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The Iron Warriors succeeded in inflicting overwhelming casualties but failed to destroy their bitter enemy totally. Source material conflicts as to why this was the case, however. One source claims while Perturabo could have destroyed his hated once-brother-Legion at any moment, he did not do so because he so much relished in their torture.{{Fn|3b}} Another source claims that the Iron Warriors lacked the faith to sacrifice what was required to completely destroy the Imperial Fists.{{Fn|1b}}
What remained of the Imperial Fists was a hardened, veteran force willing and able to comply with the [[Codex Astartes]], just as [[Rogal Dorn|Dorn]] had intended. The Legion was then split into at least five six Chapters, including the [[Crimson Fists]], [[Black Templars]], [[Soul Drinkers]], [[Fists Exemplar]], and [[Excoriators]].
The Iron Warriors escaped and in exchange for forfeiting the captured Loyalist [[gene-seed]] to the [[Gods of Chaos]], Perturabo was raised to [[Daemon Prince|Daemon Princehood]].
