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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Lupercal's Court
With Horus briefly depowered and the Emperor greatly weakened, the ensuing contest became purely a physical one but the Warmaster was able to gouge out the Emperor's eye, mutilate his arm, crush his spine, and set his hair alight. The Emperor struck back, using the power of the reactivated [[Astronomican]] to shine its light directly into Horus' brain. The Warmaster fell into agony as he desperately tried to cloak himself in Warp power once more. However much to Horus' horror, he discovered that the Chaos Gods were now teaching him a lesson of sorts by deliberately denying him their power. Horus came to the realization that he had never been in control, and his Chaos masters were treating him as they would a disobedient slave. The realization combined with the brief absence of Warp corruption over his soul saw the old Horus the Emperor had once loved manifest once more.{{Fn|27i}}
Horus pleaded with the Emperor to kill him before the Chaos Gods could fully reassert control. The Emperor initially hesitated, but granted Horus a mercy and stabbed His son through the chest with the [[Athame]] blade Ollanius had given him. The Stating that he forgave Horus and would wait for him, Emperor then channeled all of His might into the blade, obliterating Horus' form and reducing him to a mere skeleton inside charred armour. With the deed done, the Emperor immediately collapsed as the real Garviel Loken watched with horror. Furious and wailing that their pawn was dead, the Chaos Gods instantly retreated back into the shadows. The Warp-madness that had plagued Terra and the ''Vengeful Spirit'' went with them and conventional space-time was restored.{{Fn|27i}}
===Aftermath===
