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While in the Warp, the three loyalist fleets were forced to drop into the [[Materium]] due to the presence of a massive "barrier". Once within realspace the barrier shocked even the [[Primarch]]s. A massive floating fortress of pure Chaos the size of a solar system stood in the way of the loyalists. Its walls were millions of miles thick and billions of miles long and adorned with war horns and sigils the size of gas giants. Faced with such an impossible construct, even the combined orbital bombardment of all three loyalist fleets were completely ineffective and with the Ruinstorm raging around them, no alternate route around the construct could be found. The only option was to somehow breach a part of the fortress. Sanguinius, realizing that no such construct could possibly have been made by [[Human]] or even [[xenos]] hands, deduced that it was of [[Warp]] origin and anchored to the Materium through the daemonic forges of the world of [[Pyrrhan]], which was located below a massive "gate" along the fortress' walls. Sanguinius convinced Guilliman and Lion El'Jonson to launch an assault on Pyrrhan and hopefully banish the maddening edifice back to the Warp.{{Fn|1}}
The loyalists made a mad dash towards Pyrrhan, with many ships claimed by the planetoid-sized gun emplacements of the Daemonic Fortress. Once within close orbit of Pyrrhan the loyalist fleet was able to maneuver itself into a blindspot, and avoided the fortress' fire. However despite the combined armies of three Legion's, Pyrrhan was defended by seemingly endless hordes of Daemons spread out across daemonic forges the size of continents. [[Destroyer Squad]]s from the Ultrmarines Ultramarines led the vanguard of the attack, followed by disciplined firing lines of the Dark Angels. Lastly the Blood Angels launched a [[Drop Pod]] and gunship assault into the central Manufactorum complex, hoping to find some way to shatter the Daemonic anchors.{{Fn|1}}
Under heavy air support and led personally by Sanguinius, the Blood Angels managed to advance to the central gate of the largest manufactorum complex as the Ultramarines and Dark Angels battled on their flanks. The Blood Angels managed to enter the complex just before the doors sealed shut behind them. The Lion led his legionaries to the regions before the closed doors of the forge.
