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[[Olympia]]. [[Perturabo]]'s first memory is of climbing a sheer cliff in the rain. Finding a spot to rest, he feels the weight of a distant [[Eye of Terror|rift in space]] as though it were watching him. He nearly falls, but is offered a rope by armed men at the top of the cliff. Refusing their help, he finishes the climb and heads towards the fortified city-state Lochros.{{fn|2c}}
[[Hydra Cordatus]], ~007.[[M31]]. [[Warsmith]]s [[Kydomor Forrix]] and [[Barban Falk]] contemplate the siege of the [[Cadmean Citadel]], which has occupied the [[Iron Warriors]] for three months. [[Berossus]] awakes as a [[Dreadnought|dreadnought]] after having suffered Perturabo's [[The Crimson Fist (Novella)|wrath ]] at [[Phall]]. [[Imperial Fists]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Felix Cassander]] readies the Citadel's defenses as Warsmith [[Harkor]] launches an escalade.{{fn|2d}} Of the attackers, [[Kroeger]] is the only one to still be alive at the top of the walls when Perturabo drops in with his [[Iron Circle]], thus ending the loyalist hold on the keep. Afterwards, the [[Primarch]] demotes Harkor back to a rank-and-file legionary for launching an unsanctioned assault, promoting Kroeger to command of the 23rd [[Grand Battalion]] and to a position in the [[Trident]], along with Falk and Forrix.{{fn|2e}}
Deep in the ''[[Cavea Ferrum]]'', Perturabo is taken aback when the [[Emperor's Children]] make planetfall shortly after their fleet has reached Hydra Cordatus's orbit.{{fn|2f}}
