Kalides Prime
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Name: | Kalides Prime | 
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| System: | Kalides System[1a] | ||
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| Affiliation: | Imperium, purgatis extremis | ||
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| Tithe Grade: | formerly Secundus | ||
Kalides Prime was the Capital World of the Kalides System.[1a]
History
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Crusade (Novella) |
Like many other worlds, Kalides Prime found itself stranded in the Dark Imperium following the aftermath of the Great Rift's creation. Sometime afterwards it fell to a Death Guard invasion,[1a] when nearly 200-300 Chaos Space Marines[1b] descended to the planet and devastated it.[1a]
The Imperial Guard of the Cadian 44th Heavy Infantry[1d] garrisoned on the planet fought proudly, but were hardly pressed by Death Guard Marines and Poxwalkers raised by their diseased magic, so they retreated to the bounds of the astropathic fortress to make a last stand. They were helped by the arrival of the Ultramarines Strike Cruiser Primarch's Sword with the Primaris Space Marine force of Lieutenant Cassian[1b] though this did not save them because Death Guard, their mutant-zombies[1c] and Daemonic allies[1e] were really hard opponents.[1f]
As a result of long, bloody and filthy battle, all of the Cadians were killed[1f] and the Ultramarines suffered heavy losses. The Primaris Space Marines managed to activate the miraculously-surviving astropathic choir of Kalides Prime and to call out for help from other forces of the Indomitus Crusade. Also Cassian killed the Chaos Lord Gurloch in a battle-duel and so the Death Guard forces were dispersed without their commander.[1c]
After defeating the Death Guard traitors, Kalides Prime was declared purgatus extremis. The main fortress was bombed into rubble and the lower atmosphere of the planet was crammed with servitor-mines to prevent the Death Guard from returning for their warriors.[1c]
