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{{Battle3
|Name = Battle of Isstvan III
|Location = [[Isstvan III]]
|Outcome = Pyrrhic Traitor victory
|Combatant1 =
[[Chaos Space Marine|Traitor Space Marine Legions]]
|Combatant2 = [[Imperium|Loyalist]]
[[Space Marine Legion]]s
|Combatant3 =
|Commanders3 = [[Imperial Commander]] [[Vardus Praal]](KIA)
|Strength1 = [[File:Blackleglogo.gif|20px]][[Sons of Horus]]<br>[[File:Worldeaterslogo.gif|20px]][[World Eaters]] traitors<br>[[File:Deathguardlogo.gif|20px]][[Death Guard]] traitors<br>[[File:Empschildrenlogo.gif|20px]][[Emperor's Children]] traitors<br>[[Legio Mortis|Legio ''Mortis'']]<br>[[Legio Audax|Legio ''Audax'']]<br>[[Legio Vulpa|Legio ''Vulpa'']]
|Strength2 =~100,000
[[Adeptus Astartes]] loyalists from the:{{Fn|1b}}<br>[[File:Luna_Wolves_Legionssymbol.jpg|20px]][[Luna Wolves]]<br>[[File:WEPad.jpeg|20px]][[World Eaters]]<br>[[File:DeathGuardSym.jpg|20px]][[Death Guard]]<br>[[File:EC_Symbol.jpg|20px]][[Emperor's Children]]<br>[[Ordo Reductor]]
|Strength3 = Millions of rebel soldiers<br>[[Warsinger]]s
An Imperial Expedition had assembled at the [[Isstvan]] system consisting of elements of the [[Sons of Horus]], [[World Eaters]], [[Death Guard]] and a contingent of the [[Emperor's Children]]. Overall, over 200,000 Astartes were assembled for the operation.{{Fn|1a}}
The Death Guard [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] received a distress signal from the former [[Imperium]] world of Isstvan III which stated that the colony had turned away from the [[Imperial Truth]] and that the former governor [[Vardus Praal]] was leading the rebellion. The assembled Imperial expedition was tasked with eliminating this threat. Initial skirmishes were fought on the outer system world of Isstvan Extremis where the Emperor's Children and Death Guard had managed to eliminate the enemy outpost.{{cite this}}
With the enemy forces blinded, Warmaster Horus brought about the Legions to hammer the rebel forces.{{cite this}}
===War against the Isstvanians===
A combined assault was assembled by the Legions which invaded the planet determined to remove the threat of the rebels. Due to incorrectly mapped locations, many of the drop pods that crashed at Choral City slammed into the city's towers which caused a delay in reinforcements as they were pinned in inaccessible locations. The [[Titan]] [[Dies Irae]] was also present at the planet and made use of its mighty weapons to eliminate heavy enemy positions.{{cite this}}
Hundreds of Isstvanian soldiers had assembled to fight against the threat of the Imperials. Though they lacked the genetically engineered nature of the Space Marines, they defiantly fought against them with some succumbing to the unique weapon of the Isstvanians. A more dangerous threat to the invading Astartes were the [[Warsingers]] among the rebels which managed to kill dozens of Space Marines.{{cite this}}
Vardus Praal himself was killed by the Emperor's Children Astartes [[Lucius (Emperor's Children)|Lucius]].{{cite this}}
*[[Major Battles of the Horus Heresy]]
==SourceSources=={{Cite}}*1: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] **{{Endn|1a}}: pg.40**{{Endn|1b}}: pg.49
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