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'''Rogal Dorn''', also known as the '''Praetorian of [[Terra]]'''{{Fn|15}} was the [[Primarch]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] [[Space Marine Legion]]. He was one of the twenty Primarchs created by the [[Emperor]] in the earliest days of the [[Imperium]], just after the end of the [[Age of Strife]]. Dorn, like the other Primarchs, was randomly transported across the [[galaxy]] by the [[Gods of Chaos]] and placed on a far-away world in an attempt to prevent the coming of the Age of the [[Imperium]]. The Chaos emissary to Lorgar called him the ''Soldier''.{{Fn|13}}

Dorn commanded his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] and Expeditionary Fleets with peerless devotion and military genius. It was said that he possessed perhaps the finest military mind of the Primarchs, as ordered and disciplined as [[Roboute Guilliman]]'s and as courageous as [[Lion El'Jonson]]'s, but still inclined to the flashes of zeal and inspiration which marked the successes of [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and [[Jaghatai Khan]]. Indeed, the [[Warmaster]] had said that he esteemed Dorn and the Imperial Fists so highly that he reckoned if the Fists, noted masters of defence, were to hold a fortress against him and his [[Luna Wolves]], the resultant conflict would result in a never-ending stalemate{{Cite This}}. Commonly dressed in armour of burnished copper and gold, Dorn also wore a red velvet cloak and unfurled eagle-wing motif. It was heavily present on most parts of his gear, most notably on a decorative section of his armour that rose above his shoulders. He had a stern and naturally unsmiling face, topped with an unruly shock of short, bone-white hair.{{Fn|3}}

Before the Imperial Fists could arrive at Terra in full complement, the events of the [[Horus Heresy]] overtook them. Stranded for some considerable time by severe [[Warp storms]], the Imperial Fist fleet eventually discovered the badly damaged [[Death Guard]] frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'', and so learned of [[Horus]]' betrayal. At first unwilling to believe it, Rogal Dorn was eventually convinced by several members of the [[Eisenstein]] survivors, notably [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Nathaniel Garro]] and [[remembrancer]] [[Mersadie Oliton]], that his brother Horus was staging a full-scale rebellion. Dorn therefore despatched the bulk of his Legion to the [[Isstvan III]] system on a war-footing. He himself returned to Terra with his veteran companies to bring word of the events personally.{{Fn|4}}

Dorn was subsequently charged with bolstering the defences of the Imperial Palace even further, and oversaw the construction himself. He felt he was marring the perfection and beauty of the existing structure in doing this, and regretted it, even though it was necessary.{{Fn|1}} As the Emperor was held up with the [[War Within the Webway]], Dorn effectively managed the loyalist war effort while [[Malcador the Sigillite]] handled the political spectrum.{{Fn|12}} Dorn divided the [[Sol System]] into several spheres of defense, attempting to contain the traitor advance in the subsequent [[Solar War]]. During the [[Battle of Pluto]], Dorn seemingly killed [[Alpharius]], Primarch of the Alpha Legion, but lost his trusted [[Huscarls]] commander [[Archamus]] in the process.{{Fn|15}} Later, Dorn appeared to greet [[Vulkan]] when the [[Salamanders]] [[Primarch]] emerged from the [[Webway]]. Vulkan sensed that Dorn was mentally and physically exhausted from his duties and the constant bad news, and embraced his brother.{{Fn|16}} Dorn next held a war council with [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], [[Jaghatai Khan]], [[Sanguinius]], and [[Malcador the Sigillite]] during which he revealed that the [[Ruinstorm]] was weakening, and intended to exploit this by mustering his forces at the [[Beta-Garmon]] [[System]] until [[Guilliman]] and [[Lion El'Jonson]] could arrive to crush Horus from the rear. The Khan and Russ both disagreed with Dorn's actions, and as Russ left Terra with his Legion to confront Horus directly Rogal pleaded with him to stay.{{Fn|17}}

The 'collective pain' needed to cleanse the Chapter was decided by Dorn to be an Iron Warriors' fortress, the [[The Iron Cage|Iron Cage]]. Perturabo had built the massive fortifications to mock the Imperial Fists, and Dorn led his most die-hard followers in a siege that would last for several weeks. Followers of the Iron Warriors claim that the Imperial Fists suffered a crushing defeat, and that Dorn and his legion would have been wiped out if Perturabo hadn't prolonged Dorn's suffering so long that the Ultramarines managed to intervene.{{Cite This}}

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*{{Endn|3}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Part One, Chapter Six, pppgs. 130-134130–134

*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Dark King - The Lightning Tower (Audio Book)]], [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Graham McNeill]], ppg. 8*{{Endn|7}}: [[Collected Visions]] pgpgs.359-379359–379

*{{Endn|11}}: [[The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination]] pgpgs.272-273272–273

*{{Endn|15}}: [[Praetorian of Dorn (Novel)]] Part 4, Chapters 1-51–5*{{Endn|16}}: [[Old Earth (Novel)]] - — Chapter 31

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