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{{Black Crusade}}
{{Battle3
|Name =1st Black Crusade
|Combatant3 =[[File:Chaos.png|30px]] [[Legion Host]]
|Commanders1 =[[File:BlackTemplarssymbol.png|20px]] [[Sigismund]] (KIA)
|Commanders2 =[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Ezekyle Abaddon]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Valicar Hyne]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Falkus Kibre]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Telemachon Lyras]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Iskandar Khayon]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Lheorvine Ukris]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Amurael Enka]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Sargon Eregesh]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Vortigern (Fallen Angel)|Vortigern]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Ilyaster Faylech]]<br>[[File:Black Legion Symbol.png|20px]] [[Zagthean]]
|Commanders3 =[[File:Chaos.png|20px]] [[Thagus Daravek]] (KIA)
|Strength1 =Unknown
|Casualties3 =Unknown, presumed heavy
}}
The '''First Black Crusade''' of [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] began with the '''First Battle of [[Cadia]]''' in 781.[[M31]], which signaled not only the beginning of the First Black Crusade, but also the opening salvos of the [[Traitor Legion]]s' [[Long War]] against the [[Imperium of Man]]. After the First Battle of Cadia was won, the forces of Chaos plunged the [[Segmentum Obscurus]] into a decades long war{{Fn|4h}}, at the end of which [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]] claimed the [[Daemon sword]] [[Drach'nyen]].{{Fn|2}}
===Origins===
