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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Overview: Again fixed the inaccurate information regarding the fight between Dorn and Alpharius. Praetorion of Dorn pg 466 clearly states what happened.
The Imperial Fists had just 30 ships led by [[Sigismund]] to defend Pluto. Faced with the suddenness of the attack and severely outnumbered, the loyalist fleet was badly mauled. The Alpha Legion used [[Fire Ship]]s hidden among their own fleet to wreak havoc on the defenders as the captured fortress moon of Kerberos showered Nix, Styx, and Charon with heavy fire. Silonius, aboard the ''Alpha'', split his fleet into three parts. One moved around the Imperial Fists and clawed back into Pluto's orbit, while another served as a distraction to draw the Fists fire. Another led by the ''Alpha'' itself swept past Hydra to troop reinforcements including elite [[Lernaean]] [[Terminator]]s. However the Imperial Fists fought on, maintaining a stubborn defense in the face of overwhelming odds.{{Fn|1b}}
[[Archamus]] led a [[Huscarl]] contingent on Hydra after correctly discerning the Alpha Legion's true intent. However the Praetorian of Dorn was struck down by Alpharius himself and the battle seemed won for the traitors. It was at this moment that the [[Phalanx]] itself arrived over Pluto, leading a massive fleet of Imperial Fists and [[Imperial Armada]] reinforcements. The fleet had managed to arrive quickly by slingshotting around the Solar System's competing gravity wells. The Fists fleet was able to pacify Kerberos' guns as [[Rogal Dorn]] himself led a landing on Hydra. Dorn teleported directly before Alpharius with Archamus at his feet, and the two Primarchs clashed. Alpharius maintained that he was not doing this for Horus, but instead for the future, and urged Dorn to help him in achieving true victory. But the Fists Primarch ignored his brother and brutally assaulted him. Alpharius was about to impale Dorn with his [[The Pale Spear|spear]], but the dying Archamus was able saw the strike and tried to grab the hilt intervene but reels harmlessly off of the weapon and deflect it into spears haft. Alchamus was unaware that Dornhad seen the strike, the Imperial Fists Primarch outplaying Alpharius by using a move he's chestd used against a giant Ork decades earlier. This gave Dorn deliberately stepped into the opening he needed shot and tanked it in his shoulder to strike down the traitorous Primarchpin Alpharius in place. Dorn then grabbed the spear and using ''[[Storm's Teeth]]'' sliced Alpharius's hands from his wrists before he slashed Alpharius across the chest, stabbed him with his own spear, and finished by cutting through Alpharius's skull with his mighty chainsword, Storm's Teeth After Alpharius died, Kel Silonius ordered the rest of the Alpha Legion fleet retreat from Pluto. Silonius himself seemed unconcerned with Alpharius' death, stating all in the Legion are one.{{Fn|1b}}
In the aftermath of the loyalist victory, the Imperial Fists oversaw a massive purge of suspected Alpha Legion assets across the Sol System. Meanwhile, [[Omegon]] effectively took on the role of Alpharius.{{Fn|1c}}
