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Despite this, many loyalists of the four Legions managed to survive, and an enraged Angron, acting against Horus's orders, led his Legion to the surface to slaughter the survivors. Horus, trying to salvage the situation, sent detachments of all his Legions to slay the Loyalists. The Loyalists, fighting tenaciously, turned the planned slaughter into a full-scale battle. Under the command of Captains [[Garviel Loken]] and [[Tarik Torgaddon]] of the Sons of Horus (redubbed the Luna Wolves), Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor's Children, and [[Ehrlen]] of the World Eaters, the loyalists were able to mount a surprising defence in the ruins of the capital city. Ultimately, the Loyalists were crushed, in part to [[Lucius (Emperor's Children)|Lucius]]'s betrayal and the orbital bombardment of the Choral City, but made Horus pay dearly. The battle lasted for three months and inflicted huge losses upon the traitors. It was a Pyrrhic victory at best. While the battle raged upon the planet, a handful of loyalists led by Captain [[Nathaniel Garro]] of the Death Guard managed to commandeer the frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'' and fled to warn the [[Emperor]] of Horus's betrayal.
Isstvan III would remain a barren, quarantined world. However 10,000 years later the sole survivor of the original atrocity, the [[Dreadnought]] [[Rylanor]], enacted his revenge. Using a sonic beacon to draw [[Fulgrim]] to the world, Rylanor detonated an unexploded [[Virus Bomb]]. Once again Isstvan III was scoured of whatever life had redeveloped over the millennia, but Fulgrim managed to survive.{{Fn|6}}
==Isstvan and Istvaan==
**{{Endn|5a}}: pg.40
**{{Endn|5b}}: pg.36-39
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Sons of the Emperor (Anthology)]] - ''The Ancient Awaits''
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