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Without revealing the source of his information, Skraivok shared this knowledge with Krukesh, who decided to lead an immediate teleportation assault accompanied by his company's Terminator Claw. Simultaneously, Skraivok rejoined the ground assault that finally succeeded in gaining access inside the Mount Pharos facility, capturing both Dantioch and Polux in the process.{{Fn|3k}}
===Defence of Sothopolis===
The Night Lords also struck at Sotha's main city of '''Sothopolis'''. The initial attack was led by the [[Space Marine Captain|Claw Master]] [[Zaar Siakaar]], whose forces overwhelmed the [[Space Marine Company|Aegida Company]]. Ekarr then found himself to be the last [[Ultramarine]] officer left in the city and he rallied any surviving Ultramarines to his side. The [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]] sought to give those who escaped as much time as he could, to reach the [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s [[Castellum]] and made his stand in front of a statue of the Ultramarines' [[Primarch]] [[Guilliman]]. There Ultramarines disciplined shieldwall, along with the [[Deredeo Dreadnought]]s [[Menarrio]] and [[Argan]], met the brawling and murderess attacks of the Night Lords. Once the his forces superior numbers had weakened the Ultramarines enough, though, Claw Master Siakkar decided it was time for him to strike and claim an easy victory. He ordered his [[Spartan]] to crash through the Ultramarines, where it killed both the [[Loyalist]]s and his own forces, who Siakaar considered to be expendable. The Claw Master's attack, created an opening that allowed the Night Lords to pour past the Ultramarines shieldwall and they began to overwhelm the Loyalists. One of Siakaar's [[Atramentar]] then attacked the Centurion Ekarr and as they dueled, the Claw Master stabbed the Ultramarine from behind with his [[Lightning Claws]]. The attack destroyed Ekarr's hearts, which then allowed the Atramentar to behead the Centurion with his [[Nostraman Chainglaive]]. The now leaderless Ultramarines, were all killed soon afterwards.{{Fn|5}}
=== Relief Force and Conclusion of Battle ===
