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The battle was the culmination of a cat-and-mouse game between the largest [[Shattered Legions]] warlord [[Shadrak Meduson]] and captain of the[[Sons of Horus]] Captain [[Tybalt Marr]]. The two had battled one another at [[Dwell]] and [[Battle of Arissak|Arissak]] and Shadrak had just narrowly escaped an ambush by Marr during an attempted [[Iron Hands]] raid on a traitor supply convoy. During the supply convoy incident, Marr left a message challenging Meduson to a final confrontation. Shadrak Meduson was by this point Medusan, determined to forge the Shattered Legions into a renewed [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] and , had just recently defeated an attempt by crazed [[Iron Father]]s to usurp his power with a mechanical copy of [[Ferrus Manus]]. He was driven Driven by a vengeance to avenge what had befallen his brothers on [[Isstvan V]]. He , he wished for a full-scale battle, not a raid, against the Sons of Horus and their allies. Meanwhile, the resurrected [[Vulkan]] had come to accompany the Shattered Legions fleet on his journey to [[Terra]] but refused to lead Meduson's war.{{Fn|1}}

After weeks of maneuvering back and forth, Marr's larger fleet , led by the flagship ''[[Lupercal Pursuivant]]'' , attempted to close all of Meduson's escape routes in the [[Sector]]. Drive by ambition and vengeance, Meduson decided to strike at Marr directly and make the hunter the hunted. However , many in his legion disagreed with the plan of action, Vulkan included; ultimately, but ultimately as the commander of the fleet , Meduson's will was enacted. Meduson's The fleet was primarily composed of primarily Iron Hands vessels , but also ships of the [[Salamanders]] and [[Raven Guard]] met joined them at the [[Aragna Chain]].{{Fn|1}}

Led by the ''[[Iron Heart]]'' and ''[[Gorgon's Will]]'' under [[Augos Lumak]], Meduson's fleet charged at Marr's in hopes of negating its advantage in long-range firepower. The loyalists took vicious [[Torpedo]] and [[Lance]] fire but still advanced and managed , managing to take out several traitor ships and board the ''Horus Triumphant''. At the last minute , Meduson's fleet stopped charging, all save the [[Servitor]]-crewed ''Saurod'', which was revealed to be acting as a [[Fire Ship]]. The vessel exploded, taking out a good portion of Marr's fleet with it and giving Meduson the initiative. At the same time,Iron Hands Captain Lumak and Nuros of the Salamander [[Nuros]] led Salamanders successfully carried out a boarding action that took to take and hold the bridge of the enemy ship ''Horus Triumphant'' despite a traitor counterattack led by a [[Contemptor Dreadnought]].{{Fn|1}}

At this point, Marr ordered a retreat and moved a part of his fleet back to extreme range. Meduson, perhaps overly confident of victory, ordered to pursue despite a pursuit, ignoring calls from the [[Iron Father]]'s to regroup and finish off the rest of the enemy fleet. His decision was finalized when Marr sent a goading message challenging him to pursuefollow. After severe disagreements over on a course of action with [[Jebez Aug]], Meduson became frustrated and decided to lead the attack against Marr himself. However , this attack left Lumak, the Loyalists still fighting aboard the ''Horus Triumphant'', vulnerable. A boarding attack by [[Justaerin]] terminators slaughtered all loyalists aboard the vessel save Lumak and Nuros, until only the Iron Hand captain remained standing over his dying friend as the traitors began to fire on their own vessel. They Lumak shouted loyalty to both of their [[Primarch]]'s as the traitor fleet destroyed their own vessel. The explosion of shields collapsed, the ship''Horus Triumphant'' devastated s explosion devastating several nearby Iron Hands vessels nearby, and negating Medusonthe Loyalist's advantage. Despite the tide turning, Meduson was determined to lead press his attack on Marr and left the ''Iron Heart'' in the hands of Aug, taking a boarding party aboard Marr's flagship. After seeing Having seen his forces dwindle down to nothing, Aug decided to no longer play along with Meduson's reckless vendetta and began a withdrawalto withdraw. Aug's His [[Medusan Immortal]]s killed the Iron Father [[Goran Gorgonson]] after he refused to allow Meduson to be abandoned.{{Fn|1}}

Aboard the ''Lupercal Pursuivant'', Meduson's boarding party fell into a trap of automated turrets armed with [[Flamer]]s, multiple bulkheads closing to prevent their escape. All save Meduson and few was captured by the traitors after the rest of his men were killed and were captured by Marr's men. Meduson He was brought in chains before Marr, with the Sons of Horus Captain relishing in his victory before decapitating the defiant Meduson , who was still declaring declared he would have his vengeance and never capitulate.{{Fn|1}}