On Tarlius, crusade goals intersected with those of Hathek, but the Grey Knights concluded that every regiment involved in combat with daemonic forces would need to be cleansed for the good of mankind. A view not shared by Hathek and likely be opposed by Imperial forces in any case.
The Astartes began their operations in the Tarlius system by arriving on force on Tarlius I. Here they found Magnus himself, in strength, accompanied by the Emerald Serpent Cabal and a host of traitor guard. In a series of major engagements, the daemons were systematically eliminated from the surface of the world wherever they manifested, while the Grey Knights progressively exterminated th traitorous Darrantine Guard.
Over the course of a Terran month chaos forces were cleaned from Tarlius I, and the hot desert world soon became a permanent base of operations for the Ordo Malleus. However, they now had to deal with the situation on Tarlius II.
On the second world of the Tarlius system the Lycaon Guard were resting after repeated engagements against Magnus and the Emerald serpent. For now the hellish conditions on the planet had subsided, and the remaining chaos forces had gone to ground. However, the Grey Knights had irrefutable proof the loyalist guard regiment had been "tainted' by their exposure to the denizens of the warp, or soon would be.
On 2201.018M42 a surprise assault by the Grey Knights brought havoc to the confused and unprepared Lycaons. In several hours of slaughter the astartes sought out those units known to have witnessed daemonic incursion and wiped them out, before withdrawing to their now fully operational base on the inner world. Whether the Grey Knights on Tarlius I were a blessing or a curse for Titus Luthor remained to be seen.
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