Karver Skrilen the captain of the 6th company of the Ash Warlords chapter looked out across the skyline Mizura. What had been a busy prosperous city was now a smoking, wreak. Numerous holes dotted the skyscrapers and the sound of matching troops could be heard. Three days he thought, this started three days ago. The Necron behind him raised its warscythe in position for execution and as the captain drew his final breath it swung it down in a decapitating swing.
Manus Starda, the captain of the Ash Warlords' 7th company took cover behind a near broken, metal pillar. The company had just entered the subsector when they came. They sent down troops to the planet to make sure that the enemy didn't get a foothold. Thinking about it Manus realised it didn't matter if the enemy didn't get the foothold first. The real moment of doubt came when he saw his companies ships fall from the sky. Manus heard some machine charging up behind the pillar and as he drew a single breath a deafening quake exploded behind him, sending him flying. As his vision cleared he saw a Necron standing above him with a raised warscythe. He was too weak to talk or even breathe properly and so the last sound he made was a choking gasp before the warscythe swung down.
Horace Orkaf knelt on his knees, on top of a battered tower, looking over the battle field around him. He was the captain of the Ash Warlords' 5th company and was guarding the mining planet when they came. He ordered his men to form up but they were already upon them. Now he knelt on his knees, too weak to stand up but too proud to lie down and the last thing he heard was the swing of a warscythe.
Farris Tarek's head rolled across the floor of his flagships bridge. He was the captain of the Ash Warlords' 8th company and his fleet was patrolling the sector when the enemy arrived. In a matter of minutes three quarters of his fleet was destroyed and the enemy flagship had boarded his. He had fought the enemy leader in a duel but that ended terribly for him with his head not attached to his body. After the battle the enemy lord took his head for his collection and then went to find his next victim.
