Foramen Campaign: Factions descend on Paradorn

In late 09.017M42 the system of Paradorn became the focus of several task forces seeking control over probably the most important system in the sector, after Corticant itself. Paradorn, situated in a commanding position at the end of the Foramen Interdictum, contained several planets which while resource poor, could be home to installations and bases.

The first arrivals on Paradorn were the Thousand Sons, led by Magnus himself, although when he found Ahriman on the world he was less than impressed, and once again banished his ancient colleague from his sight, briefly leading to a flare up of daemonic infighting. However, this infighting was but a prelude to the battle to come, as a splinter fleet of the Indomitus crusade arrived in the Aleph Sector and immediately identified the Foramen of incalculable importance.

The Crusade were greeted with rapturous joy on Vastrid, and the head of the crusade met with Titus Luthor after a tickertape parade through the planet's capital. However, festivities were short lived, as the fleet deployed into the Foramen Minoris, bypassing Tallius for the moment in their haste to reach Paradorn and secure the far end of the channel. Their haste was quickened by the reports from the Dark Angels of a malevolent presence in the system.

The crusade fleet found no enemy fleets and quickly moved into the inner planets, deploying a small force on the small rocky second planet, and sending the main force to the largest most promising looking world. Where they found Magnus...

The Imperial Fists led the assault against the traitor legion, finding to their horror that the Darrantine Guard had gone over to the heretics and were now aiding the forces of chaos. The Darrantine were swiftly excommunicated, before being systematically murdered by the Astartes. 

The arrival of daemons on the battlefield, along with Magnus himself, left the Imperial Fists in serious difficulties, but Belasarius Cawl managed to intervene personally with Adeptus Mechanicus forces, finally forcing Magnis back to the warp and his forces to flee. By 0410.017M42 the Crusade had been mostly successful on the first planet, although the chaos forces had not been entirely eliminated.

This action by Cawl defeated Magnus, but this left the small force on the mid planet largely ill equipped, and the small number of Mechanicum forces deployed to scout the world were quickly eliminated by the eldar harlequins. It appeared that not only the forces of chaos were interested in the system.

The Dark Angels 4th Company decided to make for the outer ice world, having detected more energy signatures near the jump point of the system. Yet another force had entered the Paradorn system...