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Angron finally reemerged into the Materium on the bridge of his old flagship, the ''[[Conqueror (Ship)|Conqueror]]'', as it was leading a World Eaters fleet under [[Kossolax the Foresworn]] to assault the world of [[Kalkin's Tribune]]. Angron's first act was to massacre Kossolax's four chief lieutenants, though the [[Chaos Lord]] himself managed to flee and avoid his Primarch's fury. The massive Daemon Prince then led an army of World Eaters and Khornate Daemons to the surface of Kalkin's Tribune, annihilating the billions-strong garrison and accompanying fleet of over two thousand warships in a matter of weeks. With seemingly none of his former self left, Angron simply was a beast that lived within the bowels of the ''Conqueror'' until Kossolax moved it to a new world for him to murder. The Foresworn planned to use the Primarch to rally the whole of the World Eaters to his command.{{Fn|35b}} However, Angron often proved too difficult to control, and was able to communicate with the possessed [[Machine Spirit]] of the ''Conqueror'' that had once been [[Lotara Sarrin]] to move the ship towards an apparently obscure world in [[Imperium Nihilus]], [[Malakbael]]. The Red Angel was being pulled towards the world by a [[Choral Engine|psychic beacon]] not dissimilar to the [[Astronomican]].{{Fn|35b}}
It was then that a [[Brotherhood of Thirteen|13-strong]] group of [[Grey Knights]] led by [[Epistolary]] [[Graucis Telomane]] struck, setting up their own psychic beacon using a captured possessed [[psyker]] on [[Hyades (Desert World)|Hyades]] to draw the Red Angel away from Malakbael and into a trap. Angron and his vast horde plunged straight into Hyades, massacring all they came across but not before the Grey Knights sacrificed themselves to enact a great psychic ritual using their stolen psyker to set off a Warp explosion that devoured the world along with much of Kossolax's army. Angron, however, emerged only wounded, and retreated to the ''Conqueror'' to heal himself. He was then ambushed by the surviving Grey Knights, including Graucis who piloted a [[Dreadknight]]. Angron defeated all of his foes, but was briefly overcome when [[Grey Knights Paladin|Paladin]] [[Dvorik]] used his [[True Name]]. The ritual blasted a hole in the hull of the ''Conqueror'' which sucked out the remaining two Grey Knights. In deep space, Angron cut down Graucis, but howled in fury when the Grey Knight was able to send his soul deep into the Warp and escape consumption by the Daemon.{{Fn|35c}}
Angron and his great fleet were able to eventually arrive at Malakbael, beginning the great [[Battle of Malak]]. During the engagement, Angron was seemingly fully lucid and issued strategic commands to his forces, dividing them into three great pincers of a "trident". At the climax of the battle, Angron was able to land on Malakbael and reach the [[Choral Engine]] itself. It was here he faced some 60 [[Grey Knights]] as well as [[Tempestus Scions]] under [[Brother-Captain]] [[Drystann Cromm]], and while badly wounded the Daemon Prince and his 8 [[Bloodthirster]] honour guards proved nigh unstoppable and slaughtered all they came across. Angron was then used as a conduit by [[Khorne]] himself to destroyed the Choral Engine, sending out a great psychic shockwave known as the [[Murder-Curse]] which corrupted nearly all of [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Quartus]].{{Fn|37}}
