Compliance of Isstvan III
The Compliance of Isstvan III was a battle of the Great Crusade waged in 994.M30,[1] thirteen years prior to the Battle of Isstvan III.[3]
The invasion of Isstvan III was overseen by the Raven Guard of the 27th Expeditionary Fleet, led by Corax himself. Despite a lightning-fast surgical strike that took out most of the Isstvanians' infrastructure, the Human residents of the world put up fierce resistance to over 800 companies of Raven Guard.[1] The last elements of aggressive forces were destroyed at Redarth Valley.[3] In the end, however, the capital of the world, the "Choral City", was bombed into ruins; the Isstvanians were simply outmatched and surrendered to the Raven Guard.[1]
The Raven Guard were assisted by the Titans of the Legio Adamantus and Legio Victorum, along with Imperial Army soldiers of the Therion Cohort.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pgs. 38–39
- 2: Deliverance Lost (Novel), Chapter One
- 3: Galaxy in Flames (Novel), Chapter Three
