Palantir cleared of Chaos forces

With the main fighting between the forces of chaos and the Imperium focussed on the major war in on Mordecai, and exploration of the Rifts of Hecate, little in the way of progress had been made in the Palantir system, which had been subjected to the arrival of first forces under the control of the Emerald Serpent, and latterly the predations of the Death Guard, who with the creation of Fecus Major sought to spread plague and sorrow amongst the inhabitants of the system.

However in late 04.022M42, on their way to join the now "crusade" in the Rifts, a force of Adeptus Custodes stopped off on their way to deal with the chaos incursion into the Palantir system. Upon landing on the world of Dale they found much of the world covered in pestilence, and the very surface of the planet had started to develop patches of mould and decay, as the influence of Fecus Major began to spread across the system.

While the main force of Custodes assaulted the Death Guard encampment on Dale, smaller forces of Guard were sent on skirmish missions. The forces of the Death Guard were thinly spread and not numerous, and the Imperium resolved to remove their enemy from the Emperor's soil before then purifying the population and the land itself. The greater purge of the nurgle filth would take longer, but the arrival of the Adeptus Custodes was successful in inflicting a significant defeat on the traitor astartes, breaking their grip over the system. Unable to respond to the lightning attacks made by the Emperor's finest warriors, the disciples of Mortarion abandoned the system for now, and the arrival of an imperial fleet saw the daemonworld of Fecus Major disappear from the skies over Dale and Hobbiton. Palantir was purged of chaos, although the whereabouts of the daemonworld were as yet unknown.