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'''Shardenus''' is a [[Hive World]] in the [[Contqual]] [[subsector]], which was the site of a pivotal battle between the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marines]] [[chapter]] and the forces of [[Chaos]] in 812.[[M41]]<sup>1b</sup>.
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|Name=Shardenus
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|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]
|Class=[[Hive World]]
|Tithe Grade= Unknown
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== History ==
The citizens of Contqual lived a decadent and carefree existence, believing they had created a paradise free from the ugliness found throughout the rest of the [[Imperium]]. As a result of this decadence, in late 812.[[M41]], the High Governor of the subsector succumbed to the influence of the [[Chaos God]] [[Slaanesh]]. Within a month, the entire subsector was tainted by Chaos, and the worst effects of this taint were on Shardenus, where a [[Warp rift]] had opened, disgorging hordes of [[Daemon]]s into the Materium, where they were embraced and worshipped by the native inhabitants<sup>1a</sup>.
The Imperium's vengeance came in the forms of the [[Iron Hands]], who hated Chaos and its influences more than any other [[Space Marine]] [[chapter]]. The Iron Hands reclaimed a dozen worlds in the subsector, purging the tainted populations without mercy<sup>1a</sup>.
The most desperate battle was on Shardenus, where the Iron Hands fought directly against the daemonic hords, and the warp rift was sealed by the combined efforts of the chapter [[Librarian]]s<sup>1a</sup>.
In the year following the closing of the warp rift, one in every three Imperial citizens of the Contqual sector, including Shardenus, were executed, as a harsh lesson against complacency and falling to the temptations of Chaos<sup>1a</sup>.
==See Also==
*[[Planets (List)]]
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]:
**a: p. 45
**b: p. 49
*<sup>2</sup>[[Wrath of Iron (Novel)]] by [[Chris Wraight]]
[[Category:Battles (Chaos)]]
[[Category:Battles (Space Marines)]]
[[Category:Hive Worlds]]
[[Category:Slaanesh]]
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'''Shardenus''' is a [[Hive World]] in the [[Contqual]] [[subsector]], which was the site of a pivotal battle between the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marines]] [[chapter]] and the forces of [[Chaos]] in 812.[[M41]]<sup>1b</sup>.
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|Map PX=
|Planetary Image=Unknown.jpg
|Planetary Image Px=
|Name=Shardenus
|Segmentum=Unknown
|Sector=Unknown
|Subsector=Unknown
|System=Unknown
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]
|Class=[[Hive World]]
|Tithe Grade= Unknown
}}
== History ==
The citizens of Contqual lived a decadent and carefree existence, believing they had created a paradise free from the ugliness found throughout the rest of the [[Imperium]]. As a result of this decadence, in late 812.[[M41]], the High Governor of the subsector succumbed to the influence of the [[Chaos God]] [[Slaanesh]]. Within a month, the entire subsector was tainted by Chaos, and the worst effects of this taint were on Shardenus, where a [[Warp rift]] had opened, disgorging hordes of [[Daemon]]s into the Materium, where they were embraced and worshipped by the native inhabitants<sup>1a</sup>.
The Imperium's vengeance came in the forms of the [[Iron Hands]], who hated Chaos and its influences more than any other [[Space Marine]] [[chapter]]. The Iron Hands reclaimed a dozen worlds in the subsector, purging the tainted populations without mercy<sup>1a</sup>.
The most desperate battle was on Shardenus, where the Iron Hands fought directly against the daemonic hords, and the warp rift was sealed by the combined efforts of the chapter [[Librarian]]s<sup>1a</sup>.
In the year following the closing of the warp rift, one in every three Imperial citizens of the Contqual sector, including Shardenus, were executed, as a harsh lesson against complacency and falling to the temptations of Chaos<sup>1a</sup>.
==See Also==
*[[Planets (List)]]
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]:
**a: p. 45
**b: p. 49
*<sup>2</sup>[[Wrath of Iron (Novel)]] by [[Chris Wraight]]
[[Category:Battles (Chaos)]]
[[Category:Battles (Space Marines)]]
[[Category:Hive Worlds]]
[[Category:Slaanesh]]
