans and Gathering followers
only Magnus knew of the looming tragedy
despite his father's strict prohibition
Magnus once again decided to use sorcery
to warn the emperor of the Warriors
betrayal performing an incredibly
complex ritual magnus's Soul burst from
his body and rushed towards Terror but
almost reaching his goal magnus's Spirit
crashed into a psychic barrier eager to
convey The crucial message to his father
Magnus broke through the barrier
destroying it and shattering his soul
into fragments nevertheless reaching the
emperor's Chambers a massive red figure
engulfed in flame appeared in the
doorway it burst into the Hall
scattering Flames the being made of
flowing streams of light and Stellar
matter radiated a brightness that
blinded all around and and at the sight
of its numerous eyes none could rid
themselves of the awareness of their own
mortality such a terrifying Vision had
never been seen before and the True
Heart of this being was so mighty that
it beat only in specially created flesh
only the emperor recognized the
Magnificent Angel and recognizing it was
greatly saddened Magnus he said father
Magnus responded their thoughts met and
in that moment of close contact the
Galaxy changed forever only then did the
Crimson King realize what he had wrought
with his thoughtless action he had
destroyed the protection that the
emperor had been building for many years
protection that he had erected for his
secret project the emperor had planned
to utilize the Eldar webway for moving
Humanity across the Galaxy without fear
of being Deed by warp entities but now
demons were beginning to infiltrate the
webway and one of the webs exits was
none other than the throne room on
terror Magnus himself had opened the
doors to chaos right into the heart of
the Imperium the Primark of the Thousand
sons was in dismay and horror at what he
had just done understanding that
retribution was inevitable this meant
that the Wolves would be Unleashed once
again meanwhile the traitor forces were
planning a major strike against the
loyalist forces and few atrocities could
compare with the massacre at is van
Magnus violated the Edict of Nika and
using sorcery attempted to warn the
emperor about horus's betrayal alas
Magnus did not realize the extent of the
Havoc his desperate attempt to help his
father would cause passing through the
psychic defenses of the Imperial Palace
magnus's sorcery destroyed them
unleashing a Cascade of disasters across
Terror and opening warp storms around it
the emperor's disappointment and anger
knew no bounds an edict was immediately
issued condemning Magnus the red for
violating the laws established at the
Council of Nika by the word and will of
the Lord of mankind the emperor of the
Imperium of man this decree commands the
bringing of Magnus primarch of the 15th
Legion aares to Tera where he will stand
before the Imperial Throne to answer for
his actions and the actions of his Gene
Sons thus lemon Russ primarch of the
sixth Legion aartis
is tasked with delivering his brother
using any means he deems necessary
regardless of legal restrictions permits
or the need to borrow means from others
even if he has to follow Magnus into the
boundless void to the end of days so it
is written and so it shall
be the edict condemning Magnus and the
Thousand Sons the edict was immediately
sent to the primarch of the Space Wolves
as well as to Horus the emperor hoped
that the warrior might offer wise
counsel it he was also commanded to
assemble an army that was to arrest
Magnus and escort him to Terror and if
necessary capture him by force the lead
commander of the prosecution forces was
appointed to be Constantine valdor
Captain general of the custodes one of
the emperor's closest
advisers given that Terror was the main
Fortress of the entire Imperium with
nearby Mars serving as the main Forge of
Mankind's War Machine the force was
quickly assembled the Army consisted of
dozen of Teran auxiliar regiments and
Imperial soldiers it was also
accompanied by the sisters of Silence
the imperium's most potent weapon
against Pyers and the newly formed Ordo
Sinister a suion of warlord and Emperor
class
Titans it was unique for wielding the
incredibly rare sigh Titans war machines
under the control of eternally suffering
Pyers allowing the main Titan operator
to utilize some warp energy abilities
once everything was ready
the prosecutorial Force set off for the
planet Prospero but their Advance was
slowed by warp storms around
Terror at that time upon receiving the
summons from the emperor Lan Russ was
assisting the imperium's army with
another zenos threat it is recorded that
upon receiving the order from the
emperor Leman Russ swiftly prepared a
decisive attack at the heart of the
enemy forces and crushed them however
after afterwards he and his Legion
immediately retreated and headed for the
Space Wolves home world of Fenris to
prepare for the offensive it is
difficult to say whether such fervor was
due to his loyalty to the Emperor or if
the wolf King was driven by rage and
Malice towards his brother whom lemon
Russ had never
trusted upon arriving at his homeland
Leman Russ called all the great
companies of his Legion that were
relatively close to their star system
the wolf King spent about a month
Gathering the forces of his Legion and
without waiting for the full assembly
set out to meet valdor with 50,000 Space
Marines their meeting place was the beta
Garmin system however due to the warp
storms at Terror and the relative
proximity of Fenris to this system the
Space Wolves arrived at the meeting
place a month and a half earlier than
valor's forces there Leman Russ was
greeted by the forces that responded to
the call of his lead Legion and a part
of the forces of Sons of Horus the main
task of the 16th Legion was to deliver
messages to Leeman Russ from the warm it
is unknown what exactly Horus conveyed
to his brother but afterwards Russ
intended to not only capture Magnus but
also to execute him even though this was
not a directive from the father for
these purposes Horus allocated 5,000 of
his legionaries and 12 Titans to assist
Leman Russ when a month and a half later
the the prosecutorial force from Terror
arrived at beta Garman a tense meeting
between Russ and valdor took place both
men deeply respected each other but
valdor was firmly intended to carry out
the emperor's order as precisely as
possible whereas Russ believed that
killing the sorcerer traitor would
better serve the
Imperium ultimately valdor agreed with
Leman Russ but the disagreements between
them continued during the war it took
some more time before the prosecutorial
Force finally set off for Prospero
during preparation strategies for
uniting such spiritually different
forces were developed and Russ demanded
a careful study of the planet and its
military fortifications advancing
towards magnus's Planet the
prosecutorial Force captured space
stations belonging to the Thousand Sons
though all were found empty also no
ships of the sorcerer Legion were
encountered on their path it turned out
that Magnus had long known about the
Army's approach but but instead of
ordering the fortification of his
system's Borders or even strengthening
the planet's defense Magnus the red on
the contrary dispersed his fleet's
forces as far apart from each other as
possible although he had gathered the
bulk of his Legion on Prospero the
Thousand Sons were unaware of the
impending Invasion until the last moment
Magnus had completely cut off any means
of communication with the rest of the
Imperium including psychic ones yet even
without the preparation of defenses Tisa
the capital and the only major city on
Prospero was very well fortified on one
side there were impossible jungles
inhabited by dangerous predators among
which the most bizarre and deadly were
the invisible swarms of psychic
parasites on another side the capital
was surrounded by mountains which were
fortified with numerous bunkers and
defensive laser installations on a third
side the city was Washed by the sea and
finally on the fourth side a 100 meter
wall was erected protected by gella
fields and the city itself was covered
by a psychic Shield its strength
comparable to the void Shields usually
placed on space cruisers mechanicum
forges on the planet could also provide
substantial help in defense the
challenging landscape for landing
disagreements in command and the
accusatory forces unpreparedness for a
prolonged Siege originally this force
was just an honor guard for the arrest
and Es esort of Magnus all contributed
to significant difficulties in the
upcoming Siege it remains unclear why
Magnus deliberately scattered his Fleet
across the system and did not warn his
legion about the attack some believe it
was merely an expression of Pride others
talk about an attempt at Redemption
while some whisper about the mysterious
plans of the dark gods that whispered to
Magnus for Russ and valdor it remained a
mystery within a few hours the
accusatory Force had completely seized
the orbital space around Prospero
meeting almost no resistance the
destruction and capture of orbital
stations caused Panic among the planet's
population which was further exacerbated
by the subsequent orbital
bombardment however Russ did not want to
Simply subject Prospero to exterminatus
from orbit he wanted to give Magnus a
chance to explain and try to justify
himself the emperor's decree and demand
for Magus to surrender were broadcasted
to the planet but from the surface came
neither threats of resistance nor pleas
for Mercy nothing at all Russ was
offended by his brother's silence and
despite valor's pleas to allow more time
for a response he ordered a mass
bombardment Prospero was set Ablaze an
hour after bombarding the planet all
that remained of its surface was Ash
only the capital managed to survive
shielded by a psychic shield for valdor
and rust the true nature of such
protection around the capital was
revealed only then meaning Magnus had
once again brazenly violated the Edict
of Nika and betrayed the emperor's trust
The Siege preparations began although
the capital survived the bomb strikes
the defensive line in the mountains
around Tisa was destroyed and the
outskirts of the city were buried under
Stones The Sea washing the capital's
other side had almost completely
evaporated hitting the shoreline with a
wave of steam also Tisa lost its allies
in the form of the mechanicum their
Forge had been destroyed including the
deep underground complexes Leman Russ
swore an oath that his Warriors would be
the first to wage war on this planet and
then requested Allied Forces to stand in
reserve he himself began preparing his
Legion for The Siege descending in drop
pods to the coastline of Tisa the Space
Wolves broke the aerial defense of
Prospero the first to set foot on the
ground was Leman Russ himself fulfilling
his oath emitting an inhuman Roar
signaling the command to attack the wolf
king led his sons into battle the Wolves
immediately encountered resistance from
tisa's Elite guard but what could a mere
Guardsman do against the bestial Fury of
The Emperor's wildest Legion surprising
to the attackers was the fact that they
faced only the regular army the Thousand
Sons Legion and their primarch had yet
to show themselves at this time the
Prospero Army tried to sell their lives
dearly exhibiting acts of heroism in
each
encounter however the air forces were
entirely annihilated and only a few
fortified positions of infantry remained
desperately resisting the deadly wave of
Invaders key moments of the sieg's first
phase included the destruction of the
Fortress of the Acropolis Magna lemon
Russ's Force captured the entire region
of old Tisa and continued its advance
Advance the Wolves were Unleashed and
now nothing could halt their Advance any
pleas for a ceasefire from the citizens
were ignored Russ also disregarded
valor's suggestion to finally release
the reserves into battle the wolf King
aimed to draw out magnus's Legion and
settle scores personally as provocation
a huge Stone Statue Of The Crimson King
was destroyed finally as the attack
moved deeper into the city bolts of bol
of fire and flashes of sorceress
projectiles swept through the ranks of
the sixth Legion the Thousand Sons
responded to the wolf's call thanks to
their magical talents magnus's Legion
halted the Wolves Advance effectively
repelling their attacks and inflicting
significant damage Leman Russ unwilling
to lose the initiative ordered his
forces to hold their positions and
finally called in the reserves the Space
Wolves reserves were ordered to continue
moving towards the center of Tisa and if
possible bypass the enemy forces Russ
hoped he had already engaged the enemy's
main forces in battle but it turned out
that the wolf King had underestimated
the situation by this point the Thousand
Sons had long since abandoned any hope
of redemption and were summoning ever
more terrifying and destructive
spells seeing that the wolves attack was
faltering Constantine valdor directed
his forces to assist he called in all
remaining Imperial forces in orbit
reinforcing the attacking squads and
destroying the remaining pockets of
resistance in the wolf legion's rear the
main target of the attack was the
capture of the spires located at the
city's heart the Thousand Sons no longer
bound by any prohibitions conducted
secret rituals and sacrifices to discern
The Invader plans and use the darkest
and most forbidden spells even the
custodians led by valdor were astounded
by the incredible force that descended
upon the loyalist forces
the entire force of the prosecution Army
was shaken by how far the sons of Magnus
had fallen Russ and his Legion denounced
the Thousand Sons as their brothers and
swore to erase the city and its
inhabitants to dust sparing no one
valdor was also determined to the utmost
he gathered under his command all the
sisters of Silence which became the
decisive action as across all fronts the
Thousand Sons successfully stopped the
attack of the Loyalists even the wolf
King could not Advance further however
thanks to the devastating effect that
the sisters of silence had on the
psychers of the Thousand Sons valdor
managed to successfully break through
the traitor's defense at that moment
Tisa turned into a real hell a warp
storm began over the planet prospero's
Moon covered the Sun the warp storm
gradually descended on the capital
consuming its central part everything
that found itself on the edge of of the
warp storm was consumed by it yet inside
it was still possible to be it was there
that the main forces of Leman Russ and
valdor continued to press on the Legion
of the Thousand
Sons magnus's Legion retreated to the
central Spire where the Crimson King had
been throughout the siege and the
loyalist forces now had to also fend off
the spawns of the imum that appeared in
the Maelstrom of dark warp energy
finally when the forces of the Imperium
surrounded the remnants of the Thousand
Sons Defenders the Crimson King himself
appeared on the
battlefield the brother primarch
immediately engaged in combat and valdor
ordered Russ's Legion and his troops to
continue the offensive not interfering
with the brothers duel under the
influence of warp energy both the
Thousand sons and the Space Wolves felt
the touch of curses that these Legions
harbored the curse of the flesh turned
magnus's Sorcerers into terrible
monsters and Russ's warriors were
enveloped by the curse of the wulfen
turning them into huge semi- wild
werewolves therefore the last battle was
even more Fierce than the previous
conflict in Tisa finally valor's forces
pushed the Thousand Sons inside the
Spire itself which also sheltered the
civilian population valor's order was
simple everything inside the Spire must
die at that moment Russ had the upper
hand over his brother breaking his back
over his knee and raising his weapon
over his head for the final blow however
before the blow was struck and valor's
warriors approached the Spire a flash of
incredibly bright light enveloped the
central building around which a magical
Whirlwind spun inhuman laughter was
heard terrible demons materialized on
the battlefield and began to destroy the
blinded forces of the Imperium the space
around began to go mad M it seemed as if
magnus's last spell destroyed the very
concept of reality and then the light
disappeared as did the Spire as did the
Crimson King in despair Magnus gave
himself over to the will of zinch the
chaotic God of change knowledge and
sorcery the war was over the emperor's
forces won paying a very high price for
it Leeman Russ have defeated his brother
but he did not keep his vow to kill him
the Empire lost an entire Le of Space
Marines and as it would turn out in the
future also gained itself a formidable
enemy For the First Time The Space
Marines shed the blood of their brothers
in open confrontation Leman Russ was
deeply depressed by all this and even
solemn congratulations from Horus did
not soothe him what irony to receive
congratulations from one who secretly
rejoiced at the successful fulfillment
of his plans and the plans of the dark
Gods the wolf King has yet to learn
about the great Slaughter that was
planned by the warm istvan 3 this planet
will become the springboard for horus's
decisive actions and the rest of the
Heretics but first it's worth telling
about its Conquest istvan 3 is located
in the Ultima segmentum far from Terror
and the central systems this world was
inhabited by a technologically advanced
society that settled here during the
times of colonization and the Dark Age
of Technology
the residents of istvan survived the age
of strife almost unscathed after
reconnaissance conducted by the Empire
it was clear that a planet with such a
large population and such development
simply had to be brought back under its
fold unfortunately diplomatic missions
failed the inhabitants of istvan were
too independent and self-sufficient
moreover they preached a local religion
which was contrary to the Imperial
truths therefore to resolve the looming
conf ICT it was decided to send the
Raven guard Legion led by their primar
corus korax the planet fell in one night
the Raven guard's pinpoint strike
beheaded the government and the protests
were quelled the reports of the Space
Marines mention nothing unusual except
for the mention of many Cults among the
protesters nevertheless the world of
istvan 3 rejoined the rest of humanity
the ruined Palace was rebuilt according
to Imperial cannons networks of bunkers
and tunnels were organized for the
Imperial Garrison and the planetary
defense system was completely updated
and a Spaceport was constructed as the
governing figure vardus pra a former
major of the Imperial Army and a
politician from the Ultima segmentum was
appointed planetary Governor believing
that all necessary preparations had been
made the Crusade moved on leaving the
remote planet to develop on its own this
was the beginning of the end
over time communication with istvan
became increasingly difficult messages
from astropaths had to be passed through
third and fourth hands due to the great
distance messages came more and more
infrequently and the warp storms that
appeared around the planet further
limited istvan's communication with the
rest of the
Empire from the few messages that got
through it was understood that there
were uprisings on the planet led by a
cult known as the war singer six years
after istvan's capture one of the death
guard Cruisers picked up a weak
astropath signal from it it became known
about a bloody massacre across the
planet vard prow betrayed the trust of
the Empire and descended into heresy
leading the war singer cult ignoring
such dire news from a planet with a
population of tens of millions was not
an option and it fell to Horus to once
again bring istvan back to the Imperium
he swore to make istvan a bloody example
of what would happen to traitors to the
light of the
emperor however few knew that Horus
first saw this situation as an
opportunity to strike a treacherous blow
to the Imperium himself for the assault
on the planet Horus called those who had
already embraced his Dark Side the death
guard World eaters and Emperor's
Children answered the call along with
elements of horus's own Legion the death
guard and World eaters were personally
led by their
primarchs meanwhile the war master
ordered the legions of the Dark Angels
ultramarines and blood angels to venture
to the farthest reaches of the Galaxy
thereby drawing away the most powerful
of the loyal Legions from
himself the other Legions were engaged
in their military operations but in
Prospero brother went against brother a
plan of attack was devised in the
shortest possible time by the commanders
of the gathered Legions it is important
to note that fulgrim did not reach
istvan in time so the position of
commander of the Emperor's Children was
taken by Lord Commander idolon one of
the primarch of the third legion's
closest
aares according to the plan the death
guard landed near the capital of istvan
supported by a large amount of heavy
machinery as well as Imperial army
forces and Titans that accompanied the
aartis legions meanwhile The Emperor's
Children made a drop of salt on the main
Palace and stormed it they were covered
by the world eaters who were to hold
back the flow of of cultists approaching
the palace sons of Horus in turn would
storm the temple areas which had been
rebuilt and heavily fortified by the
Heretics the sky above istvan opened up
releasing hundreds of drop pods from the
clouds a steel rain covered the city
heralding its imminent demise however
the warm and the other commanders could
not have anticipated that the cultists
could put up a worthy resistance the
attack proceeded slower and was more
difficult than initially planned and all
because of the large number of psychos
Sorcerers amongst the Heretics these
Sorcerers possessed unnaturally loud
voices their screams driving mad and
even warping the armor and bones of the
estares regular cultists were driven
into such a frenzy rage that they
charged at the Space Marines on mass
with bare hands blocking streets with
their own bodies but the legions asares
knew no fear and staunchly held back the
onslaught of mad Fanatics at this time
the empress children carried out a
perfect Landing in the palace bypassing
all air defense systems advancing
through the vast Halls the third Legion
finally found the head of the traitors
Governor vus pral he was clad in strange
armor and was armed with a monstrous
psychosonic weapon but was nevertheless
slain by the best swordsman of The
Emperor's Children
Lucius simultaneously horus's Sons led
by garal loan stormed the temple
Fortress and slaughtered all the war
singers
though they faced difficulties victory
was ultimately achieved the estares
rejoiced having managed to overcome such
Fierce resistance from a formidable
enemy in just a few hours they were
unaware that their Joy was
premature immediately following their
Victory communication with the fleet was
lost and the Titans retreated beyond the
city's boundaries from orbit bombs began
to descend within which lay one of the
most Dreadful weapons of the Imperium
the life eater us which in just a few
hours could turn all organic life on a
planet into decaying sludge the entire
planet including its forests oceans and
of course its population was annihilated
then from aboard the vengeful Spirit the
flagship of Horus a single shot was
fired the sludge following the viral
bombardment emitted copious amounts of
Highly flammable substance and it took
just one shot for the planet to ignite
in an instant before the fleet of Horus
it was as if a new Sun had ignited and
just as swiftly it extinguished leaving
behind a lifeless Boulder where a
populated Planet had stood mere hours
before vaporized rotting oceans
transformed into stormy clouds galeforce
Winds of massive sandstorms spread the
Ash and still smoldering Embers of the
Dead World Horus had delivered his blow
he challenged the emperor sacrificing an
entire world along with entire companies
of the master of Mankind's angels of
death
however Horus was unaware that even
before the bombs fell the aares on the
surface of istvan had been warned of the
warrior betrayal before the bombs were
dropped among those who remained in
orbit there was significant descent
against such a horrific decision
Nathaniel go was among the chief denters
he gathered those who remained loyal to
the emperor and together They seized the
frigate
eisenstein on it g hoped to reach Terror
and informed the Emperor of his favored
son's Dreadful betrayal the eisenstein
barely survived the traitor barrage and
an emergency warp jump but more of that
taale another time at that moment one of
the captains of The Emperor's Children
named Saul tarvitz could not bear what
Horus had planned he hijacked the
transport vessel Thunderhawk and flew to
the ground forces just minutes before
the bombs fell tarvitz managed to inform
the ground forces of the impending
exterminatus of the planet along with
them it took refuge in numerous bunkers
and fortifications that withstood both
the viral bombardment and the scorching
of the entire
surface as soon as the Firestorm died
down Horus sent Scouts to the planet's
surface his surprise and fury were
boundless when he learned that in the
ruins of the capital about 100,000 loyal
estares had taken
Refuge as soon as communication channels
were restored cries of sorrow and
despair of rage and Malice immediately
emanated from the planet the Space
Marines had never before shed so much
blood of other Space Marines and thus
they could not even conceive that their
brothers would betray them so
treacherously but above all they were
plunged into despair by the Betrayal of
their own primarch the warrior was
already ready to command a second
bombardment he could not leave any more
survivors but before Horus could issue
the order the world eaters landed on the
planet they had already tasted the
Betrayal and blood of their Brethren and
they thirsted for more angran met his
loyal sons in one of the capitals
charred squares without unnecessary
words orders or explanations angron and
his Legion lunged into an attack against
their already half-mad brothers who had
found Refuge among the ruins such
bestial Fury had not been seen in the
Galaxy both sides were no longer aartis
they were wild Berserkers who desired
only the blood of their enemy although
with losses angron's troops bravely
eliminated the survivors and the world
eaters rushed into the city streets
seeking new victims due to raging
internal Fury their Legion became
uncontrollable hence Horus was compelled
to support angron's attack soon the
forces of the traitors landed on istvan
Horus harbored the hope of terminating
the onslaught as swiftly as possible and
proceeding to the next phase of the plan
however the traitor's advance was
stretched over several Teran months
clever ambushes skillfully fortified
positions a large number of bunkers and
routs held by forces loyal to the
emperor enabled them to hold off the
enemy for a long time and pay dearly for
each of their
lives ceaseless storms and tempests
prevented the traitors from freely
sending reinforcements and supplies to
the needed areas but after several
months of Guerilla Warfare the storm
subsided Horus dispatched all forces to
the assault including the Titans
idolon of The Emperor's Children had all
this time attempted to storm the main
Palace defended by his Legion brother
Saul tarvitz and throughout this time
idolon had failed to breach their
defense not a single Siege weapon could
penetrate the palace's strongest walls
but when the titans of the traitors
combined into a monstrous Salvo of their
Mighty weapons the walls could not
withstand and began to
crumble the surviving loyalists were
finished off by the arriving world
meters a real hunt for small partisan
squads began throughout the city but the
main forces of the loyalists were in the
temple Zone under the command of loan he
and his followers from the sons of Horus
scraped off the paint and symbols from
their armors renouncing the legion's
name and returning to the old one to the
lunar wolves they held back the enemies
as best they could but the forces of the
traitors began to encircle them tightly
Ezekiel abdon the foremost among the the
sons of Horus personally took charge of
storming the siren hold the main temple
with both Fury and regret he sought out
his brothers and killed them but despite
heavy fire from all sides and abon's
pursuit about 100 Space Marines managed
to break through and Escape beyond the
city's territory resistance was already
futile the loyalist forces were defeated
but for every Fallen loyalist Space
Marine there were two to three betraying
aartis around this time fulgrim finally
arrived at horus's side with ominous
news for the warrior Horus certainly
wished to track down every escaped
loyalist but time was running out he
ordered a retreat bombarding the capital
with conventional bombs One Last Time
leveling it to the ground though it was
a hard one victory for the traitor
forces the resolution of the situation
on Prospero and the Havoc wrought by the
word bearers on Cal only bolstered
horus's success es the Galaxy would burn
and Horus had just struck the first
Sparks immediately after the massacre in
the Drop Zone on istvan 5 Horus began to
implement his plan for the siege of
Terror however the warlord understood
that the Ultramar system under the
leadership of his brother rabut Gillan
could prove to be the force that would
almost immediately choke his
Uprising the Empire within the Empire as
Ultramar was also called needed to be
weakened
and ideally destroyed that's why even
before the events in the istvan system
Horus had tasked reboot Gilman with
assembling troops for a campaign in a
sector far from Ultramar the task of
destroying the home of the 13th Legion
was assigned to lar and angran the
former had long harbored a grudge
against the 13th Legion for their
humiliation on the planet of monarchia
while the latter was simply mad with
bloodlust making angron perfectly suited
for a mission to seow Terror and panic
in the ultramarines home system both the
world eaters and the word bearers
possessed impressive fleets and together
they formed an unbeatable Armada the
beginning of their campaign could still
be traced by the planets cleanly
slaughtered and ships destroyed in Space
the world eaters Berserkers and a
special unit of the word bearers called
the gal vorac assault troops whose Souls
were possessed by warp demons
methodically exterminated the population
of the planets near
Ultramar at first few saw the sense in
such widespread Slaughter but it later
turned out to be a rather successful
attempt to appease the dark Gods the
advancement of the 12th and 17th Legions
Armada went unnoticed for a long time
due to warp storms engulfing the
Imperium the dying worlds had no way to
send distress signals to neighboring
Imperial planets but the traitors could
easily travel through the warp without
fear of demon attacks soon the Heretics
Fleet reached the planet onor room a
beacon of Imperial civilization on the
very edge of the Galaxy Beyond it lay
only space known as the ruin storm
unexplored territory where warp storms
constantly raged logar intended to use
them to his Advantage goram's defense
was overwhelmed by the power of the
traitor fleets and a devastating assault
on the main fortresses the battle was so
horrific that anuram could not fully
recover even 10,000 years after the
attack meanwhile the traitor's fleet was
able to freely move Beyond known space
passing through the mightiest warp
storms without
hindrance this was thanks to arabus the
chief chaplain of the word bearers who
by that time had renounced worship of
the emperor and become a dark
Apostle his prayers to the ruinous
powers and the millions of sacrifices
earned the favor of chaos thus almost
nothing threatened his Fleet during
transitions through the warp
occasionally the fleet emerged from the
immaterium to raid the Border worlds and
passing trade fleets but it never
allowed itself to be distracted from the
main
goal using the knowledge found on the
raided ships and within the minds of the
pilots the traitors were able to more
precisely devise a strategy for the
future
attack finally arriving at the very
heart of Ultramar the primarchs decided
to disperse their forces throughout the
system and angren and lar with a small
but formidable fragment of the fleet set
off to assault the military Center of
gillan's Empire the planet
armatura zadel captain of the word
bearers headed to the system's Capital
the planet mraa while lorgar's Chief Li
tenants cor Fon and arabus made their
way to the planet Cal additionally small
Forces of World eaters were spread
throughout the system given only one
command to kill everything in sight this
swed additional confusion and Terror
among the population of Ultramar Cal was
the main dock for the powerful
ultramarines Fleet and thus attacking it
headon would have been suicidal here the
genius of the primark's minds Shawn
through not far from Cal was a mobile
space station named Campanile even
before the arrival of the word bearer's
Fleet it was already empty the entire
crew had been destroyed whether it was a
who had gone mad aboard the station or
an attack by chaos demons was unknown
what was known was that a traitorous
Primark was to blame the station was
captured by the arriving word bearers
and it was at this moment that the blade
of betrayal was raised above Cal all
because Ultramar was still unaware of
the Betrayal of Horus and his loyal
Legions as well as of the attacks in
other parts of the sector due to warp
storms therefore the appearance of the
word bearers near Health did not arouse
suspicion a small delegation of traitors
even visited one of the ultramarines
Cruisers to exchange courtesies at this
moment lorgar's plan began to unfold
with the help of warp sorcery the 17th
Legion covertly set the campanel in
motion the station accelerated to near
light speeds and was directed straight
at the space dock orbiting the planet
within a few seconds the dock and
hundreds of ships from light Scouts to
massive Cruisers built even before Ruta
was found by the emperor were consumed
by a monstrous explosion the campan
passed through the ships like a knife
through butter exploding right in orbit
of the planet those ships that were not
hit due to the impulse after the
explosion instantly lost any connection
with the fleet and the planet beneath
them the crew lost their sight not
having time to close the shutters of
their ship's Windows the massive
ultramarines Cruiser anodic
Survived The Firestorm but lost control
and was pulled into the planet's
gravitational well crashing onto its
surface its mass destroyed part of the
capital of Cal and the main
communication Hub of the
mechanicum within mere seconds the
Heretics extinguished millions of lives
in a single
strike among the forces loyal to the
Imperium Panic ensued the surviving
officers either had no communication
with their troops or knew not what to do
through the few remaining Vox channels
echoed only pleas for help and salvation
the skies above the planet blazed and
none could have guessed that this was a
treacherous assault by the Legion of
lorgar rabut Gilman arrived in the
system to reinforce his forces finding
the planet Cal in just such a state
surveying the wreckage of ships in this
Dark Hour Gillman still hoped that it
was all merely a mistake and
misunderstanding perhaps the word
bearers thought the enemy had destroyed
the space do and had fired blindly at
the emerging ships the very thought that
the emperor's Creations could raise
their swords against their brothers was
inconceivable to
Gillan he attempted to establish contact
with the 17th legion's Fleet to clarify
the situation however no one intended to
respond instead the ultramarines fleet
met with a dense barrage from the word
bearer's ships with each passing minute
the ultramarines lost their ship
but raboot ceaselessly tried to
communicate with lar finally when the
channel became somewhat stable and
raboot appealed to his brother with a
request to cease fire he received only
the darkest of curses in reply only then
did the Primark of the 13th Legion
realized the true nature of the
situation orbiting Cal with a heavy
heart he ordered retaliatory measures up
to the destruction of the word bearer's
Fleet at this moment his forces were
bombarding the defense ESS cities of Cal
utterly erasing the major Island cities
in the south of the planet the word
bearers were preparing themselves a
foothold for an assault on the capital
numinus sometime later lorgar
reestablished contact with the primarch
of the ultramarin he informed his
brother that this traitorous attack was
not a retaliatory action for the
humiliation at monarchia it was a
full-blown Insurrection of the Warrior
against his father he also told raboot
that three of the loyal primarchs had
already met death at the hands of the
traitors and Gillan would be next as it
would later turn out lorgar was mistaken
about the death of some of his brother
nevertheless after this conversation the
ultramarines officers saw their premark
in such ferocious anger for the first
time Gillman threatened his brother with
retribution but lar merely smirked
suddenly a strange nightmarish creature
appeared on on the deck none of the
Space Marines had ever seen it before
and before those present could react in
any way to it the creature blew itself
up breaching The Command Deck
seals the Primark and some of the Space
Marines were ejected into the cold
vacuum of space and the ultramarine
flagship the mccc's honor began to fill
with unseen monsters later named Demons
of chaos the first to guess the true
nature of the demons in the sense that
they were not just unusual beings but
reflections of human nightmares was an
ultramarine Sergeant named aeonid Thiel
he was also the first to notice that
power weapons are much more effective
against demons than conventional ones
although the unexpected assault by an
unknown enemy caused confusion among the
13th Legion resistance focal points were
quickly organized throughout the
flagship after 10 hours of combat at the
moment when it seemed there was no hope
for salvation their Primark returned to
the Defenders having survived 10 hours
in space without a helmet Gillman stood
before his Legion burning with rage it
took the ultramarines commanders
considerable effort to persuade their
primarch to help them unite all
Defenders instead of merely slaughtering
the enemies with the miraculous Return
of the primarch the ultramarines found
Hope for a successful rescue from this
Carnage and for the restoration of
defenses on Cal meanwhile on the surface
of the planet itself the word bearers
Rak havoc in the first 12 hours about
100,000 ultramarines were killed and the
word bearers controlled all
strategically important locations on the
planet at their disposal were not only
the Space Marine forces but also Legions
of Titans and knights as well as hordes
of cultists and traitors from the
Imperial Army the war seemed lost but
the remaining forces loyal to the
Imperium could still resist with great
difficulty Gillman's Sons tried to sell
their lives at as high a price as
possible small resistance fi gradually
merged with each other in one desperate
attack on the traitor forces the
ultramarines and the mechanicum managed
to regain control over the planetary
defense system and in one second the
Wrath of the emperor servants descended
upon the word
bearers finally gaining an advantage on
the planet's surface defense weapons
were directed at the word bearer's Fleet
they destroyed ship after ship including
the flagship of cor Faron infid
imperator that's why cor Faron decided
to retreat Gillman in turn deciding not
to let such a vital Target Escape
entrusted Marius Gage Magister of the
first order of the ultramarines to take
a cruiser in honor of McCrea and pursue
them Gillman would only find out how
this Pursuit ended many years later
meanwhile communication between the
fleet and the ultramarines ground forces
was
restored coordinating their actions the
Space Marines finally managed to repel
the traitors properly but then rabut
Gillman started receiving alarming news
the word bearers had fired upon the Cal
system's Sun making it unstable the star
was sending radioactive winds to the
surface of the already wounded Planet
moreover requests for help were finally
coming from nearly all 500 worlds within
the Ultramar Realm
for the Primark it became clear that Cal
was not the heretic's only target the
most terrifying news was the approach of
massive warp storms around cth and if
the ultramarines did not leave in the
next few hours they might not be able to
escape from this system for a long time
the Primark decided to load the
remaining Titan forces the mechanicum
and a large portion of his Legion onto
the fleet to those who remained he
ordered them to descend into the under
cities and continue purifying the planet
from the brothers who had succumbed to
chaos the so-called underground war from
that moment would last a full 10 years
before leaving the orbit of Cal Gillman
swore that he would return here and
rebuild this world a new the traitors
would receive their deserve punishment
and Vengeance would be fulfilled and
many years would pass before the Primark
would get such a chance again
the news of horus's betrayal and the
four Space Marine Legions on terror was
met with righteous wroth and disbelief
but despite the importance of such news
the emperor ignored it by his order
nothing and no one dared to distract him
from the most important experiment for
Humanity in the depths of the Imperial
Palace therefore the responsibility for
the next actions fell on the shoulders
of primar rogal dawn of the Imperial
fists and malcador the sigite the Regent
of Terror Dawn intended to fully avenge
Horus and the rest of the brothers who
had fallen into heresy and took full
command over the loyal forces near Tera
it was impossible to send out a call to
gather the rest of the forces as warp
storms raged around Terror they
interfered with both travel and
communication between astropaths
malcador speculated that this was the
nefarious work of the great warp
entities meaning Horus had not just
betrayed his father but also made a deal
with the terrifying gods of the ruinous
Powers breaking the blockade required
the power of the emperor himself but
even for such an important cause they
dared not disturb him therefore A
desperate decision was made to power the
astronomican the Imperial warp Beacon
several thousand psychers were
sacrificed only this allowed a breach
through the storms and messages from
hundreds of Worlds immediately reached
Terror rebellions uprisings attacks by
traitors never before had the Imperium
faced such a threat that could hinder
everything achieved by the great Crusade
rogul daor managed to contact six
primarchs whom he considered loyal he
warned them of the treachery of the
brothers and ordered the legions to
gather all their forces in the istvan
system Dawn hoped to instantly give
battle to the treacherous primarchs the
Legion of the Imperial fists itself
would remain in the Solar system to
strengthen the defenses of the capital
world and deal with the arising
uprisings on Mars Dawn was confident in
his plan six Mighty Space Marine Legions
clearly would have overcome the four
Legions that had also suffered in the
massacre on IST vanan 3 in reality that
was indeed the case only the balance of
power was far from in favor of the
Imperium soon after rogul Dawn's order a
raven Guard ship entered the istvan
system it was a special reconnaissance
ship it had a minimum crew and minimal
life support systems which helped it
remain undetected amidst the void of
space like a shadow it flew past the
worlds of this star system trying to
find traces of the traitorous Legions
loyal Space Marines beheld the
devastation that rained on the surface
of istvan
3 horrific scars from explosions and
orbital bombardment covered the entire
world smoke from burned buildings and
Machinery had yet to clear
and it seemed as if one could literally
hear the voices of thousands of ghosts
that perished here at the hands of their
once Brothers in an
instant however the traitors themselves
the sons of korax had not yet been
spotted approaching the planet of istvan
5 the intercepted dozens of encrypted
Vox Communications as well as detected
energy traces of tens of thousands of
aares the traitors hadn't fled they were
amassing an army and regrouping among
the Heretics were also forces of the
Imperial Army and the mechanicum cult
who had also turned from the light of
the emperor having obtained conclusive
evidence daor only became more Resolute
in his determination to exact Vengeance
on the traitors swiftly he was able to
summon the forces of the salamanders The
Raven guard the night Lords iron
Warriors word bearers Alpha Legion and
the battle weary iron hands Fleet under
the leadership of their Primark Ferris
Manus was the most inflamed with wroth
his closest brother fulgrim personally
LED his Legion against the iron hand's
Fleet after offering Manus to join the
Rebellion rogal Dorn also dispatched a
flotilla of Imperial fists to istvan but
it was caught in a warp calm and thus
could not arrive at the destination in
time the first to approach the system
were the forces of the salamanders iron
hands and Raven guard the first ships of
the salamanders and ravengard fleets
emerged above the surface of the planet
in an instant the rest of their parts as
well as the mechanicum Imperial Army and
the Titan Legion ships immediately
exited the warp behind them ahead of
such a horrific Force the Primark of the
iron hands Flagship Cruiser ferum flew
at full speed a few hours were left
until the arrival of the other forces
but Manus did not wish to wait even a
second the Legions of traitors
anticipated the attack they had
constructed stunning fortifications yet
their anti-aircraft system couldn't even
slow down such a massive Fleet the
surface of the planet trembled as
cluster bombs and Torpedoes rained down
on the enemy
fortifications the Salvo couldn't break
the defense but it did distract The
Defenders for precious minutes following
the bombs a steel reain of drop pods
followed Ferris Manis was at the
spearhead of the very first drop assault
for every downed pod there were dozens
that reached the ground the tightly
coordinated sharp attack and the words
of righteous wroth from the Space
Marines meant only one thing the
emperor's angels of death had come to
deliver Vengeance and it would be bloody
in less than an hour the main forces of
the Loyalists and the traitor forces had
already clashed in a furious battle
Ferris LED his Legion up the central
flag The Raven guard Advanced on the
right FL while the Warriors of Vulcan on
the left so Fierce was the onslaught of
the loyalist aartis that the defensive
line slowly but surely began to break at
that very moment the primarch of the
world eers angran LED his Berserkers
into a Counterattack he split the iron
hands and the Raven guard trapping the
latter in a vice the salamanders also
suffered as entire clouds of poisonous
gas flooded the Left Flank signaling the
arrival of the reaper on the battle
field mortarion also personally LED his
Legion into the attack the battle
reached a deadlock neither side gave up
even an inch of their territory Carnage
and death reigned everywhere at the same
time the main part of the Imperial Army
and the artillery regiments were
finishing their Landing alas they could
not join the battle the passage was
blocked by mountains of bodies and the
debris of rocks remnants of the first
assault suddenly right in front of them
the traitor hidden bunkers opened
housing units of the world eaters and
the death guard they treacherously took
advantage of the momentary confusion of
the Imperial command and inflicted
devastating damage on the support forces
3 hours later both sides gradually began
to retreat the battle was so horrendous
that preliminary estimates indicated
that both sides lost about 40% of their
forces and this was just in this very
first Clash
as the emperor's loyal Warriors
retreated four clouds of transport ships
appeared in the sky the much awaited
Legions of the iron Warriors night Lords
word bearers and the alpha Legion had
arrived they quickly took their places
behind the main battlefronts erecting
their defensive fortifications coris
corx suggested to the primarch of the
salamanders and the iron hands to
retreat thereby making room for the
newcomers to
maneuver Vulcan supported his brother
but Ferris wanted to push forward he did
not just hold his perimeter he commanded
to attack even without the support of
his brothers such Fury attracted the
attention of fulgrim once the most
beloved brother to Manus the two
demigods clashed in a duel while their
Legions once Brothers mercilessly killed
each other at the same time the
salamanders and the Raven guard had
already retreated to the legions that
had come to their aid this was the
beginning of the end
the primarchs did not know that each of
the arriving Legions had long renounced
their Oaths of loyalty to the emperor
and found themselves new Masters they
found out only when hundreds of
thousands of gunfire salutes marked the
Triumph of the traitors the Trap snapped
shut three Legions which had suffered
massive damage faced eight Legions of
Heretics hope for victory evaporated
instantly even just surviving in this
Carnage was practically impossible
200,000 loyal Space Marines and
countless hundreds of thousands of
ordinary soldiers died three Legions
were practically annihilated and the
final cord of the Heretics Triumph
already worn out and mutated from
proximity to chaos was the death of a
demigod son of the emperor Ferris Manus
and the pitiful remnants of his Legion
were in the very center of the storm
enemies were on all sides and there were
endlessly many of them in the end the
primarch was left alone still fighting
in a duel with his brother they rained
blows upon each other that would have
easily slain any of the aares yet they
were far greater and far more Sublime
even than the Space Marines of those who
witnessed even a fragment of that duel
and lived to tell the tale it was said
to resemble two Titans from the ancient
legends of Terror locked in a fierce
battle finally The elusive fulgrim
delivered the final strike to his
brother and decapitated him with a chaos
tainted blade thus ended the Saga of the
Gorgon primarch of the iron hands and
the first son of the emperor he who gave
his life due to the traitor's Betrayal
summarizing the massacre in the drop
zone as this event would later be called
it could be considered one of the
darkest days for the Imperium the
loyalist Legions were almost entirely
wiped out Terror learned of the Betrayal
of four more Legions and their primarchs
coras corx and Vulcan vanished Without a
Trace and were considered dead but what
was certain was the death of Ferris
manner
on that day the emperor's hope for the
Dominion of mankind in the cold and
empty Cosmos died utterly even before
the traitor Legions openly challenged
the emperor and all of humanity Horus
actively sought allies he understood
that without the support of the
mechanicum capturing Terror would be
impossible so even in the early stages
of his Revolt he had negotiations with
the fabricator general of Mars named Kel
baral kelal was the leader of one of the
factions of the Martian mechanicum and
this faction did not recognize the
Emperor as the embodiment of their God
the
Omnia Kel bahal himself was greatly
disappointed and discontent with the
emperor's decrees against the research
of warp Technologies and artificial
intelligence as well as the fact that
the master had turned Mars from a
capital of human scientific development
into an ammunition assembly line for his
Conquest on Mars even before the Horus
her
there had been minor protests and
uprisings for the same reasons but the
agreement between Kel Bal and the warm
dramatically worsened the
situation in exchange for support during
the uprising Horus lavishly gifted the
fabricator General with Promises of
Mars's Independence and freedom of
research as well as providing him with
standard template constructs wonders of
engineering thought from the Dark Age of
Technology but the most significant gift
from the warm were the access codes to
the vaults of
moravec this was a super secret location
deep within Mars where inventions and
knowledge of an ancient techno Adept who
tried to achieve the perfect Fusion of
man and machine were
stored this knowledge was so dangerous
that even the emperor himself dared not
open the vault lest the horrors of the
emerium which had tainted them be
Unleashed however kelbo oral coveted
them above all else besides various
ancient and dangerous relics the
fabricator General found in this Vault
the scrap code a monstrous warp virus
capable of infecting all manner of
machines defiling the machine spirit and
turning it towards chaos the discovery
of the scrap code was a pivotal event in
the Civil War on Mars within mere hours
the virus had almost entirely devoured
everything within its reach on a planet
fully enveloped in machines and
electronics this was not a difficult
feat vast archives of the mechanicum
which held the knowledge and secrets of
humanity from its very Inception were
lost factories either ceased their
operations irrevocably halting without a
possibility of Revival or were
obliterated due to critical accidents
scrap code caused overheating in nuclear
reactors provoked explosions and fires
released toxic smoke into the city's
sewers burned out electronics and
ruthlessly irreversibly destroyed the
scientific and technological
achievements of
humanity by the next morning after the
Demonic virus had gained strength nearly
a million people had perished among them
6,000 astropaths whom the scrap code
deliberately eradicated Mars was cut off
from Terror and the dying screams of the
astropaths could be heard by the emperor
even from within his Subterranean Palace
Laboratories after that night a warp
storm emerged over mount olymp Olympus
beneath which The virus's Vault was
situated the influence of the immaterium
slowly devoured the minds of many
survivors forcing them to rise in
Rebellion or commit
suicide however some forges and
factories managed to sever all
communication channels in Time and the
scrap code could not breach them the
survivors until the very end did not
realize that this was not a terrible
coincidence but a treacherous attack at
the heart of
Mars yet kelal still needed a pretext
for initiating war and soon he got it an
Adept of the mechanicum named Coral zth
also known as the Mistress of the magma
City renounced any tenants of the
mechanicum cult yet remained loyal to
the emperor at that moment kelbor Hal
declared her and her followers Heretics
and started a war that engulfed all of
Mars Legions of skari technologically
enhanced human soldiers combat Machinery
automata orders of Knight and Titan
Legions both sides of the conflict
mobilized all the forces at their
disposal the battles touched every
corner of Mars including the Ring of
iron those very shipyards that encircled
the planet magma City a vast Factory on
the planet South became the main support
point for the Loyalists and it was near
there that one of the most devastating
battles unfolded a Clash of Titans from
legio mortis who betrayed the emperor
and Titans from legio Tempest ters who
remained loyal though the loyalist
forces held up well against the
overwhelming numbers of the enemy their
defeat was inevitable the enemy could
simply crush them by sheer quantity
however when the uprising on Mars ceased
to be a secret for Terror malcador the
sigite asked primar rogal dawn of the
Imperial fists to send reinforcements to
the red planet and at the same time
tasked him with recapturing and
defending the forges of Mars or if
impossible to evacuate anything of value
from there for commandeering this
operation daor chose captain sigismond
of the first company according to the
plan sigman's forces were supposed to
break through to the military factories
of Mundus oculum and mondus Gamma
capture them secure positions and if
possible begin a Counterattack these
factories produced weapons and armor for
the aartis legions and were therefore
vital however the loyalists were not
prepared for the already execrated by
the ruinous forces the dark mechanicus
would begin the Assembly of demonic
machines grotesque constructs with
demons infused within them tore through
the Imperial forces each second of
holding positions was bought with dozens
of lives ultimately sigismund ordered a
retreat a significant portion of
supplies had already been evacuated but
an even larger batch had to be left to
the traitors Coral zth could not believe
that even the the aartis were powerless
in the fight against the Heretics of
kelal mondus ulum and mondus Gamma were
destroyed the Priceless Technologies and
Machines of these factories burned in
the fire the northern border of Mars was
lost to the Loyalists the Imperial fists
ships saved as much of the supplies
knowledge and Technology as possible but
they did not continue fighting returning
to Terror to save at least the remnants
of Mars's greatness meanwhile near magma
City the last Bastion of the planet's
southern part Fierce battles of knights
and Titans continued but then Deus
tempestus the mightiest Titan of legot
tempestus fell defeated an entire order
of the Knights of tyrannis was also
slaughtered the traitors could no longer
be opposed and the fate of magma city
was
sealed yet Coral zth did not plan to
surrender the city its secrets and its
people to the traitors it was not
without reason that it had such a name
was built inside and around a volcano
with streams of lava flowing through the
city's aqueducts delivered to forges and
factories and at the moment of the
traitor's Triumph Coral zth lifted all
the protocols restricting the flow and
protection against
magma the streets were filled with
rivers of lava fire started from all
sides aqueducts spewing Fountains of
lava melted and fell onto the city
streets an hour later there was no one
left alive in in magma City 3 hours
later the city was submerged under lava
burying with it many of the most
valuable Technologies knowledge and hope
thus Coral zth executed the last order
from Terror to save as much technology
as possible the rest was to be destroyed
for the Imperium Mars was lost half
destroyed and half desecrated by
traitors and only after the main battle
of the Horus heresy would the red planet
begin to be cleansed of the chaos blight
but that is another story after the
events at istvan 3 and istvan 5 Horus
chose to gather his forces as quickly as
possible and begin a devastating attack
on the Cradle of humanity Terror being a
brilliant strategist the warm developed
a plan that allowed him to draw away
from Terror as many Legions loyal to the
Emperor as possible because the path of
malcador the sigite Learned of the
survivors from istvan 5 about the
massive forces of the traitors slowly
but surely moving towards the capital
world only the blood angels managed to
timely respond to the call of all loyal
forces of Terror the Space Wolves had
just finished the slaughter on Prospero
while the ultramarines were hindered by
the udacious attacks of the word bearers
on their home Worlds the salamanders
Raven guard and iron hands sustained
such colossal damage on istvan that they
were simply unable to participate in the
defense of Terror the Dark Angels faced
a rebellion within their own Legion and
thus could not arrive in time the white
scars were mired in Space Battles with
the alpha Legion additionally a civil
war broke out on Mars between the
mechanicum terror was left practically
without reinforcements in the face of
the arch enemy although the blood angels
managed to reach Terror before The Siege
began just before these events the
legion encountered in open battle the
warp spawn known as demons for the first
time on the planet signus
Prime in this battle sanguinius engaged
in a terrible duel with Korn's greatest
demon caber and nearly lost at the same
time sanguinius' mind was subjected to a
mental attack by the pernicious forces
they tried to lure the Primark to the
side of chaos but the angel of The
Emperor's will was Stronger the Angels
ultimately triumphed but the Mighty
Demon cursed the legion Awakening the
genetic flaw the red thirst this
Greatest Secret of the Legion remained
its heavy burden even 10,000 years later
the red thirst turned the emperor's
Angels into mad Berserkers thirsting
only to kill and feast on the blood of
their victims since then every blood
Angel fights every day with the growing
hunger inside themselves and sometimes
even such super humans lack the
willpower to resist The Thirst
nonetheless the sanguinous legion having
suffered losses and faced with the curse
arrived at the Imperial Palace and
assisted their brothers of the Imperial
fists in preparing for the upcoming
battle when the enemy was already at the
gates tera's forces consisted of only
two incomplete Legions of aares with
their primarchs several Titan Legions
about two billion Imperial Army
Guardsmen and the mechanicum forces that
were able to break through to Terror
whereas the traitor forces had gained
new allies eyes the chaos Gods summoned
entire armies of demons to Aid Horus
also the great four bestowed their gifts
upon some Legions for instance under
grandfather nurgle's initiation the
death guard Legion transformed into
plague
Marines almost living corpses their
swollen bodies harbored inside hundreds
of inconceivable diseases but at the
same time they were insensible to pain
and fatigue The Emperor's Children were
Meed in the gifts of pleasure sent to
them by
slanesh the remnants of a thousand sons
who swore fty to zinch gained even more
destructive abilities in the field of
sorcery and the world eater Berserkers
gained the attention of Korn who gifted
them with Supernatural Fury and strength
in battle the rest of the legions chose
the path of serving the undivided chaos
not choosing a particular God to such a
devastating Force were also joined the
dark mechanicum and and their Allied
Titan Legions as well as parts of the
Imperial Army that followed the war
Master the numerical advantage of the
traitors was evident but Horus
understood that protracting The Siege
was also
unwise at any moment the loyal Legions
that had not made it to the battle's
beginning might flank the
traitors the traitor forces needed a
month to break through to Terror facing
the heroic resistance of the Imperial
Fleet finally when horus's Fleet reached
the capital and encircled the planet the
first bombardments and the first
Landings of shock troops began in
parallel to this a battle took place in
the orbit of the moon whose defensive
systems managed to destroy a whole
quarter of the traitor Fleet however
tera's satellite was still captured by
the Heretics and such a significant loss
in forces still left the traitors in the
majority when the circle over Terror
almost closed a fleet of the white scars
Legion suddenly emerged from a warp Rift
their experience in lightning fast
attacks allowed them to reach the
defending forces with virtually no
losses the appearance of another loyal
Legion inspired the Defenders Of Terror
giving the soldiers some hope the main
defensive line and horus's main target
was of course the Imperial Palace which
occupied a third of the entire planet
the traitor's forces quickly captured
the two nearest space ports to the
palace and began a large scale
deployment of troops troops the chaos
Sorcerers massively summoned demons up
to the greatest Demons of the great four
as a result the loyal forces had to
retreat to the walls of the palace
before the main attack of the chaos
forces on the palace began the primarch
of the world eaters came out to the main
gates angron always looked and behaved
like a furious madman however what the
Defenders of the palace saw plunged them
into horror angron had completely given
into The Madness of Rage accepting the
greatest gift that a god of chaos could
bestow demon Hood he became a demon
Prince of corn angram transformed into a
gigantic red-skinned creature with large
wings and a terrifying toothy Moore he
offered the Defenders Of Terror to
surrender and embrace the side of the
true Gods then many might have laid down
their weapons if not for the appearance
of sanguinius in his presence not a
single soldier dared doubt their Emperor
the Angel and the demon once Brethren
stared at each other communic ating
mentally after which angron stepped back
from the gates and ordered his troops to
prepare for the attack as there would be
no surrender the greatest battle of
mankind began horus's forces tried three
times to climb the walls of the palace
and each time they were met by the ranks
of the blood angels under sanguinius'
command the white scars led by jagatai
KH also defended on the walls and inner
perimeters yet the traitors gradually
pushed the loyalist back however the
warm was dissatisfied with the slow
progress of his troops and ordered his
loyal Titans to start a massive
bombardment of the walls into the
breaches of which the forces of the
Heretics immediately poured seeing this
jagatai khah and his Legion made a
daring attack on one of the captured
spaceports splitting the traitor forces
in half with a single strike and cutting
off one of their paths for
reinforcements during this time the
forces of the blood angel and the
Imperial fists were fiercely holding
back the enemy yet they were gradually
retreating towards the eternity gate the
only passage into the inner complex of
the
palace suddenly from the crowd of
attackers a Mighty Demon of corn emerged
kabanda came seeking revenge and the
head of the angel of Bal sanguinius once
again accepted this Challenge and the
two Majestic beings clashed in a
terrible duel sanguinius nearly suffered
defeat but managed to catch the demon
offg Guard breaking its spine over his
knee and banishing it into the warp for
a whole Thousand Years the forces of the
Loyalists finally regrouped at The
Eternity gate then closed it Sheltering
behind the palace's lockable defenses
the siege of Terror lasted for 55 days
the defeat of the Loyalists was apparent
with Horus preparing to teleport to the
surface to personally lead the final
assault however news of the imminent
arrival of the Dark Angels and Space
Wolves Force es reached him followed by
the ultramarines Horus was anxious as
the reinforcement of the Loyalists could
greatly disrupt his plans in a moment of
desperation he decided to directly
challenge the emperor himself he ordered
the void Shields of his Flagship to be
disabled inviting his father to him
however at that very moment the emperor
was engaged in another battle a secret
battle right at the heart of the
Imperial Palace Beneath The Golden
Throne lay the the gates to the Elder
webway a dimension between the real
world and the warp due to magnus's
psychic message cracks appeared in the
walls of the webway through which armies
of demons flooded in close proximity to
the center of humanity therefore the
emperor his loyal custodians and some
selected troops were engaged in a fierce
battle in the webway at the approaches
to the gates Under The Golden Throne but
even there the emperor felt horus's call
the problem was that the gate could only
be closed by someone possessing psychic
power and seated on The Golden Throne
which only the emperor himself was
capable of but the closest friend and
adviser to the Lord of humanity offered
himself for the greatest sacrifice he
intended to take the emperor's place on
the throne while the latter would be
stopping Horus the emperor assembled a
squad from the custodians rogal daor
sanguinius and some veterans from their
Legions and teleported to the vengeful
spirit the flagship of the sons of Horus
where the war Master awaited them Horus
using the abilities bestowed upon him by
the gods of chaos scattered the
emperor's Squad across the ship and set
out across the decks in search of his
father however the first he found was
his closest friend and beloved brother
sanguinius Horus once again offered the
angel of Bal to join him and upon
hearing the refusal launched an attack
with bitterness in his heart the battle
of demigods was truly terrifying and
unfortunately sanguinius wounded after
the fight with the demon of corn lost to
Horus who was empowered by all four gods
of Chaos in a final effort the angel
struck the war Master's armor leaving a
breach in it after which Horus grabbed
his throat and strangled his
brother it is said that thanks to the
gift of foresight sanguinius saw the
moment of his own death and thus he was
prepared to perish precisely at that
time time in the moment of the
primarch's death a wave of Visions swept
through his Legion every estares of the
blood angels felt the pain of their
genetic father and in each of them a
bloody thirst boiled over at the same
moment the entire Legion left the walls
of the palace and launched into a
suicidal attack on the traitors they
literally bathed in the blood of their
enemies this became a complete surprise
both for the Heretics and for the
Loyalists this attack gave time for the
loyal forces to regroup and take cover
buying additional time for the emperor
the final battle for the fate of all
Humanity was approaching and every
second was at stake caught in the
suffocating grasp of horus's claws the
body of the great Angel ceased to resist
only moments ago the warrior had
personally taken the life of the most
beloved among brothers and even through
the defiling whisper of the chaos Gods
he felt sorrow for the deed committed it
was in this moment that the emperor
found Horus the Lord of humanity was
stunned one of his sons was killed and
lay at the feet of the second son who
had been the right hand of the emperor
but now had become nothing more than a
vessel the emperor attempted to speak
but could only utter a quiet question
why Horus erupted in laughter like a
madman he claimed to know the truth
about the creation of the primarch and
about the source of the emperor power he
accused him of cowardice since after
that very deal with the chaos Gods the
emperor did not try to subjugate more
power and he Horus was directly
extracting power from the gods already
drawing himself closer to the emperor in
might the Lord of humanity shook his
head in disappointment it is not given
to any mortal to subjugate the forces of
chaos Horus was merely a puppet of the
warp but he did not notice it this state
treatment struck the warrior he lashed
out at the father with a psychic
lightning excruciating pain passed
through the ruler of humanity and he
gathered all his strength to repel the
Sun a duel ensued Father and Son pelted
each other with a hail of blows while
their minds struggled in a mental battle
even though the emperor was one of the
most powerful beings ever to walk the
Galaxy in this battle he was gradually
losing deep in his heart Horus still
remained for the emperor the first among
the primarchs the most trusted commander
of his army and the beloved Son the
warrior himself was at the peak of his
power his hatred for the father and
support from all four chaos Gods who
with each passing minute infused their
Champion with more strength hoping to
finally rid themselves of their enemy
fueled him at last the emperor felt the
inevitability of defeat Horus repelled
all his s attacks while inflicting
terrible blows on the father himself the
slashed hand could no longer hold the
sword broken ribs and a slit throat made
it difficult to breathe lupal grabbed
the father and delivered a psychic blow
directly to his face hair instantly
burned off one of the eyes leaked out
and the skin was scorched the emperor
barely restrained himself from plunging
into the abyss of pain and for a moment
he even felt something he hadn't felt in
a very long time it was fear Horus
lifted the emperor tearing his arm from
its socket then broke his spine over his
knee and suddenly he stopped the emperor
tried to survey his surroundings with
his intact eye and saw a solitary figure
entering the hall Legends vary the
Imperial fists assert it was one of
their Legions Terminators many others
believe it was one of the custodians but
most likely the truth is that Horus was
distracted by ananus pus a Guardsman of
the Imperial Army but far from an
ordinary Guardsman olenius pasus was an
eternal just as the emperor and moreover
he was older than the emperor himself in
any case no matter who exactly it was
only that this hero bravely rushed at
Horus and instantly perished from just
one glance of the arch betrayer the hero
was reduced to nothing in an instant he
burned down to ashes and his death
struck the emperor to his core he had
known this hero for many decades and
deeply regretted such a in glorious end
and it was then he finally understood
why he could not fight at full strength
memories of Horus during the beginning
of the great Crusade prevented the
emperor from accepting the truth of what
the warrior had become at that moment he
abandoned any hope of reclaiming his son
seizing the brief moment when Horus was
distracted the emperor gathered his last
strength created a spear of potent warp
energy in his hand and hurled it at
Horus hitting the breach in the armor
left by
sanguinius surprised at the sudden
attack was immediately replaced by
horror the loop AAL realized that he
could not stop this attack even at the
peak of his powers the spear struck him
burning both his body and soul the
disappointed gods of chaos instantly
abandoned him the puppeteers discarded
their toy and then Horus realized what
he had been doing all this time in agony
from the Monstrous Whirlwind created by
the emperor's strike the warrior turned
to his father I Was a Fool how wrong I
was all is ruined I have betrayed you my
father I do not ask for leniency just
end my torment kill me now I'm too weak
to resist them they are calling to me
please end this with those words Horus
was no more his body and very Soul
didn't leave the slightest Trace he was
simply erased from the universe the
emperor collapsed on the floor powerless
he clung to life solely through his
strength of will after horus's death a
shock wave swept through the warp
carrying away all the demons from the
battlefield the other traitor primarchs
realized what was happening however they
didn't know how to proceed very swiftly
there was nothing left of horus's forces
without a single command the Heretics
saw no reason to continue fighting and
began to retreat simultaneously
scattering into separate squads not only
did each Legion break away from the
unified Army but they also split into
individual warp bands after retreating
the loyal Legions chased the traitors as
far as their strength allowed the chaos
followers in turn sought refuge in the
eye of Terror the greatest warp storm in
the Galaxy at this time rogal dor found
the emperor's nearly breathless body
primar Dawn was horrified he could have
never imagined that the master of
mankind could be so Gravely injured in
battle it was then that the barely alive
Emperor whispered to his son a request
to deliver him to The Golden Throne as
soon as possible the surv ding loyalists
teleported from the vengeful Spirit to
tera's throne room executing their
Lord's will there jagatai Khan still
elated from Victory and maldor the
sigite who was exerting his last
strengths to keep the webway gate sealed
awaited them Khan cheerfully greeted
Dawn but seeing the emperor's nearly
breathless body and the absence of
sanguinius his mood darkened instantly
he swiftly lifted the father and helped
Dawn carry him to the throne by the time
they reached it and relayed the EMP
directives with the Waiting mechanicum
by their side sigil was near death his
life was sustained solely by his
willpower and his desire not to let down
his closest friend and Lord maldor's
desiccated body was detached from the
throne instantly crumbling to dust the
emperor was placed in his stead
connected to the throne and several life
supporting systems were reconfigured for
the sustaining of the Lord with his
friend's death and the connection to The
Golden Throne made the emperor
momentarily awoke from Oblivion poor and
brave malcador the hero he preserved a
fraction of his strength for me gave me
a little time to communicate my final
will to you if you fulfill it to the
letter I shall not die entirely at least
my spirit will survive my wounds are
Dreadful heavier than I had hoped but
lighter than I feared psychic powers
will return to me over time but my body
shall never heal never more shall I walk
among you now I am Shackled to this
machine till the end of time
my loyal bodyguards and counselors know
what must be done fulfill all their
requests Dawn and jagai much labor
awaits you still though the Serpent's
head is crushed its bod's coils might
yet strangle Humanity you and your
faithful brothers are Duty bound to
continue the fight cleanse Our Stars
from the filth of betrayal never again
must we allow chaos such a chance now
depart all of you you know my commands
execute them honorably many nightmares
yet await us in the universe and our
battle does not end today from now on
begins our crusade to save mankind be
faithful be strong be
vigilant after these words the emperor
fell silent forever his body was
connected to additional life support
machines but they were marginally
effective the emperor's body decayed
very slowly yet surely while his mind
was stuck between the immaterium and his
crippled corpse after the end of the
heresy the emperor with the remnants of
his will supports the astronomican
beacon and keeps the webway gates sealed
sometimes he appears to Great Heroes as
a vision and to the truly chosen he
grants a brief mental conversation in
the next 10,000 years the emperor will
still to the best of his abilities
protect humanity and eternally fight the
horrors of Chaos in the warp what of the
rest of the Imperium some primarchs such
as lemon Russ and Jagger Tai Khan will
pursue the traitors to avenge the
emperor's effective demise the Dark
Angels learned immediately after the
heresy about the Schism within their own
Legion which led them to destroy their
home World those traitors who were not
killed or captured fled to the eye of
Terror and have since been known as the
Fallen Angels the Primark of the
ultramarines rabut gilan will write his
most famous work which significantly
influences the development of the
Imperium his codex aartis a set of rules
for the Space Marines mandated splitting
all loyal Legions into to separate
orders a thousand a St is each because
if one order turns traitor in the future
this threat could be contained if a
whole Legion turns then great Wars would
once again be
inevitable these changes were not
immediately accepted by everyone but in
the end only the Space Wolves Remain the
sole Legion that absolutely does not
adhere to the
Codex gradually the primarchs left their
Legions some went on campaigns and never
returned some were more mortally wounded
and slept in stasis such as raboot
Gillan himself the Primark era was
passing and the Imperium was also
restructuring it was governed by the
Council of Terror assembled by the
emperor himself gradually among the
People The Cult of the god Emperor
emerged which eventually gained
incredible popularity and influence and
is now the main and only religion in the
Imperium by the 40th Millennium the
Imperium will experience several major
conflicts en counter new enemies and
transform into a cruel bureaucratic
corrupt and religious machine where
human lives are worth nothing all people
are just necessary cogs in the unwieldy
construct known as the Imperium of man
what alarus omegon and later Horus
warned about came to pass the Imperium
overcame chaos in only one battle but
now it is slowly decaying in its own
Vice and in the long-term perspective of
War it clearly cannot stand forever what
the emperor himself feared also happened
in the eyes of people who for hundreds
of generations have not seen him alive
he has become a God nothing less