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After a successful Khornite [[Chaos Cultist]] uprising in the island hive city of [[Creontiades]] on the [[forgeworld]] [[Katara]], several Chaos-corrupted engines of the Iron Skulls were deployed to reinforce the cultists in preparation to march on the other two hive cities: [[Deicoon]] and [[Therimachus]]. The legion's forces included several [[Banelord]]-, [[Chaos Reaver Titan|Ravager]]-, and [[Chaos Warhound Titan|Feral]]-class Chaos Titans. At least some of the Banelords had assimilated their crew into themselves.{{Fn|8}}
The Imperium responded by deploying a combined force of the [[Legio Solaria]] (Imperial Hunters) and demi-[[Legio Pallidus Mor]]. The Imperial forces split between the two remaining hive cities, with the Imperial Hunters defending Therimachus, and the Pallidus Mor (reinforced by [[Reaver Battle Titan|Reavers]] and [[Warhound Scout Titan|Warhounds]] of the Imperial Hunters) defending Deicoon. The Iron Skulls first engaged the Imperial Titans on a massive bridge over the Kazani Strait, between Creontiades and the mainland. The Iron Skulls began to overwhelm their opponents and push them back across the bridge. In response, the Imperial Titans fired upon the bridge and destroyed it, knocking several of the Iron Skull's Titans into the sea below, and stranding the the rest of the Iron Skulls on the island. The next day, the cultists performed a ritual which summoned a brass bridge to allow their forces to cross the sea.{{Fn|8}}
The Iron Skulls then marched upon Deicoon, where another cultist uprising had begun within the city. The Imperium's Titans had been docked within the city for rearmament and repairs. The cultists within the city managed to capture the Imperial Titan's crew members, intending to corrupt them and add their engines to their forces. Most of the Iron Skulls then bypassed the city and marched upon Therimachus, though a few remained at Deicoon. The detachment sent to Therimachus engaged the main force of the Imperial Hunters. Despite fierce fighting and suffering losses, the Iron Skulls overwhelmed and destroyed the entire Imperial Titan force, with one Banelord personally ripping the head off of the Imperial Hunter's lead [[Warlord Battle Titan|Warlord]] Titan ''[[Augustus Secutor]]''.{{Fn|8}}
