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|Combatant1 =[[Iron Hands]]<br>[[Dark Angels]]<br>[[Mechanicum]]
|Combatant2 =[[Death Guard]]
|Commanders1 =[[Primarch]] [[Lion El'Jonson]]<br>[[Iron Father]] [[Lasko Midoa]]<br>[[Magos]] [[Khir Doth Iaxis]]<br>[[Knight Cenobium|Knight-Preceptor]] [[Vendrahel]]<br>[[Paladin]] [[Ennedreth]]|Commanders2 =[[First Captain]] [[Calas Typhon]]<br>[[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]] [[Kadus Brekkar]]
|Strength1 =Unknown
|Strength2 =Unknown
Following the battle, the Dark Angels would pursue Typhon's fleet as the traitors left a trail of destroyed worlds in their wake.{{Fn|2}}
===Battle of Umbral-51===
The Battle of Umbral-51 was a sub-campaign of the greater Perditus Theatre. There, the Lion El'Jonson sought to claim the [[Mechanicus]]' relics on [[Perditus]] before the [[Iron Hands]] and [[Death Guard]] did. Vendrahel's command, which included the [[Order of the Broken Claws]] and the Legion's 79th [[Space Marine Company|Company]], was sent to claim the relics in '''Umbral-51''''s archaeo-vaults. Despite the Primarch ordering them to stand down, the Iron Hands and Death Guard forces there had refused to stop fighting for the vaults. When his forces landed, however, it was the [[Traitor Legion]] that Vendrahel ordered his forces to attack. The Death Guard then began to overwhelmed, when Umbral 51's [[Mechanicus]] would unleash their [[Imperial Robot]]s in order to kill all the invaders. While this led to the Death Guard's forces shattering, their commander and a few survivors were able to escape and raced to the vault's gates. Shortly afterwards, the Dark Angels were finally able to destroy the Imperial Robots and gave chase after the Traitors.{{Fn|3}}
Despite the [[Death Guard]]'s head start, the [[Dark Angels]] reached them before they could open the vaults' gates. The two sides were then facing each other, when the [[Paladin (Dark Angels)|Paladin]] Ennedreth stepped forward and challenged the Death Guard's commander to an honor duel. The [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]] [[Kadus Brekkar]] laughed at this and instead used his [[Chem-flamer]] to reduce Ennedreth's body to ash. This enraged [[Vendrahel]] and the [[Knights Cenobium|Knight-Preceptor]] led the charge against the Death Guard. As their forces clashed, Brekkar fought Vendrahel for possession of the vaults. In the end, though, the Centurion was killed by the Knight-Preceptor and the Death Guard were destroyed as well. After the battle ended, Vendrahel knelt over Brekkar's body and whispered the names of the Dark Angels who had died. After adhering to his [[Order of the Broken Claws|Order]]'s rites of rememberance, Vendrahel met with '''Umbral'''s [[Mechanicus]]. The [[Tech-Priest]]s then resentfully handed over their relics, after seeing that Vendrahel bore a seal of the pact between their two factions. Afterwards, the Order of the Order of the Broken Claws deemed Umbral-51 to be too dangerous to be left behind. They then planted clusters of [[Tectonic Bomb]]s and ignited them upon leaving. This buried Umbral-51, its Tech-Priests and countless technological artefacts, under tonnes of metal and rock.{{Fn|3}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Lion (Novella)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Vengeful Spirit (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/01/17/horus-heresy-exemplary-battles-a-new-mission-and-free-rules-for-dark-angels-and-death-guard-squads/ Warhammer Community: Horus Heresy Exemplary Battles – A New Mission and Free Rules for Dark Angels and Death Guard Squads (Posted on 17/01/2022)] - [https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mouvfePNquxVdprP.pdf The Battle of Perditus: Umbral-51 PDF] - pg. 4 (Last accessed on 17 January 2022)
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