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After vicious fighting, only one fortress, Kasr Kraf, remained. However, the tide of the battle nearly turned thanks to the intervention of [[Eldar]] and [[Trazyn]], who sought to reactivate the Pylons on the world and turn back the Warp. In the final battle beneath the surface of Cadia, Abaddon was forced to retreat as the Pylons were activating, but redirected debris from the [[Blackstone Fortress]] ''Will of Eternity'' into the planet. Cadia was shattered and, as the Pylons faltered, the planet was swallowed into the Warp. Castellan [[Creed]] and his Cadian 8th stayed behind to cover the evacuation and their fate remains ambiguous.{{Fn|10}}
Only a handful of its citizens were able to escape in an evacuation fleet led by the [[Phalanx]]. Of its population, less fewer than three million survived.{{Fn|10}}
Although Cadia was ultimately reduced to a burning wasteland by Abaddon's assault, the worlds in the wider [[Cadian System]] fought hard to destroy the spearhead the Despoiler had plunged into their midst. The Great Exodus of Cadia had seen swathes of the Imperial defence redeployed to the sister worlds.{{Fn|11}}
