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When Horus was defeated by the Emperor, the Emperor's Children left a trail of depopulated worlds in their wake as they fled towards the [[Eye of Terror]]. As their supply of slaves was exhausted, they resorted to raiding the other Traitor Legions for fresh meat, leading to a series of conflicts known as the [[Legion War]].{{Fn|1}} Fulgrim was seen in combat a century after the Heresy at the [[Battle of Thessala]] with [[Roboute Guilliman]], the Primarch of the [[Ultramarines]], where he slashed his brother's throat and laid him low with a fatal poison, before disappearing from records for many centuries.
The Emperor's Children claimed that Fulgrim was gifted by Slaanesh with [[Callax|a hidden world of unlimited pleasure for him to rule]].{{Fn|1}} Several centuries after the Heresy, he was said to be asleep on this world and not active in guiding the Emperor's Children.{{Fn|15f}} Warbands of Emperor's Children, other Slaanesh-worshiping Chaos Space Marines and [[Cultists]], and the Imperial [[Inquisition]] have sought out this world, but none have returned.{{Fn|1}} [[Abaddon the Despoiler]] was also able to somehow find Fulgrim and was able to gain the favor of Slaanesh by trading an unblemished [[Pythos|Pythosian]] ian [[Psyker]] with the Primarch.{{Fn|7}}
Despite having put a bounty out against him for abandoning his post during the Siege of Terra, Fulgrim was delighted to see [[Fabius Bile]] and his followers when they met with him at the Garden of Fixfold Pleasure on [[Callax]]. Preparing for [[Battle of Belial IV|battle with the Dark Eldar]], Fabius pleaded with his gene-father to protect his [[New Men|children]] in the coming struggle. Fulgrim agreed, but only if Fabius pledged his soul and his creations to [[Slaanesh]]. Though willing to sacrifice himself, Fabius refused to offer the New Men to the forces of Chaos. A compromise was reached: Fabius would submit to Slaanesh, but his creations would be free to decide their own fate.{{Fn|23b}}
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Index Astartes I]], ''Children of the Emperor''
