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The "Bitter War" began in 010.M31 when the [[Medusa (Planet)|Medusa]]-based faction of the [[Iron Hands]], commanded by their [[Medusan Council]], initiated an offensive against the [[Word Bearers]] [[Homeworld]] Colchis. {{Fn|1a}} This was in response to a 007.M31 [[Broken Key|raid]] the [[Traitor Legion]] launched against Medusa, in order to claim the [[Primarch]] [[Ferrus Manus]]' [[Keys of Hel]]. Though only a few of the Keys were stolen before the attack was stopped, it galvanized Medusa's Iron Hands and led the Council to wage the Bitter War against the Word Bearers.{{Fn|5}} The operation saw the Iron Hands unleash an array of proscribed weapons from the [[Vaults of Medusa]], including [[Nano-Plague]]s, [[Amalgam Bioautoma]], and [[Rad-Phage]]s.{{Fn|1a}} In response, "a significant number" of Word Bearers warbands from across the [[Galaxy]] were recalled to join the defense of Colchis.{{Fn|1c}} The Word Bearers put up a fanatical defense, and the campaign for the worlds of the wider [[Colchisian Satrapy]] included such bloody struggles as the Adramite Purges, Narasima Dissolution, and Cull of [[Sarcosa]].{{Fn|4}}

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