Echoes of Eternity (Volume 7) (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

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Outside the Palace walls, Space Marine and Imperial Army forces led by Jaghatai Khan, the Primarch of the White Scars Legion, unsuccessfully tried to draw the bulk of the besiegers' army away from the Palace. The four moved back down to the Palace Perimeter and enacted a ritual that would summon Cor’bax Utterblight into the minds of the mortal defenders of the Palace, forcing the Emperor's psyche to its limits. They included the Sons of Horus, World Eaters, Emperor's Children, Thousand Sons, Death Guard, and Iron Warriors, each commanded by their respective Primarchs. Following the Battle of Beta-Garmon, which represented the last major Loyalist resistance beyond Terra, the door to the Sol System had been opened wide. In some versions of the tale, this blast was only able to pierce the Warmaster's body through the hole that had been made by Sanguinius before his death.

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Without warning, the Alpha Legion's fleet broke from the Warp and engaged the Space Wolves forces of the Primarch Leman Russ, hammering his smaller fleet and forcing Russ to resort to hit-and-run attacks. Though the Emperor's psychic gifts and martial skills were unequalled, He found himself unwilling to summon his full strength against His beloved son. Inside the Palace, the defenders had been forced back to the Eternity Gate, the sole point of entry into the inner sanctum of the Imperial Palace. It was then that the Emperor whispered instructions to Dorn, urging the Imperial Fists' Primarch to take Him to the device known as the Golden Throne in the inner sanctum of the Imperial Palace. The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra is a novel series which serves as a continuation of the Horus Heresy Series.They met stiff resistance from the Loyalists as the Imperial defenders knew that the survival of the Imperium Throneworld, their Emperor, and the entirety of humanity rested on their shoulders. In a series of brutal massacres, the Sons of Horus were beaten back and Aximand, Kibre, and Tormageddon were all slain.

Echoes Of Eternity (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 7)

Warhammer Community: You started the narrative 17 years ago in Horus Rising , how have you found the journey to The Siege of Terra? A closer view of the Lion's Gate Spaceport within the Imperial Palace complex at the time of the Siege of Terra.Much of Terra's population was forcibly conscripted in the stages before the battle, with millions of terrified Conscripts being handed a Lasgun with virtually no training. Following the Battle of Beta-Garmon, the door to the Sol System was open and Horus finally mustered his forces on Ullanor after years of war. Just before Horus died, he looked his father in the eye, shedding a single tear, begging his father to forgive him for his betrayal. Already fatigued from the siege, Sanguinius was cast down by the daemon, pulverising the concrete below upon impact.