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Perturabo proved to be a pivotal and primary traitor commander during the [[Solar War]]. During the campaign to capture the [[Sol System]], he oversaw the capture of both the [[Uranus]] and [[Jupiter]] defensive spheres from the [[Imperial Fists]].{{Fn|14}} During the early stages of the [[Siege of Terra]], Perturabo was not allowed to lead the siege of the [[Imperial Palace]] but instead fortify the Sol System against [[Guilliman]]'s expected arrival, something that embittered him greatly. Nonetheless, the Lord of Iron was able to review bombardment data and surmise a weakness in the Palace's [[Void Shield]] network. Horus later met with Perturabo personally aboard the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'', where while still compelled to obey Horus he now saw the Warmaster as little more to a slave to the Ruinous Powers. Perturabo studied all Warp lore he saw aboard the damned flagship, pledging to master the Empyrean and achieve powers similar to that of a god. Horus attempted to appeal to Perturabo's pride, emphasizing how much he appreciated the Lord of Iron's contributions and how he was the only Primarch he could still trust. Perturabo was however still denied the coveted duty of besieging the Palace, instead being ordered to clear landing zones for the traitor [[Titan]]'s.{{Fn|15}}
After weeks of fighting, the traitor war effort stalled in the face of the walls of the Palace and the [[Daemon Primarch]]'s proved aloof and unreliable. Horus thus relied on Perturabo to conduct the main offensive push into the [[Lion's Gate Spaceport]]. Hoping to overcome Dorn's traps with bluntness, Perturabo put [[Kroeger]] in charge of the ground offensive while inserting [[Forrix]] and a unit of Iron Warriors behind enemy lines to seize key bridges into the Spaceport.{{Fn|16}} However the attack stalled in the face of the Emperor's psychic shield of the Palace, forcing Perturabo to rely on the [[Immaterium]] by having [[Zardu Layak]] and [[Typhus]] summon [[Cor'bax Utterblight]] to subvert the Imperial Palace's population.{{Fn|16a}} During the main assault on the Lion's Gate Spaceport, Perturabo revealed that Forrix and his men had been sacrificed as a ruse in order to draw away Imperial Fists defenses in order to allow the ''[[Iron Blood]]'' to dock with the Spaceport's main spire. As Perturabo set down, [[Rogal Dorn]] met him on the field of battle. However Perturabo refused to be goaded into a battle by Dorn's taunts, knowing the Imperial Fists Primarch simply intended to buy time for his troops to withdraw. Perturabo instead promised that only after he had tore down the Palace would he kill Dorn.{{Fn|16b}}
==Post-Heresy==
**{{Endn|14a}}: Limited Edition Artwork
*{{Endn|15}}: [[The Lost and the Damned (Novel)]] - Chapters 17 & 24
*{{Endn|16}}: [[The First Wall (Novel)]] Chapters 1-2
**{{Endn|16a}}: Chapters 10-12
**{{Endn|16b}}: Chapters 30-32
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