107,770
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Overview
During the [[Word Bearers]] offensive against the [[Ultramarines]] in the [[Battle of Calth]], [[Lorgar]] led another contingent of Word Bearers in conjunction with [[Angron]] and his [[World Eaters]] targeting the rest of [[Ultramar]]. The ultimate goal of Lorgar was to create a massive [[Warp]] storm known as the [[Ruinstorm]], which would create an impenetrable veil around Ultramar and the eastern half of the Galaxy, cutting off the largest of the [[Emperor]]'s [[Legions]] from [[Terra]]. The Ruinstorm had first been summoned by [[Erebus]] during the [[Battle of Calth]], but to mature it fully Lorgar needed to unleash a campaign of bloodshed and misery.{{Fn|1}}
The Word Bearers and World Bearers Eaters launched a far bloodier and reckless offensive on their way across the eastern Galaxy, rampaging across 500 Imperial worlds. Initially the two legions were on tense terms, as Angron delayed the advanced by insisting on the butchering of entire worlds. The tensions boiled over to a standoff that was only interrupted by an attack by [[Dark Eldar]]. One of the most pitched of the campaign was the [[Battle of Armatura]], where the traitor fleet led by two gigantic [[Furious Abyss]]-class battleships smashed through massive Ultramarine defenses. During the butchery Lorgar realized that Angron's fury was consuming him as the [[Butcher's Nails]] could not handle a [[Primarch]]'s brain. Lorgar, wishing Angron be elevated to serve the [[Gods of Chaos|Dark Gods]], decided to journey to his homeworld of [[Nuceria]] to find the secrets of the Butcher's Nails. While Lorgar led a small force to Angron's world, the rest of the traitor fleet splintered into many small parties which brought destruction upon every Ultramar world they encountered.{{Fn|1}}
When the two Primarchs arrived however they discovered that the slave-lords of Nuceria had massacred Angron's comrades and told the population that he had fled during their last stand. Infuriated, Angron ordered that the World Eaters and Word Bearers purge Nuceria of its population. During [[Battle of Nuceria|the ensuing battle]], the Ultramarines led by [[Guilliman]] arrived, determined to exact vengeance on the traitors for the Battle of Calth. The three immensely powerful but vastly outnumbered traitor Battleships (''[[Conqueror]]'', ''[[Fidelitas Lex]]'', and ''[[Trisagion]]'') faced a rag-tag Ultramarines fleet of 40 smaller vessels. The ensuing battle in space was nearly even, in large part thanks to the vast power of the ''Trisagion''. However due to their numbers Ultramarines vessels were able to move past the traitor blockade and land forces on Nuceria. They also managed to bring down the ''Fidelias Lex'', losing twelve ships in the process.{{Fn|1}}
