Category: War journal

10/4-2020 – The Beaststalker’s trap

Torleif looked upon the relic weapon in his hand. It was an ancient frost blade, made from some kind of ancient bone and very hard and sharp. It would make a great gift for Ragnar to present to the Frostwolves. Once again, Torleif wondered why the Necrons were so interested in a Space Wolves weapon. But it made for a great bait and Torleif had made sure that the tracks of the Space Wolves were easy enough to follow. Morven and his Reivers had stayed behind to watch the Necrons and he confirmed that the vile Xenos were indeed following the trail. Once again, Torleif found himself thinking again about the new Primaris. The Necron Destroyer Lord had cut down Morven’s Night Terrors when they last met, but the marines had recovered in record time. They were indeed powerful. Torleif committed himself to speak to the Wolf Priest Folke Grimfrost about crossing the Rubicon Primaris after this mission. It was indeed good fortunate that the veteran Wolf Priest had chosen to accompany his troops this day.

’Huskarl! Better get ready. They are here.’ said Ove Stormwolf, the Rune Priest accompanying Torleif. He had also recovered well, but had fresh scars from his fight with the Flayed Ones.

The Necrons approached through the ruins again, spreading out along a wide line. The Necron Warriors held one flank each, and the Immortals and Lychguard advanced down the centre, with the Destroyers hanging back to wait for a good target.

The Space Wolves deployed left flank heavy, with the right anchored by the Predator and Nils the Reaper. The centre was held by the Grey Hunters in a Rhino, supported by Torleif, Ove, and Folke on foot in the ruins. A second Grey Hunter Pack from Ragnar Blackmane’s Great Company took overwatch position in a ruin. The eager Blood Claws sat in a Rhino on the left flank, in support of the Wulfen and Fenrisian wolves.

The Scarabs swarmed forwards, as the Immortals and Lychguard reluctantly trudged forward to take positions. Still at extreme range of most guns, the Necron fire had little effect.

The Grey Hunters disembarked, before their Rhino sped forwards between the buildings, firing its smoke launchers to block the line of sight of the Immortals and Lychguard. The Grey Hunters instead advanced with Torleif, Ove, and Folke. Ulven Wildclaw, Pack Leader of the Wildclaws Wulfen Pack, was true to name and reputation, as the Wulfen quickly advanced towards the emerging Necron Warriors. They were followed by the impetuous Blood Claws and Fenrisian Wolves. Blackmane’s Grey Hunters provided covering fire and the Predator and Nils opened fire on the hovering Destroyers. Torleif and Folke were quicker then the Grey Hunters and Ove, and charged the Scarab swarm, a Litany of Hate on Folke’s lips as he swung his crozius arcanum among the Scarabs, while Torleif raked with his wolf claw until no Scarab was left. The Wildclaws and Blood Claw’s Rhino braved the gauss fire of the Necron Warriors, but made it into combat with minimal casualties and started wreaking havoc.

The Immortals and Lychguard moved up to position themselves better to pour gauss fire onto the Predator and obscured Rhino, while the Destroyers fired on Nils and the Predator. Nils and the Predator were damaged and the Rhino completely destroyed. Meanwhile, the Necron Warriors retreated from the Wulfen and tried to finish them from afar with little success.

Folke and Torleif chased the retreating Necrons, as the Wildclaws spotted their new prey: the Lychguard emerging through the destroyed Rhino. The Blood Claws reembarked on their Rhino, as it sped closer to the Lychguard, while the Fenrisian wolves advanced behind them. Morven’s Night Terrors entered the battlefield behind the Destroyers. Ove led the Grey Hunters rapid fire into the Lychguard, as the Night Terrors, Nils and the Predator focussed their fire on the Destroyers. Once again, a Litany of Hate was uttered by Folke as he followed Torleif in finishing of the Necron Warriors, supported by the Fenrisian wolves. The Grey hunters joined the Wildclaws in the assault on the Lychguard and between them, they left only two of the squad standing.

The Canoptek Spyder and Destroyer Lord retreated back, while the Immortals slowly advance again. The Destroyers took out the last of the Wildclaws with gauss fire and the Destroyer Lord wanted a rematch against the Night Terrors. But Morven’s warriors had learned from their last encounter, and the Destroyer Lord made little damage.

Summoning a mighty storm to shield his allies, Ove and the Grey Hunters advanced on the Necron Lord and Immortals in the centre. The damaged Blood Claw Rhino sped forward and Torleif, Folke and the Fenrisian Wolves moved to support Morven’s men. Torleif was cut down by the Destroyer Lord, but the vile Xenos fell to the might of the wounded Folke’s crozius immediately after. Ove and the Grey Hunters fired on the Necron Lord, before finishing him off in close combat and engaging the Canoptek Spyder and Destroyers in close combat, killing the Destroyers. The Fenrisian wolves and Folke then took cover behind a building to avoid the return fire from he Necron Warriors.

The Blood Claws disembarked their damaged Rhino and ran towards the Necron lines, as Folke led the Night Terrors and the Fenrisian wolves against the last Necron Warriors. Ove kept leading the Grey hunters and they fell upon the last of the Immortals, finishing them off in close combat. The remaining Canoptek Spyder and Necron Warriors realised the futility of continuing, and teleported away from the Space Wolves victory.

After the battle, the wounded Torleif walked up to Folke, as he was applying healing balms to the injured.

’Brother Wolf Priest,’ Torleif said. ’I am ready to try to cross the Rubicon Primaris.’

Folke paused in his work and turned a sincere face towards Torleif.

’You are aware of the risks this involves?’ he replied.

’I am.’

’Ulrik the Slayer saw to it that the Frostfang was equipped with the necessary equipment to cross the Rubicon. Come to the medical deck when we are back onboard,’ Folke finished, returning to his patient and dismissing the Battle Leader.

15/3-2020 – The Beaststalker’s prize

Torleif Beaststalker looked out across the plaza through the window of the ruined building. The relic was hidden in the middle of the plaza below, but the Necrons were marching relentlessly through the ruins on the other side of the plaza. The relic was an ancient Space Wolves weapon, that Ragnar Blackmane was going to present to his new allies. Apparently, Trazyn the Infinite wanted it as well. Torleif had been asked by Ragnar to bridge the gap to the Frostwolves, the Lost Company that had recently returned. By the Allfather, the Space Wolves really needed reinforcements after the Thousand Sons’ invasion of Fenris. Arriving after the invasion, the Frostwolves had themselves been decimated by the Tyranid invasion that had wiped out the planet they had been stuck on. Great Wolf Logan Grimnar had assigned the Frostwolves to reinforce the Blackmanes, while both companies would get fresh new Primaris recruits. Ragnar had asked for volunteers to help the Lost Company reintegrate with the other Space Wolves. Many warriors had been eager to help and Torleif had been honoured to guide the new Primaris Vanguard sent to the Frostwolves. The newcomers needed to learn how a Space Wolf tracks with his senses, without relying on all this new technology. But Morven’s Night Terrors, as the Reivers in his new Greatpack called themselves, were tough. Torleif had to give them that! So much that he wondered about crossing the Primaris Rubicon himself. But the odds of success were not great. Several Blackmanes and Frostwolves had tried and died during the last years. But those who had made it had been strengthened, and now Blackmane himself had crossed. Movement in the ruins opposite the plaza drew him out of his reverie. With quick orders to deploy, Torleif quickly made his way to the Rhino waiting on the ground floor of the ruins. The Blood Claws in their Rhino anchored the left flank with the Fenrisian wolves. Torleif embarked on the Rhino with his pack of Grey Hunters, leaving another pack in the ruins above on overwatch duty. The centre was additionally strengthened by Rune Priest Ove Stormwolf, another pack of Grey Hunters, and the Wildclaws Wulfen Pack. The right flank was covered by Iron Priest Jann Ironmaster and his charges: the Dreadnought Nils the Reaper, a Predator, and a Whirlwind. Opposite, Necron Immortals deployed in a good position in a central ruin, flanked by Necron Warriors, Scarabs, and Destroyers.

The Necrons started by advancing the Scarabs and the Destroyers. The Destroyers fired and badly damaged the Predator, while the Necron Warriors were too far away to do any real damage. The Immortals used their Tesla carbines to pin the Grey Hunters in the opposite ruins.

Eager to engage the foe, the Blood Claws disembarked the Rhino and joined the Wulfen and Fenrisian wolves assaulting the Scarabs. Torleif’s Rhino advanced and stopped right by the relic in the middle of the plaza. Jann Ironmaster went to work repairing the damaged Predator, as the tanks and Nils returned fire against the Destroyers, killing three. The Wulfen, Blood Claws, and Fenrisian wolves made short work of the Scarabs, but were now caught out in the open, in front of the Necron Warriors.

The Necron Warriors closed and fired their dreaded gauss flayers, killing three of the five Wulfen taking cover behind their storm shields. The Destroyers resurrected a downed member and lived up to their name by wrecking the Predator. The Fenrisian Wolves found themselves under attack by the Necron Wraiths, who phased through a ruin and cut down all but two of the wolves. The Immortals killed the last of the Grey Hunters hiding in the high ruins on the other side of the plaza.

The Blood Claws joined the surviving Wulfen as they raced for the Necron Warriors, with the Rhino moving up in support. Morven’s Night Terrors appeared behind the Necron Warriors fighting the Blood Claws, preparing to strike. Ove Stormwolf ran to assist the last two Fenrisian wolves, sending bolts of lightning into the Wraiths. Torleif and his Grey Hunters disembarked the Rhino, grabbed the relic, and fired on the exposed Destroyers, while the Rhino moved to barricade the line of sight of the Necron Warriors. Nils the Reaper and the Grey Hunters caught the Destroyers in a crossfire with plasmas, bolters, and autocannons. The Wulfen were challenged by the Necron Lord and only a wounded Ulven Wildclaw, the Pack Leader, came out still standing. The Blood Claws fared no better, killing the Necron Warriors, but losing almost the whole pack. Ove hacked at the Wraiths with his runic blade, killing two.

Suddenly, the ground erupted as a squad of Flayed Ones clawed their way up and attacked Ove. The surviving Wraith disengaged and assaulted the Blood Claws, as the Canoptek Spyder assaulted Morven’s Night Terrors through a hail of shock grenades. The Destroyer Lord declared that he would kill Ulven and assaulted. The Immortals and Necron Warriors covering the centre first destroyed the Rhino shielding the Grey Hunters, and then most of the Grey Hunters around Torleif. The last Wulfen, Blood Claws, and Wraith fell, and the Destroyer Lord moved towards the Night Terrors, regenerating the little damage he had sustained.

Unfazed by the overwhelming numbers, Torleif and the still standing Grey Hunters assaulted the Necron Warriors. The three surviving Grey Hunters from the centre hitched a ride in the Blood Claw’s Rhino, to shield themselves from the Immortals. The Whirlwind and Nils turned their weapons against the Immortals and started chewing through their cover. Torleif hit hard with his wolf claw, taking minor wounds in return, but there were just too many adversaries to kill them all.

Ove had cut down all but one of the Flayed Ones, but three rose again and sliced him down with their talons. Morven’s Night Terrors could not fend off the powerful Destroyer Lord and were cut down. The Necron Warriors wounded Torleif again in close combat, but were unable to take him down.

The Grey Hunters leaped from the Blood Claw Rhino to aid their Wolf Guard Battle Leader, as Jann Ironmaster also advanced to help his old friend. The Whirlwind and Nils gave covering fire, as the Iron Priest and Grey Hunters hit the Necron Warriors with a shock assault. The Grey Hunters and weakened Torleif took down a few adversaries, but Jann brought the full power of his fury to bear, killing everything before him, destroying the last Necron Warriors.

The Destroyer Lord realised he could not prevail with only the Flayed Ones and surviving Immortals, and decided to retreat. The Space Wolves recovered the relic and their wounded, and added another victory to the sagas of Torleif Beaststalker.

2/3-2020 – The Night Terrors

Morven the Terrible is a Pack Leader of the Reiver pack the Night Terrors and all are veterans of the Indomitus Crusade. Once they were reunited with the Space Wolves, they were sent to the Frostwolves and are currently engaged as a Kill Team on Vigilus.

The Night Terrors’ first mission on Vigilus was to retrieve sensitive information from an immobilised Razorback, that had been damaged during the Genestealer Cult uprising.

The Night Terrors formed up in a group, planning to sprint to the Razorback. When they found themselves surrounded by Lictors and Tyranid Warriors, they fell back behind a ruin on one flank to focus on one flanking Lictor at a time. Unfortunately, the Tyranids proved too fast and charged the Space Wolves. A krak grenade from Nils Strongman, the Kill Team demolitions specialist, gave a nasty flesh wound to a Tyranid Warrior, as Vidar Beastslayer, the combat specialist, engaged the charging Lictor. He slayed the first one, but was struck down by the second. With flesh wound accumulating, the Night Terrors morale broke, and they retreated.

After resting and healing, the Night Terrors tried to approach the Razorback under cover of night. This time, a group of Genestealers accompanied the Lictors. This time, the Night Terrors were prepared and a hail of heavy bolt pistol and grenade fire greeted the Tyranids as they approached. Vidar and Morven struck down the lead Lictor, although Vidar was laid low by corrosive acid from the dying Lictor. The Genestealers low armour was turned against them, as the multiple attacks of the Space Wolves decimated the four-armed fiends in close combat. Although Morven and Vidar went out of action, the remaining Night Terrors cleared the last of the Tyranids and were free to search the Razorback for information. Taking the data, the Night Terrors picked up their wounded and faded into the night.

18/1-2020 – Necron eradication

The Frostwolves deployed in a ruined city on Vigilus, after receiving intelligence that a Necron force led by Trazyn the Infinite was there. Wolf Guard Battle Leader Ingvald Flameheart led a numerically larger Greatpack against Trazyn, supported by Rune Priests Ove Stormwolf and Lage Stormcloud.

Ingvald led the Wolf Guard Terminators, the Frostguard, in the centre onboard the Land Raider, flanked by Grey Hunters and Blood Claws from Ragnar Blackmane’s Great Company in Rhinos. Wolf Guard Pack Leader Alrik Wyrmslayer led his Long Fangs from a high vantage point in a ruined building on the left flank, two smaller Grey Hunter packs secured the closest objectives, and a pack of Fenrisian Wolves outflanked. The Necron Destroyers on the right flank soared over the intervening building and immediately destroyed the Grey Hunter Rhino, forcing the Grey Hunters to hide in the nearby ruins. Reacting, the Land Raider and the Blood Claw Rhino advanced forward, trusting in their thick armour. One Long Fang loaded a flakk missile and downed a Destroyer, as the pack opened fire with their missile launchers on the flying Necron constructs.

Suddenly, Necron Deathmarks materialised opposite the Long Fangs and started to trade fire, as the remaining Necrons cautiously advanced. The Destroyers switched target to hammer the Land Raider together, but the ancient machine’s armour was damaged, but held firm. The doors to the Rhino and Land Raider opened wide and the Frostguard led by Ingvald and the Blood Claws charged out. The Long Fangs continued taking out the Destroyers, as the Grey Hunters from the annihilated Rhino engaged the Destroyer Lord with their plasma weapons. Ove Stormwolf summoned a mighty storm to disrupt the Destroyer Lord, but suffered an attack from the warp. Firing on the move, the Frostguard clashed with the Immortals and the Blood Claws engaged the nearest squad of Necron Warriors. The Wolf Guard Terminators made short work of the Immortals, but the Blood Claws were pinned down, as many of the Necrons that were struck down rose again. The Frostguard then moved to take out the Cryptic supporting the Necron Warriors and reinforce the Blood Claws, as the glory-hungry Ingvald Flameheart sprinted towards Trazyn. Trazyn proved to be a much more skilled adversary, immediately wounding Ingvald badly. The Grey Hunters engaged the Necron Lord, wounding him, but seeing his damage self repair. Trazyn easily struck down Ingvald with the Emphatic Obliterator, killing a Frostguard in the process.

The Scarabs and Canoptek Spyder moved to engage Lage Stormcloud, and the Deathmarks sniped a few of the Long Fangs. The Land Raider reversed out of combat with the Necron Warriors and Trazyn, as Ove engaged the Destroyer Lord in close combat. Lage destroyed the Scarabs with lightning, but failed to kill the Canoptek Spyder. Ove channeled his psychic might through his runic sword and struck the head of the Destroyer Lord from his shoulders, as the Frostguard and Blood Claws finished the last of the Necron Warriors and the Cryptek.

The Space Wolves closed in on Trazyn and the remaining Necron Warriors, as the Canoptek killed Lage, but was in turn destroyed by the Long Fangs and Land Raider. Trazyn realised that he was outmatched by the Space Wolves and teleported his remaining forces to safety.

1/1-2020 – Bjorn the Fell-handed tests the Frostwolves

Acknowledging the need for his expertise, the recent strife has necessitated the waking of Bjorn the Fell-handed. In order to test the mettle of the Frostwolves, Bjorn led fellow Space Wolves from Ragnar Blackmane’s and Jorin Frostwolf‘s Great Companies in a much battle against the Cartonian Dragoons.

True to form, the Dragoons deployed in a high and fortified position in the city ruins on a training planet near the Vigilus system. A Rhino with Tactical Marines, a squad of Intercessors and a squad of Infiltrators deployed in a forward position. Using the cover of the buildings, the Blood Claws led by the Terminator Battle Leader and Bjorn advanced on the opposite flank, while the smaller Grey Hunter packs deployed covering two objectives and the Fenrisian wolves outflanked. The Long Fangs were delayed and arrived late.

The buildings covered the Space Wolves advance, until the Blood Claws could assault the Infiltrators. Bjorn damaged the Rhino and the Tactical Marines that disembarked. The Space Wolves Reivers known as Morven’s Night Terrors arrived, but chose to skulk around behind a building, rather than face the guns of the Centurions.

The Infiltrators made a tactical fall back, and left the Blood Claws exposed in the line of sight of the Centurions and Devastators. The Rites of Battle of the Captain combined with the firepower of these units made short work of the exposed Blood Claws. The Fenrisian wolves and Long Fangs arrived close to the Space Wolves deployment, as the Omni-scrambler of the Infiltrators made it difficult to approach. The Long Fangs shot out the Rhino and Bjorn finished the Tactical Marines.

Unable to cover the ground to the Centurions, the Space Wolves kept in cover and failed to hold enough of the objectives. The Dragoons won the training session by a slight margin.

1/1-2018 – The Stormshadow strikes

The Eiyoltan Craftworld had revoked its expansionist policy in the Virago sub-sector after multiple defeats and had withdrawn all of its forces back home. After the disgrace of his defeats on Rhoie, Autarch Koryo had spent the last years training and meditating in the Shrine of the Stormshadow, his old Warp Spider shrine. Contemplating surprise tactics and honing his mastery of the Warp Jump Generator, he gained new insights and perfected his flickerjump.

This new understanding proved instrumental in defence of the Craftworld, when the opening of the Great Rift enabled a Nurgle Daemon force attack. The invasion was led by the inventor of the Purple Pox, the Great Unclean One known as Poxvirid Purpur Variol. Koryo, once again leading the 4th Eiyoltan warhost as an Autarch, and the Warp Spiders of the Shrine of the Stormshadow executed precision attacks on the daemonic assailants. Koryo and four squads of Warp Spiders managed to banish Poxvirid, effectively ending the invasion. This victory redeemed Koryo in both Eiyoltan’s Autarch and Seer Councils. In recognition of his bravery and deeds during the invasion, he was renamed Koryo Stormshadow. However, the victory was bittersweet. Poxvirid had managed to infect Eiyoltan’s population with the Purple Pox. Humans infected with the Purple Pox slowly turn into Poxwalkers. The effect on Aeldari, however, was to weaken and rot their limbs. Eiyoltan responded by setting themselves in quarantine and focus all research on finding a cure. It was soon found that wraithbone slowed the spread of the disease. It swiftly became custom to graft plates of wraithbone directly into their skin. This was done as a preventive measure, to slow the spread of infections, or even replace lost limbs. The Daemon invasion and subsequent epidemic reminded the Aeldari of their mortality, steeling their will to live. This made the Eiyoltan Aeldari extremely durable in combat and its troops could even ignore otherwise fatal wounds.

While the majority of the ravaged Eiyoltan was rebuilding, Koryo was sent by the Seer Council to divert the Imperial Fists Successor Chapter Cartonian Dragoon forces to attack the daemonic forces of Poxvirid and his Death Guard allies.

Koryo Stormshadow and his warhost arrived back on Rhoie in the ruins of a city demolished by Chaos forces. Koryo’s long standing advisor Farseer Embarath Dreamweaver deployed on a raised platform with the Dark Reapers, overseeing the battlefield. True to form, the Space Marines reacted swiftly to the new threat. The Rhino, Dreadnought, and two Land Speeders advanced and killed the Rangers hiding in a centre ruin. The remaining Ranger squad sniped the Space Marine Lieutenant in retaliation. Farseer Embarath guided the Dark Reaper’s fire, killing half the combat squad shielding the Space Marine command officers.

The Land Speeders redeployed to secure a flank objective, while Koryo and the Warp Spiders advanced out of sight behind a ruin. The wounded Lieutenant was fully healed by the Apothecary. The Guardians hunkered down in the ruin around another objective, next to the Dire Avengers. Both remained there for the entire battle. The Fire Dragons deployed from a Webway portal to destroy the Land Speeders, doomed by Embarath. However, one severely damaged speeder remained after the attack. The guided Dark Reapers finished off the remaining combat squad in the ruins. The Rangers sniped the Lieutenant again.

A full Tactical squad disembarked from the Rhino and opened fire on the Howling Banshees in the ruins, killing all but two. The Space Marine Captain (resembling Vulkan He’stan of the Salamanders), Lieutenant, and Apothecary left the ruins and hid out of sight. The Lieutenant was again restored by the Apothecary. The damaged Land Speeder opened fire with heavy bolter and assault cannon on the Fire Dragons, killing half the squad. The Fire Dragons then executed a feigned retreat, falling back only to reverse and blast the Land Speeder to pieces. The Warp Spiders advanced around a building and killed three Tactical Marines. The Rangers switched target to the annoying Apothecary, wounding him. The Howling Banshees exited cover, damaged the Dreadnought with a lucky shot from a shuriken pistol, and then assaulted the remaining Tactical Marines together with Koryo. Unable to overwatch after being hit by the Banshees’ howl, four marines were cut down by the Aeldari Aspect Warriors.

The depleted Space Marines made a tactical retreat into the reversing Rhino, taking them out of grasp of Koryo and the Howling Banshees. The Dreadnought took their place, charging both Koryo and the Banshees. But the Dreadnought overestimated himself, as he failed to inflict any damage. In turn, Koryo’s mandiblaster wounded the ancient warrior and the Howling Banshee Exarch finished him with precision strikes from her executioner axe. The guided Dark Reapers almost destroyed the Rhino. The triumphant Howling Banshees assaulted a Tactical combat squad emerging from an objective in the rear ruins.

The Space Marine Captain charged and killed the Fire Dragon Exarch, claiming an important objective, but leaving him vulnerable to the Dark Reapers. The last three members of the Tactical squad disembarked from the Rhino, firing on, assaulting, and wounding Koryo. The Lieutenant charged the Howling Banshees and killed one, while the Banshee Exarch finished off the combat squad.

As a final act, the Warlock destroyed the Rhino with psychic power, the guided Dark Reapers annihilated the Captain, the Apothecary was liquified by a web of death spinner monofilament wires, Koryo cut down the last marines, and the Banshee Exarch beheaded the Lieutenant.

With these deaths, the Aeldari forces had total control of the battlefield. Now the final step of the plan begun. Koryo’s forces moved swiftly around the battlefield, covering their own tracks and planting evidence that the Death Guard were behind the attack. Satisfied, Koryo led his warhost back into the Webway, leaving a false trail for the imperials to find.

30/12-2003 – Inquisitor Seraph

Teaming up with the local Chaos cultists in Andeonium Hive, the self-proclaimed Omega Soldiers, an Alpha Legion force was tasked with the ambush of a reinforcing Blood Angel detachment from the East. The elite Blood Angel Terminators met stiff resistance from the Alpha Legion Commander Agamemnon, who defeated the Librarian in combat, before he was in turn defeated by a Dreadnought. The Blood Angel Chaplain led the Death Company on a rampage through the Chaos flank, and slaughtered their way through two Cultist units as well as the Raptors. Flamers of Tzeentch, summoned by the Cultists, seemed impervious to plasma, as they where bathed in the plasma cannon of the Dreadnought, but remained unharmed. At the end of the day, the Blood Angels were halted, but at the cost of the entire Alpha Legion force.

Meanwhile, two Death Cult Assassins tried to launch a pair of missiles into the Andeonium Hive. Their efforts were thwarted by Inquisitor Seraph, who suspected an attempt to launch or destroy the missiles and had thus stationed himself and his followers Mad Dog McGree and Argyle the Arco-flagellant. Simultaneously, an Aeldari Ranger and an Aeldari Pirate Princess arrived with a mission to destroy the missiles, who were targeting a hidden Webway gate unaware to the imperials. As the assassins neared the missile site, they came under fire from the Aeldari sniper, and had their priestly escort and his cyber mastiff sliced to pieces by the pirate. Enraged, one of the assassins charged the sniper, but was shot and killed before she could reach her target. The other assassin engaged in combat with the Arco-flagellant, but was crushed to a pulp after failing to dodge his decapitator. The victorious flagellant and the awakened Inquisitor then tried to dispatch the Aeldari, but failed as a malfunctioning melta bomb was placed on one of the missiles and blew the entire emplacement to pieces.

26/10-2003 – Andeonium Hive’s defences breached

Led by the injured Daemon Prince Phaedron, his World Eater force supported by a contingent of Drukhari, assaulted Andeonium Hive. The defenders made their stand at the West walls, but suffered heavy casualties after the initial bombardment. A large force of Imperial Guard and Black Templars held the wall for a few bloody hours, but was overrun by the Khornate minions in the end. Phaedron was wounded yet again after destroying a Rhino, being hit by a Ratling’s sniper rifle and a point-blank hit from a lascannon. The newest Emperor’s Champion had his head torn off by a Greater Daemon of Khorne. The Drukhari Archaon Kael was shot by a Commissar when he and his retinue stormed the defence walls. With this victory, Chaos had entered Andeonium. They immediately fanned out and tried to move towards the centre of the hive, where the imperial palace stood.

21/9-2003 – Anarchy on Rhoie

In the aftermath of Abaddon’s 13th Black Crusade, war still lingered on many of the neighbouring planets and systems. Cut off from the higher command that had been Abaddon, the many warbands that his army consisted of reverted to follow their own agendas.

On Rhoie, a World Eater force supported by Daemons attacked an imperial-held power plant in order to cripple the force field surrounding Andeonium. Defended by a stalwart force of Space Wolves, the imperials managed to stall the attack long enough for a force of Black Templars to reach the area and drive the bloodcrazed followers of Khorne back. The World Eater Daemon Prince Phaedron was defeated in close combat by a charging squad of Blood Claws, led by Wolf Priest Hjalmar the Brave. The Emperor’s Champion held true to his title and claimed the lives of many traitors. The Black Templar Chaplain Holmbaud bravely held his ground, but was pulled down and taken out of action by the vicious World Eaters, moments before the Emperor’s Champion arrived. But in the ensuing mêlée the Champion was bested by the Berzerkers, although the victory was still imperial.