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 '''Shardenus''' is a [[Hive World]] in the [[Contqual]] [[subsector]], which was the site of a [[Purging of Contqual|pivotal battle]] between the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marines]] [[chapterMarine Chapter]] and the forces of [[Chaos]] in 812.[[M41]]^.{{Fn|1b.}}

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^.{{Fn|1a.}}

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^.{{Fn|1a.}}

The most desperate battle was on Shardenus, where the Iron Hands fought directly against the daemonic hordes, and the warp rift was sealed by the combined efforts of the chapter [[Librarian]]s^.{{Fn|1a.}}

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^.{{Fn|1a.}}

*^{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]:**a{{Endn|1a}}: ppg. 45**b{{Endn|1b}}: ppg. 49*²[[Wrath of Iron (Novel)]] by [[Chris Wraight]]