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Later in the Heresy, Alpharius dispatched forces to attempt and block the [[White Scars]] from leaving the [[Chondax Campaign]] and joining loyalist forces. The White Scars were alerted to the Heresy after Omegon initiated a mission to [[Tenebrae Mission|destroyed a jamming array]]. Despite a fierce battle with the White Scars these ships may not have been armed, further compounding the true nature of Alpharius and/or Omegon.{{Fn|6}} Alpharius went on to [[Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula|corner]] the [[Space Wolves]] under [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] himself, nearly destroying them and dueling Russ disguised as one of his own [[Lernaean]] bodyguards. Victory seemed certain for Alpharius until he was forced to withdrawal after the loyalists received [[Dark Angels]] reinforcements. {{Fn|8}}
Alpharius, or at least an Alpha Legion member claiming to be him, again appeared among a force of [[Shattered Legions]] resistance fighters. Assuming the mantle of [[Iron Hands]] leader [[Shadrak Meduson]] and garbing a unit of his own marines in Iron Hand battlegear, Alpharius' disguise was completely undetectable by the members of the Iron Hands legion he met. Travelling in a vessel that appeared to be the ''[[Iron Heart]]'', Meduson's own flagship, Alpharius fell in with a separate unit of mixed [[Drop Site Massacre|Istvaan]] survivor marines under the command of [[Cadmus Tyro]] and convinced them, in his guise as Meduson, to aid him in an action against other members of the Alpha Legion. His deception was revealed towards the end of the affair, and the survivors of Tyro's force escaped with the knowledge that Alpharius had been impersonating Meduson.{{Fn|11}}
===Death and Rebirth===
**{{Endn|10a}}: Brothers in War
**{{Endn|10b}}: Part 3, Chapter 4
*{{Endn|11}}: [[The Seventh Serpent (Novella)]]
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