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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a battle that occurred during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}

The campaign was a continuation of the attempts by the [[White Scars]] to find a passage to [[Terra]]. After the [[Battle of the Kalium Gate]], the Scars had managed to discover the location of the elusive [[Navigator]] [[Pieter Helian Achelieux]]. After a council of war where [[Jaghatai Khan]] proclaimed his intent to stand on Terra over fighting to the death against the traitor fleets pursuing them, the White Scars reformed in their entirety and moved on the [[Catallus Rift]].{{Cite this}}

When Mortarion and his forces boarded the ''Swordstorm'', they were ambushed by Torghun's forces who set the vessel to self-destruct as the Khan evacuated to the ''[[Lance of Heaven]]'' and led the remaining Scars fleet into the Webway portal opened by Yesugei. Mortarion and his [[Deathshroud]] managed to massacre Torghun and the Sagyar Mazan and escape the vessel before it was destroyed, but the delay had cost him dearly. The Scars were able to escape with only minimal pursuit, but Manushya-Rakshsasi's Daemons were among them. On the bridge of the ''Lance of Heaven'', the White Scars and their mortal crew held off the Daemons as [[Revuel Arvida]] guided the fleet to Terra. The Khan slew Manushya-Rakshsasi, and ultimately Arvida was successful in navigating the fleet. The battered remains of the White Scars emerged over Terra, where they would later prove decisive during [[Battle of Terra|Horus' siege of the palace]].{{Fn|1}}

*[[Battles of the Horus Heresy (List)]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Path of Heaven (Novel)]], Chapters 21-27