Despite the recent attacks by the Grey Knights at Mordecai, the forces of chaos were far from beaten, and although the Foramen had been opened to imperial supply once more, it was the traitors who enjoyed the shorter supply lines and logistics. In early 06.019M42 the great enemy began a sweeping offensive on the western peninsula of Mordecai Tersius.
The main assault came once again along the Skrime Isthmus, which joined the western region to East Tersius. Here, Kutuzov had placed his strongest forces, anchored by a super heavy brigade of Last of Sycorax tanks.
The baneblades and shadowswords came under attack in the early afternoon of 0106.019M42 from the Emerald Serpent. At the spearhead of the chaos advance daemon princes and other denizens of the warp were supported by the traitorous Darrantine Guard, and the towering Knights of the Aether Striders.
The chaos forces smashed into the Last of Sycorax, and although a shadow sword scored early success, obliterating one of the war engines, the swift assault of the Emerald Serpent quickly reached the imperial lines, tearing apart the other super heavies.
The imperial infantry suffered at the hands of the chaos forces, with imperial high command receiving terrifying reports of new hardware being employed by the enemy - Hellstalkers. Ridden by so-called “lord discordants”, the appearance of these blasphemous was engines led to the suspicion the Archheretek Cybixx declaring for the ruinous powers was now bearing fruit for the Chaos Pact.
The war engines tore through infantry and tanks alike, and within hours the imperial front line fell back to the gates of Skrime. The last of Sycorax had been shattered, and now Kutuzov was hard pressed to hold the strategically vital city of Skrime.
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