Editing Hektor Heresy (section)

===Death on Caria===
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<center>'''THE CARDINALS OF SEPULCHRA'''</center>
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After he was nearly slain at Ullanor, Golgothos spent a long time regressed to his memories of endless violence on Sepulchra. As the Primarch rambled, Cardinal Obitus recorded his words and was greatly struck by the description of the Emperor as a God. Obitus spread this bizarre creed throughout the Chaplains of the Entombed in the years before the Heresy and the remains of the Legion would embrace it whole-heartedly after the Siege of Terra.
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''Whatever you require, I would be happy to help.  Only do not conduct landings here, for a terrible fate awaits you on the soil of Caria.''

- Uriel Salazar

In the Segmentum Obscurus, [[The Entombed]] had concentrated their forces at their bleak homeworld Sepulchra and awaited the reports of their emissaries to the rival councils.  Cardinal Obitus returned from the Olmer Tribunal to report that Hektor's partisans had tried to convince him to betray the Legion.  The Cardinal claimed to have tactfully refused by saying that he would report back to Golgothos and present the Olmer Primarchs in the best light possible.  The emissary to Terra, Cardinal Eulogos, informed his brother officers that Alexandri of Rosskar was gathering all power into his hands for a total war against Hektor.  Eulogos wondered whether Alexandri would set aside his powers in the end, but could assure the other Entombed that he had been treated honourably.  Primarch Golgothos was more persuaded by the disgraceful attempt to split his gene-sons than the relatively good conduct of Alexandri.  If the Rosskan tried to seize the Imperium after Hektor's defeat, that war could be fought in turn.  Obitus also reported that he had observed logistical plans drawn up at the Olmer Tribunal indicating that [[Uriel Salazar]]'s [[The Justiciars|Justiciars]] would be moving to secure a target on the edge of Cygnus X-1.  The world was designated as Caria and although it seemed to hold no inherent significance the world was close enough to Sepluchra to be used as a staging base.  Golgothos had his doubts about dated and opportune intelligence, but decided to dispatch the Warp Runner "Strix" to investigate.

True to Obitus's reports, Strix found Justiciars ships plying the Caria system.  Most were unarmed transports, no doubt moving Auxilia or supplies, but they were watched over by several of Uriel Salazar's deadly Strike Cruisers.  The Warp Runner also picked up signals from the planet Caria to the Justiciars ships in system that seemed to indicate the presence of a significant garrison.  On its return to Sepulchra, the reports of the Strix hardened Golgothos's resolve.  Whatever friendship he and Uriel had once enjoyed was in the past now.  The Justiciars had taken part in an attack towards Sol in an attempt to depose the Emperor's designated regent and that made them enemies of the Entombed.  If they plotted an attack on Sepulchra, they were fools who should be punished for their insolence!  If they were at Caria for another reason, then it was the duty of the Emperor's Space Marines to foil the plans of the traitors.  Golgothos and his warriors boarded their warships.

In the Caria system, the Entombed warships brushed aside the Justiciars' cruisers and dispatched boarding parties to secure the transports which could not escape.  Orbital picts revealed large supply depots and prepared airfields for shuttles and small craft.  Before Golgothos gave the order to commence landing operations, a signal from the surface came through preceded by the personal identification codes of Uriel Salazar.  The master of the Thirteenth Legion bade his brother welcome to the Caria System and warmly remarked that if Golgothos had needed more transports he could have simply asked.  Uriel politely asked if the Entombed had sufficient supplies and promised to send anything they required up by shuttle, but warned his brother not to send troops to Caria's surface.  Golgothos did not reply.  He simply ordered his troops to prepare to drop into combat.

Initially, the battle for Caria favoured the Loyalists.  The Entombed dropped into the midst of Justiciar concentrations and the Dreadnoughts they so favoured wreaked havoc on Salazar's men.  Although the Justiciars favoured close-quarters fighting, they fell back from the intensity of the Entombed assault and sought cover.  By now, warriors of any other Legion would have been voicing concerns.  The campaign had been too easy, with "fortune" all on the side of the Entombed.  War is almost never so kind, unless the enemy is baiting a trap.  The Entombed are furious in their wrath, but they are no fools.  Golgothos's sons suspected that Salazar had an unpleasant surprise waiting for them and relished the arrival of traitor reinforcements to encircle their landing sites.  Once there were enemies on all sides, the Entombed would have no shortage of targets.

Tragically, Golgothos's warriors were unaware that the surprise attack had been among them the whole time.  The [[Life Bringers]] had seeded Caria with a designer virus, harmless to most organisms but deadly to the Entombed gene-seed.  As the Justiciars withdrew from the battle for the landing sites the virus claimed its first victims.  Battle Brothers of the Entombed reconnaissance squads were sometimes overlooked, but they played an essential role in a Legion that had become so successful at stand-up battle that few foes would face them.  On Caria, the unsealed armour of the reconnaissance squads provided no protection against the Life Bringer's creation.  Within a few minutes, all of the Entombed scouts lay dead.  Before the Legion's Apothecaries could even come to terms with the danger, Power Armoured Space Marines began to sicken and die.  Only the veterans entrusted with Terminator Armour and the honoured fallen interred in the Legion's Dreadnoughts were fully protected.  Standing among the bodies of his dying warriors, Golgothos received another message from Uriel Salazar.  The Justiciars Primarch expressed his regret for what had happened and suggested that Golgothos leave with what was left of his command.  Where others might have gloated, Salazar did not see fit to remind his brother that a warning had been given and promised not to interfere with the evacuation.

For the first time in his life of fierce struggle, Golgothos ordered a retreat.