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|Location = Abandoned way-station orbiting [[Shedim]],[[Grief|Grief System]]
|Outcome = Secessionist Victory
|Combatant1 = [[Imperium|Loyalist Forces]]
|Combatant2 = [[Secessionist Forces]]
|Commanders1 = Lord High Commander [[Verant Ortys]] (d)<br>
|Commanders2 = Tyrant of Badab [[Lufgt Huron]]<br>Chapter Master [[Sartaq]] (d)
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The '''Betrayal at Grief''' was the battle that resulted from a breakdown of negotiations between the Secessionist forces led by the Tyrant of Badab [[Lugft Huron]] and [[Chapter Master]] [[Sartaq]] of the [[Mantis Warriors]] and the Loyalist forces led by [[Chapter Master]] [[Verant Ortys]] of the [[Red Scorpions]].
===Prelude===
Following the ascension of Lugft Huron to planetary-governor of [[Badab]], Huron proclaimed himself governor of the Entire Badab system. After taking control of the entire Badab system, the self-proclaimed "'''Tyrant of Badab'''" then began to withhold the [[gene-seed]] tithe from the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]. Determined to control the Entire [[Maelstrom]] Zone, Huron began to hoard [[planetary tithes]] and block trade within the sector.
===The Conflict Begins===
On request of the Karthan Satrap, the [[Fire Hawks]] began investigating the disappearance of Karthan shipping in the region. On one such investigation, the Fire Hawks cruiser Red Harbinger entered the Golgothan Wastes. This region of space was under the control of the [[Mantis Warriors]], a Chapter allied with the Tyrant. The Red Harbinger was surrounded by a Mantis Warriors fleet and crippled. Insulted by this, the Fire Hawks deployed most of their fleet along with six companies to meet this new threat. The [[Knights Errant]] also answered the Fire Hawks call for reinforcements. As time went on, the conflict escalated to open warfare between five Space Marine Chapters and other Imperial forces. Not being able to ignore this conflict, the [[High Lords of Terra]] demanded the Tyrant's surrender. After being refused, the High Lords demanded the arrest of the Tyrant as well as all of the Secessionist chapters.
===The Betrayal===
With something of an impasse reached in the war, it was the Secessionists who unexpectedly broke the standoff with a remarkable proposal. Lugft Huron personally sent emissaries to the Loyalists, offering a temporary ceasefire and honourable parlay with the Loyalist commander [[Verant Ortys]] in order to avoid further bloodshed between those who should be "...loyal brothers" as his mouthpiece put it. Despited Legate [[Inquisitor]] [[Frain|Frain's]] strong objections, Ortys agreed to the meeting, trusting to Huron's word as a fellow [[Chapter Master]] to keep the truth, but Ortys was equally avowed by his intention to remain iron in his resolve to carry out the judgement of the High Lords.
Arrangements were made for face-to-face contact between the Tyrant and the Magister Militurn on an abandoned way-station in orbit around the gas giant [[Shedim[[ in the outer reaches of the uninhabited Grief system.
