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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Changed the word to past tense to match the rest of the page.
Just moments after the battle of the Eternity Gate, [[Shiban Khan]] and his White Scars managed to reactivate the anti-orbital defenses of the [[Lion's Gate Spaceport]]. The traitor armada, hanging in low-orbit, was subjected to a vicious ground-to-orbit bombardment. Word reached the Sol System that [[Roboute Guilliman]] was just one week away, with [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], [[Corax]], and [[Lion El'Jonson]] not far behind.{{Fn|22f}}
Despite the victory at the Eternity Gate, the situation for the loyalists was still dire and Chaos forces were advancing all fronts. Remaining loyalist officers such as [[Fafnir Rann]], [[Dominion Zephon|Zephon]], [[Nassir Amit]], [[Maximus Thane]], and [[Namahi]] led desperate but futile defenses of the last battlements inside the [[Inner Palace]]. While nearly all order and discipline had by now broken down amongst the Traitor Astartes, vast Daemonic legions spilled forth as legendary figures such as [[Be'lakor]], [[Skarbrand]], [[Ulkair]], [[N'Kari]], [[Heartslayer]], [[Drach'nyen]], [[Epidemius]], [[Ku'gath]], [[Madail]], [[Karanak]], [[The Masque]], [[Doombreed]], [[Tallomin]], and [[Skulltaker]] manifested on Terra's soil.{{Fn|24a}} Just hours after the shutting of the Eternity Gate, the [[Bhab Bastion]] itself was overrun by Sons of Horus forces under [[Tarchese Malabreux]] and Rogal Dorn was forced to retreat into the [[Sanctum Imperialis]].{{Fn|24b}} Concepts such as time and space started to break down and mere hours passed as if it were weeks as Terra itself began to slowly be sucked into the [[Warp]], with the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'' as its conduit.{{Fn|24c}} All across Terra, traitor armies and maddened souls began to chant the name of the "Dark King". Horus now aspires aspired to become the fifth God of Chaos born from Humanity just as [[Slaanesh]] was born from the [[Eldar]].{{Fn|24d}}
===The Vengeful Spirit===
