Unfortunate.

A Warhammer 40,000 Fan Novel

Note before you read:

This is my first novel or book in general, so please forgive me if its not to your standards, and uhh its not really accurate to canon, just wrote what I thought was cool so yeah, forgive me if I got the scale a bit iffy and the power levels a bit weird I also don't own any of the art shown here, except for the screenshots from Eternal Crusade, if the artist is reading this, just know I absolutely love your work! And sorry if I didn't ask permission, I just wouldn't know if I would be able to reach out since I don't have twitter nor instagram, that's honestly about it. Thanks for reading my story!

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- Nickname; Cadiuss The Unfortunate/The Golden Warrior

- Hiring World: Unknown - Rank: Brother Captain of the 9th Company

- Age: 425 Years old

- Expertise: Ground Assault Vanguard Veteran

- Codex Compliance: maybe

- Space Marine Chapter: Lamenters

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- Power Armor Mark: Mk.3 Iron Relic/Artificer Armor

- Power Armor Components: Mk. 3 Helm, legs, bracers, Mk.7 Torso, Iron Halo, and power pack

- Armor Battle Scars: Kept in pristine condition most of the time

- Stories bound to the Armor: The Armor was only breached once. When Brother Cadius was scarred by a Tyranid warrior in a duel, The Emperors Finest Lamenter Veteran and longest lasting Veteran of the Lamenters.

- Armor Style: Mastercrafted, mismatched parts due to Lamenters supply lines not being very good - Machine Spirit: None Shall Escape the Emperor's Wrath

- Armor Decorations: Iron Halo, Purity Seals, Markings of several campaigns.

- Weapon and It's Mark: Venerable Baal Pattern MkV Power Sword

- Weapon Machine Spirit: None Shall Escape The Emperors Wrath and Fury

- Weapon Curse: Will deactivate from time to time due to its age and the Curse of the Lamenters

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- Hair Color, Length & Style: Blonde, flat top

- Eye Color: blue - Tattoos: Dripping heart on his forearm

- Scars: 2 cuts forming an X on his chest, from fighting a Tyranid Warrior one on one

- Noticeable Features(mutations): none

- Cybernetic Prostetics: none –

Accessories: Necklace with a small picture of a child he saved, one who passed away recently, he keeps it as a rememberance

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- Positive Traits: Courage, Honour, lack of fear, and compassionate

- Negative Traits: may fall to the Black Rage - General Behaviour: Melancholic

- Likes: Helping others, fighting in the name of the Emperor, and being useful - Dislikes: Dying, making others feel bad or being despised - Moral Alignment: Good boi

- Habits: Drinks alcohol at the end of the day

- Disorders: Red Thirst

- Devotion: Will literally die for Sanguinius and the Emperor

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The Only recorded Battle that Cadius partook in was on a battle for the hive world of Teletraan VII, a world being attacked by a Tyranid Hive Fleet that hasnt been designated. As all of the Imperial Forces were evacuated, the Lamenters 9th Company deployed to save the remaining civillians. a Xeno force of a thousand strong to fight the 9th Company, of which was abandoned by the Rest of the Imperial Force. The 9th company held a valiant defence against the xenos which knew no end. For every life of a Lamenter, atleast a hundred xenos died. Within days of constant fighting with no end the Lamenters numbers were only 52. As the civillians they have saved have told Cadiuss "We have enjoyed our last moments of our lives, please escape now!" Cadiuss has said "We will fight and die here. We will die alongside you!" And has led a valiant charge against the Xenos and almost all of the 9th company has been wiped out along with the Xeno force. The Xeno force escaped the planet to regain lost strength for another attack in the far future, whilst only Cadiuss and a handful of Brothers remained. They brought the civillians with them back to the Lamenter Battle Barge to take them to another Hive world. What occurred after is unknown due to the curse of the Lamenters, wiping out data on Cadiuss aside from the information seen here. (Disclaimer, I do not own the art present here, it was made by someone named Rude Rubicante, an amazing artist!)

The Aftermath of the battle of Teletraan VII: (BEFORE THE CIVILLIANS GOT ON THE LAMENTERS BATTLE BARGE)

As wounded Lamenters comforted the Civillians whos families have died or been wounded, drop pods came from the Lamenters Battle Barge, it was the Apothecaries that had come to gather the geneseed from the dead and to aid the wounded civillians and warriors. As everyone had been brought into the Barge, Cadiuss lamented in his room, Thanked his Father, Sanguinius and The Emperor for guarding his life during battle. But Cadiuss was deeply saddened of his company nearly being wiped out. The 9th Company only had atleast 10 lives at hand, including Cadiuss. A Chaplain had come in to comfort his brother and to give him praise for aiding the Civillians. The Civillians had all been assigned rooms and supplies such as food and water. There was a line outside of the medical clinic where the Serfs and apothecaries were aiding the civillians and wounded brothers, Cadiuss was also in that line. He met a young girl, the age of 5. The girl scared of Cadiuss hid behind someone in the line, a stranger whom she didnt know, although she was scared, Cadiuss took off his helm and showed a gentle smile. The girl was slightly less scared and went a bit closer to Cadiuss, as the two introduced eachother, the girl gave Cadiuss her name, Dina, alongside that she had given him a small silver necklace with a heart locket, the gave it to Cadiuss because her mother said to give it to someone as an offering for her to be their friend, after all it was the culture of her homeworld. There was a picture of her in the lockett. The lockett belonged to her father before he passed away, protecting his family from the enemies of man, he was a guardsman. Cadiuss treasured this necklace, he put it in one of the pouches on his power armor to be worn later, and now wears it to this day.

As several days had passed, and as every one was accounted for, the Lamenters battle barge had departed the world that had been devastated by the foul Xenos. The Battle Barge travelled to a world several light years away to be sure the Tyranids do not follow them. The Hive world they travelled to was a peaceful world labelled as Maxim IX. As the Lamenters Battle Barge stayed in orbit, several thunderhawks were filled with the Civillians and refugees along with a squad of Lamenters accompanying the civillians. As the small fleet of 15 Thunder Hawks carrying as many civillians they could in each vehicle. As the Thunder Hawk had landed, The planets PDF's Captain had greeted the Astartes and the Civillians. Cadiuss had greeted the Captain, the Captain introduced herself as Captain Claire Bluesvverk. A beautiful lady, one that has guardsmen falling head over heels for her. Shortly after Cadiuss had greeted the Captain, he had greeted an Inquisitor named Kaiser Titannious, one that was investigating the world for the taint of Chaos. Cadiuss asked to the Inquisitor "My lord Inquisitor, is it really safe to leave the civillians here?" The Inquisitor Replied "It may be safe, after all im only here on a gut feeling that there may be several cultists here and there. No doubt its mostly safe seeing as how I have found nothing at all." Cadiuss nodded. As the civilians were looking for shelters and refugee camps, Dina stayed near Cadiuss, as if she thought Cadiuss as a sort of a parental figure to guide here. Cadiuss noticed the little girl clamping onto his legs, he kneeled down to meet the gaze of Dina, took off his helm and smiled, he asked Dina "Why aren't you going to the shelters?" Dina looked down to the ground and quietly replied "Im scared. I don't know if I know anybody there, can you accompany me?" Cadiuss then carried Dina, as he stood up, he put his helmet back on. He walked towards the shelters and camps carrying Dina in his arms, the bustling and busy atmosphere of a hive city was too overwhelming to Dina as she had gotten used to her short time in the Battle barge. Dina asked to Cadiuss "Are you made of metal?" Cadiuss smiled under his helmet and replied "No im not, im wearing something you call Power Armour" Cadiuss chuckled, Dina replied "Why are you so big?" Cadiuss replied "I am a Space Marine, a Warrior of The Emperor and a Son of the Primarch Sanguinius. Do you see this checkered bleeding heart on my left shoulder? That is my chapter sigil, we are The Lamenters." Cadiuss had explained, as the Golden Marine was walking with a child in his arms and his Chain blade sheathed and the shield on his back, he arrived at the refugee camp. He went over to the one in charge of housing, Cadiuss had said to the worker "May you take Dina to a nice home? She lost her parents on Teletraan VII to Tyranid warriors. She is an orphan, may you give her a happy home on this world."
Cadiuss went down on one knee and put Dina on the ground and she stood up, with tears in her eyes, holding the tears back, Dina exclaimed to Cadiuss "Can I go with you instead? Mommy and Daddy aren't here to take care of me, and you take good care of me.." Cadiuss, saddened to see Dina crying, he had replied "Sadly no you cannot, its too dangerous for a child to be with us… However we will stay here for a while, recruit potential aspirants, The whole of my 9th Company was mostly wiped out after all, its just me and several other of my Brothers." Dina did not know what to feel, sadness for the loss of Cadiuss' brothers, or to feel joy about her giant yellow friends staying longer. Cadiuss noticed the expression on Dina's face and comforted her, "Do not worry my friend. We will definitely stay here for a weeks minimum or atleast a month if any good aspirants are hard to find." As Cadiuss comforted her, the worker in charge of housing asked Cadiuss "Will she require housing?" Cadiuss replied "Yes indeed, but put her near a star port, so I may be able to visit her frequently" Dina's eyes lit up out of joy, she jumped and hugged Cadiuss, she exclaimed "Your staying! Your staying! Yipee!" Cadiuss was joyed to see Dina this happy, he smiled, despite his helm projecting a different image of him. As Cadiuss let Dina go to her new home, he had walked to a Thunder Hawk waiting for his arrival, he said on vox "Brother, I wish to make daily visits by the housing district near the star port, for we must still stay here for a considerable amount of time to gather aspirants." The pilot replied "Affirmative Brother Captain, I will keep this noted." As Cadiuss walked into the Thunder Hawk, he waved goodbye to Dina and Dina waved as well. As Cadiuss had arrived in the Battle barge, he had continued walking to the Prayer Hall to pray alongside his Brothers before training with them.

Several days had passed, Cadiuss' routine was visiting Dina and playing with her, eating his daily meals with his brothers, praying, training and resting. Nothing had changed for several days. One day on one of his visits he noticed that Dina was not present, he asked the other residents of her whereabouts, the residents knew nothing. As Cadiuss remembered something in his investigations, he remembered the Inquisitor talking about chaos cultists that may have taken root in the world. Cadiuss had went to the Inquisitors personal HQ, he had decided to talk to the Inquisitor, Cadiuss went up to the Inquisitor as he was speaking to his assistant, Cadiuss waited until they finished, when they did the Inquisitor turned to Cadiuss and said "What do you require from me captain?" Cadiuss replied to the Inquisitor "My lord inquisitor, do you know anything that happened to a 5 year old little girl? Im currently investigating her whereabouts as she has disappeared today, and I suspect that chaos cult you spoke of must have taken her." The Inquisitor replied "No sadly, I do not. But I will try to look into this situation."

Cadiuss had nodded and left to the Arbites to question him, Cadiuss hasn't gotten any answers from most of the sector, he gave up on it and went back to the Battle barge. Then he continued the daily routine, but instead of visiting Dina, he had patrols with a squad to look for her. Then every night Cadiuss would hear screams, every hour of the night. Horrible terrible gut wrenching screams of pain, anguish, terror and laughter brimming with joy. It was only he who heard it. No one else. He didnt know why but it would haunt him. The inquisitor seemed suspicious to Cadiuss, Dina had gone missing for atleast a week. Cadiuss went to the Inquisitors Lair under the cover of darkness, only bringing with him a bolt pistol and a combat knife if things had truly gotten bad. As he managed to stay out of vision, he went deeper to the lair, the deeper he went the less purity seals and the more hedonistic items adorned the walls, the screams got louder and the laughter and pleasure louder so. As Cadiuss hid behind a wall near the doorway of a room, he would see the room, filled with blood. Blood, ejaculate, numerous torture devices and horrid "musical instruments". He witnessed the Inquisitor himself painfully torturing a beautiful lady that had many men wanting her hand in marriage. Now here she lies on a steel uncomfortable operating table, being mutilated by a former Holy Inquisitor that As the inquisitor mutilated her with a dull chainsword. She screamed and screamed of pain, begging for the Emperors Mercy upon her. The Inquisitor that had fallen to Slaanesh only laughed as he began to rape her already mutilated body.

The once beautiful lady being torn in half by the Inquisitor and the chain blade and being pumped with drugs to keep her alive. Hours passed as it continued and she had finally died woth the Inquisitor climaxxing in pleasure and the chainblade running out of fuel. And that was only a single night that Cadiuss had witnessed. As the inquisitor left to his room to do the unknown, Cadiuss slowly crept into the room, making sure there was no presence. He saw the most terrifying of sights. The Imperial Eagle desecrated, Holy Seals torn in half, Mutilated bodies. Horribly mutilated bodies in different ways. Cadiuss saw the distinct marks of chainblades and bayonets left upon the bodies of the unfortunate. He scanned the room and a truly horrid sight caught his eye. A pregnant woman on an operatong table, with a cut from her behind reaching to her chest with her unborn fetus being hung off of a meathook with its umbilical cord being used to choke the already dead and cold body. And he had seen, Dina, covered in her blood and ejaculate. Lying dead and mutilated horribly and raped horribly. With a meathook hanging her from the ceiling by her neck. Her legs had been torn off and her whole stomach open with the intestines decorating the room as some sort of sick art dedicated to Slaanesh. Cadiuss burst into the room of the Inquisitor bolt pistol in hand, he yelled to the heretical inquisitor "YOU HERETIC! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN! HOW DARE YOU DO CRIMES UPON HUMANITY! I WILL PURGE YOU IN THE EMPERORS NAME! DIE!"

*BLAM!* *BLAM!*

The inquisitor jumped up to grab a pistol but it was too late, Cadiuss had shot him in the head, giving him the Emperors Justice. Cadiuss saw the most terrifying thing in the room. Maps and battle plans, with offerings to Slaanesh blessing the foul items, with that Cadiuss went on the vox, he yelled into the vox "Brothers! The inquisitor has fallen to Slaanesh! Contact the Ordo Malleus now! I see maps of the hive world and battle plans for a Daemonic Incursion! With haste!" Cadiuss had rushed out with a quick sketch of the maps and plans and detonated a krak grenade in the Inquisitors room, he then rushed out of the Evil lair with bolt pistol in hand, shooting heretics that had tried to stop him. Cadiuss was furious, beset by anger and sadness, he nearly fell to the rage before he left the unholy and horridly heretical area. He had called in a thunderhawk and arrived at the Battle barge. He summoned the other commanders and captains to start a battle plan of the events soon to come. The Planetary Defense Force's commanders and the planetary governor were summoned onto the Imperial Guard HQ of the regiment stationed there to start planning the defense of the hive world. As the astropaths were sending out messages to the other Astartes chapters and Imperial Guard regiments for backup. A regiment of the Catachan Jungle fighters, a freeblade knight, and a company of the Excorcists Astartes chapter. As a slow stream of reinforcements arrived slowly, ever closer had the planned incursion was to appear. Several weeks had passed and only a portion of the Catachan regiment had arrived and the Freeblade was scheduled to arrive in a week or so. The Excorcists have not said when or if they are really going through to deploying on Maxim IX. As the 7th, 8th, and 9th Company Captains, the Commanders of the PDF and the Astra Militarum regiments present were holding a meeting on how the defense was held. As they had planned the defense of Maxim IX, they took up the Imperial Guard and PDF numbers, their training and target practice data, their greatest shames and glories, the ammunition and ordnance ready, the manufactorum's output capacity, the tanks present, the amount of artillery, and all of that took 7 days. Now they were to talk about the present fleets in orbit and the strategic points of defense on the planet and where possible agents of Chaos may have been planted, where the guardsmen were to hold the line and where the Artillery and heavy weapons were to be placed on the defense lines, As the statistics have been going on and Cadiuss giving his inputs to the other commanders and Brother Captains, he couldn't help but think about vengeance for Dina. Though he had killed the Fallen Inquisitor, he knew that he had been corrupted by those Daemons who were to tear into real space. He knew he himself and his brothers were to be placed onto the front line, although, less than 300 Astartes were not enough. Let alone cursed Astartes at that. He knew he was to die, or atleast a high possibility of dying on Maxim IX. He knew that most of the civillians were to die if they were not evacuated. He knew that no other Astartes chapters would even want to go near him and his brothers, cursed he was branded by all the others. Cursed. Although labelled as cursed and unworthy as Astartes, He knew him and his brothers had a duty to this world, a duty to the Imperium and the Emperor. Weeks of planning and weeks of building up the defences, The pyskers and astropaths started getting nightmares, riots started erupting, lesser daemons started appearing, warp tears started opening, Daemonettes, hundreds upon hundreds have appeared, an Emperors Children war band of all, a greater daemon of slaanesh had appeared. The Lord of Ecstasy, a horrid yet beautiful form. 2 bodies in one. On the left side, lie the large bosoms of a beautiful lady, and on the other, several large phallic forms as big as an Astartes arm. And the horrid face and legs. One that no form could not be tempted by. A beautiful face, horned head, and legs that resembled to tentacles of a foul taint. The guardsmen trenches positioned outside the walls of the hive opened fire. A wall of pure bright red beams of lasguns and the streaks of fire of heavy bolters covering the ground. And those positioned on top of the walls, the humongous artillery batteries opened fire, the defense lasers and flak emplacements opened fire upon the mass of daemonettes and cultists. Though they knew no end. The Emperors children noise marines had appeared with their horrid and terrible weapons. As they filled the thick black air of the world with songs of slaanesh. The fire was still on going yet slowly being lessened as every guardsman and gunner rushed to cover their ears so they wouldn't go deaf or just flat out explode. The Traitor marines had charged on towards the trenches yet the flak emplacements were still firing. As several heretic Predator tanks opened fire upon the turrets with Noise marines making their songs of slaanesh be heard throughout the whole world, their noise that's hardly near an excuse of a song was so horridly loud listening to it for a mere second was deadly enough to make someone go deaf or make their head just flat out explode to a red mist with brainmatter flying around to cover the others near the poor person in blood and a lifeless corpse of the one affected. As the wall of las fire and heavy bolters keep firing upon the foul heresy that has entered this world, targeted by the foul taint of chaos and the decadence of Slaanesh, the Emperors light is slowly being snuffed out by the overt luxury and excess of the slaaneshi tide of heresy being burned by the Emperors wrath. Although the tide of heresy is starting to go closer to the Astra Militarum, and the riots within the walls are getting ever more intense. The daemons get stronger with every death and peak of emotion. Although the weapons started overheating and needed reloading, whilst there was fire, it was not enough to purge the heresy, so the tide of daemons and daemonettes started rushing into the trenches, Traitor Marines jumped into the trenches and opened fire with their Bolt guns as the noise marines kept everyone distracted. Predator tanks opened fire and vindicators broke the massive gates and walls of the hive city. Walls enough to keep the citizenry safe from what lays outside of the Imperial light of civilization, broken down just like that. It was time for the Astartes to fight, as the Mustard yellow battle brothers charged in with bolter and blade in hand, as they purged the heresy in the Name Of The Emperor, as they fired upon every daemonette and cultist in sight, the collective roar of the bolters of a squad of Lamenters was nearly loud enough to overtake the noise weaponry, as snipers fired upon the noise marines, the irritating and painful noises that once filled the skies vanished as there was no one to play them. As soon as the noise marines fell to the ground, the guardsmen opened fire again, though the ones in the trench had fallen and perished, they were able to destroy a large chunk of the daemon tide, yet they still kept on coming. Astartes boltgun tore through daemonette warp matter, as Chainsword ripped through cultist flesh and warp matter, the Astartes of Alpha squad of the 8th company ripped and tore through the tide of daemons, a circle of 10 Lamenters surrounded by a tide of hundreds of daemons, whilst they shot, burned, and slashed the daemons apart one by one, they had realized that the numbers knew no end. As they had fought for hours upon hours their chainswords started to run low on promethium and the bolters started running low, they unsheathed their combat knives and opened their last reserves of ammunition they had kept on themselves. They had replenished the ammunition and used their combat knives as impromptu bayonets, no matter what the single squad of Lamenters did not give up. As soon as guard reinforcements came to, they had witnessed the pile of bodies upon bodies of cultists and daemonettes. The squad had done their work. Some corpses had their torsos blown off and slashed in half brutally. The amount of daemons killed in this skirmish paled in comparison to the ones killed outside. Still, the brothers could not celebrate the small victories as they still had the duty of evacuating the civillians. They had to rendezvous along with the remnants on 9th company and bravo and Charlie squads to the evacuation center by the star port, which will no doubt be targeted by Slaaneshi Daemons, and even the traitor marines. As we head back to Cadiuss, he had been fighting daemons as well, the exception was that he also had to fight traitor marines as he defended the encampment. Him and his brothers, a mere 10 Astartes were to hold out against the tide rushing towards the civillians. A callback to the battle on Teletraan VII, Cadiuss knew what was to happen. He pointed his Bolt Pistol to the air and unsheathed his Power defiantly roared "FOR THOSE WE CHERISH! WE DIE IN GLORY!" As him and his brothers roared the warcry. The Daemonettes had charged. Cadiuss expertly parried and slashed attacks, violently slicing it through the skin of a daemonette who dared to face the Emperors Wrath Incarnate. As Cadiuss parried incoming blows from the enemy, he slashed those in half who dare defile the land. Cadiuss valiantly parried every blow with his blade and sliced the daemonettes in half. As he was preoccupied, he noticed a traitor marine charging him with a warped and tortured chainblade. Cadiuss brought his blade around, and parried the blow expertly, he had brought his bolt pistol to the heretical traitor and fired upon the torso of the heretic. The Power sword had been brought up overhead and brought all the way down to the heretics head with the speed and strength of a ship crashing down onto a planet, he had brought the Venerable Blade to the traitor and the blade started cutting through the once Holy Astartes armor like a hot knife through butter, as the blade penetrated through the armor in mere seconds, the corrupted Astartes started to get cut in half by the disruptor field of the Holy blade being swung deeper into the heretic, as every passing second and every inch deeper the blade sunk into the skin of the traitor, it inflicted heavy damage to the chaos marine, It screamed of pain and pleasure, Cadiuss disgusted by the foul being fully ripped the heretic in half and beheaded the traitor. The Daemonettes seemed to have paused to watch the Emperors Children marine being ripped in half by Cadiuss, The Golden Warrior of Disfortune. He ripped through every Daemonette in sight, he guided his Blade to its targets and the Blade had ripped them apart with its Holy Fury with mastery. As Cadiuss was hacking and slashing daemonettes, his brother squadmates had also been doing the same with chainblade, and boltgun. The Chaos advance had been slowed by the stalwart defenders of the hiveworld. A giant form came flying down from the sky, as it crashed down right in front of Cadiuss, right around 30 feet from his face, The Drop pod opened, The Freeblade knight defiantly shouted "I AM FREEBLADE KNIGHT KANTOR! LAST OF HOUSE KADDUS! HERE TO TAKE VENGEANCE UPON YOU FOUL HERETICS! FOR THE EMPEROR!" The knight valiantly and defiantly charged towards the daemonettes, he opened fire with his Gatling cannon, effortlessly ripping through tides of daemons with every second that passes whilst he fires, with his humongous chainblade, with anger he massacred the daemons, and chaos marines he sees. The Freeblade Knight took vengeance for his brothers and fellow knights of House Kaddus. He took on the whole tide of daemons until they pushed no longer. As Kantor took the pressure off of Cadiuss and his brothers, they got a vox message from the higher ups that they were to evacuate the citizens as fast as possible since a group of chaos marines had been advancing here along with enemy tanks and possibly a chaos knight as well. Cadiuss reported "Brother commander we simply cannot just evacuate them any faster or just stuff them in the ship! We need more time and then we can establish an evacuation center or a shelter deeper into the hive!" The Commander, already annoyed yelled into the vox "BROTHER JUST DO IT! I CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE YOUR COMPANY REMNANTS! LET ALONE THAT KNIGHT! EMPEROR DAMNED IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR POWER ASS OVER HERE IM GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU WILL DEAD OR ALIVE!"Cadiuss flinched as the Commanders usual calm had been compromised, but he nonetheless replied "Understood brother commader. I will do my duty." Cadiuss sighed deeply, as if it was a bottomless pit. "Brothers, we must transport the civillians to the shelter deeper in the hive. Freeblade Knight Kantor, may you assist us in this endeavor?" "I will indeed aid you and your Battle Brothers, Space Marine." The massive knight replied to him in a God like mechanical voice. Cadiuss nodded and signaled for his brothers to get ready and gather the civillians into a nearby Rhino within the vicinity. There wasn't enough room for all the Astartes to fit in the Rhino so they just had to make do by walking next to the Rhino or sitting atop it. Either way Cadiuss manned the storm bolter mounted atop the vehicle to spot nearby enemies as they drove along the roads on the highway en route to the shelter. The journey was atleast a day and a half yet they had women and children in the rhino, and the men that were to be evacuated were given las guns and assigned to help protect the Rhino, whilst the others were to keep everyone else calm. Hours had passed by with nothing but the raging fury of a battle on going nearby. A small bunker with guardsmen holding out against several chaos marines. Though their numbers are few at the moment they are reported to be atleast 800 strong by those in the frontlines. Right now the Imperial Forces lost quite the bit of ground and had to fall back, hence moving the refugees somewhere else for the time being. Cadiuss instructed a Sergeant along with 2 other brothers to dispatch the Traitor astartes and make the guardsmen follow along with them on the retreat back to the shelter. The Sergeant led his 2 brothers to the skirmish, with boltgun in hand he quickly took out 2 of the traitors by sending them a shot of the Emperors Wrath to their heads so they may repent to the Emperor, while the one of the Lamenters grabbed a stalker bolter and dispatched the traitor and the cultist behind him with but a single shot. The 3rd marine threw a krak grenade to what appeared to be the squad leader and finished it off with a bolt pistol round to the eye. As the Space Marines walked towards the guardsmen, the guardsmen breathed a sigh of relief to see Space Marines had come to aid them, the Sergeant had gathered the guardsmen and their Chimera to form a convoy of sorts to increase the chances of survival on their travels to the shelter. The civillians were then put in the Chimera for extra space in the Rhino for the women and children since the Rhino was safer, they used the Chimera as a resting station for the guardsmen if battle were to come. A single squad of guardsmen without a Commissar, a squad of Astartes cursed with bad luck, a Freeblade knight hungering for vengeance, and atleast 30 or so refugees with children. The worst possible was to come. As the Rhino moved up the war torn city, with the Chimera following behind whilst the Freeblade Knight watched around the surroundings for threats. The wide road cluttered with sandbags, defense positions, and rubble with debris everywhere. The battle raging can be heard from all the way here, it was still a days journey to the shelter at maximum. Cadiuss couldn't help but worry about the passengers in the Rhino, he came down from the storm bolter to check on them. He had noticed a mother was having trouble calming down her son, a young boy was crying in the corner of the Rhino, in the arms of his mother. The mother was frightened by the size of Cadiuss and wore a scared expression on her face as Cadiuss came closer to them. Cadiuss had asked the mother, "What is he crying about?" the mother quietly replied to the giant of a Space marine, "Hes crying because they killed his sister right infront of him. She died almost instantly but-" the mother on the verge of tears, she also started crying. Cadiuss took his Helm off, he said to both the crying refugees, "Calm down, your sister and your daughter wouldn't want to see you two like this. Stay strong for her, and For the Emperor." Cadiuss comforted them, the mother wiped the tears off her eyes and shushed her son. Cadiuss opened his arms so he may hug the mother and her child, the mother rested her head upon the Ceramite armor of Cadiuss, the cold ceramite somewhat comforting her. As Cadiuss tried his best to comfort the two, they kept crying. He heard on the vox, "Brother Captain? Where are you? Aren't you to man the Storm Bolter?" Cadiuss replied to the weary Sergeant, "Brother, I am simply checking upon those in the Rhino, I will need but 3 minutes." As Cadiuss comforted the two, he had to leave and go back up to the guns, he apologized to the two and walked back up to the gun and put his helm back on. As he scanned the war torn city, he saw nothing but rubble, corpses, and several animals eating the corpses for nutrients. The convoy was but several streets away from the shelter. The Rhino being followed by the Chimera and the Freeblade knight, they were but 10 minutes away from the shelter. They had communicated with the defenders of the shelter through the vox to not open fire upon them. Although it was quiet this day, nothing was happening. No bolter fire, no las fire. Just pure silence. As they had passed the rounding corner to the Shelter, the corpses of the defenders decorated the place. Dead guardsmen and mutilated guardswomen. And the large adamantium door sealed shut. Cadiuss and his brothers were shocked. The Shelter had fallen. He reported to command that the shelter had fallen, although command was adamant that there were still defenders alive. Cadiuss commanded one of his brothers to open the door. The door unsealed, and the scene was shocking. The refugees were ready to die and clenched their loved ones close to them, Cadiuss confirmed the refugees were still alive, although there was just a Catachan and but a single medic protecting the hundreds of civillians in this massive shelter. Cadiuss saw the civillians gaze upon his brothers and the guardsmen in fear. He introduced himself. "I am Cadiuss, the Captain of the 9th Company of the Lamenters, what has happened here? I need a report on what has happened here, as we have brought more refugees to drop off here." The Catachan shook, but composed himself replied to Cadiuss, "Lord Astartes, we could not holdthem off any longer. All my comrades outside were keeping the enemy at bay, their numbers knew no end and we started to run low on ammo, they had me and a medic sealed in with the civillians to atleast keep them alive until reinforcements came. Its been atleast several days since it happened. I still remember their screams and the laughter of the daemons. We are still somewhat stocked up on food and water although not much in the way of defenders." Cadiuss nodded, he called to his brothers, "Brothers! We are to protect the civillians here! Unload the others and bring them in here, Guardsmen! Set up a perimeter and try and salvage what equipment is left here, Freeblade Kantor, may you aid us in the defense of this shelter?" The massive venerable knight looked down towards Cadiuss, and replied "Indeed I will, noble astartes. I will aid in defending the refugees." Cadiuss nodded and gave his thanks, he scanned the area for a vox caster to communicate with high command, he saw nothing but wounded civillians and small stacks of unorganized supplies. He walked back into the rhino to get to the vox caster and turned it on. Nothing but static came from the vox caster, aside from the occasional screams of pain and crys for backup. This was the last "standing" Imperial defense in the outer hive. Cadiuss had sent out a message to everyone that was willing to accept it. A call for backup to the hive world of Maxim IX, he had contacted several chapters and astra militarum regiments. Only the Black Dragons had accepted the call to arms. The estimated time of their arrival was atleast several weeks. The Exorcists whom pledged their arrival at the start of the siege had not replied, let alone said anything. There was no hope for them to even appear anymore. Cadiuss had the guardsmen fortify the entrance as much as they could, they were manning the heavy guns on the watch towers and sand bags in front of the massive door. Cadiuss had one of his brothers, Brother Demetrius, a tactical marine stationed with the guardsmen to improve their morale and give them commands if the enemy were to come. The Freeblade Knight, Kantor was standing ready for an enemy that was to come. Cadiuss had sent out 3 guardsmen to scout the area for an enemy presence. Hours later and just 1, a heavily wounded guardsman returned. It was worse than Cadiuss had thought. Hundreds of cultists, traitor marines, several dreadnoughts, and a damned Chaos Knight! Cadiuss sent the pitiful sight to the medics and volounteers to patch him up. Estimated time of arrival of the heretic filth was to be but in hours. Mere hours to prepare what few weapons and fortifications they had. They were not Imperial Fists, nor masters of siege craft. They were Lamenters, tasked with the safe guarding of the people of the Imperium. He knew him and his brothers were to fight tooth and nail for the people in this shelter. He knew what was to be done. Hours of preparations had passed, counting ammunition, planning escape routes, defense formations. Out of the 10 Astartes, 4 Tactical Marines were defending the gate with the Guardsmen, 2 Devestators, 1 Sniper, and 2 Assault Marines alongside Cadiuss were to be the Vanguard and the Last ones to live. Not even 20 guardsmen and atleast 10 volunteers who picked up lasguns and autoguns willing to aid in the defense… It had gotten silent. Eerily quiet to the point your ears were ringing. All that could be heard was your heart pumping and your breathing….. boom! The attack had begun. Chaos marines charged forth with heretic cultists behind them. Cultists were used as a sort of human shield for the Traitor marines. Guardsmen opened fire with their lasguns and heavy bolter emplacements, as the lascannon emplacement waits for its prey. Lasgun fire poured unto the heretics as if it was Holy Water upon a daemon. The Marines that Cadiuss had assigned opened fire along with the guardsmen, targeting the traitor marines whilst the guardsmen fired upon the cultists, the cultists started shooting back, shots were missing. Autogun and Lasgun fired alike, bullets whizzed by the heads of guardsmen who were behind cover, the heavy bolter emplacement thinned the ranks rapidly, though the numbers of heretics outnumbered those that have been purged. The Astartes opened fire while yelling litanies to Sanguinius and The Emperor. Cultists opened fire upon the Lamenters though no shots had even gotten near to scratching the Power armour of the Astartes, The Tactical Marine aimed for the heads of the heretics and swiftly killed as much of them as much as a magazine of a bolter would allow until he needed to reload. The traitors used corpses as shields for they had no cover. The traitors fired upon the guardsmen, one by one they exploded in organs and blood as every bolt shot made contact. Even behind cover they were not safe from the heretical bolter fire. The Devastator laid covering fire for the guardsmen to move to another position. The Heavy Bolter roared continuously as if it was The Emperors Anger incarnate. Cultists exploded left and right while traitors either tried to deflect the bolt rounds with their pauldrons or fell as they got shot. The Tactical Marine roared in defiance "COME! SHOW ME WHAT COUNTS AS FURY AMONGST YOUR MISBEGOTTEN KIND! FOR SANGUINIUS!" The Traitors opened fire and focused on the Devastator, as bolt shell and autogun whizzed past, a bolt shell bounced off the pauldron. The Devestator was still firing upn the heretics, whizzzz….. BOOM! The Devastator had been shot in the chest, shot in one of his lungs, he collapsed on the ground and dropped his heavy bolter. He coughed up blood in his helmet, he got up and aimed his Heavy bolter towards the heretical bastard who dared to fire back. The Tactical Marine with his Boltgun fired upon the Traitor squad leader, Cultists rushed forth, a small horde of them rushed forth, Freeblade Knight Kantor was waiting for the Chaos knight that was to come, He was told to wait and intervene once the Marines couldn't handle it. Cultists were getting cut down by las fire, Traitors were getting purged by Bolter fire. An enemy dreadnought had appeared, It fired its cannons upon the guardsmen, several dying in one shot of the cannon, The Knight charged forward towards the Dreadnought, With the chainblade mounted on the Knight revving in anticipation, it roared in fury as it had made contact with the dreadnought, every individual tooth on the chainblade ripped through the adamantium and seconds later the marine inside was violently torn apart by the chainblade, the dreadnought collapsed onto the cold concrete road alongside the other corpses and bodies. And just as the dreadnought fell the Chaos Knight had made landfall in its wretched drop pod. Kantor declared to the chaotic machine, "YOU SHALL FALL HERE! FOR HOUSE KADDUS! FOR THE EMPEROR!" The Knight charged forth towards the Chaotic machine, The Chaotic machine struck Kantor with its chainsword on the pauldron, Kantor fired his Gatling cannon towards the chaos knight and forced his Chainsword through the massive Hull of the chaotic knight. The chainsword, penetrating the hull, revved and tore the insides on the heretic knight as if it was a human since the gooey insides of the knight had replaced the wires and machinery with flesh and blood. The chaotic knight fell to the ground, but not without erratically firing its melta gun everywhere, destroying Loyalists and Traitors alike. All the bloodshed on the world had been enough to the point for Khornate Daemons to start appearing, but there was nothing that could be done at this point. A blood thirster tore its way out of a Portal on top and toppled Kantor. The Knight under the feet of the blood thirster struggled to move his chainblade into the blood thirster, just as the Blood thirster was about to impale Kantor with its blade, Kantor released a barrage of fire with his Gatling cannon, nearly killing and heavily wounding the Daemon. Just as more and more daemons appeared, drop pods fell from the sky. Black drop pods with a crest of a white dragon. The drop pod fell on top of a horde of daemons, crushing them under its weight instantly, the drop pod doors opened and out came several Space Marines clad in black. Something was off about them, they had horns yet no signs of Chaos. It was the Black Dragons. They had arrived early, as the dragons got to work almost instantly, hacking and slashing daemons and traitors with their bone blades, the Captain of the Black Dragons 7th Company, Sidonious had come onto the Vox, "Lamenters, your backup has arrived!" Just he said that, Crimson drop pods had fell from the heavens and crushing daemons under it. The doors opened and the Daemon Slayers had arrived. The Exorcists came after all. They opened fire upon the daemons with Boltgun and Thunder Hammer. Captain Androcles of the Exorcists 5th Company had charged out of one of the Drop pods with Thunder Hammer and shield, destroying the foul daemons with ease, alongside the Black Dragons and the fire from the Lamenters, they had caused immense casualties amongst the traitors and daemons. As the battle had ended, squads upon squads of Loyalist Astartes had come in aid to defend the Shelter of civillians. Cadiuss had come to meet the other Captains. Cadiuss walked up to Sidonious, and Androcles. He had bowed as a sign of gratitude towards them. Sidonious had asked Cadiuss, "Brother Lamenter, what is the current situation on this Hive world?" Cadiuss replied to him in a dire tone, "Currently my company only has 10 Battle Brothers at the ready, including me. The several guardsmen that have accompanied us helped us take the civillians w rescued to this shelter. The previous defenders died in the defense before we had arrived, a single guardsman remained to guard the civillians inside, they are all safe luckily…" Androcles said "Brother Cadiuss, may we have the civillians evacuated so we may push into through the tide to meet up with the other battle brothers defending the rest of the hive? Ive received reports that this sector of the hive had been abandoned save for this single outpost." Cadiuss agreed "Indeed Brother Androcles, we must evacuate them as of now, Brother Sidonious, prepare your thunder hawks for the civillians will you?" Sidonious nodded and hailed the Pilots and some brothers to take them to the strike cruiser. Cadiuss then asked Androcles, "Brother Androcles may you prepare the thunder hawks for our transportation?" Androcles nodded and hailed the thunderhawks upon the strike cruiser. The Civillians were brought into the Thunderhawks then to the strike cruisers. Reports indicated that the main point of defense was the walls of the capitol of the hive. The Daemons were getting closer and closer, soon the Inquisition might get involved. If this keeps getting worse. As the Astartes had boarded the Thunderhawks and the Guardsmen in the Rhino and the Chimera used previously, with some in the Thunderhawks as well. They made their trip to the Capitol. As the Three Captains had heard what had been happening on the Vox by the Capitol, nothing good was happening. Sisters of Battle from the Order of the Valorous Heart had been deployed with an Army of Krieg along with a Titan Legion for Emperors sake! The three knew that their help was greatly needed there to atleast aid in fending off the warp spawn. As the Thunderhawks descended they were already being fired upon, forcing the troops inside to quickly deploy to lay down covering fire. Devastators had gotten out first and started to rain down Holy Bolt fire upon the Khornate and Slaameshi warp spawn. Tides of daemons, traitor marines, and cultists charged forth towards the defenders of the Capitol. The Capitol's PA system was playing battle marches and battle hymns to increase the fighting spirit of the defenders. Ancient music recounting the defense of the Home of The Holy, and defending the Holy land in the name of the Lord. As Boltgun and Blade tore through traitor and loyalist alike, Cadiuss and the Lamenter squad he led were holding a defensive line that he and Sidonious and Androcles had formed with the guardsmen. The defensive line was to protect the thunderhawks that had landed until they could take off again. Cadiuss had taken the Bolter from the thunderhawk and held it in one hand with the powersword on the other. He along with the Lamenters, Black Dragons, and Exorcists opened fire upon the Traitor legions that had come towards them, World eaters and Emperors children were but not a match for the sheer will of the Cursed Chapters and the Daemon hunters of the Imperium. Cadiuss as if it was the Horus Heresy, slashed through traitors with his blades and killed those at range with his boltgun, whilst jump assault Astartes flew to the skies with jetpacks spewing blue flames, and crashed down upon the rear and the flanks of traitors surrounding them almost immediately, closing upon them they purged the foul traitors with chainsword and bolter. Tactical marines had aimed and fired upon the more armored targets and brought them down with Holy bolt fire as if the Emperor himself was guiding their shots. But slowly the traitors were gaining guard and loyalists started to gain casualties. World eaters slashed guardsmen and Astartes alike with their barbaric chain axes and boltgun. A guardsman could not help but helplessly fire his lasgun towards a world eater rushing towards him with a chainaxe, the World eater was about to bring his chain axe up to kill the guardsman, but the Commissar had rushed infront of the Guardsman and dueled the World Eater with his Bolt pistol and Chainblade. Reinforcements had arrived. The Commissar swiftly dodged the attacks and revved his blade and stuck it into the torso of the traitor astartes, although the World eater was not fazed by this, he brought his axe overhead thanking Khorne for his blessings but the Guardsmen, snapped out of the shock charged his lasgun and destroyed the Chain axe with several shots, saving the Commissar from the painful death he was to receive. The Commissar brought his chainsword up to bear, almost carrying the Astartes up with the chainsword. The traitor panicking on how a mere mortal was killing him, The Commissar yelled, "FOR THE EMPEROR TRAITOR SCUM!" And brutally murdered the khornate berzerker. Androcles with his Storm Shield and Thunder Hammer, skillfully blocked blows from berzerkers left and right, will destroying them with his Hammer of Death. Sidnonious was hacking and slashing into Slaaneshi Daemonettes, effortlessly slahing them with his bone blades as if they were nothing but parchment to him. Cadiuss was fighting a World eater berzerker clad in Terminator armour and wielding thunder claws. Cadiuss rushed towards the terminator, firing his boltgun and slashing his Power sword through the Terminator, although the Terminator was nigh invulnerable, Cadiuss brought his boltgun to the torso of the Terminator, emptied his magazine at full auto and impaled the heretic with his power sword, and tearing him in half with the power sword. Suddenly the humongous tide of warp spawn and traitors was being blasted to pieces, The Emperors Thunder struck. Artillery support had rained down upon the heretics as a rolling barrage, Titans walked and left destruction in their wake, Convoys of tanks left nothing but fire and wreckages in their wake, The PA was blasting the hymn of battle, its machine spirit roaring, "FOR THE GRACE AND THE MIGHT OF THE LORD! FOR THE HOME OF THE HOLY!" Bolter, lasgun, chainblade, powersword, Imperial Forces were pushing the tide of daemons back. Titans and new found reinforcements had deployed. Golden rays of light shone from the skies, Saint Celestine and the Sanguinor. Absolutely ripping into tides of daemons like it was nothing! Although suddenly the air had gotten sickly and panic was on the vox. Worshippers of Nurgle and plaguebearers, and the Death Guard Traitor Legion had advanced forth from their horrid and sickly ships in orbit. 3 Traitor Legions and nearly millions of Daemons were attacking the Hive World of Maxim IX with only a million defenders, with more coming by the second. Grey Knights, the daemon hunters of the Inquisition, Death Korps of Krieg, the guardsmen renowned for never losing fate, and even the Cadians had been deployed. The Astartes held a valiant defence with the guardsmen and Sororitas, Holy Fire everywhere, as if the world itself was being burned by the Emperors Light to Cleanse the taint of Chaos. The 2 saints and the Legion of the Damned appeared to help aid the defenders. But the Daemons never stopped coming and the Defenders started to lose more and more lives. They needed to fall back to the Plaza of the Capitol, they lost the outer area walls. The Sisters of the Valorous Heart, The Astartes of the Exorcists and Grey Knights, The Guardsmen of the Cadian regiments. Those who were angered deeply by the Daemons fought as if this was a second battle of Cadia (Cadia stands!). Guardsmen were taking revenge for their world, Grey Knights were cleansing the filth, the Sisters shouting Litanies to The Emperor, They were holding a valiant defense of the Plaza while the Kriegers were in a firing line in the trenches, cutting down whoever even dared to go near the Plaza. The Jump Assault Marines and Vanguard Veterans were doing what they could to slow down the incoming tides of Daemons and traitors with ferocious Hit and Run attacks. Several Lamenters in the nearby 8th Company had fallen to the Black Rage, viciously attacking daemon and traitor alike as if they were all Horus. No matter how many times they were hit they tore heretics limb from limb and fired upon the foul smut with boltgun as if they were Sanguinius in his last moments on the Vengeful Spirit. Cadiuss had nearly fallen to the rage several times during the battle, The Chapter Master, Malakim Phoros was even able to pull himself out of the Black Rage, at the cost of his sanity and him becoming more and more depressed. The Battle raged on, Warlord Titans, Knights, and other God Machines charged forth and tore through tides of heretics like nothing. Freeblade Knight Kantor found who he was to take his vengeance upon. The Slaaneshi Daemon Engine. A Warlord titan tainted by the powers of Chaos. Possessed by a greater daemon of Slaanesh. The Luxuries of Darkness. Kantor had called out the heretic and charged forth to regain the Honour of House Kaddus and take vengeance upon the foul heretic, Kantor forced his chainblade into the torso of the Titan, but he couldn't do anything but angrily rev the chainsword and rip into the insides of the Titan while it was charging up its weapons to kill Kantor. Out of Defiance he opened fire with his Missiles and Gatling cannon and overloaded his reactor, Killing him and the titan as a final act of Defiance and vengeance. The Last remaining Knight of house Kaddus was no more, ammo supplies were getting low and started to dwindle. Supply ships were getting shot down, Chaotic Energies started to strengthen and the Light of The Emperor flickered, although the laughter of the greedy "gods" became ever louder, The Stalwart Imperial Defenders' faith did not waiver. The Imperial Saints, The Sanguinor, Saint Celestine, and the Legion of the Damned were still killing heretics. At one point a Contemptor Dreadnought of the Legion of the Damned, although faint you could see the markings, unmistakably Emperors Children, As the dreadnought purged his once loyal, now traitor brothers, going against how the Legion of The Damned were always silent, he roared "I am he who remembers! The ancient of Rites!" The other Damned Legionnaires' also roared. Their fire grew even more vibrant and burned as If it was the sword of the Emperor, Saint Celestine and the Sanguinor aided the Sororitas and the Lamenters, Cadiuss in awe could not help but watch the Holy Saints and the Holy presence of the Legion. Grey Knights tore through the Daemons whilst roaring Litanies to The Emperor, same with the Sororitas. Chaplains of the Exorcists joined them and Litanies could be heard with flamers and bolters as if it was a chorus or an orchestra. The Black Dragons, slowly getting more and more overwhelmed called for aid from those nearby, Legionaries had opened fire upon the Heretics and relieved thee Dragons with ease. Sidonious caught off guard was impaled by a World Eater with a chainsword, right through his torso, his primary heart and his lungs impaled. He could not breathe, all he could do was cough blood under his helmet, he tried to kill the World eater with his bone blades, he was far too weak to move from the blood loss. He shortly died right after, his brothers angered by the loss of their Captain, rushed towards the Enemy with renewed vigor, joining those who fell to the rage and the Damned Legionaries. As the Fallen were being slowly being torn apart, along with the Black Dragons who were blinded by the rage were being killed off one by one as Space Marine fell after another, The Saints did the best they could but nothing could be done to take back the dead. Cadiuss witnessing the death of Sidonious, called for his forces to fall back and regroup with the Sororitas and the Grey Knights. Fighting got more and more intense to the point that for every Traitor killed, Loyalist fell right after. In this condition, the Imperials were getting outnumbered, even with the undying faith of the defenders and the Saint killing greater Daemons with ease and the Legionaries purging hundreds of heretics every passing minute. The kriegers were not allowed to lead a suicidal charge no matter what, they were forced to stay in the trenches and fire. Soon enough extra Commissars were needed for the Kriegers, Millions upon millions beams of las fire from the trenches as if it were streaks of red on a canvas killed daemons and traitors but traitor titans were starting to gain more ground against the Loyalist titans, despite their best efforts they were forced to fall back to the final rallying point. A massive Cathedral under the Order of the Ardent Shroud. The Lamenters were in charge of protecting the southwest sector of the massive Cathedral which was practically nearly as big as a hive sector on a lesser hive world. The Daemon hunters of the Grey Knights, Valorous Hearts, and Exorcists were in charge of dealing with the Northern Sector, which was thick with daemons to the point you could see tides of Crimson, Purple, and Green as if the world had been painted. The carpet of daemons and traitor marines charged forth towards the only standing Imperial Defense sight was the Plaza within the capital. Guardsmen, Sisters, Marines, Knights, Titans, Tanks, and even Living Saints. As if a second retelling of the Siege of Cadia (it stands ok) hordes of daemons and traitors with no end in numbers. A direct portal from the immaterium from the origin of the siege. Craters where reactors had gone critical, craters from barrages and bombing runs, hulks of tanks and vehicles, corpses as far as the eye can see. The PA system had long since fallen silent, The Sanguinor and Saint Celestine were fighting alongside their followers, The Sanguinor aiding the Lamenters and Saint Celestine with the Sororitas of the Valorous Heart and the Ardent Shroud. The Witch Hunters of the Exorcists and Grey Knights were fighting a valorous and defiant stand against the foul daemonic presence, with no change in the tide of battle. It was a stale mate slowly turning to the favor of Chaos. Victory ever slowly slipping away from the clutches of the Imperium. Damned Legionaries had gone restless. They charged forth dealing loads of damage to the Daemon Horde. No blows that the chaotic forces or energies could muster could even scratch the Legionaries. As if the Emperors Wrath itself had made manifest on the battlefield. The Legionaries tore through the lines killing whatever stayed in their way. Back to the defensive lines being held by the Lamenters and the guardsmen. Lamenters holding the lines with Terminators and several Dreadnoughts, raining bolt fire upon the incoming tide while also being shot at. Tainted boltguns and lasguns killing guardsmen and Lamenter alike. Brother Terminator Nathaniel, purging heretics with his assault cannon and his missile launchers mounted upon his back, Venerable Dreadnought Barachiel crushing heretics in his power claw and mowing down heretics with his assault cannon. Brother Captain Cadiuss was shooting down Traitors with his boltgun on his left hand and the Power sword slashing through heretics on his right. Just as a traitor was about to shoot Cadiuss in the head, Brother Sergeant Tiberos tore through the traitor with his chainsword while throwing a krak grenade at the traitors. Cadiuss, Tiberos, and the other Brothers armed with Blade and Bolter formed a circle with their blades and boltgun whilst the Terminators and Dreadnought were giving them ample cover fire over their heads. Lasguns poured upon the traitor marines and did all but nothing but even scratch them, though in high numbers, the lasgun can kill marines.

(I don't own the art, cant draw worth groxshit so yeah.)

As the heretics fell before the Lamenters and the guardsmen, reports on the Northern sector indicated that a Daemon Prince was spotted above heading by towards the Southwest sector. The greater Daemon of Khorn, C'igran the Hellstrider, Bleeder of Worlds. Soon enough the daemonic presence strengthened. Ammunition dwindled. Lives lost. The Daemon was here. Terminator Nathaniel instantly upon seeing it, mowed down the horde of lesser Daemons with his Assault Cannons and his missiles. Dreadnought Barachiel charged forth to initiate melee with C'igran. He roared in the voice emulating a mechanical spirit, "I have come, to purge the emperor's enemies." Barachiel rushed towards the Daemon Prince C'igran, Barachiel opened fire with his Assault, and initiated a hold with his power claw. The Daemon laughed. "Now look at you, weakling Corpse Worshipper. I am clearly blessed by Khorne, the God of Blood and Skulls, and here you are. A weak corpse interred in a box, whilst your corpse "emperor" sits atop a glorified toilet. I will end your pitiful life here!" The vile Daemon, despite Barachiels best efforts, C'igran stabbed the blade through the Adamantium plating of the Ancient Dreadnought. He then pulled the blade back, out came fluids, blood, and matter. Dreadnought Barachiel was no more. Writhing in anger, Terminator Nathaniel grabbed a nearby chain blade and attempted to charge, he was interrupted by Cadiuss. "No Brother! I will do this! I will purge this foul heretical Daemon! No Cadiuss let me do this! NO!" Cadiuss replied to the angered Nathaniel, "Brother remain calm. Remember your training. I cannot allow another valuable Brother die just like that. I will do this, get the others and fall back. NOW GO!" Cadiuss in a fighting stance, with unflinching hands on his blade. Cadiuss called out to C'igran "FIGHT ME DAEMON! I WILL AVENGE THE LIFE OF BARACHIEL THE ANCIENT! YOUR RAMPAGE ENDS HERE! FOR THE EMPEROR!" Cadiuss rushed forth towards the Daemon, the Chaos marines defending C'igran, were sliced as if they were swiss cheese. Cadiuss masterfully blocked blows, slashed the leg off a heretic and impaled another with the Blade. He then impaled another with the power sword with nearly no effort as the Power sword went right through the ceramite with ease. Another traitor tried to get Cadiuss from behind, Cadiuss rushed him and blocked the blows, then impaled him while the heretic was behind him. The squad defending C'igran have been decimated by The Lamenter Captain. The Daemon all but laughed at Cadiuss, mocking him. "You mere Space Marine. You all but killed the weaklings under my charge, do you wish to share the same fate with your brother? Do you wish to share the same fate as your False "emperor"? because I will do so gladly!" C'igran rushed forth towards Cadiuss, swinging his massive khornate blade towards him. Cadiuss dodged even for Astartes reflexes it was close, He then grabbed the bolter of a fallen traitor and opened fire upon the daemon, which did nothing but anger it. As the Daemon was about to attack, Cadiuss jumped over the khornate sword as a platform and used the horn as leverage for him to jump unto C'igrans head. Cadiuss thrust his blade through the back of the neck of C'igran with as much strength he could muster. C'igran grabbed Cadiuss in his massive hand by the legs. He then threw Cadiuss several meters away. He walked towards Cadiuss, who was lying on the floor trying to move, although Cadiuss was in pain after being thrown with the force of a rhino ramming into a wall onto the ground, C'igran said to Cadiuss, "You may have gotten a blow in, but is that it? Is that all I can expect from you Lamenter? You are weak, just like your Primarch!" Cadiuss grit his teeth and charged while roaring, "YOU DARE SPEAK OF MY PRIMARCH!? NOW DIE!" Cadiuss rushed forth and picked up a Lascannon from a fallen guardsman, he locked onto C'igran and fired the weapon, C'igran flinched In pain and let out a cry of anger, Cadiuss dropped the Lascannon and unsheathed his sword, He parried the blow of the Greater Daemon, the size of an Imperial Knight. He slashed both of the legs of the Blood thirster with his blade, the wounded C'igran then screamed in anger and pain. He fell down for his legs were no longer able to support his size. Cadiuss then took the opportunity of the Daemon Prince falling down, he lept onto the chest of the Daemon, he carved a hole into the chest of the Daemon with his power sword . C'igran screaming in pain as the Lamenter was carving into him, he mustered strength to swat Cadiuss off his chest. He threw Cadiuss at the wall with immense force, Cadiuss nearly broke through the wall because of the force. Cadiuss, nearly unable to move. Cadiuss saw a ghost of Dina, ripped in half with a crying expression on her face, laying lifeless on the ground near C'igran. He rose up, to the surprise of C'igran. Cadiuss roared to C'igran, "HOW FUCKING DARE YOU!" Even if Cadiuss was in pain, he charged as if nothing happened to him. C'igran sliced Cadiuss' left arm and leg off of his body, blood gushing, but shortly after the blood stopped coming out as the Astartes clotted the blood going to where his arm and leg used to be. Cadiuss roared in defiance as he grit his teeth, he then carved his power sword through the skull of the Blood Thirster, and opening fire upon the vile face with his bolt pistol, banishing it back to the warp, before he was banished from the material realm, he exclaimed, "How could this be? Me? A Daemon Prince of Khorne? Beat by some cursed marine?" The Daemonic voice faded as the physical body was banished back to the warp. At this point, Cadiuss had lost his arm and leg, an exploded secondary heart and a collapsed lung.

(yet again art I don't own, whoever made this got me in the feels.)

He fell down, onto the cold, hard, unforgiving ground, he was sitting down, as he was sitting on the ground. The Ghost of Dina, previously mutilated on the ground. Now hugging the Astartes' chest whilst crying. Cadiuss held her back closer to him, as if to comfort the ghost of his recent past. Under his helmet he cried and lamented. He prayed to the Emperor and Sanguinius. He then called for an apothecary to head to his location for aid, he then fell unconscious after the duel with the Daemon prince, he saw darkness encroach ever closer to him,soon enough all he saw was black…. Waiting for an Apothecary to recover him. Only he did not know anything other than the battle was a losing one. The next time he woke up, he was in an unfamiliar room. Everything was pure bright white, nearly blinding to Cadiuss' eyes, he was not in his armour, he was just in his robes. The robes he would wear when not in combat. A pure white robe of smooth silk. He stood up in this chamber of pure Holy White, confused. He saw a large figure. Was it a space marine? Couldn't be, the figure had massive angelic wings and golden hair. The Holy light surrounding him blinded Cadiuss, he could not see but he somewhat knew who He was. The light softened around the Angelic figure, in a smooth and Holy Voice, he spoke to the Lamenter. "MyNoble Son, I am proud of you. You may be in Peace." The Angelic figure faded away in Holy Light. Cadiuss struck with feelings of joy, sadness, and confusion. He lept towards the Angelic Figure, he yelled "FATHER! NO!" Sadly it was too late, the Angelic Figure disappeared, and Cadiuss slowly faded himself. The light faded from his eyes, the Chamber dimmed. Soon enough it was all just, black. There was nothing, it was quiet, it was… Peaceful. The Lamenter was no more. An Honourable End.

The end

Written by: me

Research and lore: shy, great crusade alt rp server, and some by me

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed my little story, maybe I might draw out a scene of Cadiuss kicking the Daemon Prince's ass perhaps if im motivated enough. Who knows? Anyways, see you all until next time! This was #2151, and till we meet again!