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Following the Trial of Curze, Sanguinius, Lion El'Jonson, and Guilliman all agreed to try and breach the [[Ruinstorm]] to reach Terra and aid the Emperor who they now knew still lived. In the Ruinstorm, the loyalist fleet came across a variety of horrors and word of an entity spreading destruction known as the "Pilgrim". During the voyage through the Ruinstorm, Guilliman's fleet was ambushed by Traitor forces at [[Battle of Anuari|Anuari]], where the Avenging Son survived an assassination attempt by Word Bearers armed with [[Athame]]'s. Believing he could study the weapons for understanding of the enemy and potentially using it against them, Guilliman kept the blades in his vault. During the [[Battle of Pyrrhan]], Guilliman commanded the Ultramarines personnel as Sanguinius received a vision and he realized that he needed to go where this struggle had begun, [[Davin]]. Reluctantly, Guilliman and The Lion agreed to trust in Sanguinius but both had thought they would simply destroy the world upon arriving. While over Davin, Sanguinius shocked The Lion by boarding the ''[[Invincible Reason]]'' and taking the captive [[Konrad Curze]] with him. Sanguinius hoped to use Curze's prophetic abilities to determine what he was meant to do upon Davin. Sanguinius then commended a mass landing on the world, and the enraged Lion nearly ordered that Davin be subjected to [[Exterminatus]] regardless of Sanguinius' presence on it. After horrified Lion expressed to Guilliman that he believed something was trying to manipulate them to the path of damnation, the Ultramarine Primarch knew what he must do and crushed his captive Athame Blades with his [[Power Fist]]. He declared he would not be tempted the same way Horus had.{{Fn|19}}

At Davin, Sanguinius was trapped within a portal and did battle with the Daemon [[Madail]] while Guilliman and The Lion desperately tried to reach him. [[Second Battle of Davin|a vicious battle]] erupted both on Davin and above it, in which Guilliman's acting flagship ''[[Samothrace]]'' was destroyed in orbit by the [[Daemonship]] ''[[Veritas Ferrum]]''. During the battle at Davin's temple, Guilliman and The Lion managed to finally fight as brothers and together they brought down a massive [[Soul Grinder]]. Eventually, Sanguinius was able to escape and the Space Marine forces evacuated to space. Davin was destroyed by [[Cyclonic Torpedoes]], and with its anchor gone the Daemonic fleet vanished. In the place of where Davin once was, a breach in the Ruinstorm was visible. The path led to Terra, but upon further study it became apparent that somehow Horus had foreseen this route and a large blockade was erected to block them. Guilliman and The Lion agreed to distract the blockade while Sanguinius and the Blood Angels made directly for Terra, for that was their destiny.{{Fn|19}}

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*{{Endn|28}}: [[Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (Novel)]]: Chapter 6

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