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Inside the Webway once more, Vulkan and the Draakswaard ventured upon [[Calastar]], long since abandoned since the [[War Within the Webway]]. In Calastar the companions were beset by [[Daemon]]s and Vulkan became engaged in a battle with the [[Great Unclean One]] [[Aghalbor]]. Using the Talisman of Seven Hammers, Vulkan was able to not only slay the Daemon but give it a [[True Death]]. Still beset by Daemonic hordes, the companions were saved by Eldrad, revealing himself as the Old Man of Mt. Deathfire. Revealing that the way into the [[Imperial Dungeon]] had been sealed by the Emperor, Eldrad opened up a new portal that took Vulkan and his warriors to the front of the [[Imperial Palace]]. Vulkan was reunited with a visibly relieved [[Rogal Dorn]], but promptly led by [[Custodes]] to the [[Golden Throne]] to meet with the Emperor himself.{{Fn|16}}
The Emperor, now trapped on the Throne, revealed that he had not only been expecting Vulkan but had been guiding him this entire journey and had been the force that compelled him to construct Urdrakule and the Talisman of Seven Hammers. The Emperor told Vulkan that the Primarch's purpose had always been intended for this moment, for he was designed to construct the Talisman and oversee its true purpose. The Emperor revealed that the Talisman was a weapon of unprecedented power, a [[Wikipedia: Dead man's Switch|dead man's switch]] that would consume all of Terra should [[Horus]] succeed in the [[Siege of Terra|coming struggle]]. It would be Vulkan's duty to press the switch that would destroy Terra but deny the world to the powers of [[Chaos]]. Vulkan was horrified by the prospect, but the Emperor told him that he must be the one to oversee the device for the Primarch has always been the most hesitant to use the weapons he forges. With that, Vulkan installed the talisman into the Golden Throne and took up position by the [[Eternity Gate (Imperial)|Eternity Gate]].{{Fn|16}}
[[Image:MagnusVsVulkan.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Vulkan battles Magnus inside the Webway during the [[Siege of Terra]]{{Fn|20d}}]]
====Siege of Terra====
Keeping his existence a secret save for a select few during the [[Siege of Terra]], Vulkan next saw action when [[Magnus the Red]] and a group of his [[Thousand Sons]] infiltrated the [[Imperial Dungeon]] to kill the Emperor. Vulkan blocked a lethal blow by Magnus' staff that had been intended for the Emperor's form upon the Golden Throne{{Fn|19a}}, but quickly backed down and alongside their father bid Magnus to return to the Imperial's fold. Vulkan became disheartened when Magnus refused the offer to return to the loyalists after the Emperor told him that he would have to purge his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] due to its rampant mutations. Vulkan himself admitted he would have made the same choice as Magnus, but nonetheless again defended the Emperor against the Crimson King's assault. Vulkan and Magnus then engaged in a furious duel, but was saved from a piercing blow thanks to the sacrifice of [[Barek Zytos]]. Horrified by his sons death and taking up his [[Thunder Hammer]], Vulkan wielded twin hammers to seemingly beat Magnus to submission. However before a visibly despairing Vulkan could deliver the final blow Magnus fully gave himself to the powers of [[Chaos]] and vanished from the Throneroom.{{Fn|19b}}
