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|Commanders1 =[[Arven Rauth]]<br>[[Telach]] (KIA)

|Strength1 =[[Clan Raukaan]]<br>multiple [[Regiment]]s<br>several [[Titan]]s|Strength2 =[[Traitor Guard]]<br>[[Cultist]]s<br>[[Daemon]]ic hordes|Casualties1 =heavy|Casualties2 =all purged or banished back to the [[Warp]]

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 worshiped by the native inhabitants{{Fn|1a}}. The Imperium's vengeance came in the forms of the [[Iron Hands]] [[Clan Raukaan]], 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 Imperium'Battle of Shardenus===The largest and most desperate battle of the campaign was upon the [[Hive World]] of [[Shardenus]] where a direct [[Warp Portal]] opened up, unleashing hordes of [[Daemon]]s vengeance came in which were welcomed by the forms twisted denizens of the world. Clan Raukaan arrived with Imperial Guard and [[Titan]] reinforcements, but disregarded all calls for caution from Imperial command and instead launched an all-out assault on the bunker complexes on Shardenus Prime. Casualties were heavy, especially with the Iron Hands accompanying Guard formations. Worse still, treachery within the Militarum High Command saw the Iron Hands abandoned by their supposed allies. But the Iron Handsnever slowed or yielded and cleansed the Hive City Spire by Spire. Eventually, the climatic battle to seal the Warp Rift began and the architect of Contqual's horror's at last revealed itself: [[Julius Kaesoron]]: [[First Captain]] of the [[Emperor's Children]], the right hand of [[Fulgrim]], murderer of [[Gabriel Santar]] upon [[Isstvan V]] ten thousand years previous, who hated Chaos and its influences more than any other now a [[Space MarineDaemon Prince]] of [[chapterSlaanesh]]. The While Kaesoron taunted the Iron Hands reclaimed a dozen worlds in with tales of [[Ferrus Manus]]' supposed last words, [[Chief Librarian]] [[Telach]] made the ultimate sacrifice. Harnessing his own power, Telach managed to collapse the rift and cut off Kaesoron's link to the Warp. This left him vulnerable to the fury of the subsectorIron Hands, purging and he was banished back to the tainted populations without mercyWarp.{{Fn|1a3}}.

The most desperate battle was on Shardenus, where With the Iron Hands fought directly against Warp rift closed and the daemonic hordesDaemons banished, and the warp rift Clan Raukaan was sealed by the combined efforts free to purge Shardenus of all taint. With uncompromising ruthlessness, they strode through the chapter streets, purging [[LibrarianMutant]]sand madmen before them. No tally of the dead exists, for Clan Raukaan found little evidence of innocence and the corpses were too numerous to count.{{Fn|1a3}}.