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When the Red Corsairs attacked most of the White Scars' [[Brotherhood (White Scars)|Brotherhoods]] were fighting elsewhere and even [[Chapter Master|Great Khan]] [[Jubal Khan|Jubal]] was commanding their forces in [[Third War for Armageddon|Armageddon]]. This led [[Chogoris]]' defense to be led by [[Barutai Khan]], but the Chapter's [[Astropath]]s hurled messages into the [[Warp]], for their forces to return and defend their Homeworld. The Red Corsairs soon invaded in large numbers, but under Barutai's leadership, the Chapter was not overwhelmed. In time, some of the White Scar's Brotherhoods were able to return and Jubal Khan later arrived with his strike force. Even with the Great Khan's efforts though, the Chapter did little but slow the Red Corsairs' onslaught. Worse followed, as the [[Great Rift]] was created and the [[Noctis Aeterna]] allowed [[Daemons]] to materialize on Chogoris, which then fought beside the Red Corsairs. Within days these new foes slaughtered hundreds of thousands of the world's tribal population and they risked extinction. In order to save Chogoris' surviving population, Jubal Khan had his warriors strike recklessly at the [[Chaos]] forces, hoping to goad as many as possible into following the White Scars back to their [[Fortress Monastery]], '''[[Quan Zhou]]'''. The Chaos forces fell for the bait and so, months after the Red Corsairs first made planetfall, the final fate of the White Scars was to be decided in a bloody siege of their Fortress Monastery.{{Fn|1a}}
It was at this desperate hour, that [[Kor'sarro Khan]] and his 3rd Brotherhood finally arrived. The Master of the Hunt wasted no time in marshaling scattered White Scars forces, along with a great militia of all those tribes that still possessed the will to fight. At the head of this mighty force, Kor'sarro launched a spear-thrust into the rear lines of the besieging Chaos forces, while the Great Khan attacked from the Fortress Monastery. After three days of bloody battle, Kor'sarro's warriors broke through to Quan Zhou and forced Blackheart into a calculated withdrawal. Still the Chaos forces might have carried the day, had the Noctis Aeterna not lifted over Chogoris and with it the energies of the Warp temporarily receded. This caused many of Blackheart's Daemon allies to fade back to the Warp and, seeing that he now faced a far less certain battle, the Tyrant of Badab decided to withdraw from Chogoris. Leaving renegade [[Chaos Warband|Warbands]]{{Fn|1a}}, [[Cultists]], and [[Daemon Engines]]{{Fn|1b}} rampaging across Chogoris' surface, Blackheart and his elite Red Corsiars fell back to conquered strongholds elsewhere in the [[Yasan Sector]]. With the galaxy now rent by the Great Rift, the age of Chaos was nigh and Huron Blackheart knew he had ample to return and conquer the Chapter's Homeworld. The White Scars meanwhile, were left to win back their burned{{Fn|1a}} and now highly corrupted world{{Fn|1b}}, with the remnants of their devastated Brotherhoods. Even their Khans suffered heavily, as [[Seglei Khan]] died in the War{{Fn|1c}} and the wounds [[Jurga Khan]] was dealt, led forced him to be interred within a [[Space Marine Dreadnought|Dreadnought]]require constant life support{.{{Fn|1d1e}} Despite the victory on Chogoris, the Red Corsairs are still present throughout the [[Yasan Sector]] and occupy multiple worlds throughout it.{{Fn|1b}}
===Aftermath===
