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|Name =Dulan Campaign
|Image =Leman_Russ_-_the_Great_Wolf_.jpg
|Image caption=[[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] leads the [[Space Wolves]] Rout on [[Dulan]]
|Conflict =[[Great Crusade]]
|Date =870.[[M30]]
|Location =[[Dulan]]
|Outcome =Imperial victory
|Combatant1 =[[Imperium]]
|Combatant2 =[[Faash]]
|Commanders1 =[[Primarch]] [[Lion El'Jonson]]<br>2nd [[Praetor (Rank)|Master]] Gahael<br>6th Master Moriaen<br>9th Master [[Alajos]]<br><br>[[Primarch]] [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]<br>Huscarl [[Grimir Blackblood]]<br>[[Praetor (Rank)|Jarl]] [[Ogvai Ogvai Helmschrot]]<br>Jarl [[Jorin Bloodhowl]]<br><br>[[Primarch]] [[Lion El'Jonson]]
|Commanders2 =Tyrant [[Durath]] (KIA)
|Strength1 =[[Dark Angels]]:<br>2nd Order<br>6th Order<br>9th Order<br><br>[[Space Wolves]]:<br>[[Einherjar]]<br>Tra (3rd [[Great Company]])<br>Dekk-Tra ([[13th Great Company]])<br><br>[[Dark Angels]]<br>[[Imperial Army]]
|Strength2 =[[Scarabine]] Mech-Guard<br>Duranian Guard
|Casualties1 =
|Casualties2 =
}}
The '''Dulan Campaign''' was a conflict between the [[Imperium]] and the [[Faash]], a technologically advanced human civilisation.{{fn|1a}} It is most famous for the involvement of the [[Space Wolves]] and [[Dark Angels]], culminating in the famous incident of '''the Lion and the Wolf''' that began the tradition of honour duels that continues into the [[M41|41st Millennium]].{{fn|2}}{{fn|3}}
==Overview==
===Ynniu Void Battle===
[[Jorin Bloodhowl]] and his [[13th Great Company]] hunted the Faash down across multiple systems, destroying a number of heavily fortified bastion stations. The speed of the enemy's ships, powered by elaborate fusion technology, made them impossible to catch in a straight pursuit, allowing many of the Faash to escape to the empire's throneworld of [[Dulan]]. In order to discover Dulan's location, Jorin staged an ambush by leaving six sub-warp interceptors on low power at the edge of the [[Ynniu systemSystem]], where they were able to ram and board a Dulanian hunter-killer vessel seeking to escape the fall of the bastion above [[Ynniu III]]. Jorin led a boarding party and was able to disable the [[warp drive]] by rupturing a promethium line, but two of his company fell to the [[Wulfen|Curse of the Wulfen]] during the battle.{{fn|1a}}
[[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] arrived in-system, ahead of his scheduled rendezvous with Jorin at , bringing [[Ogvai Ogvai Helmschrot]] and the 3rd Great Company with him. He revealed that [[Lion El'Jonson]] had been on the same trail as them for two months, though he had had next to no contact with his brother. Russ insisted that the Space Wolves must be the first to reach Dulan to assuage the naysayers in the Imperial court who had arranged for the [[Dark Angels|First Legion]] to become involved. The [[Iron Priest]] Kloja was able to extract Dulan's location from the remains of the Faash ship, and the Space Wolves set out to beat the First there.{{fn|1a}}
===Dulan Void Battle of Dulan===
===The Crimson FortressSiege of Dulan===
==Legacy==
After the duel between the Lion and the Wolf, it became a ritual for the Dark Angels and Space Wolves to field champions every time the Legions met{{fn|4}} - usually to first blood.{{fn|5a}}
===41st Millennium===
Ten millennia later, the [[Dark Angels]] and [[Space Wolves]] still nominate champions to participate in honour duels whenever the two [[Chapter]]s serve side by side, though the details have drifted in the re-telling.{{fn|2}}{{fn|3}}
Both accounts agree that it was Russ who struck the first blow of a fight that lasted a day and a night before Russ, quick to both anger and mirth, broke out in laughter. El'Jonson, slow both to anger and forgiveness, considered the first blow treacherous and struck his brother unconscious. When Russ awoke, he found El'Jonson had left, deeming honour satisfied.{{fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}
===Notable Honour Duels===
*~009.[[M31]] - [[Lion El'Jonson]] and [[Faffnr Bludbroder]] - the Lion fights as his own champion in [[Imperium Secundus]]{{fn|4}}
*M31 - [[Otho (Dark Angel)|Otho]] and [[Haldor Twinfeng]] - Haldor fights using ''[[Wyrdfast]]'', the axe taken from Alajos by Russ{{fn|1e}}
*960.[[M41]] - [[Harrad]] and [[Ragnar Blackmane]] - Harrad draws first blood, but is killed by an enraged Ragnar. Affronted by this dishonour, another Dark Angel, [[Sorael]], challenges Ragnar to a duel to the death, but the arrival of a [[Night Lords]] fleet in the system forced both sides to flee before the second duel could be fought.{{fn|5a}}
*999.M41 - Sorael and Ragnar Blackmane - fought on [[Cadia]] during the [[13th Black Crusade]]. Although intended to be a duel to the death, Ragnar spares Sorael's life after taking his arm.{{fn|5b}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Leman Russ: The Great Wolf (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter II
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter III
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter IV
**{{Endn|1d}}: Chapter V
**{{Endn|1e}}: Chapter VI
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves - Wulfen Edition]], pg. 20
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]], pg. 9
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Unremembered Empire (Novel)]], Chapter 10
*5: [[Ragnar Blackmane (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|5a}}: Part 1, Chapter I
**{{Endn|5b}}: Epilogue
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