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Garadon was left on the ''[[Phalanx]]'' to rebuild the company while [[Lysander]] and [[Vorn Hagan]] left with 5 Companies for a [[Crusade]], and 3 others were deployed to the [[Segmentum Obscurus]], leaving 30 members of the First Company and the brand new Third Company on the ''Phalanx''. When the [[13th Black Crusade]] started, [[Warsmith]] [[Shon'tu]] and [[Daemon Prince]] [[Be'lakor]] [[Battle of the Phalanx|assaulted]] the ''Phalanx'', entering it via a warp. Garadon took command, rallying the crew and his battle brothers. When the ship was infected with corruption he withdrew his forces from those sections and ordered the ''Phalanx's'' weapons to shoot those sections. Once the infected sections were gone and the machine virus no longer had a hold on the ship, Garadon set it on a blind heading into the [[Immaterium]]. This made the [[Daemon]]s that had invaded stronger, so Garadon gathered the remainder of his forces in the '''Chamber of Storms''' to make a stand. When Be'lakor joined the fight, the [[Legion of the Damned]] arrived to help the Imperial Fists, and Be'lakor was forced to retreat with his forces in the middle of a fight with Garadon. When the Legion didn't leave after the battle Garadon thought there was still something for the ''Phalanx'' to do before returning to Terra. As soon as they set their course for [[Terra]] the [[Librarian]]s received a distress hymnal from [[Cadia]]. Garadon overruled [[Trevaux]]'s and [[Furan]]'s objections to them responding and had the ''Phalanx'' set out for Cadia.{{Fn|2a}}
Upon arrival in the system Garadon had the ''Phalanx '' immediately engage the Black Fleet, seeing it as retribution.{{Fn|2b}} Ignoring all warnings about incoming ships, Garadon had them go straight after the [[Blackstone Fortress]] ''[[Will of Eternity]]''. Seeing part of it's its shields go out in a section Garadon had the main batteries open fire. He ignored warnings of hull breaches and concerns from his crew, continuing to engage. The ''Will of Eternity's '' core was soon split and the fortress broke apart. He then had the ''Phalanx '' withdraw to Cadia{{Fn|2c}} beyond the Equator.{{Fn|2d}}
On the planet Garadon would then join the strike force under [[Korahael]]'s command.{{Fn|2e}} His Imperial Fists would fight alongside [[Amalrich]]'s [[Black Templars]] on the southern lines of the Elysion Fields.{{Fn|2f}} During the fighting they'd both plant their respective banners in the path of the black legionBlack Legion.{{Fn|2g}} When the invaders started to evacuate Garadon rallied what remained of third company, and at that point the only survivor of first company was [[Furan]], the irony wasn't lost on Garadon.{{Fn|2h}}
During the evacuation Garadon and the Phalanx took the lead of the retreating imperial ships. When the ship ''[[Pride of St Cerephos]]'s '' [[plasma drives drive]]s failed Garadon took aboard what transport craft they could, but reluctantly ordered that the pride ''Pride'' be left behind due to the enemies following after them. To avoid unnecessary losses Garadon had the ''Phalanx '' slow down to not stress the other ships as much, and brought the least spaceworthy aboard. The evacuation fleet eventually started to enter the warp and leave the system, Garadon let out a heartfelt curse before the ''Phalanx '' left as well.{{Fn|2i}}
===Age of the Dark Imperium===
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow (Novel)]], Chapter 23
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Leviathan (Box)]] Rulebook, pg. 247 - ''Sanctum Defiant''
*{{Endn|9}}: [https://www.joytoy.com/products/imperial-fists-third-captain-tor-garadon Joytoy Tor Garadon] ''(last accessed 21/7/July 2024)''
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