Davin's official designation in the Imperial archives was 63-19, meaning the nineteenth world brought into compliance by the 63rd Expedition Fleet.
The tribal warriors of this world were broken within hours when faced with the assault of the Luna Wolves Legion.
After the battle ended, Horus continued to lead the fleet on its expedition, while the work of rebuilding Davin was left to his mortal friend, Eugene Temba, and the task of spreading the Imperial Truth was entrusted to Kor Phaeron, First Company Captain of the Word Bearers.
After the Luna Wolves were renamed the Sons of Horus, Horus was shocked to receive a report from Erebus, First Chaplain of the Word Bearers: Governor Temba had actually betrayed the Imperium and risen in rebellion.
The Warmaster could not allow rebellion to stain his glory, and in his fury, he personally led the orbital drop.
The Sons of Horus waded through thick silt and foul sewage, and even the Astartes' superhuman vision could not see beyond a hundred meters.
Within the dense fog, a massive, swollen body suddenly burst from the mire and lunged at Garviel Loken, Captain of the Tenth Company.
A gray-green single eye beneath the rotten body's sickly yellow horn fixed on Loken, and the creature opened a Great Maw lined with fangs, letting out an eerie laugh.
It raised a slick arm and clawed at the Power Armor. Loken swung his sword out in a fierce slash, and the blade struck the bloated body as though it had hit a thick shield of flesh.
Revulsion stirred in Loken's mind, and his combat stimulants accelerated his metabolism.
Bang!
Moldy flesh burst apart, spraying rotten fluid and pus-blood all over the Mark IV Power Armor.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The warriors of the Tenth Company raised their Bolters, and ferocious