Editing Battle of Beta-Garmon (section)

==Aftermath==

With Beta-Garmon II devastated by the Titandeath, the Carthega Telepathica destroyed, and their forces decimated, Sanguinius and Jaghatai recognized that there was no longer any point to staying in the cluster and withdrew to Terra with every loyalist survivor they could find. The traitor forces headed for to Ullanor to regroup and prepare for the final push to Terra, though their efforts would be complicated by Horus’ incapacity and the growing disorganization caused by the Chaotic corruption in their ranks. The Beta-Garmon cluster had been devastated, its worlds shattered and poisoned by the relentless fighting. It was soon forgotten in the great upheavals following the Siege of Terra and the Great Scouring, and the Imperium would not reclaim it for another five millennia. Millions had died on both sides and billions of civilians had been massacred, a butcher’s bill that exceeded the death toll from every battle in the last five years of the Great Crusade put together. Many of the loyalist Legios that had been present at the Titandeath would take millennia to regain their full strength, and the survivors’ resentment at being sacrificed in such a way would cause many of them to refuse to fight during the Siege of Terra. The traitors, meanwhile, strengthened their forces by salvaging wrecked Titans from Beta-Garmon II and using sorcery to “reanimate” them; these revenant Titans would prove to be useful cannon fodder during the Siege.

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