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|Image caption=The [[Raven Guard]] and the [[White Scars]] charge into battle.
|Conflict =
|Date =861-871.[[M41]]{{Fn|1a3}}|Location =[[Zoran]], [[Modanna]], [[Kavell]], [[Cernis IV]], and [[Quintus]]{{Fn|3}}
|Outcome =Imperial Victory
|Combatant1 =[[File:Aquila1transparent.png|30px]] [[Imperium]]
|Commanders2 =[[File:AlphaLegion.png|20px]] [[Kernax Voldorius]] (KIA)
|Strength1 =[[File:RavenGuardsymbol.png|20px]] [[3rd Company (Raven Guard)|Raven Guard 3rd Company]]<br>[[File:WhiteScarssymbol.png|20px]] [[3rd Brotherhood (White Scars)|White Scars 3rd Brotherhood]]<br>Unknown number of pro-Imperial rebels
|Strength2 =[[File:AlphaLegion.png|20px]] Approximately 600 [[Chaos Space Marines]]{{Fn|2g}}<br>[[File:Chaos.png|20px]] Entire Quintus [[PDF]](including [[Mankarra Household Guard]]){{Fn|2h}}<br>[[File:Chaos.png|20px]] Unknown number of [[The Lost and the Damned]]{{Fn|2g}}
|Casualties1 =Unknown
|Casualties2 =Defeated; Voldorius killed
}}
The '''Hunt For Voldorius''' (also known as the '''Liberation of Quintus'''{{Fn|1b}}) was the culmination of a decadesdecade-long pursuit of the [[Daemon Prince]] [[Kernax Voldorius]] by the [[White Scars]]' [[Master of the Hunt]], [[Kor'sarro Khan]]. It was noteworthy for its culmination in the unexpected alliance between Khan and [[Shadow Captain]] [[Kayvaan Shrike]] of the [[Raven Guard]], which may have started to abolish the rivalry and distrust that traditionally existed between the two [[chapter]]s.
==Prelude==
Voldorius was high on the list of the [[White Scars]]' enemies who, through luck or design, had managed to survive their last clash with the chapter. Kor'sarro, the chapter's fifty-first Master of the Hunt, was ordered by the [[Great Khan]], [[Kyublai Khan|Kyublai]], to return with Voldorius's head to [[Chogoris]], or not to return at all.{{Fn|1a}}
==PreludeEarly operations==Voldorius It was high on the list of the [[White Scars]]' enemies who, through luck or design, had managed to survive their last clash with the chapter. Kor'sarro, the chapterKhan's fifty-first Master of the 16th Great Hunt, was ordered by the [[Great Khan]], [[Kyublai Khan|Kyublai]], to return with Voldorius's head to [[Chogoris]], or not to return at all. It was a hunt that and lasted more than around a decade, .{{Fn|3}} Voldorius eluded him at places such as [[Zoran]], [[Modanna]], and [[Kavell]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|3}}
At one point, Kor'sarro thought that he had cornered Voldorius on [[Cernis IV]], only to be caught in another of the Daemon Prince's snares.{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2b}} Kor'sarro escaped the trap and in the process learned that Voldorius was on the planet [[Quintus]].{{Fn|2c}}
In the end, only Voldorius and his personal bodyguards remained at the steps of the [[Cathedral of the Emperor's Wisdom]]. Many [[Battle-Brother]]'s fell to Voldorius' wrath, but the [[Daemon]] and his followers were outnumbered and encircled. Voldorius soon fought viciously against Kor'sarro and Shrike simultaneously. After being pinned to a fallen statue of the Emperor by Shrike's [[Raven's Talons|Talons]], Voldorius could not escape Kor'sarro's [[Moonfang|blade]] and was beheaded. A month later, Quintus fell back into the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor's]] fold and Kor'sarro and Shrike parted ways. The Khan returned a hero to his homeworld, carrying Voldorius's head as a prize.{{Fn|1a}}
==Trivia==
**{{Endn|2f}}: Chapter 8
**{{Endn|2g}}: Chapter 9
**{{Endn|2h}}: Chapter 5
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]], pg. 38 — ''Victories of the Khans''
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