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After weeks of being besieged in the ancient fortress of [[Castra Tanagra]] by M'kar's daemon army, the defending Ultramarines reached their lowest ebb when [[Chief Librarian]] [[Varro Tigurius]] was finally overcome by weariness, and the psychic barrier he had erected around the fortress failed. M'kar arrived in person to finish Calgar. Calgar was nearly overwhelmed, since M'kar was able to draw limitless power from the ''Indomitable'', but Tigurius suddenly rallied and unleashed a psychic burst that drove M'kar back and severed his connection to the star fort. Calgar rallied the 1st Company for a final charge against the daemons. Calgar was nearly defeated by M'kar, when reinforcements from the Ultramarines' 2nd and 4th Companies arrived, led by Captains [[Cato Sicarius]] and [[Uriel Ventris]], who had retrieved the Shard of Erebus from Captain Ventanus' tomb on Calth<sup id="fn_4_back">[[#fn_4|[4]]]</sup>.
Uriel pronounced M'kar's [[True name|mortal name]] aloud, and threw the Shard to Calgar, who stabbed M'kar in the throat<sup>4</sup>. The power of the Shard was enough to destroy M'kar's essence, a [[True Death ]] that destroyed the Daemon Prince once and for all.<sup>6a4a</sup>.
== [[Quotes Chaos#M|Quotes]] ==
*''"The inferno of my vengeance fills you! It will burn you, my bearers of the holy word, it will fill your veins with power and fire until Ultramar is in ashes. As my power flows in you, so too will I see what you see, feel what you feel and know what you know. With each death I will grow stronger. With every fortress burned my reach will stretch further. You will be my army of dark righteousness. You will be the Bloodborn and your name shall strike terror into the hearts of men! Spread throughout Ultramar and take my fire to the Ultramarines! Burn them from their fastnesses until no trace remains. This is my holy word!"''<sup>6b4b</sup>
==Sources==
*<span id="fn_1">[[#fn_1_back|1]]: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], p.40*<span id="fn_2">[[#fn_2_back|2]]: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], p.16*<span id="fn_3">[[#fn_3_back|3]]: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], p.28
*<span id="fn_4">[[#fn_4_back|4]]: [[Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]
**a: Chapter 24, p. 470
**b: Chapter 5, p. 74
*<span id="fn_5">[[#fn_5_back|5]]: [[Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)]], pp. 14-17*<sup>76</sup>: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
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