Pyrrhic traitor victory Taghmata Xerxes is exterminated, but the loyalists detonate the reactor, taking a multitude of enemies with them.
As part of the Calth betrayal, the Word Bearers, Legio Suturvora (the “Fire Masters”) and the Ordo Reductor fell upon the loyalist Taghmata Xerxes of the forge world of Accatran and a stranded detachment of Knights of House Vornherr in the city of Ithraca. At 7.6 solar hours the magi of Xerxes detonated the converted plasma reactor of the manufactorum — incinerating everything within half a kilometre and bringing down 23 city blocks. The Accatran host perished, inflicting monstrous damage on the enemy.
Sides
- Type
- Battle
- Scale
- 2 of 5
Significance
Another front of the Calth slaughter; Khorne’s daemons later rose from the blast zone.
Canon note
- Part of the Word Bearers’ sudden strike against the loyalist muster on Calth (the city of Ithraca).
Sources
- Lexicanum: Betrayal at Ithraca
- Fandom: Accatran
- Fandom: Battle of Calth
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