Event · M30–M31

Stand at Yarant

The Stand at Yarant was a Horus Heresy engagement in which Space Wolves forces defended the Yarant system against a sustained traitor assault. It belongs to the wider Space Wolves theatre of the galactic civil war that divided the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade’s collapse, and it is reckoned among the more protracted actions fought by the VI Legion in that period. As with other episodes in this theatre, the stand places a Space Wolves force in direct opposition to elements loyal to Horus, set within the system that gives the engagement its name. Accounts of the stand describe a defensive action fought under sustained pressure, with Space Wolves companies committed to holding ground at Yarant rather than withdrawing before a superior or persistent enemy. The eventual outcome and casualties of the Stand at Yarant are not conclusively recorded, and its precise place within the broader chronology of the Horus Heresy remains a matter of limited documentation.

See where Stand at Yarant occurred on the galactic map during the Horus Heresy.

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