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Outbreak

833.M41.

The Vinculus Crusade was declared against the assassin-cult warriors of the Peleregon cluster. Black Templars under the command of High Marshal Ludoldus consented to fight alongside the warriors of of Inquisitor Vinculus. A member of the Ordo Hereticus, the Inquisitor, together with a detachment of Adepta Sororitas from the Order of the Bloody Rose, had traced the origins of a network of of cult to Peleregon IV, A mountainous world of shifting tectonic plates and rivers of lava. The initial landings were met with little opposition, and eventually, the Black Templars (including a young Neophyte named Helbrecht) and the Adepta Sororitas pushed the cult warriors back to the seat of a continent-spanning volcano. Ludoldus immediately assaulted the fiery mountain stronghold, his Sword Brethren capturing the main gate and holding it long enough for Imperial forces to breach the defences. As the Black Templars and Adepta Sororitas stormed the huge, pillared interior of the volcano, Inquisitor Vinculus faced the cult's leader and slew him, though he took a grievous wound in return.

This proved to be his undoing as the nascent Daemonic presence that had been building within the cult leader was forced to manifest and, in a blaze of dark red light, it possessed the weakened Inquisitor. A massive Daemon of Khorne took the Inquisitor's flesh for its own and turning upon his erstwhile allies, slaughtered warriors by the dozen. High Marshal Ludoldus, Emperor's champion Ulricus and Canoness Jasmine faced the Daemon in what came to be known as the Battle of Fire and Blood. Though sorely pressed, these heroes fought with great strenght and indomitable faith, but it seemed as though the Daemon's strenght was the greater. In desperation, Ludoldus hurled a Holy Orb of Antioch, a bomb infused with volatile holy oils and high explosives, into the central chasm of lava. The resultant explosion tore the chasms apart and a massive earthquake shook the mountain to its core as rocks and pillars crashed down into the fiery pit. The possessed Inquisitor fell to his doom in the lava and the Imperial warrior sought to escape the collapsing volcano before being buried forever with their foes. Thunderhawk gunships braved the fiery deluge to pick up the surviving Sororitas and Black Templars and. though many gunships were subsequently lost in the blinding clouds of ash, the majority were able to escape.

Outcome

To ensure no trace of the Daemon and it's cult remained, Ludoldus ordered the planet bombarded from orbit until the massive forces unleashed tore the planets crust apart and buried it beneath an ocean of seething magma.

Other Notes

Castellan Draco also first rose to prominence as part of Marshal Ludolddus' Sword Brethren during the bitter Vinculus Crusade, in which he stood his ground (with help from other Sword Brethren) against waves of blood cultists and other demonic forms. He was badly wounded after the battle and his body was reconstructed with bionics. He was awarded the rank of Castellan and was given a relic suit of the Chapter's finest armor for his valor. Draco was further recognized when he was presented with the former Inquisitor's blade as a mark of gratitude from the Ordo Hereticus.



Cosmo 438 12:48, 24 November 2008 (UTC)