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Battle of Prospero (M42)

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The Battle of Prospero was a conflict between the Space Wolves and the Thousand Sons in M42 after the conclusion of the first phase Indomitus Crusade.[1a]

Overview

The battle began when Logan Grimnar dispatched Njal Stormcaller, Arjac Rockfist, and a force of Space Wolves under to the ruins of Prospero, which since the teleportation of the Planet of the Sorcerers to its proximity had become a hub of Warp activity. The Stormcaller had been scanning the Warp in search of Leman Russ, but had instead sensed something of great importance taking place on Prospero.[1a] On the surface of Prospero, Njal and the Wolves encountered Cultists of the Thousand Sons[1b] and eventually discovered that remnants of the Heresy-era 13th Great Company of the Space Wolves under Bulveye were trapped on the world in a network of portals. Shortly after Magnus the Red and the Thousand Sons appear on the world, as Njal discovered that the Daemon Primarch planned to secure the portals to summon an army of Daemons to the Materium.[1a]

Njal ultimately managed to rescue 200 members of the 13th Great Company, complete with Heresy-era armour, weaponry, and vehicles.[1c] However they were then assailed by Magnus and his Thousand Sons, who were mustering at the Pyramid of Photep on Tizca for the ritual to unleash the Daemons. The Wolves were only able to escape thanks to Lukas the Trickster, who delayed Magnus by offering him his spell of unlocking needed to unlock the portal network for his Daemonic army. However the spell was just a useless piece of paper, and as Magnus howled in fury Lukas and the final escapees under Arjack Rockfist managed to leave in a portal. Meanwhile back in orbit, Njal Stormcaller ordered that the Space Wolves fleet bombard Prospero to prevent Magnus' ritual from coming to fruition.[2]

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