Horus Heresy · atlas

010.M31 · The Road to Terra

Scouring of Gilden’s Star

Place: Gilden’s Star · Segmentum Ultima

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Pyrrhic loyalist victory The Blood Angels put to the sword all seven worlds of Gilden’s Star.

Scattered Blood Angels clashed with the Word Bearers near the galactic core, on the borders of the Imperium Secundus. The campaign ended in near-mutual annihilation; the IX Legion, infamous for having put to the sword all seven inhabited worlds of Gilden’s Star for embracing the teachings of the Dark Apostles.

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Type
Massacre
Scale
2 of 5

Significance

An example of how the Black Rage drove the Blood Angels to cruelty.

Sources

  1. WH40k Fandom: Horus Heresy Chronology
  2. Lexicanum: Scouring of Gilden’s Star

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