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Records indicate that Praal was initially extremely successful in this role, despite the isolation of the Isstvan system (due to both turbulent [[Warp]] conditions and the sheer distance of Isstvan from [[Terra]]). However, reports eventually reached Terra of open rebellion on Isstvan III, believed to have been caused by Praal's heavy-handedness in trying to dismantle Isstvanian religious sects in an attempt to enforce the [[Imperial Truth]]. Eventually communications with Isstvan ceased entirely as local [[Warp Storm]]s grew even stronger.{{Fn|3}}
Six years later, a [[Death Guard]] patrol fleet operating near the planet [[Neo-geddon]] picked up a faint [[astropathic]] echo from Isstvan.{{Fn|3}} Praal had declared Isstvan's independence from the Imperium; the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]], seeking to prevent other star systems from following suit, dispatched [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] to quell the rebellion, unaware that his favored son had been corrupted by [[Chaos]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3}} Under the Warmaster's command were his own [[Sons of Horus]], the [[World Eaters]], the [[Emperor's Children]] and the [[Death Guard]]. Horus, as part of his master plan for the coming war, sent select squads from all four Legions to the surface, under the pretext of crushing the rebellion at its source.{{cite thisCite Marker End}}
During the attack on the Choral City, Praal, surrounded by elite [[Warsinger]] bodyguards, met Emperor's Children Captain [[Lucius (Emperor's Children)|Lucius]] in combat. Despite his enhanced abilities (likely gifts from the Chaos Gods), Praal fell to Lucius' blade.{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}*{{Endn|2}}: [[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)]], {{Cite ThisMarker End}}, pgs. 236–238
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pgs. 39-40
