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However, after his Legion's censure at [[Monarchia]], Kurtha Sedd's sanity began to slip. Shortly after this, his despair and rage drove him to massacre a group of pilgrims within a prayer hall. Remembering Lorgar's words, Kurtha became panicked that the Emperor had witnessed his shame and became certain that retribution would come. However, retribution never came and his Legion's officers covered up the incident. Having come to realize that the Emperor was not an omnipresent, divine being, Kurtha renounced his faith. He pledged to undo the works of the False-Emperor just as his Legion itself fell into the corruption of [[Chaos]]. His fanaticism led him to be selected by [[Kor Phaeron]] to lead a portion of the Word Bearers contingent against the Ultramarines in the [[Battle of Calth]]. Upon hearing that he would see his old friend Aethon again, this time as an enemy, Kurtha felt a twinge of regret but this was nothing compared to his burning hatred.{{Cite This}}
Sedd and Aethon would eventually come face to face in mortal combat with only one emerging the victor. Sedd dealt the finishing blow to his old friend, whispering his regret to him and asking for his forgiveness. {{Fn|44a}} With Aethon's death, Sedd was free of the last chains of his past keeping him from his true potential. He unleashed a wave of shadowy [[Neverborn]] from the chasm he had tossed Aethon's body and directed them at Aethon's Company. Fortunately for the Ultramarines, reinforcements came and pushed back the Daemons, forcing Sedd to retreat.{{Fn|54b}}
Sedd later commanded a warband of the [[Unburdened]] that overran an underground Ultramarines stronghold commanded by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Vultius]], after tracking [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Aeonid Thiel]] from the surface. Occupying the base, he began reshaping it as a space to conduct a ritual for summoning a [[daemon]] that would inhabit his body. However, at the moment of his planned "ascension," Thiel returned in disguise and managed to free Captain Vultius, and together they killed the Dark Apostle.{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Censure (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20151202091024/http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/The-Horus-Heresy-Betrayal-of-Calth-EN Games Workshop: The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth] ''(saved archive page, dated 02 December 2015, last accessed 21 February 2020)''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Unburdened (Novella)]] '':**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter 14''**{{Endn|54b}}: [[The Unburdened (Novella)]] ''Chapter 15''
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