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The '''Pyrocataclysm of Vilidad Prime''' was a battle fought between the [[Imperium]] and the forces of [[Chaos]] in 006.[[M40]].{{Fn|1}}

==Overview==
After broadcasting a terror message condemning the lack of beauty in the populace, the
[[Chaos Space Marines]] of the [[Flawless Host]] invaded the world of [[Vilidad Prime]]. The
[[122nd Imeldan Destriers]], a veteran [[Imperial Guard]] [[regiment]], made a valiant attempt to hold back the renegades. Modified nova charges were set by the Flawless Host throughout the adamantium mines and the population centres above them. Though the surviving Destriers fought the Chaos Space Marines every step of the way, the vast majority were slain in battle, their persecutors claiming the kills were ‘for the sin of mediocrity in the face of true beauty’ {{Fn|1}}

Though the Destriers were reduced to their bare threshold within the first three days of
fighting, reports of [[Legion of the Damned|strange Space Marines]] appearing in the mining districts cropped up again and again, each time engaging the Flawless Host and driving them back. At first, the strikes were so sudden and brutally effective that the Destriers thought they had a real chance of outlasting the renegades. When the [[Chaos Lord]] that called himself the [[Visionary]] joined the fight, a hundred daemonic handmaidens at his side, the tide swung back again, for many of the Legion’s number were banished by the claws of the [[Slaaneshi]] [[daemon]]s. Those Legionaries that remained became searing columns of fire, fighting with a
fury that made them every bit as frightening as the renegade invaders. During what
came to be known as the '''Pyrocataclysm''', the fire of the Legionaries proved able to burn
even Daemon flesh, and the Slaaneshi entities were sent screaming back to their master’s
realm.{{Fn|1}}

Though they committed a number of spiteful acts during their retreat, the Flawless Host fled
back to their ships rather than risk disfigurement and defeat. During the fighting, a dozen
new seams of adamantium were revealed by weapon blasts that scar the surface of Vilidad
Prime.{{Fn|1}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Legion of the Damned]] (E-Book) - ''A Legion Lost''

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