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* {{Endn|Conflicting sources}}: Exact rank unknown du to conflicting sources, cf. [[Saul Tarvitz#Company Confusion|Saul Tarvitz]]
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[[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] has fallen to [[Chaos]], but his plans of rebellion against the [[Emperor]] are known only to a few he trusts to side with him. [[Primarchs]] [[Angron]], [[Mortarion]] and [[Fulgrim]] of the [[World Eaters]], [[Death Guard]] and [[Emperor's Children]] respectively have all sided with Horus and their four Legions gather in the Isstvan system on the pretence of crushing a rebellion by the Isstvanians. The unconscious [[Euphrati Keeler]] has developed a cult following who believe the Emperor is a deity and she is a saint, [[Kyril Sindermann]] chief among them. Horus questions Chief [[Astropath]] [[Ing Mae Sing]] about the saint and afterwards Sing sends a psychic warning to Sindermann, who recruits [[Titus Cassar]] of the [[Legio Mortis]] [[Titan]] Legion and his reluctant friend [[Jonah Aruken]] to help him save her. Aruken, Cassar and Sindermann go to rescue Keeler, only to find [[Maggard]], former bodyguard of [[remembrancer]] [[Petronella Vivar]] turned genetically-enhanced enforcer for Horus, about to kill her. Maggard attacks them but becomes unable to move, the bullets from his gun moving very slowly, and the three men realize that Keeler has awoken and is using her powers to save herself and them. Before Maggard can stop them they carry Keeler to safety amidst the bowels of the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'''s lower decks. Horus sacrifices Sing in order to facilitate an audience with [[Chaos]] as revenge for sending the warning.
The Emperor's Children and Death Guard attack an enemy station on [[Isstvan Extremis]] where they discover a [[Warsinger]] leading the defenders. Death Guard [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Nathaniel Garro]] is badly wounded by the Warsinger's sonic power but [[Lord Commander]] [[Eidolon]] is able to kill it with his own sonic shriek. This arouses the suspicion of [[Saul Tarvitz]], who questions Eidolon about it and is taken to [[Apothecary]] [[Fabius]]'s laboratory where he is shown the many surgical enhancements Fabius is making on legion members and offered a place in the new order. Horrified by Fabius's experiments, Tarvitz rejects the offer and leaves. An assault force containing elements of all four legions chosen by Horus and including [[Garviel Loken]], [[Tarik Torgaddon]] and [[Lucius (Emperor's Children)|Lucius]] descends on Isstvan III's capital city and battle breaks out.
===Part Two: The Choral City===
[[World Eaters]]
*[[Kharn the Betrayer|Kharn]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[Assault 8th Company(World Eaters)|8th Assault Company]], [[equerry]] to [[Angron]]
[[Collegia Titanica]]
*[[Maggard]] — Civilian enforcer
*[[Ing Mae Sing]] — Mistress of [[Astropaths]]
==Trivia==
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==={{Endn|Conflicting sources}}===
*Exact rank unknown due to conflicting sources, cf. [[Saul Tarvitz#Company Confusion|Saul Tarvitz]].
==See also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/galaxy-in-flames-ebook.html Black Library] ''(last accessed 28th July 2022)''
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