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Eventually the pretense Kelbor-Hal required was given to him by Koriel Zeth, Mistress of the Magma City, when she declared non-belief in the [[Machine God]] (while this ''was'' her belief, she was still loyal to Terra). The Dark Mechanicum went to war against the Magma City, bringing war to Mars. While conflict erupted all over the red planet, the Magma City soon became the focal point for the resistance, with both Legio Tempestus and the [[Knights of Taranis]] coming to Zeth's aid. Holding against the chaotic power of the Dark Mechanicum was a difficult business and soon not only Zeth's forge, but those of Maximal and even Kane found themselves becoming effectively surrounded by enemies and besieged.<sup>1</sup>
Twin beacons of hope for those still loyal to the Terran-Martian alliance appeared when two Imperial assault forces made up of [[Imperial Fists]] Astartes and Imperial Army formations drawn from the Solar levies under the commands of [[Captain]]s [[Sigismund]] and '''Camba-Diaz''' arrived on Mars<sup>1.p355</sup>, touching down and intending to secure the two main forge-complexes which supplied Astartes arms and equipment, that of Kane and that of [[Lukas Chrom]]. Unfortunately for Camba-Diaz, Chrom, whose complex he was sent to secure, was one of the leading traitors, and a vicious battle between Imperial and Dark Mechanicum forces broke out in his force forge complex as a result. Sigismund was more successful, being able to secure Kane's force forge - Mondus Occulum - and even able to sally out and attempt to aid the Martian loyalists. All the while this was happening, Sigismund was making sure that as much arms, ammunition, armor, and materiel as possible was being sent back to Terra from Mondus Occulum.<sup>1</sup>
However, despite the Imperial reinforcement, it soon became grimly clear that the Dark Mechanicum must be triumphant. Recognizing the inevitable, Sigismund issued an evacuation order for all loyalist forces, taking with him as much and as many as he could when he and the Imperial forces finally left, including Fabricator-Locum Kane. The other leaders of the resistance, as well as that part of Legio Tempestus on Mars and nearly all of the Knights of Taranis, eventually died fighting the pernicious and relentless assaults of the Dark Mechanicum, leaving all of Mars effectively under the influence of Horus.<sup>1</sup>
