Boros Gate
The Boros Gate is a region of the Imperium.
Overview
Located in Segmentum Obscurus, the Boros Gate is a vital strategic location as it is home to wormholes that lead to permanent stable Warp routes from the Eye of Terror region that would allow for quick travel to Terra. Only the Cadian Gate was more prized, and more heavily guarded, by the Imperium. For 10,000 years the forces of Chaos made unsuccessful attempts to take the Boros Gate, most notably forces from the Iron Warriors and Death Guard. Nonetheless, it was said that the Boros Gate was the staging ground for the End Times according to the Word Bearers prophecy known as the Rubric Apocalyptica.[1a]
Shortly before Thirteenth Black Crusade, the Word Bearers Dark Council of Sicarus prepared a massive offensive against the Boros Gate to pave way for Abaddon's offensive. Ekodas and Marduk led a massive force of 13 Battleships, 9,000 Word Bearers, and millions of Cultists.[1b]
Using the Nexus Arrangement to unleash Daemons and disrupt the Warp, the Word Bearers assault on the Boros Gate was in truth a plan by Kor Phaeron's Brotherhood under Ashkanez to purge the Legion of Erebus loyalists. Under attack from both Necrons seeking the Nexus Arrangement and Imperial forces consisting of White Consuls and Grey Knights, Marduk put down The Brotherhood's plot and escaped by using a Vortex Grenade to destroy the Nexus Arrangement and make sail for Sicarus. Before Marduk departed, he betrayed the Grand Apostle Ekodas in order to further his own influence, letting Ekodas die at the hands of the Grey Knights.[1b]
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