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The '''Passage of the Angels''' {{Fn|1}}, also known as '''The Passage of the Angel of Death''' and the '''Crusade of Vengeance''', was a 012.[[M31]] to 013.[[M31]] [[Horus Heresy]] campaign, that was waged by the [[Dark Angels]] waged against ' [[WarmasterPrimarch]] [[Horus]]Lion El' forces after the disappearance of the [[RuinstormJonson]].{{Fn|12}}

Now After they took part in [[Second Battle of Davin|destroying]] [[Davin]] and ending the [[Ruinstorm]], the [[Dark Angels]]' were freed from the isolation caused by the giant [[Warp Storm]]. A wrathful [[Lion El'Jonson]], then led the [[Dark Angels]] wreak in wreaking havoc across the southern [[Imperium]] in a campaign of revengeand extermination. A trail It is designed to both punish the traitorous forces of blackened[[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] and destroy their military assets in the region. By doing so, scorched worlds that were loyal El'Jonson seeks to prevent the Warmaster from creating a "second front" unified against [[WarmasterTerra]] . The Primarch orders the usage of the Dark Angels' [[HorusOld Night]] weaponry and this results in a trail of blackened, scorched worlds that were loyal to Horus, to be left in their wake. This included Among those worlds that were destroyed by the Dark Angels, during the campaign were the [[Traitor Legion]] [[Homeworld]]s of the [[Emperor's Children]] and , the [[Death Guard]] {{Fn|2}} and [[Nuceria]], the adoptive world of the Primarch [[Traitor LegionsAngron]].{{Fn|13}}  This systematic annihilation of resource rich worlds, deprived [[Horus]] of precious materials he needed in order to maintain a lengthy [[Siege of Terra|siege]] of [[Terra]]. This ultimately forced the [[Warmaster]] to hasten his planned invasion of the [[Sol System]]. Other [[Imperial]] forces also took part in the [[Dark Angels]]' campaign as well , with the [[Raven Guard]] and the [[Space Wolves]], led by their [[Primarch]] [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], being among them. Some Imperials, however, had no choice but to fight beside the Dark Angels or else they would earn [[Lion El'Jonson|El'Jonson]]'s wrath, for showing what he perceived as disloyalty to the [[NuceriaEmperor]]and the Imperium. The Primarch was so intent on his vengeance, though, that El'Jonson would refuse to allow the Dark Angels to directly aid or take part in any Imperial battles, that would deviate from his main objectives. The devastation that was left in El'Jonson's wake, as his forces quickly moved on to their next target, also aided the adoptive world [[Night Lords]] in creating numerous [[Carrion Realms]] across the southern realm of the [[AngronGalaxy]].{{Fn|2}} ==Known Battles==*[[Death of Chemos]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Liberation of Saronican]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Fall of Luth Tyre]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Thassos Incident]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Wolf King's Fury]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Ydursk Incident]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Dawn of Desolation (Battle)|Dawn of Desolation]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Ghosts of Zhao-Arkhad]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Siege of Barbarus]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Nuceria]]{{Fn|3}}*[[Siege of Cthonia]]{{Fn|4}} ==Related Incidents==*[[Siege of Inwit]]{{Fn|2}}*[[Burning of Vrexor]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Deliverance Conjunction]]{{Fn|2}} ==Known Forces==*[[Dark Angels]] - Led by [[Lion El'Jonson]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Space Wolves]] - Led by [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Raven Guard]] - Small Expeditionary force{{Fn|2}} *[[Ultramarines]] - Expeditionary force{{Fn|2}} *[[Imperial Fists]] - Small force{{Fn|2}} *[[Shattered Legions]] - Small elements{{Fn|2}} *[[Legio Atarus]]{{Fn|2}} *[[House Orhlacc]]{{Fn|2}} *[[Calth High Guard]] [[Solar Auxilia]] - Part of the Ultramarines' Expeditionary force{{Fn|2}}

*{{Endn|2}}: [[White Dwarf 478]], pgs. 102-109 - ''Horus Heresy: The Passage of the Angel of Death'' *{{Endn|3}}: [[Saturnine (Novel)]] - Epilogue *{{Endn|4}}: [[Cthonia's Reckoning (Anthology)]] - [[Postulant (Short Story)]]

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