Gordian League— Nimrod silently repeated the term, then swiftly found the relevant memories.
The script Horus arranged for me was Lion's.
Gordian League—Forge World Diamond Star—Saramas—Forge World Tri-Phal—Ghoul Stars—
Konrad Curze!
Nimrod knew that the Night Lords, who excelled at guerrilla warfare, were troublesome opponents.
In truth, although Lion had ultimately won, he had lost strategically.
Although the Dark Angels had suffered only ten thousand casualties, the Warmaster's strategic objective had been achieved: Lion had been pinned down on the eastern frontier for three years.
He also knew that without his formidable Old Man in Yellow Relic-class warship, the Tuchulcha Engine, and Curze's madness, the guerrilla war might have dragged on for three years after three years, and then another three years.
Diamond Star, Tri-Phal, the Ghoul Stars.
Horus has truly thrown me quite an enticing lure.
Nimrod knew that before the Great Birthday Celebration, the Night Lords had actually been the legion with the broadest territorial reach.
The Ghoul Stars encompassed the Saramas Sector, the sector named after the Night Lords' homeworld, Nostramo,
the Tisiphon Sector, Icatian Deep Space, the Salvakar Cluster, and the Gulgolad Protectorate—almost the entire northeastern region of the galaxy.
Of course, vast territory did not equate to a large number of actual holdings.
For one thing, the overwhelming majority of worlds were lifeless ruins.
The Ghoul Stars lay entirely beyond the Astronomican's light, and Navigators refused to risk their lives entering that region.
For another, Konrad Curze and his sons ruled their territory through fear and had never developed it as the Ultramarines did.
Remote is good. It keeps me far from Terra's gaze.
Saisom is very likely potion material.
Tri-Phal, the Gulgolad Protectorate, and even shattered Nostramo, which Curze destroyed, all hold immense value.
Shattered planets were unsuitable for human habitation, but their broken