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Rogal Dorn

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In ''[[Space Marine (Novel)]]'' it is stated that the Imperial Fists have Rogal Dorn's whole [[Remains of Rogal Dorn|skeleton]] abord the ''The Phalanx''.{{Fn|5}}{{HTE}} However, it should be noted that this source in particular is one of the very few to be given the (now defunct) [[Heretic Tomes]] labeling by Games Workshop, and even rarer, its current ebook listing comes with a warning about treating it as canon.{{Fn|47}}
In the [[Index Astartes II]], Dorn's death is said to have taken place "soon after the disappearance of his brother", [[Corvus Corax]]. This account details that during "a Black Crusade" (which one is not stated) a call for aid was sent to the Imperial Fists. Allegedly the [[Imperial Navy]] had failed to discover until too late, a Chaos Fleet amassing at the [[Pelenos Belt]] massing to launch an attack on the [[Cadian Gate]]. With most of the chapter being deployed to shadow [[Craftworld]] [[Ulthwe]], Rogal Dorn could only muster three companies of Imperial Fists and Marines. He personally lead an attack on the fleet, ramming a ship under his command into the [[Despoiler Class Battleship]] Chaos ship the ''[[Sword of Sacrilege]]'' - , where he would make his final stand. Only after his demise did Craftworld Ulthwe seemingly vanish, freeing the remaining chapter and the [[Phalanx]] arrive to fully defeat the Chaos Fleetfleet, having discovered that the original message was a ruse, and that the Black Crusade was not attacking Cadia. The Imperial Fists "boarded the ''Sword of Sacrilege'' before it could flee and recovered what remained of Rogal Dorn. His engraved skeletal hand continues to be maintained in stasis, their holiest icon"{{Fn|2a}}. However, according to [[Battlefleet Gothic]] the Despoiler class ship wasn't designed until mid-[[M36]], having originally been an Imperial warship class that fell to Chaos.{{Fn|8}} Whether this is an oversight on the class of warship, or if Dorn did indeed lead the Imperial Fists for several millennia, is unclear. Furthermore, prior to the [[13th Black Crusade]], only the 1st Black Crusade was known to make a dedicated assault on Cadia, making it possible that the event took place in some other Black Crusades beside the 1st (though ostensibly not the 13th).{{Fn|41}} It is possible that, like Vulkan, Rogal Dorn remained in hiding and only appeared again when he believed the hour was needed.
Also, in [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]] and [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition, 2nd Codex)]] it is stated that the Imperial Fists defeated the Chaos fleet and in the following search a single fist was the only trace found of the primarch.{{Fn|18}}{{Fn|43}}
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