The majority of the Initial Challenges have been played, huge thanks to Rottimus for allowing the players to abuse his hospitality, and tea for the weekend. I'll be chasing up the stragglers, but for now, here is a brief summary of the situation.
The digital work is as ever, sorted by our resident Depraved Dark Eldar player, Chris aka Soundslave.
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| Really need to get Chris to change the Blood Angels thing... |
Rust.
A work were everything is dying, but never dead. A maiden world of the old Eldar Empire known to them as Agetha, brought to ruin by a mysterious accident from a test firing Archeotech Weapon on Nolan. Before this though, there was the mystery of the vanished population there.Here the Eldar returned, their intents not completely known as the Craftworld Eldar of Iybrasil followed the fates in search of the truth: What happened here. An unwelcome foe waited for them, their appearance coincidence? The Archon known as Ozzy has long been suspected for the disappearance of the Maiden World now made Rust. The paths of the future always drew the inquisitive to his lap. Not a nice place to be.
From the offset, the Dark Eldar's advance was brutal and unforgiving, the survivors going to a fate worse then death. In one fell swoop they seized the Starport of Grenfelk and pushed the Craftworlders into a corner, where they wait to make their stand.
But Rust is an old and odd place. And on Rust nothing ever dies. Not really...
Nolan.
On the ashen wastes of Nolan, in one of its rare copses of Acid Trees and Fell bark, the machinations of Inquisitor Dormenghast bore fruit of a kind. Giving direct orders to the Cadian 501st, the Inquisitor demanded a full strike against an unknown target. Despite concerns, the Imperial Guard did their duty.It isn't clear who fired first. And the Incident at the Nell Discharging Flats would be argued about long after. What is clear is that the Black Scorpions were either prepared for the misguided attack, or that they had planned their own attack all along. What is also clear, is that the ensuing carnage spoke volumes of what the Space Marine chapter thought of the Imperial Guard presence in the area: Hostile.
The Black Scorpions slaughtered their way through several platoons and material and turned the Starport on Nolan into a carnal house. Inquisitor Dormenghast however, got what he wanted: An Imperial Guard Regiment that was now bound to his service against these Renegades and enough material to further his ties with the remaining Adeptus Mechanicus on the planet. What this would mean, would not be known until later, though the 501st were desperate for revenge.
Acre
The Imperial Guard regiment stationed on Acre was never formally recorded on Minastorum records. Some insist this is because of Inquisitorial influence, others Minastorum idiocy. The Regiment, noted simply as the Acre Blacks, a reference to their monotone uniform colours found themselves under attack by an unexpected foe. The world devouring Tyranids race.While Acre had largely been a "secure" training world with what was considered docile specimens, a shadow over the warp went unheard. It was only a matter of time before the conflict would make the usual guards of the vulnerable worlds unable to fulfill their duty in guarding against such invasions.
Though the Acre Regiment fought hard, the Tyranids pushed them back out of the sector. Those docile Tyranids meanwhile, began to drastically change in behavior.
Warrens End
The capital world had so far, been left out of the major conflict. Though, Imperial Guard regiments stationed there stared at each other from across barracks lines, Imperial citizens were fired up into rioting mobs demanding for justice.In the snowy mountains of the North, the rural folks there spoke of cults, blood sacrifices and odd weather patterns. If the planet had not been busy with immediate threats, they may have been ready.
