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|Date =[[M31]]
|Location =[[Imperial Palace]]/[[Webway]]
|Outcome =Loyalist victory, Breach containedStalemate
|Combatant1 =[[Imperium]]
|Combatant2 =[[Chaos|Forces of Chaos]]
|Commanders1 =[[Emperor of Mankind]](''de jure'')<br>[[Constantin Valdor ]](''de jure'')<br>[[Jenetia Krole]]<br>[[Ra Endymion]]<br>[[Kadai (Custodian)|Kadai]] (KIA)<br>[[Jasac]] (KIA)
|Commanders2 =Unknown
|Strength1 =[[Custodian GuardAdeptus Custodes|Legio Custodes]]<br>[[Sisters of Silence|Silent Sisterhood]]<br>2 [[Legio Ignatum]] Titans<br>[[Mechanicum]] workers|Strength2 =[[Daemon]]ic Hordes<br>[[Chaos Space MarinesSons of Horus]]<br>[[Word Bearers]]<br>[[World Eaters]]<br>[[Traitor Titan Legions|Traitor Titans]]|Casualties1 =Significant, including ~9,000 Custodes
|Casualties2 =Massive
}}
Following the attempt of [[Magnus the Red]] to warn the [[Emperor]] of [[Horus]]' treachery, catastrophe struck [[Terra]]. Magnus' psychic warning breached the wards the Emperor had placed around the [[Imperial Palace]], causing the [[Golden Throne]], a device intended to allow [[Human]] travel within the [[Webway]], to malfunction. As the Golden Throne broke down, the [[Webway Portal]] deep within the Imperial Palace became breached. Floods of [[Daemon]]s rushed through this breach, and the Emperor dispatched the [[Custodes]] and [[Sisters of Silence]] to hold the line and prevent Terra from being overrun. As the Custodes and Silent Sisterhood fought back immense Daemonic hordes, the Emperor sat upon the Golden Throne in a desperate attempt to stabilize the Webway Portal. Even the Emperor's psychic might was tested in this endeavor, and he became visibly exerted.{{Fn|2}} The war within the Webway forced the Emperor's entire attention, leaving the waging of the simultaneous [[Horus Heresy]] to [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]] and [[Rogal Dorn]]. Malcador was the only one allowed to regularly visit with the Emperor.{{Fn|1}}
Soon enough the war within the Webway webway fell into a pattern. The Custodians established a series of blockadesacross the tunnels within the Webwaywebway. Behind these defended areas the [[Mechanicum]]
workers were repairing the damaged sections of tunnel and sealing the rifts
to prevent more daemons from getting inside the webway. In front of the
blockades, the Custodians and Sisters launched lightning-fast counterattackscounter-attacksto keep the daemonic horde offbalance off-balance and prevent them massing in
strength. Slowly, but surely, the Imperial forces were pushing the blockades forward
as the pressure from the daemons'daemonic attacks waned. Nevertheless, some daemon
assaults did manage to break through the imperial defences and on
those rare occasions the attackers wreaked havoc on the Imperial workers.
allies then Humanity was surely doomed.{{Fn|1}}
The war within the Webway was waged for a grueling gruelling period, all the way until shortly before the [[Battle of Terra]]. As the Imperial forces withdrew as the last repairs on the Imperial portal were completed, the Emperor himself appeared and created a burning star in the Webway. The star shone with a golden psychic energy that forced the Daemons back, and as the last of the Imperials retreated from the portal the Emperor was able to at last close it with the Golden Throne. The gate would remain closed to the daemons for as long as the Emperor
was able to power it from his throne atop the golden portal. Only the mightiest of psykers had power enough to do this and even then most wound be
exhausted and die in a short time. Only the Emperor had the might to keep
