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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a battle of the [[Great Crusade]] and the first battle between the forces of the [[Imperium]] under [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] and the [[Interex]] on the planet [[Xenobia]].{{Fn|1a}}

==Overview==
The battle itself took both sides by surprise, after the Interex's museum of weapons on the [[Xenobia]] planet was raided and destroyed by unknown assailants while Horus was engaged in negotiations with the Interex. The Interex took this as an Imperial surprise attack, and battle between the [[Luna Wolves]] and Interex warriors riding on cybernetic centaur-like machines broke out through the streets of '''Xenobia Principis'''. The city was devastated and the Sons of Horus evacuated the planet. Horus, knowing that any chance of peace had long since passed, became committed to war against the Interex.{{Fn|1a}}

Unknown to both sides, the [[Word Bearers]] under [[Erebus]] had been responsible for the conflict, having raided the Interex Museum to acquire the weapon known as the [[Anathame]],{{Fn|1b}} which would become a key instrument in the formation of the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Cite Marker End}}

==See also==
*[[Battles of the Great Crusade (List)]]

==Sources==
*1: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: Part Three, Chapter Three
**{{Endn|1b}}: Part Three, Chapter Four

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