For the great cataclysm known as the Horus Heresy that was to engulf the Imperium of Man and bring death and calamity to unnumbered billions, that proverbial shot was fired on the world of Istvaan III when brother turned against brother. 1.5.2 Battle for the Precentor's PalaceĪn ancient Terran proverb once said that all wars, no matter how bloody or great, begin with but a single shot fired.
The destruction of Istvaan III by virus-bombing and the subsequent internecine battle that followed between the Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and World Eaters Traitor Legions and their own Loyalist elements was the first overt sign of Horus' rebellion against the Emperor and turn to Chaos, and the first battle of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium.
The battle fought on Istvaan III served both to amass those forces loyal to the Warmaster without suspicion from the Imperial authorities, and also cull those elements within the ranks of the Traitor Legions who Horus suspected of remaining loyal to the Emperor of Mankind. The Istvaan III Atrocity (alternately spelled Isstvan III), also known as the Battle of Istvaan III to Imperial scholars, was the treacherous military campaign conducted by the Chaos-corrupted Warmaster Horus on the rebellious Civilised World of Istvaan III. Loyalist elements culled from Space Marine Legions under the direct command of Warmaster Horus entire population of Istvaan III is wiped out and the planet rendered a Nurgle-cursed Dead World
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