Horus Heresy · atlas

006.M31 · The Isstvan Massacre · date approximate

Battle of Ravendelve

Place: Deliverance / Kiavahr · Segmentum Tempestus

Fig. 1 · Place on the map

Pyrrhic loyalist victory The Raven Guard repel an Alpha Legion act of sabotage on Deliverance.

The Raven Guard, rebuilt after Isstvan V, came under infiltration and sabotage by the Alpha Legion on their world of Deliverance, in a plot aimed at corrupting the gene-stock of the XIX Legion. A loyal Titan Legion from the forge world of Kiavahr helped repel the attack; command of the “Talons” was taken by Nuran Tesk.

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Commanders

  • Nuran Tesk

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Type
Battle
Scale
2 of 5

Significance

Shows the sophisticated subversive warfare of the Alpha Legion against the resurgent Raven Guard.

Disputed in the canon

  • The dating is blurred; the Fandom table sometimes places it at 007–008.M31. Retained at c. 006–007.M31.

Sources

  1. WH40k Fandom: Horus Heresy Chronology
  2. Deliverance Lost (G. Thorpe)

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