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But suddenly, the beating stopped. A lone Custodian of the [[Adeptus Custodes]] had entered the room (while other sources state it was [[Ollanius Pius]], an Imperial Army soldier). Without hesitation, the loyal warrior had charged towards Horus. Breaking out in laughter, the Warmaster blasted apart the warrior in a gaze of psychic energy. This proved to be the decisive moment in which the Emperor finally realized what his son had become. The Horus he had known was truly gone, destroyed by the maddening powers of Chaos. Realizing that he must kill Horus and he would never get another chance, the Emperor used the brief respite to lash out at Horus with his full power. Focusing his psychic bolt into a bolt of pure force, the lance of power blasted straight through the Warmasters heart. Realizing their pawn had failed, the Gods of Chaos retreated from Horus' body. As they did, sanity returned to the Warmaster. In that moment, Horus, realizing the atrocities he had committed, begged the Emperor to strike the finishing blow before the powers of Chaos would take hold over him once more. Focusing the last of his strength into another psychic bolt, the Emperor finally destroyed his repentant son.{{Fn|1d}}
Rogal Dorn and his Terminator escorts would reach the chamber shortly after, discovering the beaten body of the Emperor alongside the remains of Sanguinius and Horus. The Emperor only had enough strength to demand to be taken to the Golden Throne at once. Obeying his beloved master, Dorn and the surviving loyalist forces teleported off the ''Vengeful Spirit'' and back to the Imperial Palace. Meanwhile the death of their Warmaster had sent a psychic shock reeling across the traitorous armies on Terra. As the Great powers of Chaos retreated from Horus they took their Daemonic hordes with them. Confusion broke out among the traitor Primarchs and the rebel armies lost all cohesion. It was said that the Sons of Horus, sensing their father's death, immediately broke and were the first to flee from the planet{{Fn|5}} while Mortarion and the Death Guard were the last.{{Fn|6}} At the same time, the Blood Angels began suffering horrific visions of the death of Sanguinius. In what may be the first instance of the [[Black Rage]], the Blood Angels broke ranks and began engaging the traitors in close combat with such savagery it shocked both loyalist and traitor Marine alike. Using this to their advantage, the loyalist forces led a decisive counterattack which finally expelled the traitorous legions from Terra in a bloody rout.{{Fn|1d}}
===Aftermath===
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Realm of Chaos]] Slaves to Darkness pg.240-243
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Slaves to Darkness (Novel)]] Chapters 17-19
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Talon of Horus (Novel)]] - Chapter 2
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Lords of Silence (Novel)]] - Chapter 5
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