Horus Heresy · atlas

009.M31 · Shadow of War

Battle of Molech

Place: Molech · Segmentum Solar

Fig. 1 · Place on the map

Traitor victory Horus passes through the Warp Gates and gains the might of the dark gods.

Horus led the Sons of Horus and the Death Guard to the fortress world and knight world of Molech to reach the hidden Warp Gates once used by the Emperor. The Knight House Devine went over to Chaos in the thick of the battle; Horus passed through the gate and returned immeasurably empowered by the Ruinous Powers — the key escalation of his warp-might.

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Type
Battle
Scale
4 of 5
Casualties
Only ~100 loyalists survived; of the Imperial Army ~1 in 100 survived.

Significance

Horus ascends to a near-godhood of the warp, arming himself for the march on Terra.

Canon note

  • 009.M31 per the FW Black Book VI timeline and the official Heresy timeline, as in Lexicanum and Fandom; “009–010.M31” in Lexicanum’s battle list is a range, not a date.

Sources

  1. FW Black Book VI: Retribution
  2. Lexicanum: Battle of Molech
  3. Vengeful Spirit (G. McNeill)
  4. WH40k Fandom: Horus Heresy Chronology

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