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The scions of Ultramar had arrived -- the vaunted [[Ultramarines]] 2nd Company, and a small force of 1st Company Veteran Marines, had been hastily diverted to Eydolim by their Chapter Master [[Marneus Calgar]]. Receiving his instructions with barely disguised enthusiasm, Captain Cato Sicarius, the leader of this relief force, had diverted his battle force with all haste. As the Chaos Space Marines swarmed towards the outer walls of Eydol, the Ultramarines would deploy en masse in support of the Imperial Guard and there, before the gates of the capital city, the Warriors of Ultramar would throw back the hordes of Chaos. For the forces of the Imperium, the frantic battle fought across the outer curtain wall of Eydol City is remembered as one of tragic loss and heroic sacrifice. Official Imperial records refer to it as the Battle of Eagle Gate -- a frenzied and violent engagement that left a battlefield littered with bodies and broken war engines and a sizeable portion of Eydol City's east quarter ablaze.{{Fn|2}}
===Warriors of Damnation===
The hateful wrath of the Daemon Prince drew not only the Foresworn together, but also forged the great alliance between the disparate Chaos Space Marines and Renegade bands. Indeed, as the fighting within Eydolim reached its zenith, it was Kor Megron who wrought the summoning of the daemonic host. More than two hundred Chaos Space Marines from the Word Bearers Legion were present in the final assault on Eydolim. First into the fray were the Sons of Damnation -- vile Traitors who lay claim to diabolical deeds stretching all the way back to the Siege of the Emperor's Palace during the Battle of Terra at the height of the Horus Heresy. A large force of Chaos Space Marines of the Word Bearers Legion, the Foresworn were the spear tip of the Chaos Space Marine assault. Focusing their offensive against the main temple, the Sons of Damnation's Chaos Terminator Squad carved a bloody path towards the heart of the Imperial lines. The Chaos Space Marine forces were bolstered by warriors from the Black Legion, few of whom were as influential, or as cruel, as the Corpsemakers. This twenty-strong squad of Traitors and murderers battled their way into the breach before the Ultramarines' Terminator Squad Argan ended their bloody advance. The bloodthirsty Khornate Berzerkers of Gladiator Group 138 were also crucial to the Chaos assault. With Chainaxes wailing, they smashed through Eagle Gate, butchered the defenders and then continued into the waiting guns of the Imperial Guard. Kraagon Gorefist earned the slaughter crown for his brutality.{{Fn|2}}
===Martyrdom===At the end, the wrath of the Foresworn and their allies was halted before the Gate of Martyrs -- the great eastern portal into Eydol City. There, a hastily gathered force of Space Marines and Imperial Guardsmen made their final stand. Kor Megron hurled himself at the defenders, determined to slaughter his way through. In the face of his fury, [[Cato Sicarius ]] stood firm as the Daemon Prince brought down his accursed weapon in sweeping arcs, hammering the Space Marine Captain with such ferocity that his knees buckled and his finely wrought Talassarian Tempest Blade was notched and chipped. With a clawed foot, Kor Megron stomped Sicarius to the floor, cracking his breastplate and grinding him down. Triumphant, the Word Bearer raised his blade high, braying his victory to the skies. The killing blow never fell. A nearby Imperial Guardsman, seeing the mighty Astartes captain in mortal danger, forgot his fear and hurled himself at the towering Daernon Prince. As his bayonet plunged into the infernal beast's flesh, the course of the battle, and the fate of Eydolim, shifted forever. Kor Megron, distracted, turned his gaze upon the brave Imperial Guardsman and burned him to ash in a torrent of Warpflame. The distraction was all the Ultramarines captain needed. In the blink of an eye, Sicarius jammed his blade upwards, past the breastplate of the daemon and into its heart. With a skull-rending scream, the Daemon Prince was dragged into the Warp. Stunned at the loss of their leader, and worn to the breaking point by the defenders, the Forces of Chaos began to fall back, retreating under a sustained bombardment. For the Imperium, a reprieve had been bought at great cost. For the Legions of Chaos, there would be another reckoning.{{Fn|2}}
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