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At some point, Despot [[Gazgrim]] diverted his [[ork]] hordes from attacking Volcanus to take the fight to the Legio directly. Boitanus, influenced by the bellicose [[machine-spirit]] of ''Imperious Prima'', was baited into responding to the threat too aggressively. Gazgrim was able to weaken the [[void shield]]s of Ignatum's Titans with waves of [[Fighta-Bommerz]], which provided cover for Gazgrim's [[Gargant]]s to advance and engage Ignatum's forces. The two forces fought a hard-pitched battle for the next six hours before Princeps Boitanus was forced to order a retreat. Boitanus himself covered the retreat, resulting in his death and the destruction of ''Imperious Prima'' and several other Titans who refused to let the ancient war machine fall alone.{{Fn|11}}
In the aftermath, the Legio Ignatum was reduced to a quarter of their forces still active and faced with the shame of not just the death of such a hallowed Titan, but the knowledge that they had failed to liberate Volcanus. Ignatum was redeployed to support other Titan Legions active to the southeast of Volcanus on the [[Plains of AnathrandAnthrand]] - specifically the [[Legio Tempestor]] and [[Legio Victorum]].{{Fn|11}}
Elsewhere on Armageddon, a number of Titans from the Legios Ignatum, [[Legio Invigilata|Invigilata]] and [[Legio Metalica|Metalica]] fought along the [[Hemlock river]] in [[Armageddon Secundus]], supported by Space Marines from the [[Salamanders]] Chapter.{{Fn|10a}}{{Fn|10b}}
