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The Battle of Isstvan III was the first battle of the [[Horus Heresy]], carried out by the traitor legions to purge any remaining loyalists from their ranks. As a final preparation for his war on his father Horus wished to remove all loyalist elements from his and his brother's forces preventing them from warning the Emperor of their plans or aiding him in the coming conflict. After gathering their forces in the Isstvan system the primarchs ordered all space marines they suspected of being loyalists down to the surface of Isstvan III under the guise of putting down a rebellion. Once they were there they bombarded the planet with virus bombs catching the loyalists off guard. While a large number of the loyalists were killed a good number of them survived and hunkered down. Before a second bombardment or exterminatus could be organized to wipe out the the survivors [[Angron]] led his legion down to the surface to eradicate them. Unable to avoid catching Angron's forces in a large scale bombardment the traitors were forced to deploy their own forces. This delay would have extremely large repercussions on course of the Heresy. While the traitors won the battle, it costs them valuable time, during which a small handful of loyalists escaped to warn the Emperor of their treachery, exactly as they had feared. While the traitors won the battle and completed their goal of removing any remaining loyalists from their ranks, the larger purpose of the plan had failed. While this small handful of survivors wouldn't have a dramatic impact on the civil war like the force of loyalists who were purged would have, they would become the founding members of the Grey Knights. | The Battle of Isstvan III was the first battle of the [[Horus Heresy]], carried out by the traitor legions to purge any remaining loyalists from their ranks. As a final preparation for his war on his father Horus wished to remove all loyalist elements from his and his brother's forces preventing them from warning the Emperor of their plans or aiding him in the coming conflict. After gathering their forces in the Isstvan system the primarchs ordered all space marines they suspected of being loyalists down to the surface of Isstvan III under the guise of putting down a rebellion. Once they were there they bombarded the planet with virus bombs catching the loyalists off guard. While a large number of the loyalists were killed a good number of them survived and hunkered down. Before a second bombardment or exterminatus could be organized to wipe out the the survivors [[Angron]] led his legion down to the surface to eradicate them. Unable to avoid catching Angron's forces in a large scale bombardment the traitors were forced to deploy their own forces. This delay would have extremely large repercussions on course of the Heresy. While the traitors won the battle, it costs them valuable time, during which a small handful of loyalists escaped to warn the Emperor of their treachery, exactly as they had feared. While the traitors won the battle and completed their goal of removing any remaining loyalists from their ranks, the larger purpose of the plan had failed. While this small handful of survivors wouldn't have a dramatic impact on the civil war like the force of loyalists who were purged would have, they would become the founding members of the Grey Knights. | ||
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The Battle of Isstvan III was the first battle of the Horus Heresy, carried out by the traitor legions to purge any remaining loyalists from their ranks. As a final preparation for his war on his father Horus wished to remove all loyalist elements from his and his brother's forces preventing them from warning the Emperor of their plans or aiding him in the coming conflict. After gathering their forces in the Isstvan system the primarchs ordered all space marines they suspected of being loyalists down to the surface of Isstvan III under the guise of putting down a rebellion. Once they were there they bombarded the planet with virus bombs catching the loyalists off guard. While a large number of the loyalists were killed a good number of them survived and hunkered down. Before a second bombardment or exterminatus could be organized to wipe out the the survivors Angron led his legion down to the surface to eradicate them. Unable to avoid catching Angron's forces in a large scale bombardment the traitors were forced to deploy their own forces. This delay would have extremely large repercussions on course of the Heresy. While the traitors won the battle, it costs them valuable time, during which a small handful of loyalists escaped to warn the Emperor of their treachery, exactly as they had feared. While the traitors won the battle and completed their goal of removing any remaining loyalists from their ranks, the larger purpose of the plan had failed. While this small handful of survivors wouldn't have a dramatic impact on the civil war like the force of loyalists who were purged would have, they would become the founding members of the Grey Knights.