Duel · 007.M31 · Shadow of War
Jaghatai Khan against Mortarion (Second Battle of Prospero)
Event: Second Battle of Prospero
Place: Prospero · Segmentum Obscurus
Amid the ruins of Tizca, Mortarion teleported to Jaghatai Khan and tried to win him over to treason; refused, the primarchs and their retinues came to blows. The fight was almost even — the Khan was faster, but Mortarion more enduring — and for the first time in his life the Khan felt fatigue. When the fleets of the White Scars and the Death Guard clashed in space, Mortarion, realising that his mission had failed, withdrew from the fight, and the Khan set a course for Terra, his loyalty finally decided.
Outcome A drawn duel: Mortarion withdraws from the fight when his fleet fails.
Participants
Disputed in the canon
- The climax of the novel “The Path of Heaven” (C. Wraight); the duel takes place in the ruins of Tizca, not in open space.
Sources
- The Path of Heaven (C. Wraight)
- Lexicanum: Second Battle of Prospero
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