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The Word Bearers and World Eaters launched a far bloodier and reckless offensive on their way across the eastern Galaxy, rampaging across the 500 worlds of Ultramar. Initially the two legions were on tense terms, as Angron delayed the advance by insisting on the butchering of entire worlds of little strategic value. The tensions between Angron and Lorgar boiled over to a standoff that was only interrupted by an attack by [[Dark Eldar]].{{Fn|4}}
One of the most pitched of the campaign was the [[Battle of Armatura]], where the traitor fleet led by two gigantic [[Furious Abyss]]-class battleships smashed through massive Ultramarine defenses. During the butchery Lorgar realized that Angron's fury was consuming him as the [[Butcher's Nails]] could not handle a [[Primarch]]'s brain. Lorgar, wishing Angron be elevated to serve the [[Gods of Chaos|Dark Gods]], decided to journey to his homeworld of [[Nuceria]] to find the secrets of the Butcher's Nails. While Lorgar led a small force to Angron's world, the rest of the traitor fleet splintered into many small parties which brought destruction upon every Ultramar world they encountered.{{Fn|1}} [[Talassar]] and [[Percepton Campaign|Percepton]] are other worlds that are known to have been purged attacked by the traitors.{{Fn|5}}
When the two Primarchs arrived at Nuceria however they discovered that the slave-lords of the world had massacred Angron's comrades and told the population that he had fled during their last stand. Infuriated, Angron ordered that the World Eaters and Word Bearers purge Nuceria of its population. During [[Battle of Nuceria|the ensuing battle]], the Ultramarines led by [[Guilliman]] arrived, determined to exact vengeance on the traitors for the Battle of Calth. The three immensely powerful but vastly outnumbered traitor Battleships (''[[Conqueror]]'', ''[[Fidelitas Lex]]'', and ''[[Trisagion]]'') faced a rag-tag Ultramarines fleet of 40 smaller vessels. The ensuing battle in space was nearly even, in large part thanks to the vast power of the ''Trisagion''. However due to their numbers Ultramarines vessels were able to move past the traitor blockade and land forces on Nuceria. They also managed to bring down the ''Fidelias Lex'', losing twelve ships in the process.{{Fn|1}}
