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The '''Great Scouring''' was the [[Imperium]]'s counter-offensive against the rebel armies of [[Horus]], following the defeat of the [[Horus Heresy]] in c.[[M31]]{{Fn|1}}. [[Horus]]'s campaign to strike towards [[Terra]] to achieve a quick and decisive victory had ultimately been defeated. The rebels were broken and in retreat, and Imperial forces now had the job of reacquiring all the territory they had captured. The Great Scouring saw the first mass galaxy-wide purge carried out by the Imperium as it sought to erase the taint of Horus's treachery from its realm.{{Fn|1}}
It took seven years for the Imperium to drive most of the Traitors into the [[Eye of Terror]],{{Fn|17}} but the bulk of the [[Night Lords]],{{Fn|1813}} [[Emperor's Children]],{{Fn|5}} and [[Alpha Legion]]{{Fn|6c}} continued to operate in Imperial space far beyond this date. Large-scale battles were still are known to have been waged against Traitor holdouts for over a century.{{Fn|5}}
==Overview==
*[[Jaghatai Khan]] is thought lost in the [[Webway]] during battles against [[Dark Eldar]] raiders in the [[Yasan Sector]].{{Fn|9}}
*The [[Night Lords]] launch numerous ambushes that take a high toll on their Imperial pursuers.{{Fn|10}}
*While leading a genocidal rampage across the [[Eastern Fringe]], [[Konrad Curze]] is killed by an agent of the [[Officio Assassinorum]].{{Fn|77b}}*Decades after the Horus Heresy and years after Curze's death, the Night Lords' main force is defeated by an Ultramarines-led coalition in the [[Battle of Tsagualsa]]. The Night Lords are shattered as a Legion.{{Fn|1813}}
*[[Rogal Dorn]] leads the [[Imperial Fists]] against the [[Iron Warriors]] on [[Hevaran]].{{Fn|15}}
*[[Rogal Dorn]] is thought killed in a [[Black Crusade]].{{Fn|137a}}
*The [[Battle of Exyrion]] between the [[Dark Angels]] and an alliance of [[Iron Warriors]] and [[Fallen]].{{Fn|14}}
==Sources==
{{Citation issues}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], ppg. 124*{{Endn|2}}: [[Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness]] (1988), ppg. 243*{{Endn|3}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] , pg.161
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Rulebook]] - ''The Age of the Imperium''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Nightbringer (Novel)]] - [[The Ultramarines Omnibus (Omnibus) Ch. ]], Chapter Two, ppg. 49*6: [[Index Astartes IV]]:**{{Endn|6a}}: ''Dark Apostles - The Word Bearers Space Marine Legion''**{{Endn|6b}}: ''Sons of Horus - The Black Legion Space Marine Legion''**{{Endn|6c}}: - ''The Enemy Within - The Alpha Legion Space Marine Legion''*{{Endn|7}}: [[Index Astartes II]] - :**{{Endn|7a}}: ''Imperial Fists''**{{Endn|7b}}: ''Bringers of Darkness - The Night Lords Space Marine Legion''*8: [[Index Astartes I]]:**{{Endn|8a}}: ''Bitter and Twisted - The Iron Warriors Space Marine Legion''**{{Endn|8b}}: ''Children of the Emperor - The Emperor's Children Space Marine Legion''**{{Endn|8c}}: - ''The Unforgiven''*{{Endn|9}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]] , pg.34*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (8th Edition)]], pg. 10 - ''Dark Heritage''*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex Supplement: Salamanders (8th Edition)]] pg, pgs.24-25
*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution]], pgs. 136–144
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Index Astartes IIVoid Stalker (Novel)]] , Chapters 12- Imperial Fists14*{{Endn|14}}: [[Will of Iron (Comic Series)]] - , Issue #1*{{Endn|15}}: [[Helbrecht: Knight of the Throne (Novel)]] - , Chapter 3*{{Endn|16}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|16a}}: Chapter 2
**{{Endn|16b}}: Chapter 9
**{{Endn|16d}}: Chapter 39
*{{Endn|17}}: [https://archive.ph/057KB Warhammer Community: The Scouring timeline – How the Warhammer Studio worked with Black Library authors on the new series] ''(archived from [https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/xmlkha5o/the-scouring-timeline-how-the-warhammer-studio-worked-with-black-library-authors-on-the-new-series/ the original] 12 March 2026, last accessed 12 March 2026)''
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