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Believing that Guilliman would adopt his standard Codex deployment procedures, Alpharius-Omegon was surprised by the Ultramarines, as a splinter force including their Primarch made a quick strike at the Alpha Legion's headquarters. Both Primarchs met in combat and Alpharius-Omegon was killed. Believing the combat over, for who could ever survive the loss of their Primarch in battle, the Ultramarines were taken by surprise by the remaining elements of the Alpha Legion, when they struck back a day later. After a week of constant fighting and heavy losses, the Ultramarines strike force managed to reunite with their main elements, and quickly evacuated the planet. Even though they had lost their Primarch, the Alpha Legion had soundly beaten the Ultramarines, who proceeded to bombard their foes' position from outer space. It should be noted, however, that Alpharius's death is still considered suspect even by the Ultramarines, and he may still be at large.{{Fn|2}} Alpharius' apparent earlier death during the [[Battle of Pluto]] during the Heresy complicates the mystery further, as it may have been Omegon who really died on Eskrador, if at all. On the other hand, it is possible that 'Alpharius' did indeed die and 'Omegon' took sole command of the Legion. It is also possible that it was 'Omegon' who was 'killed' by Guilliman after taking the place of 'Alpharius'. Whatever the truth, the Primarch of the Alpha Legion has not been seen since.{{Cite This}}.
At some point after the Heresy, word reaches the High Lords of a [[Chaos Lord]] claiming to be [[Alpharius]] ravaging the moons of the [[Danevra Sub-sector]]. Debate rages about whether this could potentially be
the case, for the [[Primarch]]’s death has been recorded more than once across the span of Imperial history. Nonetheless, the [[Grand Master of Assassins]] dispatches a force of six [[Vindicare Assassins]]. Over a number of years they identify and slay a dozen Alpha Legion champions bearing the name of Alpharius, but the reports of raids upon the sub-sector’s mining operations only intensify. Five years later, the heads of all six Vindicare Assassins are found frozen in the food storage halls of the High Lords.{{Fn|12}}
==Wargear==
**{{Endn|10b}}: Part 3, Chapter 4
*{{Endn|11}}: [[The Seventh Serpent (Novella)]]
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition)]] pg.28
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