After the Dropsite Massacre of Istvaan V, the ranks of the Medusan Immortals swelled to unprecedented levels, the Legion having split into a number of disparate elements, their Primarch dead and the Clan-Council slain. Those declared Immortal within the notorious Morragul Clan-Company were allowed to fight alongside their brethren, presenting a genuine opportunity to achieve absolution not just in their own eyes, but in those they had failed. Most unusual, the Medusan Immortals of this Clan-company were allowed to display the "red talon" icon of the Morragul -- up until this point all Immortals were stripped of Clan-company markings upon induction.