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The '''Hunt For Voldorius''' was a decade-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.

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|1}}

It was Kor'sarro Khan's 16th Great Hunt and lasted around a decade.{{Fn|3}} Voldorius eluded him at places such as [[Zoran]], [[Modanna]], and [[Kavell]].{{Fn|1}}{{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}}

On [[Quintus]], one of the Imperium's chief bulwarks against [[Ork]] warbands in the [[Jagal Stars]], the Daemon Prince's warband managed to corrupt the local [[PDF]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2d}} Thus the White Scars faced an entire planet in their hunt for Voldorius in a battle that soon found the White Scars in an unexpected alliance with the [[Raven Guard]] [[3rd Company (Raven Guard)|3rd Company]] under [[Kayvaan Shrike]], which was also deployed on Quintus to end its heresy.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2e}} The fiercest fighting erupted around the planet's capital city of [[Mankarra]].{{Fn|1}}

Having concealed themselves in caves to the south, the White Scars had waited for the Chaos forces to over-commit themselves to taking the orbital defence complex, stringing out their lines in the process. Launching [[Rhino]]s and [[Space Marine Bike|Bikes]] at the Chaos lines, the White Scars first destroyed the ''Ironsoul'' and then sent the traitor forces into a retreat. Squads of White Scars bikers swept through the Chaos Space Marines that stood their ground as the Raven Guard led a vicious counter-attack. Though they had defeated the Chaos forces fielded before them, Voldorius and his remaining troops still held Mankarra and commanded its imposing defences.{{Fn|1}}

Launching a combined assault by [[Thunderhawk]], Shrike and Kor'sarro's forces landed in the heart of the city after suppressing its surface-to-air missile batteries with [[Hellstrike missile]] attacks. As the White Scars swept through the streets and alleyways, Raven Guard deployed in the upper levels of Mankarra's [[manufactorum]]s and Basilicas. Beset on all sides, many of the heretic PDF soldiers pleaded for mercy, but received none.{{Fn|1}}

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|1}}

===Conflicting sources===

*On page 42 of [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], there is a brief mention that Shrike is waging guerrilla war on Quintus against the [[Night Lords]]; since the remainder of the article refers to the Alpha Legion, this is presumably a typo.{{Fn|1}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pgs. 42-43

*2: [[Hunt for Voldorius (Novel)]]: