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The '''{{PAGENAME}}Battle of Yarant''' was a battle of the [[Horus Heresy]].
==Overview==
After narrowly avoiding destruction in the [[Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula]] [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and his [[Space Wolves]] arrived at [[Terra]]. After meeting with [[Malcador the Sigillite]] and [[Rogal Dorn]], Leman Russ departed Terra and expressed his desire to take the war to [[Horus]].{{Fn|2}}
Russ then departed Terra with his Space Wolves, but his campaign against Horus soon met with disaster after he was wounded by [[Horus]] at the [[Battle of Trisolian]].{{Fn|3}} With the Great Wolf now in a comatose state, Russ' [[Legion]] became besieged on [[Yarant III]] by a combined traitor force of [[Sons of Horus]], [[Alpha Legion]], [[World Eaters]], and [[Thousand Sons]] led by [[First Captain]] [[Abaddon]]. Abaddon's forces were also accompanied by traitor [[Imperial Army]]. Having been driven from orbit by the traitor armada, remnants of the Space Wolves fleet fled to the outer reaches of the Yarant System.
Meanwhile, [[Corvus Corax]] had assembled the remains of his [[Raven Guard]] at the [[Rosario System]] and was debating over what actions to take. Some within his Legion wished to go to [[Terra]], while Corax himself wished to remain in Horus' rear and conduct a guerrilla war, believing his legion, still devastated from the [[Drop Site Massacre]], could serve a better purpose in this role. [[Marcus Valerius]] had yet another vision, this time of the plight of the Space Wolves, and when it was revealed to Corax, the thought of having been manipulated throughout all these years by mysterious visions broke him. In a fit of rage he demanded to be left alone. He vowed to be no longer be manipulated and to commit suicide and die with a clean slate. When he reemerged, he had all elements of his army he considered outsiders either dispatched to [[Terra]] or to [[Beta-Garmon]], until only his Raven Guard remained. He was determined to save the Space Wolves, to die while doing so, and to take the [[Raptor (Raven Guard)|Raptors]] with him into death.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Corax (Anthology)]] - — The Weregeld*{{Endn|2}}: [[Vengeful Spirit (Novel)]] - — Chapter 6
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Wolfsbane (Novel)]]
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