Horus Heresy · atlas

016.M31 · Epilogue — The Great Scouring · date approximate

Battle of Eskrador

Place: Eskrador · Segmentum Ultima

Fig. 1 · Place on the map

Traitor victory The Alpha Legion beats the Ultramarines hollow, though “Alpharius” is already dead.

In the course of the Scouring the Alpha Legion clashed with the Ultramarines on Eskrador. Guilliman believed he was facing Alpharius (in fact the surviving twin Omegon); despite the death of “Alpharius” at Pluto, the Ultramarines were beaten at every step — a famous demonstration of the Alpha Legion’s cunning.

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Type
Battle
Scale
2 of 5

Significance

The riddle of the Alpha Legion: its cunning outlives the death of its primarch.

Disputed in the canon

  • The exact year is not fixed (the era of the Scouring, M31); entered with an approximate anchor.

Sources

  1. WH40k Fandom: Battle of Eskrador
  2. Lexicanum: Battle of Eskrador

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