House Ioeden - Notable Campaigns: Battle of Beta-Garmon, "The Titandeath" (006-013.M31) - House Ioeden took part in the long and savage Beta-Garmon campaign, which included hundreds of war zones across dozens of worlds. During this conflict, House Ioeden provided Knight support to the Legio Vulpa. Even before the greater armies of the Warmaster Horus reached the star cluster, the battle lines had long since been drawn, and fighting had been going on for many Terran years. It was a cauldron of battle that would consume millions of lives before its end and see the demise of entire Titan Legions, earning this campaign the dire moniker of the "Titandeath." The Beta-Garmon Cluster, also known as the gateway to the Throneworld of Terra, was the last hurdle that the Warmaster's forces had to overcome before they reached the Imperium's capital world. Heavily fortified by the Loyalists, Beta-Garmon would become one of the greatest and bloodiest battles of the Horus Heresy, as well as one of the longest-lasting.Defence of Ryza (012.M31)Treachery of House Ioeden (012.M31) - With the fall of Ryza Secundus the way to the Forge World of Ryza was open to the Traitors in the service of Horus, yet it did not stand unguarded. Across the surface of the world orbital defences were spurred into life, their barrels turned upwards to the skies in anticipation of the impending invasion. The loss of Ryza Secundus had left Ryza isolated from the wider galaxy but it had not left the world unprotected. Initial forays by the Traitors were easily repelled, many of the landing craft blasted from the sky and what remained proved easy pickings for the Loyalist forces stationed across the world. Once more, when direct methods proved untenable the Traitors moved to more duplicitous means, calling upon those whose allegiances were not as they appeared. The arrival of the Traitor fleet had served as the herald for Mechanicum dissidents to emerge from the shadows and soon sporadic warfare broke out across Ryza, an angered minority seeking to upend the current order and replace it with another, far more sinister one. In reality, hastily assembled forces of manufactoria workers and rebel Tech-priests were of little threat to the power of a Titan Legion or the vast ranks of the Mechanicum Taghmata but they did much to hinder the efforts of the Loyalists, spreading their forces thin across Ryza as the Hierophant Technis sought to impose order upon the planet once more. In this, the dissidents achieved their goal, for their desire was not conquest but distraction, splitting up the defenders until a vital target proved vulnerable enough for the Traitors in orbit to exploit. Such an opportunity presented itself at Conveyance Terminus Nine-Omega, an expansive spaceport located on the southern continent of Ryza. A vital hub of transport and storage, Conveyance Terminus Nine-Omega was the largest of its kind on Ryza, used as both a centre of export and a staging ground for military forces, capable of supporting vast legions of troops should it be required. At the time of invasion, Conveyance Terminus Nine-Omega was garrisoned by a battlegroup of Legio Honorum Titans and the Knights of House Ioeden, a minor house known for their actions as raiders -- skills that had proved helpful to Ryza when they had sought supplies to fuel their industry in the preceding years of the Horus Heresy. When insurrection saw the fall of a forge-fane near Salvation Isthmus, the threat was deemed considerable enough to require the attentions of the Legio Honorum. Led by the Princeps Seniores Galxexu, the Titans of the Legio Honorum moved to recapture the forge-fane, safe in the knowledge that the orbital defences of Conveyance Terminus Nine-Omega, in conjunction with the Knights of House Ioeden, would ensure the spaceport's safety in their absence. It was only upon returning to the spaceport, as a cacophony of warnings announced the impending descent of the Traitors upon Conveyance Terminus Nine-Omega, that Galxexu realised his mistake, one that would ultimately prove fatal to himself and much of Ryza, for House Ioeden in truth served the Warmaster.Battle of Beta-Garmon, "The Titandeath" (012-013.M31) - House Ioeden took part in the long and savage Beta-Garmon campaign, which included hundreds of war zones across dozens of worlds. During this conflict, House Ioeden provided Knight support to the Legio Vulpa. Even before the greater armies of the Warmaster Horus reached the star cluster, the battle lines had long since been drawn, and fighting had been going on for many Terran years. It was a cauldron of battle that would consume millions of lives before its end and see the demise of entire Titan Legions, earning this campaign the dire moniker of the "Titandeath." The Beta-Garmon Cluster, also known as the gateway to the throneworld of Terra, was the last hurdle that the Warmaster Horus' forces had to overcome before they reached the Imperium's capital world. Heavily fortified by the Loyalists, Beta-Garmon would become one of the greatest and bloodiest battles of the Horus Heresy, as well as one of the longest-lasting.