Horus Heresy · atlas

009.M31 · Shadow of War

Defence of Nagathar

Place: Nagathar System · Segmentum Ultima

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Loyalist victory Scattered loyalists foil a sacrificial rite of the Word Bearers.

A Dark Angels strike force cut off by the Ruinstorm, a splinter of the Imperial Fists and scattered loyalists rallied to defend the Nagathar system against the invasion of the Word Bearers, who wished to sacrifice its millions in a rite of Chaos. The loyalists held the world.

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Type
Battle
Scale
2 of 5

Significance

Another Word Bearers attempt to feed the warp is foiled amid the isolation imposed by the Storm.

Sources

  1. WH40k Fandom: Horus Heresy Chronology
  2. Atlas compilation · source check 2026

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