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[[Kor Phaeron]] and his [[Gal Vorbak|elite guard]] carried ''athames'' during their boarding action of the Ultramarines' orbital weapons platform. When [[Roboute Guilliman]] and a small force of Ultramarines boarded the platform, Phaeron was able to stun Guilliman with his sorcerous powers. While the Ultramarines' [[Primarch]] was temporarily helpless, Phaeron became intoxicated with the idea of using his ''athame'' to turn him to Chaos, just as Erebus had turned Horus. He pierced the flesh of Guilliman's throat with it, but didn't strike a fatal blow. That was his mistake: resistant to whatever dark influence was carried by the knife, Guilliman counter-attacked, driving Phaeron back and forcing the Word Bearers to retreat.{{Fn|1e}}{{Fn|1f}}
Kor Phaeron used his ''athame'' to great effect in the subsequent [[Battle of the Macragge's Honour|Battle of the ''Macragge's Honour'']], cutting a "hole" in realspace that allowed the battleship ''[[Infidus Imperator]]'' to make an instant translation into the [[warp]], without the need for the normal calculations. Later, when the ''[[Macragge's Honour]]'' devastated the ''Infidus Imperator'' with an overwhelming volley, Phaeron cut another hole that allowed him and a small entourage to escape the bridge of his doomed ship, to reappear on [[Sicarus]].{{Fn|2}} Later, during the [[Underworld War]], Ventanus slew Hol Beloth with Beloth's own ''athame''.{{Fn|5}}
== The Shard of Erebus ==
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]] - 1:xvi
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Iron Kingdom (Novel)]] - Appendix
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume III]], 10:xvi
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