Horus Heresy · atlas

005.M31 · The Fall · date approximate

Battle of the Somnus Citadel

Place: Luna · Segmentum Solar

Fig. 1 · Place on the map

Loyalist victory The daemons of Nurgle brought in by the “Eisenstein” are purged on Luna.

The daemonic contagion of Nurgle that had made its way aboard the “Eisenstein” broke into the Somnus Citadel on Luna, where the loyal Death Guard and the Sisters of Silence gave battle. The spawn of Chaos were burned out before the filth could spread further into the Sol system.

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Type
Warp
Scale
2 of 5

Significance

The first clash with Chaos on Terra’s doorstep; the baptism of fire of Garro’s “Seventy”.

Sources

  1. The Flight of the Eisenstein (J. Swallow)
  2. Lexicanum: Battle of the Somnus Citadel

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