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The most disturbing news was yet to reach the High Lords and Vandire. They soon learned that the [[Space Marines]] and [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] had been kept distant by the problems with warp travel. They found that their worlds had become bastions of the old faith and were protecting the people from the invasions of Vandire. Many [[Chapter Master]]s voiced their praise of the Confederation of Light and the Adeptus Mechanicus called for the High Lords to account for themselves and to execute Vandire as a traitor. Vandire, in response, dissolved the High Lords and ordered his remaining forces to attack the revolting Space Marines and Adeptus Mechanicus forces. Many of Vandire’s officers refused and were hung hanged or burnt as heretics and replaced by more loyal leaders, but by this time Vandire had been revealed as the fraud he was. [[Gastaph Hediatrix]], the [[Fabricator-General]] of the Adeptus Mechanicus ordered his [[Martian]] [[Tech-Guard]] to transport to [[Terra]] and was soon joined by units from the [[Imperial Fists]], [[Fire Hawks]], [[Soul Drinkers]] and [[Black Templars]].{{Fn|1}}

Though Vandire had let some of the Ecclesiarchal Palace to fall into ruin, the central chamber was still an almost impregnable fortress. Images were set up relating to the [[Horus Heresy]], except this time the other way around, the heretics within the palace. The huge cannons of the Adeptus Mechanicus pounded the walls, but the Brides of the Emperor, numbering around 10,000 by now, defended with all their might. Eventually, however, it was to be from within that the greatest threat came.{{Fn|1}}