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The '''Gilden's Star System''' is an [[Imperial]] [[Ultima Segmentum]] [[System]] of seven worlds, which lies close to the [[Baal System]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
It was named in honor of [[Dominion (Blood Angels)|Dominion]] [[Gilden (Blood Angels)|Gilden]] of the [[Blood Angels]], whose forces had brought the [[System]] to [[Compliance]] during the [[Great Crusade]]. At that time, Gilden's Star population had already been thriving on the wealth of their industry which had survived the horrors of [[Old Night]]. The System's worlds contained sprawling manufactories, that produced vast quantities of shells and other munitions that fed the Imperium's conquest of the [[Galaxy]]. This all came to an end, during the [[Horus Heresy]]'s fifth year, however, when the [[Word Bearers]] [[Dark Apostle]] [[Zaxos]] sought to [[Gilden's Star Campaign|claim]] the Gilden's Star's vast resources and large population. Before he struck, the [[Dark Apostle]] sent forth his [[Chaos Cult|cultist infiltrators]], fanatics and [[Demagogue]]s to embed themselves within the [[System]]'s warlike military aristocracy. Their honeyed words worked upon [[Noble]]s who had come to resent the constant demands the Imperium requested of their worlds. By the time Zaxos arrived with his Word Bearers, the rulers of the Gilden's Stars' worlds willingly handed them over to him. Soon the Dark Apostle began sacrificing some of the [[System]]'s population to the [[Chaos Gods]], while also fully corrupting others to serve the Word Bearers. However a [[Loyalist]] garrison on the [[Capital World]] [[Gilden Prime]] sent , was able to send out a warning of what had occurred, before all contact with the Systemwas lost.{{Fn|1}}
The first [[Imperial]]s to receive the warning, was a nearby [[Blood Angels]] strike force led by [[Praetor (Rank)|Archein]] [[Alcetas Castael]]. He became incensed upon learning of the [[Gilden's Star System|Gilden Stars]]' fall to [[Heresy]], as it was his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] that had brought its worlds into [[Compliance]], during the [[Great Crusade]]. He decided to [[Gilden's Star Campaign|reconquer]] the Gilden Star, not only to bring retribution for its betrayal, but also to show the [[Blood Angels]] were not dead, as had been [[Signus Campaign|suspected]] at that time during the [[Horus Heresy]]. The [[System]]'s resources and proximity, would also give Castael an ideal staging ground to relive the [[Siege of Baal|siege]] that was currently surrounding his [[Homeworld]] [[Baal]]. Though the Word Bearers had prepared for the Imperium's attempt to reclaim the Gilden's Star, the Blood Angels ultimately prevailed in their initial invasion of [[Gilden Prime]]. Though the [[Traitor Legion]]'s leaders fled soon afterwards, their remaining forces and the corrupted population of Gilden's Star were left to fend for themselves. The vengeful Blood Angels showed them no mercy and brought its worlds to ruins, as they massacred billions in order to cleanse the System of its corruption. Though Castael died during the battles on [[Gilden Tertius]], the Blood Angels prevailed and left after devastating Gilden's Star. It would not be until the later years of the [[Scouring]], that the [[Imperium]] would later return and reclaim the ruined System for the [[Emperor]].{{Fn|1}}
