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'''The Purging of Contqual''' was a major campaign by the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marines]] [[chapter]] to purge the forces of [[Chaos]] from the [[Contqual]] [[subsector]] in 812.[[M41]]{{Fn|1b}}.
== History ==
The citizens of Contqual lived a decadent and carefree existence, believing they had created a paradise free from the ugliness found throughout the rest of the [[Imperium]]. As a result of this decadence, in late 812.[[M41]], the High [[Governor]] of the subsector succumbed to the influence of the [[Chaos God]] [[Slaanesh]]. Within a month, the entire subsector was tainted by Chaos, and the worst effects of this taint were on the sector capital world of [[Shardenus]], where a [[Warp rift]] had opened, disgorging hordes of [[Daemon]]s into the Materium, where they were embraced and worshipped by the native inhabitants{{Fn|1a}}.
The Imperium's vengeance came in the forms of the [[Iron Hands]], who hated Chaos and its influences more than any other [[Space Marine]] [[chapter]]. The Iron Hands reclaimed a dozen worlds in the subsector, purging the tainted populations without mercy{{Fn|1a}}.
The most desperate battle was on Shardenus, where the Iron Hands fought directly against the daemonic hordes, and the warp rift was sealed by the combined efforts of the chapter [[Librarian]]s{{Fn|1a}}.
