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part 3
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|[[Maggard]] becomes bodyguard to [[Petronella Vivar]].
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|13 years before the battle of [[Istvaan III]]
|[[Istvaan]]
|The [[27th Expedition]] brings the Istvaan system into compliance. [[Baron]] [[Vardus Praal]] becomes Governor of the system.
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|Aureus
|The Iron Citadel is taken by an assault consisting of Primarch Angron, an [[Assault Company]] of the World Eaters, 2 Companies of Sons of Horus (those of Torgaddon and Loken) and a detachment of [[Byzant Janizars]] (led by Lord Commander Varvarus personally). The formal surrender of the Technocracy forces to Varvarus is ruined by Angron, who, recovering from being taken out of the fight by a mine and an avalanche of rubble, re-instigates hostilities. The Technocracy forces are slain to the last man, bringing the war to an end, the fall of the Iron Citadel later becoming known as the White Mountains Massacre. Lord Commander Hektor Varvarus is killed in this last skirmish, the victim of a supposed friendly fire incident. The shooter is never identified, although Loken and Torgaddon suspect that a Son of Horus may have murdered Varvarus in order to put an end to his complaints about Astartes behaviour..
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|Aboard the ''Vengeful Spirit''
|Euphrati Keeler, still in a coma, begins to be whispered of as a Saint of the Emperor by the believers of the Lectitio Divinatus.
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|Greater than "some months" before the 63rd is on its way to Istvaan, but not more then 4 months earlier
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|The [[Death Guard]] vessel ''Valley of Haloes'' picks up a distress signal from the Isstvan system. It is reported destroyed in battle some time after transmitting the signal to the ''[[Terminus Est]]'', the ship assigned to Captain [[Typhon]]’s 1st Company of Death Guard. The Death Guard Legion and a detachment from the [[Silent Sisterhood]] are tasked by the Council of Terra with destroying a [[Jorgall]] colony world. 1st, 2nd, 4th and 7th Companies, along with the Silent Sisters, and all under the command of Primarch [[Mortarion]], destroy the xenos vessel. The Sisterhood detachment leaves for Terra after this mission, while the Death Guard are ordered to join with the 63rd Expedition.
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|Aboard the ''Vengeful Spirit''
|Horus reveals his plan to depose the Emperor to his trusted commanders: Maloghurst, Aximand, Abaddon, Regulus, Erebus, [[Princeps]] [[Turnet]] and various officers, naming them his War Council. Lorgar and Fulgrim have also sworn themselves to Horus, and Fulgrim has been sent to sway [[Ferrus Manus]] of the Iron Hands to their cause. The Warmaster announces the [[Chaplain Edict]]; under it Erebus will send emissaries to all Legions targeted to be swayed to the Warmaster. Horus orders the [[Ultramarines]] to mobilise on [[Calth]]; he plans for them to eventually be ambushed and attacked by a large force of Word Bearers led by Kor Phaeron. Horus orders the Blood Angels to mobilise and head for the [[Signus Cluster]], where he has a similarly deadly trap planned for them. He also reveals he has a last trap for other Legions to be sprung in the [[Istvaan]] system.
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|"Some months later" (Probably 3, not more than 4)
|In transit
|Membership in the Lectitio Divinatus is outlawed, as is everything to do with the fledgling religious movement, in the 63rd Expedition. Astartes warriors begin hunting down their gatherings. [[Iterators]] and remembrancers are confined to their quarters in the 63rd Expedition, are require permission from the [[Office of the Lupercal’s Court]] (a new organisation) to travel anywhere else. Kyril Sindermann joins the Lectitio Divinatus, and becomes convinced that Karkasy and Vivar were murdered. He alerts Garviel Loken to these suspicions, who in turn confesses his suspicion that a Marine murdered Varvarus. Horus questions Ing Mae Sing about ‘[[Saint]]’ Euphrati Keeler. Maggard undergoes gene-enhancement processes. The Army regiments under Horus’ command remove their original insignia.
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|Galaxy-wide
|Very powerful warp storms cloud much of the galaxy, stranding many Crusade elements and retarding the travel of others. [[Astropathic communication]] is disrupted.
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|[[Callinedes]]
|[[Deep Orbital Station DS191]] is recovered from [[Ork]] hands by the Emperor’s Children, first act in a joint campaign by the Children and the [[Iron Hands]] to retake the Callinedes system. Warmaster Horus orders the majority of the Emperor’s Children to join his forces in the Istvaan system. Primarch Fulgrim and a detachment of the Emperor’s Children remain with the Iron Hands.
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|4 months after the Death Guard receive the distress call from Istvaan
|Istvaan
|The forces of the Sons of Horus, the Death Guard, the World Eaters and the majority of the Emperor’s Children arrive in the Istvaan system.
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|Istvaan
|Kyril Sindermann recieves a vision of Euphrati Keeler being murdered by Horus. Unknown to him, it is a psychic warning given to him by Ing Mae Sing. Sindermann and two crewmen of the ''[[Dies Irae]]'', [[Titus Cassar]] and [[Jonah Aruken]], rescue Euphrati Keeler from an assassination attempt carried out by Maggard. Euphrati once again apparently uses divine powers to save all four of them from death, even in her persistent comatose state. Ing Mae Sing is sacrificed by Horus in a ritual that allows him to contact a daemon called [[Sarr’Kell]] and a pact is made between them allowing Horus’ forces uninhibited warp travel, while the Emperor’s forces will be becalmed or thrown off course. The powers of Chaos reveal they want the Emperor removed, his secret work that meddles with the nature of the warp stopped, and will support Horus’ coup. The Word Bearers Legion change their colours from slate grey to a deep scarlet. Master Adept Regulus is sent to [[Mars]] to assist [[Fabricator-General]] [[Kelbor-Hal]] in readying the Mechanicum in aiding Horus.
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|[[Istvaan Extremis]]
|Units from the Emperor’s Children and Death Guard capture the moon Isstvan Extremis. Nathaniel Garro is badly wounded in this battle, and removed from combat duties as a result. He is assigned to the Death Guard frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'', along with a contingent of Marines around 100 strong. Commander [[Grulgor]] and his unit join him on the vessel, secretly bringing a cargo of [[Life-Eater]] [[virus bombs]] with them.
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|Istvaan
|Captain [[Saul Tarvitz]] learns of the genetic manipulation the Emperor’s Children Apothecaries are making to their own [[gene-seed]] on the orders of Primarch Fulgrim; he is offered a place in the this new order by Eidolon and Fabius, but turns it down.
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|Istvaan III
|Warmaster Horus draws up the Order of Battle for the assault on Isstvan III personally. Instead of committing units by Company, he assigns them on a squad-by-squad basis, transferring and including specific officers and units. History will show that he is deliberately discarding the elements of the Legions and armed forces that he cannot rely on to take his side in the forthcoming coup. Captains Loken and Torgaddon are given command of the Sons of Horus detachment, which itself is more than a third of the Legion, while Captain [[Temeter]] receives command of the Death Guard contingent and Captain [[Demeter]] that of the Emperor’s Children. Tarvitz, suspicious of these events, manages to get himself assigned to the ''Andronius'' instead of the assault. Captain Loken tasks Iacton Qruze with looking after Sindermann, Oliton and Keeler for him. The assault on Istvaan III begins.
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|Prospero
|Magnus and the Thousand Sons are defeated by the Space Wolves, and flee Prospero.
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|Istvaan III
|Saul Tarvitz discovers that the fleet has orders to bombard the planet’s surface with virus bombs despite – or rather, because of - the heavy presence of Crusade forces there. He steals a [[Thunderhawk]] and travels to the planet, intent on warning the officers there that they are betrayed. On the way, he contacts Captain Garro of the Death Guard aboard the ''Eisenstein'' and communicates the information to him. Eidolon orders Tarvitz’s death, but Garro has the Eisenstein shoot down the [[Ravens]] attacking Tarvitz’s Thunderhawk. Garro then confronts Grulgor. Grulgor and his men attack Garro, but are defeated, killed by exposure to the Life-Eater virus. This leave Garro in command of a space-vessel and aware of the treachery unfolding around him.
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|Istvaan III
|Kyril Sinderman, now styled as an Apostle of the Saint, recieves a vision of Horus’ betrayal of his forces on Istvaan. He gives a fleet-wide proclamation decrying the Warmaster. Horus orders his death, and that of all his supporters. Euphrati Keeler, the Saint, regains consciousness, apparently equipped with transcendent knowledge of events and people.
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|Istvaan III
|On Isstvan, Captain Lucius defeats and kills Vardus Praal. Captain Tarvitz arrives and manages to spread word of the imminent bombardment to many of the Legion officers; most of the Sons of Horus, Emperor’s Children and Death Guard manage to get into sealed cover. Some World Eaters also manage it, but most are trapped in the open. Istvaan III is bombarded by life-eater virus bombs, which are followed by a firestorm. All unprotected life on the planet is wiped out in a matter of minutes.
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|Istvaan
|The remembrancers, iterators and general civilian contingents of the fleet are murdered by Astartes on the orders of Warmaster Horus. Captain Iacton Qruze rescues Keeler, Oliton and Sindermann, kills Maggard and flees with them in a Thunderhawk to the ''Eisenstein'' and Garro. The crew of the ''Eisenstein'' decide to flee the system and head to Terra to warn the Emperor of Horus’ treachery. They are followed and attacked by the ''Terminus Est'', under the command of First Captain Typhon. The ''Eisenstein'' is damaged just as it jumps into the [[Warp]], sending it off-course.
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|Istvaan III
|Against orders, Primarch Angron deploys the rest of his Legion to Istvaan III, in order to make certain of the death of the loyalists. Surprised at the number of survivors, Horus decides to back Angron with a full combat drop of the rest of the Legions. Revolt takes place aboard the ''Dies Irae''; Moderati Cassar protests against the order to fire upon the loyalist Death Guard. After a protracted battle inside the Titan, he is shot and killed by Moderati Aruken, returning the Titan to the Warmaster’s side.
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|In transit
|The ''Eisenstein'' is attacked by the Chaos powers whilst in the Warp, and the bodies of Grulgor and the others slain by the Life-Eater virus are reanimated and possessed by Nurgle daemons. These attacks are beaten off, although [[Solun Decius]] is gravely wounded by a [[daemon weapon]], and the ship’s [[Navigator]] is killed. At this point there are 70 loyal Marines surviving on the ship, and Garro is discussing the Lectitio Divinatus with Keeler, starting on the road to gaining faith in the Emperor as a holy figure with extranormal power. The vessel drops back into realspace, marooned without a Navigator. Garro has the warp engines of the ''Eisenstein'' detonated, acting as a signal flare. This flare is picked up the the fleet of the Imperial Fists legion, who have been stranded by warp-storms for many months. The crew of the Eisenstein are taken about the [[Phalanx]], the ''Eisenstein'' is destroyed and the journey to Terra is resumed. Primarch Rogal Dorn is briefed on the betrayal at Istvaan.
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|1 day later
|In transit
|Dorn decrees that the bulk of the Imperial Fists Legion will turn and make for the Istvaan system in an attempt to rescue the loyalists and defeat Horus. The remaining, elite units under his command will complete the journey to Earth and warn the Emperor.
The ''Eisenstein'' crew are to go with him.
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|2 days later
|Istvaan III
|The Emperor’s Children and Sons of Horus (now calling themselves Luna Wolves) [[loyalists]] link up in the ruins of the Precentor’s Palace on Istvaan III. The World Eaters are scattered, although some of them manage to join with the loyal Children and Wolves. The Death Guard loyalists fight alone.
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|"2 to 3 months" later
|Istvaan III
|Lucius kills Chaplain [[Charmosian]] in single combat, but makes a deal with Lord Commander Eidolon to sell out Tarvitz and the other Loyalists in exchange for being allowed to return to the Emperor’s Children Legion. He kills Solomon Demeter, and attempts to kill Saul Tarvitz, although their duel is interrupted by the arrival of Loyalist reinforcements, saving Tarvitz and wounding the fleeing Lucius. Capatain Loken luckily defeats Captain [[Kharn]] in combat. Tarik Torgaddon, although offered a chance to return to his Legion, refuses and is killed in single combat with [[Horus Aximand]]. Garviel Loken falls in single combat with [[Ezekyle Abaddon]]. The last remaining Loyalists, less than one hundred in number and led by Saul Tarvitz and Nero Vipus, are wiped out by an orbital bombardment. The battle of Istvaan III is over. All 4 Legions took unnecessary casualties; the World Eaters are reduced to just over half original strength.
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|Istvaan III
|Fulgrim returns from failing to subvert Ferrus Manus to Horus’ cause. The Warmaster sends him and a detachment of his Legion to fortify Istvaan V.
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203 Sometime very near the end of this year, a weak distress signal is broadcast from Istvaan III warning of open revolution against Imperial forces on the planet.
== Notes ==
*The Mournival exists for 200 years. Seeing as it is an advisory body to Horus made from Luna Wolves captains, this implies that Horus has been on the Great Crusade for that long, which is only about 3 years less than it's gone on for. Horus was likely found almost as soon as the GC started.
**The Luna Wolves warrior-lodge is said to exist since the start of the Legion - the Mournival is an offshoot from it - which contradicts the warrior-lodge being introduced to the legion on Davin, only some 60-odd years before the Heresy. The probable explanation is that the Davinite version of the lodge is different enough to the original version that the lodge-master Seghar Targost can claim the Davinite influence made it a new thing, whilst an old and somewhat casual member like Tarik Torgaddon considers them one and the same.
*Despite being recalled to Terra around the Crusade year 201, the Imperial Fists are apparently still trying to get there when the actual Heresy breaks out, about 4 years later.*I think the official dates are out. Well, kinda out. While 'time-in-warp' versus 'real-time' is not equal, if you add up all the time markers, years pass. The fight against the Megarachnids takes 6 months and the war with the Technocracy takes 10! The opening of Galaxy in Flames is supposed to take place 1 year after Sinderman got burned. It's actually 14 + "some" months. So a year and a half, anyway.*When Istvaan III takes place is a mess. It's around the end of 205.GC as we've already spent 5 months of the year at Auretia, plus the "some months" it takes to get to Istvaan - which is going to be around 3, due to the Death Guard getting the distress signal 4 months before everyone gets there. So, it's 8 months when they start the battle, which itself takes "2 to 3" months to fight. That's 10 or 11 months plus the errors inbuilt in the system as it's unlikely 63-19 took place at the exact start of 203.GC. So, New Year is probably during the fighting on Istvaan III. How festive.
