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However this proved to be the Legionaries downfall, as when the Davinites revealed their Chaos worship to the Iron Hands and their allies, it was too late to stop the ritual they had begun to enact as soon as they arrived on Pythos. When it was completed, {{PAGENAME}} emerged upon the Death World and in the mayhem that followed, the Daemon demanded that the Davinites sacrifice themselves as blood offerings, to Pythos' predators and they willingly left the safety of their settlement. As the Legionaries in the settlement began fruitlessly attacking {{PAGENAME}}, the Davinites were quickly fed upon by a large number of the Death World's predators and they then deliberately led the beasts to the Iron Hands' base{{Fn|1a}}, which soon fell to the predators{{Fn|1g}}. As the final Davinites died, their blood enacted yet another Chaos ritual{{Fn|1a}}, which allowed a Chaos incursion to occur on Pythos and between the rampage of the predators and Daemons, only a few Legionaries were left fighting for their lives{{Fn|1g}}. Knowing that their end was near{{Fn|1h}}, and with their [[Strike Cruiser]] [[Veritas Ferrum]] having just been destroyed by a warp blast{{Fn|1i}}, Captain Atticus led the few Legionaries near him in a charge to reach one of the Xenos structures, so that the Astropath Erephren could use it to warn [[Terra]] about {{PAGENAME}}'s presence. The Daemon sensed their intent and attacked them, but was held off long enough for Erephren to send the message, before the effort of doing so killed her. Now only Atticus remained and with the message sent, the Captain charged at {{PAGENAME}}, but was easily killed by the powerful Daemon. Afterwards, {{PAGENAME}} ordered the Daemons on Pythos, to use their bodies to repair the destroyed Veritas Ferrum and then used the Strike Cruiser to leave the Death World, with what remained of its Daemon flock, to attack other worlds{{Fn|1h}}. Though Terra eventually received Erephren's message, it was so undecipherable that no Astropath could understand what it contained and her warning went unheard.{{Fn|1j}}
Madail proceeded to terrorize several worlds across the galaxy under the title of '''The Pilgrim'''. The Daemon used captured vessels corrupted by the Warp such as the ''[[Veritas Ferrum]]'' to form a Chaos fleet, traveling world to world to unleash the "gifts" of the Ruinous Powers. Madail saw his mission as religious in nature, and at some point was charged with the Chaos Gods with corrupting [[Sanguinius]], [[Primarch]] of the [[Blood Angels]].{{Fn|2}}
As Sanguinius, [[Roboute Guilliman]], and [[Lion El'Jonson]]'s fleets attempted to breach the [[Ruinstorm]] to reach [[Terra]], they came across Madail's path of destruction and first learned of his existence. However the climax came at [[Davin]], where Sanguinius was trapped within a portal at the altar where [[Horus]] fell. Within the portal The Angel saw a vision of the [[Emperor]] congratulating him for defeating Horus and saving the [[Imperium]]. However as the vision went on, Sanguinius realized that his father was an impostor and was tempting Sanguinius to take up the title of Emperor for himself. Sanguinius struck down his father, who was revealed to be Madail in disguise. It soon became apparent that the portal linked Davin to the ''Veritas Ferrum'', now acting as Madail's flagship.{{Fn|2}}
With trickery spent, Madail summoned his Daemonic hordes and attempted to force Sanguinius to serve the Gods. Sanguinius was trapped by Madail's servants and gave him a choice: take Horus' place as [[Warmaster]] of Chaos and serve the Gods or he would die and his sons would be forever damned by the [[Black Rage]]. Sanguinius resisted the temptations, and engaged in a vicious battle against Madail. The battle was interrupted by the intrusion of Guilliman and Lion El'Jonson as well as the [[Sanguinary Guard]] who all breached the portal to the ''Veritas Ferrum''. In their battle, Sanguinius and Madail were badly wounded both became trapped in the portal, hanging between the ''Ferrum'' and Davin. It was then that Sanguinius' [[The Sanguinor|Herald]] appeared and took The Angel's place at the portal. Freeing Sanguinius, he charged at Madail and the two collapsed together into the portal.{{Fn|2}}
==Source==
**{{Endn|1i}}: Chapter 16
**{{Endn|1j}}: Epilogue
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Ruinstorm (Novel)]] - Chapters 17-19
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