Traitor victory The most fortified spaceport falls; Mortarion makes it his stake.
The Lion’s Gate Spaceport — the most powerfully defended — fell to the traitors, and the greater part of the sprawling Magnifican came into their hands. This left four key nodes under threat: the Colossi Gate, the Eternity Wall Spaceport, the Saturnine Gate and the Gorgon Bastion.
Sides
Traitors
Commanders
- Type
- Siege
- Scale
- 4 of 5
- Casualties
- Not reconciled by the sources.
Significance
Gives Horus the main bridgehead for landing reserves; the Death Guard make it their headquarters.
Sources
- Lexicanum: Siege of Terra, Defense of the Lion’s Gate
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