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→The Fall of Tizca
Tizca was destroyed when the [[Space Wolves]] attacked under orders to censure [[Magnus]] for violating the terms of the [[Council of Nikea]].{{Fn|2b}}
The city survived the initial planetary bombardment thanks to its [[kine-shields]] maintained by the [[Raptora Cult]].{{Fn|2c}} The bombardment was followed immediately by a direct assault by the Space Wolves. The first landers were [[Stormbirds|Stormbird]] s deploying troops at the seaside docks. The first invader ever to set foot on Prospero was [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], leading his Legion. The assault force landed with little resistance, as Tizca had no antiaircraft batteries for defense.{{Fn|2a}}
The fighting drove the [[Thousand Sons]] back until the last remaining members of the Legion were gathered at the [[Pyramid of Photep]] to stage a last stand. It was on the causeway to the pyramid that Magnus and Leman Russ met in personal combat and Magnus was defeated.{{Fn|2d}} This was the moment at which the Thousand Sons escaped total destruction and marked the end of the battle.
