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|Commanders1 =Unknown
|Commanders2 =Many commanders, including:<br>[[Vandred Anrathi]]{{Fn|1}}<br>[[Talos Valcoran]]{{Fn|1}}
|Strength1 =[[Ultramarines]]<br>[[Aurora Chapter]]<br>[[Praetors of OrpheusBlack Consuls]]<br>[[NovamarinesDoom Eagles]]<br>[[Genesis Chapter]]<br>[[Silver EaglesNovamarines]]<br>[[Black ConsulsPraetors of Orpheus]]<br>[[Doom Silver Eagles]]
|Strength2 =Various warbands, including [[10th Company (Night Lords)|10th Company]]{{Fn|1}}
|Casualties1 =Heavy
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' or '''Tsagualsa Retaliation''' was a battle of the [[Great Scouring]].{{Fn|1}}
=== Background ===The Night Lords were already breaking apart during the [[Horus Heresy]], with many among their ranks creating [[Carrion Realms|petty warlord regimes]]. Only the presence of their [[Primarch]] , [[Konrad Curze]] , and a select few commanders such as [[Jago Sevatarion]] kept most of the Legion together and suppressed the most blatant warlordism.{{Fn|1}} Yet the Legion's cohesion was broken at the end of the [[Thramas Crusade]], when only 60,000 of 100,000 Night Lords escaped [[Dark Angels]] ambushes at [[Sheol IX]] and [[Qetesh]]. Curze and Sevatarion went missing, and the Night Lords devolved into infighting raider warbands.{{Fn|3}}
Following the [[Siege of Terra]], the Imperium hunted the [[Traitor Legion]]s. Most of the Traitors were driven into the [[Eye of Terror]] by 021.[[M31]].{{Fn|6}} Yet the Night Lords largely remained within Imperial space, carrying out raids and ambushes which inflicted heavy losses on the Imperials.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|7}}
At some point after 032.[[M31]],{{Fn|4a}} Konrad Curze was reunited with the Night Lords Legion.{{Fn|4b}} Though the Primarch's sanity increasingly slipped away and the Night Lords Legion remained broken and dysfunctional, his presence resulted in the bulk of his sons rallying at a new base at [[Tsagualsa]].{{Fn|4b}}{{Fn|5}} The planet was heavily fortified, with the Night Lords increasing their attacks into Imperial-controlled space.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5}} Ultimately Curze was slain by the [[Callidus Assassin]] [[M'Shen]],{{Fn|5}} whereupon the Night Lords once again squabbled among themselves. While most of the Legion continued to operate from Tsagualsa and even increased the pace of its raids, a growing number of warbands broke away to pursue their own goals. Many Night Lords relocated to the Eye of Terror.{{Fn|1}}
=== Battle ===
Years after Konrad Curze's death, the Imperium finally launched a massive offensive to end the threat posed by the Night Lords at Tsagualsa. For this purpose, the [[Ultramarines]] rallied their [[Second Founding]] descendants including the [[Aurora Chapter]], [[Praetors of Orpheus]], [[Novamarines]], [[Genesis Chapter]], [[Silver Eagles]], [[Black Consuls]], and [[Doom Eagles]].{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Void Stalker (Novel)]], Chapters 12-14
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Pages from the Black Books – Night Lords at Thramas]], pgs. 6-8
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Pages from the Black Books – The Thramas Crusade]], pg. 47
*4: [[Konrad Curze: The Night Haunter (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapters 5-6
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter 10
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Index Astartes II]], pgs. 20-27
*{{Endn|6}}: [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)''
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (8th Edition)]], pg. 10 - ''Dark Heritage''
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