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Dies Irae was last seen serving as part of the [[Iron Warriors]] force that attacked the fortress of Tor Christo on Hydra Cordatus. Unlike the titan that had breached the walls of the Imperial palace so many years ago, the Dies Irae had been twisted and mutated drastically by the warp, increasing its already formidable strength with the dark power of Chaos, notably adding a tail with a large spiked wrecking ball. At the head of its own traitor Titan groupthe Legio Mortis, it made numerous assaults led the assault on the fortress, destroying a number and immediately drew the attention of Titans and killing the defending Legio Ignatum led by Princeps in command Fierach of the Titans left guarding Tor Christo from attack. After being heavily damaged by a [[Warlord Battle Titan | Warlord class Battle Titan]], ''Imperator Bellum''. Fierach abandoned the post he was defending and led two more Reaver titans to go head to head with the ''Dies Irae'' but the loyalist titan group were decimated by the return fire which detonated its destroyed both the [[Reaver Battle Titan | Reaver Titans]] and left the ''Imperator Bellum'' severely damaged with a failing reactor. Fierach moved his Warlord into close combat with the ''Dies Irae'' and attempted to inflict enough damage to the body section of the [[Imperator Battle Titan | Imperator]] to leave it open for a killing blow before his Titan's plasma reactor whilst close finally failed and overloaded. Although the large explosion from the Warlord's reactor was not enough to destroy the ''Dies Irae'' it did seriously damage the lower section of the traitor Titan leaving it immobilised and seemingly unable to take further part in the battle aside from to fire ranging shots at the fortress wall. Scaffolding was erected around the ''Dies Irae'' in an attempt to repair the damaged Titan to allow it to return to the battle and eventually to the surprise of the defenders the ''Dies Irae''was able to move again. Princeps Daekien, it met its destruction when another in charge of the remaining Titans and in control of the [[Warlord Battle Titan | Warlord penetrated Titan]] ''Honoris Causa'' led the field repaired armour [[ Reaver Battle Titan| Reaver class Titans]] ''Armis Juvat'' and crushed ''Pax Imperator'' against the ''Dies Irae''. Again the ''Dies Area'' retaliated with heavy firepower destroying both the [[Reaver Battle Titan | Reaver Titans]] but this time Daekien was able to punch through the ''Dies Irae's'' reactor crudely repaired armour covering the wound Princeps Fierach had opened with its his Titan's [[power_fist|battle claw]]and breach the [[Imperator Battle Titan | Imperator's]] reactor. Both titans grappled with each other, fell to the ground and were both destroyed as the molten fluid from the breached reactors consumed their remains. Whether Moderati Aruken or Princeps Turnet were still in control of the Titan at the time of its destruction is unknown, but it is highly possible that they had been twisted by the same powers that warped their once noble Titan.

*[[Storm_Of_Iron_(Novel)|Storm Of Iron]] by [[Graham McNeill]]