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In the siege of Calastar, the Custodes-led forces held back countless Chaotic hordes but the walls of the city were shattered by [[Warhound Titan]]s of the [[Legio Audax]]. Brutal fighting for Calastar raged for weeks on end, the Custodes and Sisters not having a moments rest. As Daemonic, Traitor Legionnaire, and Chaos Titan hordes swarmed into Calastar, The Archimandrite ordered a general retreat of her forces. They intended to abandon to the Custodes and Sisters and instead secure the Webway route to [[Mars]] and reclaim their sacred homeland. This desperate treachery did not save The Archimandrite who was possessed by Drach'nyen, her gigantic mechanical form being used to attack the retreating Imperials. Calastar fell and the Chaos forces drove the Imperials all the way back to the Webway Gate leading to Terra itself.
It was at this moment that the Unspoken Sanction was completed on Terra. A thousand captured Psykers were sacrificed to power the Golden Throne without the Emperor. Free from his His prison for a single day, he He plunged into the Webway and appeared as a burning star before the Chaos hordes. The star shone with a golden psychic energy that forced the Daemons back, and the Emperor plunged into their ranks, reaping a terrible fury wherever he He fought. The exhausted Custodes were reinvigorated by their master, fighting along by their side. The Emperor summoned an army of loyal Imperial dead including [[Ferrus Manus]] which that took the form of blazing avatars to fight the Daemons. Drach'nyen itself soon appeared, proclaiming itself the Emperor's end. However, the Master of Mankind was able to seal him into Custodian Ra Endymion, who was then ordered to run into the depths of the Webway.{{Fn|3}}
The Emperor's actions gave the surviving Imperials enough time to evacuate the Webway, and as Chaos forces closed on the portal once more the Master of Mankind mounted the Golden Throne and sealed the gate. 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.{{Fn|3}} Only the mightiest of psykers had power enough to do this and even then most wound would be exhausted and die in a short time. Only the Emperor had the might to keep the gate closed permanently and for Him the effort got harder as the Daemonic forces gathered about Him. For as long as the daemonic horde threatened to breach the portal, the Golden Throne would be His prison.{{Fn|1}}
When the Emperor decided to confront Horus aboard the [[Vengeful Spirit]], Malcador was left to maintain the Golden Throne and keep the portal closed in His place. After the injured body of the Emperor was brought back to the Golden Throne, the immense effort exerted by Malcador in keeping the portal shut had reduced him to mere dust. As the Emperor was placed back onto the Golden Throne, His body has allowed the portal to remain closed for the last 10,000 years. Should the Emperor die, the Imperial Palace would be breached and Terra itself would be overrun by Daemons.{{Fn|1}}
