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==Overview==
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]] [[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 incident, Marr left a message challenging Meduson to a final confrontation. Medusan, determined to forge the Shattered Legions into a renewed [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], had just recently defeated an attempt by crazed [[Iron Father]]s to usurp his power with a mechanical copy of [[Ferrus Manus]]. Driven by a vengeance to avenge what had befallen his brothers on [[Isstvan V]], 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, as the commander, Meduson's will was enacted. The fleet was primarily composed of Iron Hands vessels, but also ships of the [[Salamanders]] and [[Raven Guard]] joined them at the [[Aragna Chain]].{{Fn|1}}
