Hydra Cordatus

Hydra Cordatus was an Imperial desert world located in Segmentum Obscurus and one of the few locations in the galaxy that the Adeptus Mechanicus stored Astartes geneseed. The planet consisted of a space port and a single large citadel known as Tor Christo which was actually a large star shaped fortress connected to a smaller half star fortress built into the side of a nearby mountain. The citadel had a large garrison of Imperial Guard troopers and even a small Titan Legion.

Sometime during the 13th Black Crusade an unnamed Iron Warriors Warsmith under the orders of Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler attacked Hydra Cordatus in order to steal the hidden stores of Astartes geneseed. In the end the Iron Warriors defeated the Imperial and Mechanicus forces and also a entire company of Imperial Fists space marines that had come as reinforcements. During the battle the infamous Chaos Emperator-Class Titan, the Dies Irae, was destroyed by two Imperial Warlord-Class Titans.

When the battle was won, the Warsmith, having pleased the Chaos Gods, was granted demonhood and left for the Eye of Terror, before he left he gave command of his warband to his champion Honsou who would take the stolen geneseed back to Medrengard in the Eye. After the forces of Chaos withdrew their forces they bombarded the remains of the citidel to dust, only a single survivor was ever found.

Sources:

 * Storm of Iron (Novel) By: Graham McNeill
 * Dead Sky, Black Sun (Novel) By: Graham McNeill

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