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In 854999, M'kar attacked Ultramar again, this time with a large Chaos force. Some time before then, Warsmith [[Honsou]] of the [[Iron Warriors]] had learned of M'kar's existence and his long-standing hatred for the Ultramarines. With the help of [[The Despoiler]]'s damned seer, [[Moriana]], Honsou learned that Calgar had not, in fact, been able to destroy the daemon in 935.M41, but only to imprison its defeated essence inside the [[warp core]] of the ''Indomitable''. Calgar detailed half of the Ultramarines' Fifth Company to garrison the star fort and guide it on a constant, random journey in and out of the warp, but M'kar's hatred for the Ultramarines was so powerful that he always left a faint trail that could lead their enemies to him.{{Fn|7a}}
Honsou and his newly-formed army captured the star fort and freed M'kar, which possessed the [[Dreadnought]] armour of Brother [[Altarion]], one of the Ultramarines assigned to guard the fort. {{Fn|4e}} It was only after the initial attacks that Honsou realized that M'kar was taking over his army, which the Daemon lord dubbed the [[Bloodborn]].{{Fn|4b}}
M'kar personally led the onslaught against [[Talassar]], while other Chaos warlords attacked Calth, [[Espandor]] and [[Tarentus]]. Calgar himself led the 1st Company to Talassar, determined to once again slay M'kar.{{Fn|4d}}
