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==Abyssal Crusade==
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One of the more important events of the Age of Redemption was the disastrous '''Abyssal Crusade'''. Basically, a super influential [[Ecclesiarchy|Cardinal]] and [[Living Saint]] named Basillius the Elder sent thirty [[Space Marine Chapter|Chapters]] of [[Space Marines]] accused of being Chaos-tainted on a penitent crusade into the [[Eye of Terror]], where most of them went [[Judged|renegade or traitor]], although a few fought to the bitter end and the fate of one other chapter remains unknown. Only the [[Vorpal Swords]] escaped the Eye to make their [[RAGE|displeasure]] known to the cardinal, who was revealed to be a heretic and agent of [[Chaos]].

The [[Inquisition]] promptly executed him and put all his treatises, relics, and followers into a cargo freighter and shot them into a nearby sun, then had him pretty much wiped from Imperial records. While no-one remembers the old coot in the present day, it's impossible to ascertain how far his corruption reached and what remnants may remain even in the present day.

In true [[Games Workshop|GeeDubs]] fashion, despite the massive losses of Space Marines and the creation of a couple dozen [[Chaos Space Marine|Chaos warbands]] providing massive story fodder, the Abyssal Crusade has never been really elaborated upon beyond throwaway references and one [[Ultramarines|Ultrasmurfs-focused]] novel in which a Judged warband re-appears to eat shit and die at the smurfs' hands.