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I will die on this world

I can not tell where this conviction comes\hfrom

Whatever birthed it, is a mystery to me

And yet the thought clings like a virus

Blooming\hbehind my eyes and taking deep root within my mind

It almost feels real enough to spread corruption to the rest of my body

Like a true sickness

It will happen soon

Within the coming nights of blood and fire,\hI will draw my last breath

And when\hmy brothers return to the stars

My ashes will be scattered over the priceless earth of this accursed world

Armageddon

Even the name twists my blood until burning oil beats through my veins

I feel anger now hot and heavy

Flowing through\hmy heart and filtering into my limbs like boiling poisen

My hands curl into fists

I am strong

Born\honly to slay for the emperor and the imperium

I am pure wearing the blackest of the black

Trained to serve as a spiritual guide as\hwell as a war leader

I am wrath incarnate

Living only to kill until finally killed

I am a weapon

In the eternal crusade to\hforge humanity's mastership over the stars

Its strength purity and wrath will not be enough

I will die on this world

I will die on Armageddon

In the holiest chamber of our ancient flagship

I lower myself to one knee and bow my\hhead

Because this is what is asked of me

Grimaldus

High marshall helbrecht intoned

His voice\hwas a guttural rumble

Rendered harsh from yelling\horders and batle cries in 100 wars on a hundred worlds

We have summoned you to be judged

I have answered the summons

I submit\hmyself before your judgment my liege

Mordred is dead

Helbrecht's\hvoice was a deep murmur

Slain by the arch enemy

You Grimaldus have\hlost a master

We have all of us, lost a brother

It was the belief of Reclusiarch Mordred

That\hupon his death

You would be worthiest of our brother chaplins to stand in his stead

His final\hdecree

Was that you of all your brethren

Would be the one to rise to the rank of

Reclusiarch

The figure inclined his head in greeting

Artarion

We draw near to our destination

I took\hthe liberty of readying the squad for planetfall

This world will burn

It will not be the first

Nor the last

Have you seen the projections

The fleet augeries, the number of vessels in the local systems already

Yea I lost interest when the numbers\hbecame too high for me to count on my fingers

Artarion snorted at his own weak chest

We\hwill fight and win

Or fight and die

All that ever changes is the color of the sky we fight\hunder

And the shade of the blood on our blades

My brother's names are

Artarion

Primus

Cador

Nerovar

Bastilan

These are the knights that have waged war beside me for decades

We are the knights of squad Grimaldus

Within his veins Cador carries the blessed blood\hof Rogal Dorn

With what seems like weary honor

He is older than I, older by far

His decades\hwithin the sword brethren are behind him now

Primus is the rising sun to Cador's dusk

He\his aware of his skills in the unsubtle undignified way of many young warriors

A blade\hmaster he calls himself

It is not mistaken

Artarion is

Artarion

My shadow just as I am his

It is rare among our numbers for any knight to\hlay aside personal glory

Yet Artarion is\hthe one who carries my banner into battle

Nerovar is the newest among us

The squad\hrequired the presence of an apothecary

In the trials only Nerovar impressed the\hrest of us with his quiet endurance

Bastilan is last

Bastilan, always the best and least of us

A leader but not a commander

An inspiring\hpresence but not a strategist

Forever a sergeant

Never fated to rise as Castelan or Marshal

My brothers go through the same\hrituals of checking and rechecking

But a curious sense of unease descends upon me

End of Grimaldus's Dream

I have heard from the brothers of the Sword Brethren

That there is talk of the high marshal nominating you to lead a crusade

It is my belief not merely the wish of your fallen master

That you should take\hthe honor we offer you down

You have waged\hwar at my side for 200 years Grimaldus

Will you stand at my side as Reclusiarch of the eternal crusade

Yes my liege

I dub thee Reclusiarch of the eternal crusade

As a knight of the inner circle

Let that\hbe the last blow you receive unanswered

It will be so, my liege

As it should be

Are you kirov

I am

We are the Emperor's knights

We are the warriors of the eternal\hcrusade

And the sons of Rogal Dorn

I am Helbrecht

High Marshall of the Black Templars

With me is Bayard, emperor's champion

And Grimaldus, Reclusiarch

We come to\hoffer you our blades,our service

And the lives of over 900 warriors in the defense\hof your world

Kirov stood in silence

Nine Hundred Astartes

Entire star systems were conquered with a fraction of that

I'm glad to hear it

And welcome to Armageddon

Hades hive will not survive the first\hweek

The man speaking is ancient

And he looks every hour of his age

Both\hpiety and hate echo in his every word

His name is Sebastian Yarick

Even\hwe Astartes must respect that name

What is coming in system now far exceeds what has laid waste to the planet before

The other hives must be reinforced a thousand\htimes over

Hades will burn

At our best estimations battlefleet Armageddon

The orbital defenses

And\hThe Astartes fleets remaining in the void

Will be able to deny the enemy landing for nine days

These\hare our best estimates

And the worst

Four days

Once the orbital war is lost

Be its four days or nine

Our fleets will break from the planet in a\h\hfighting withdrawal

From then on Armagedon is defensles beyond what's already\hentrenched upon the surface

The orks will be\hfree to land whatever and wherever they wish

Who will lead the Astartes vessels

Given his\hseniority and the expertise of his chapter

High marshal Helbrecht will\htake over all command of the Astartis fleets

We are to remain in orbit

We are the\hobvious choice to command the Astartis elements in the orbital battles

I was wrong

I will not die in futility on this world

High Marshal

We can slaughter the green skin tyrant before he even sets foot on the world below

I have already spoken with the other Marshals\hmy brother

We must leave a contingent on the\hsurface

To defend one of the hive cities\hthat yet remains ungarrisoned by Astartes

That is not our duty my liege

And yet a commander must remain

Don't! don't do this

It is already done

No

This\his not the time

The decision is made Grimaldus

I know you as I knew Mordred

You will not refuse\hthis honor

I would burst the great enemy's black\hheart in my hand

And cast his blasphemous flagship\hto surface of Armagedon breathed in holy fire

Do not leave me here helbrecht

Do not deny\hme this glory

You will not refuse this honor

Wait brother

Blood of Dorn

Now that's a sight

Their destination was called with bleakness\hso typical of this world

Helsreach

We cannot be the only Astartis strength sent to this city

We will not be alone

The guard is with us and militia\hforces

Humans?

The Legio Invigilata has landed to the east of the city

Titans\hmy brother

I don't see you sneering at that

Reclusiarch

How can we defend all this

With blade and bolter

With faith and fire

I am Grimaldus

Reclusiarch of the Helsreach crusade

I am colonel Saren of the 101 steel legend

And overall commander of\hthe imperial guard forces defending the hive

Muted clicks could be heard every few seconds

From\hthe helms of the knights standing closest to him

Saren knew full well, they were speaking with each other over a shared vox channel

He didn't like it, not at all

Who are these\hothers

And I would meet every commander of this hive, if they are present

They are\hpresent sir

Reclusiarch, not sir

As you wish Reclusiarch

This is Cyria Tyro

Adjutant quintus to general Kirov

Commissar Valkov of my command staff

This is major Mordeki Reichen second officer of the 101st

And Exo of the city defense

Commander courten barathas of the imperial 5082nd naval wing

Pleasure to serve with the black templars again

You have served with the knights of dorn before

I have personally, nine years ago on Deathaxe

And the 5082s have on no fewer than four separate occasions

Sixteen of our fighters\hare marked with the heraldic cross

With permission given by marshal Tarason of\hthe Deathaxe crusade

I am honored barathas

The most honorable moderati primus Valian\hCasavier of the Legio Invigilata

Crewman of the blessed engine, Storm Herald

Moderati, you speak with the voice of your legion

A full battle group

I am the voice of Princeps majoris Zaha Mancion

And the rest of invigilata is committed to other engagements

Fortune favors us that you still remain

We have much to discuss

Indeed\hwe do

This way, if you please

A city

I am in command of a city

Preparations\hhave been underway for months

But estimates pitch the great enemy arriving in system within a\hhandful of days

The hours pass in a blur of statistical outlays

Charts, hololithic, projections\hand graphs

The food supplies for the entire city

Ration projections

Sustainable food ration\hplanning

Unsustainable food ration planning

With appended lists of estimated sacrificial\hcasualties

Estimates of disease once the city is shelled and civilian casualties

Are too heavy to be dealt with efficiently

Types of disease, symptoms,severity,risk of contagious,compatibility\hwith the ork genes

Imperial guard numbers

Throne, what numbers

Regiments, their officers

Their live fire\htraining accuracy records

Their citations, their shames, their moments of greatest glory\hand ignominy

In a host of distant worlds

The guard figures alone take two days to file\hthrough

Tnd this they say, is merely the overview

Coastal defenses

Walls and\hturrets and anti-air towers

And trade requirements and union complaints

And petitions arguing over docking rights

And warehouses appropriated as barracks for soldiers

And complaints from merchants and dock offices and

Oaaah

And I endure this for nine days, nine days

What is that

Throne of the god emperor

People of hive Helsreach

Do not be alarmed

The enemy fleet has translated in system

The might of battle fleet Armagedon and greatest Astartes fleet in imperial history

Stands between our world and the foe's forces

Maintain your daily rights of faith

Trust in the god emperor of mankind that is all

You

Hail the\hBlack Templar flagship Eternal Crusader immediately

Aye my lord, but I am coordinated

Do it... Now

Yes my lord

A moment please

The eternal crusader is making ready to engage\hthe enemy fleet

I can send a message but their two-way communications are in lockdown without

the\hproper command codes

Do you have the codes my lord

I am being a fool

My fury is\hblinding me to my sworn duty

I have the codes

But this is not an\hemergency

Simply send the following message to the incoming logs with\hno need for a reply

Fight well brothers

Sent lord

My thanks

Forgive me a\hmoment's caller

We have a war to plan

Until their dying nights the warriors of the\hHelsreach crusade

Bore their lamentations and rage with all the dignity that could be\hexpected of them

But it was no easy feat

No easy feat to be consigned to a city of several\hmillion frightened souls

While above the stained clouds hundreds upon hundreds of their battle\hbrothers

Were carving their glory from the steel and flesh of an ancient and hated foe

The\hBlack Templars across the city looked skyward

As if their helm's red eye lenses

Could pierce\hthe wretched clouds and see the holy war above

Give the order to Imperial\hforces throughout Helsreach

Martial law is in immediate effect

Seal the city

Three days

In three days they will decide if they are to come\hto our aid

Or deploy along the hemlock river with the rest of their Legio

There is a chance they\hwill not even walk in our defense

So it seems

I am going to the view tower

Is the\hmoderati primus still within the hive

Yes Reclusiarch

Tell him to meet me\hthere

Be polite, but do not ask

Tell him

This is the greatest of Armageddon's port\hcities

We are about to be assaulted by the largest green skinbreed

Xenos invasion ever endured by the imperium of man

We must have titans Casaviar

I am aware of your need

My need?

It is the hive's need

Armageddon's need

As you say the hive's need

But I am not the princeps majoris

I report on the\hhive's defenses to her

And the decision is hers to make

Invigilata has received strong\hpetitions from other cities and other forces

I must speak with her

If you wish i could perhaps\harrange a conversation over the vox

But I am here, A man of not inconsiderable station myself

To\hshow that Invigilata is earnest in its dealings

I appreciate that

I am not blind to your\hrank

Tell me moderati

Is it permissible to speak with your princeps majoris in person

No Reclusiarch

That would be a violation of Invigilata traditions

Your objection is noted

And duely ignored

What

Artarion

Ready the Landraider

We are going out into the wastelands

I am Grimaldus

Reclusiarch of the Black Temp...

Your identity is known to us

The next time I am interrupted I will kill one of you

We are not to be threatened

Neither are you to be addressed

You are nothing, Slaves all of you

Barely above servitors

Now\hmove aside, I have business with your mistress

We are not to be ordered into submission

We are to remain as duty demands

I will speak with the\hprinceps majoris of invigilata

Even if i have to shout up to the cathedral itself

Reclusiarch

Must we bear this foolish indignity

No

Kill them

I wish to speak with the intruders

Access granted

That is what I thought you would\hsay

Make this count brother

Trust me

Greetings Astartes

Princeps Majoris

An honor\hto stand in your presence

Waste no time on pleasantries

Storm Herald wakes and soon I must\hwalk

Speak

I am told by one of this titan's pilots as an ambassador to Helsreach

That\hinvigilata may not walk in our defense

This is so

I command one third of this legio

The rest already marching on the Hemlock region

Many with your brothers the Salamanders

Do you come to petition me for my portion of mighty invigilata

I do not beg princeps

I came to see u with my own eyes and ask you face to face to fight and die with us

But you have not yet completed your intended duty Astartes

Is that so

We are not face to face

You have very kind eyes

What is your name

Grimaldus of the black templars

Now we are face to face Grimaldus of the black templars

You have been bold enough to come here and honor me with your face

I am no fool

I know\hhow rare it is for a chaplain to reveal his human features

To one not of his brotherhood

Ask what you came to ask and I will answer

Princeps Zaha, Helsreach call for you

Will you walk

Invigilata, will walk

Welcome to Helsreach

Hail chaplain

I was born in a hive like this you know

It is fitting then that you'll be dying here Zaha

Is that so, sir knight

Have you seen me today

It is impossible not to see you princeps

It's impossible to kill me as well

Remember that Grimaldus

Helsreach was ready

And as night fell

The sky caught fire

The ship registers as the Purest Intent

An\hAstartes vessel strike cruiser class belonging to

Shadow Wolves

They fell at the battle\hof varadon Eleven years ago

Their last companies were annihilated by the Tyranid breed xenos

The black templars were with them at the end

What of the status of battle fleet Armageddon

Holding

But we have a greater comprehension of enemy numbers now

The 4 to 9 day estimate\hhas been abandoned as of 30 minutes ago

This is the greatest green skin fleet ever to\hface the imperium

The fleet's casualties are approaching a million souls

One or two more days\hat best

What of the crashed ship

I suggest we hold Reclusiarch

A handful of green skin survivors cant hope to survive an assault against walls

They would be insane, even for orks to try

Send a titan

I am not making a gest

Send a titan, obliterate the wreckage

Inspire the men

Give them an overwhelming\hvictory before the true battle is even joined

The commissar is correct

Helsreach needs an overwhelming victory

It is time my knights took to the field

This is bad comedy

Fall back, damn it

Primus sensed another lecture about vain glory in his future

We will draw first

Grimaldus had said to them all

As if\hit was something to care about

As if it would affect the final battle in any way at all

Join\hme brothers

Join me as I shake off this disgust of the stasis gripping my bones

And\hslake my bloodthirst in holy slaughter

These warriors who called him vainglorious were blind to the truth

He was not rash,he merely trusted in his skills to carry him through\hany challenge

Was that a weakness

How could it be considered so

When Primus deeds and glories\hwere already rising to eclipse those of his brothers

Primus

Leave him be, let him hunt

He needs to stand alone\hfor now

He needs discipline

He needs our trust

I smell fresh blood, a survivor still bleeding

No

What did you say

I said, no

They always seem so immune to pain

But\hno, look into its eyes brother

Do you see

No brother

If there is a\hlesson in this I am blind to it

Let me end it

Its existence offends me

No, its lifespan is measured in moments

Let it die in this pain

Nero

Do you see something

Yes, something

So, enlighten me

It's primus

Isn't it always

I have lost his life\hsigns

That can not be

Here? among this rubble

I do not make mistakes

Reclusiarch

Speak

I have lost Primus's life signs sir

Brothers

Maintain search and destroy orders

What

We need to be silent

I will find primus

Greetings

Nero

Reclusiarch

I have found primus

After deck 4, tertiary spine\hcorridor

On my way. Assessment?

Some kind of force discharging weapon

His armor is powered down\hbut he's still breathing

Three minutes Reclusiarch

Those Horses

They shot me

Some\hkind of nerve weapon

Get away from me

Speak, I would hear your thoughts

I am not blind to your tensions of late

Duty is not always glorious

You have changed since inheriting Mordred's\hmantle

Uh, you are speaking foolishness

No, hear me

We have spoken, Cador, Nero Bastilan, Primus and\hmyself

We must all deal with these changes

And we must all face this duty

Your\hdarkness is spreading to the entire crusade

Reclusiarch

Colonel Saren

Reclusiarch, throne of the god emperor its truley beginning

Elaborate

Battle feat Armageddon is in full retreat

The\hAstartes fleet is withdrawing alongside them

It's beginning

Has there been any\hcommunication from the Eternal Crusader

Yes, shall I have the message relayed\hto you

At once, colonel

Helsreach, this is the crusader

We are breaking from the planet the orbital war is lost

Hell is coming brother

Do you see that

Do you see, that

Are you all as insulted as I am

This is what they send against us

This is what they send this rabble

We hold one\hof the mightiest cities on the face of the planet

The fury of its guns sends all sky-born enemies to the ground in flames

We stand united in our thousands

Our weapons\hwithout number our purity without question

And our hearts beating courage through our\hblood

And this is how they attack us

Brothers and sisters

A legion of beggars and\halien dregs wheezes its way across the plains

Forgive me when the moment comes that they whine and weep against our walls

Forgive me that I must order you to waste ammunition upon their worthless bodies

I have heard many souls speak my name in whispers since I came to Helsreach

I ask you now, do you know me?

Do you know me

Yes

I am Grimaldus of the Black Templars

A brother to the steel legion of this defiant world

Never again in life\hwill your actions carry such consequence

Never again will you serve as you serve now

No duty will matter as much and no glory will\htaste as true

We are the defenders of Helsreach

On this day we carve our legend in the flesh of\hevery alien we slay

Will you stand with me

Yes

Sons and daughters of the imperium

Our\hblood is the blood of heroes and martyrs

The Xenos dare defile our city

They\hdare tread the sacred soil of our world

We will throw their bodies from\hthese walls when the final day dawns

This is our city

This is our world

Say it, cry it\hout, so the bastards in orbit will hear our fury

Our city, our world

Run alien dogs

Come to me, come to us all,\hcome and die in blood and fire

For the Templars

For the Steel Legion

For Helsreach

Louder

For Helsreach

I can not hear you brothers

For Helsreach

Howl yourselves\hat these walls inhuman filth

Die in our blades

I'm Grimaldus of Black Templars and\hwe cast your carcasses down from these holy walls

I've always believed there's sth beautiful in the very first moments of a battle

Here are the moments of highest emotion

The fear of mortal men

The frustrated bloodlust\hand screaming over confidence of mankind's enemies

In the moments when a battle is joined

The purity\hof the human species is first revealed to the foe

Fire

That is a bleak picture

The real battle begins tomorrow

At least we will\hnot be bored

I believe they will wait

They'll wait until they have overwhelming force with which\hto crush us

And they will strike like a hammer

I have requested the withdraw of all guard forces from\hthe wasteland installations

Across all of southern Armageddon Secundus

The colonel agreed\hin principle

What's worth guarding out there

Munitions

Great deal of munitions

To be used\hwhen the hive cities fall and need to be reclaimed

But that is not all

The desert vultures spoke of a\hcurious legend something buried beneath the sands

A Weapon

Hades Hive will not survive the first week

What is coming in system now far exceeds what has laid waste to the planet before

The other hives must be reinforced a thousand\htimes over

Hades will burn

Cyria Tyro, greetings

How may i be of service Reclusiarch

We have defensive positions in the wastelands\hmanned by the steel legion

Yes

Yes

I was informed today exactly what is stored in underground\hhangar of D16 west outpost

Nintey Eight kilometers to the northwest of the city

None of our briefings\hmentioned it was a sealed mechanicus facility

Do you know your history Adjutant Tyro

I have\hstudied several of the decisive battles of the first war

Then you will know what mechanicus\hweapon was designed and first deployed here

I dont think you can be right

Perhaps not

But\hI intend to learn the truth for myself

One of our gunships will carry a small group to D16 west in\hone hour

But its sealed

It will not be sealed for long

It's mechanical territory

I do not care

If I am right in my suspicions there is a weapon there

I want that weapon Cyria Tyro

And I will have it

You can't leave the city before dawn

The enemy the enemy will not break the city walls\hin the first day

And Bayard emperor's champion of the Helsreach crusade

will command The templars\hin my absence

I can't allow you to do this, it will enrage the mechanicus

I am not asking for your permission Adjutant

I am asking if you wish to come with us

Try not to get us shut down

Brother, does anyone\hever laugh at your jokes

Zumans sometimes do

My princeps

Hello Valian

Adepts of the soul are\hreportin discontent within Storm Herald's Heart

We are getting anomalous readings of ill temper from the reactor core

We are angry moderati

We seek to bring the thunder upon our foe

That is understandable my princess

You are operating at peak capacity, You are sanguine?

I am queering if I am at risk for being consumed

Maintenance adept attend to the princeps vocalizer unit

I trust you my princess

Forgive\hme for troubling you

It is fine

Your concern touches me Valian

We will see battle soon, Valian

Grimaldus has promised it to us

We are all ready my princeps

Andre

What is it now, eh

I am busy

Is that a gunship

What are you talking about, eh

That

This is Domoska at boundary three contact, contact, contact

Imperial gunship inbound

That is the black templars. yes?

They're from helsreach I know this cuz I listen to my briefings I dont sleep like u

This can't be good

I do not\hagree you know

This is Astartes business, it is good

Good for us, bad for the enemy

What! it would be good you'll see eh

I'm always right

Should we salute

Is that what you're supposed\hto do

I don't know, just stand at attention

Captain

I'm Adjutant quintus Tyro seconded to hive Helsreach from lord general's command staff

With me are Reclusiarch Grimaldus

And master of\hthe forge, Jurisian of the black templars chapter

Greetings

We've come to enter the installation

Forgive me, but is this a joke

Far from it

There is no power here, they left this place entirely devoid of energy

No, there is power

The installation\hsleeps but does not lie dead

It is locked in hibernation

Power still beats\hthrough its veins

The resonance is low, the pulse is slow

I hear it nevertheless

Can you open\hthese doors? can you get us down into the complex?

It will necessitate a great deal of rerouting power from auxiliary sources

And those will be difficult to reach from a remote connection point here

A parasetic feed is requiered

Jurisian

Answer the question

Forgive me Reclusiarch

Yes

Yes I will need one hour

Digging for secrets in this sands yes

That is\hnot going to make the mechanicus smile I think

This is a magnetic field stabilizer housing

What does it do

It houses the\hstabilizers for a magnetic field generator

I was right, this is it

It is so beautiful

It is magnificent

This would survive\horbital bombardment

It is void shielded, armored like no bunker i have ever seen

And sealed\hwith... with a billion or more individual codes

Can you do it

I have never witnessed\hanything so complex and incredible

It would be like mapping every\hparticle within a star

Can you do it

Yes Reclusiarch

But it will take between nine and eleven days

I don't believe it ,it can't be here

It is

This is where the mechanicus hids the ordinatus Armageddon after the\hfirst war

This is the tomb of oberon

Reclusiarch

Grimaldus. Speak

The old man's predictions were correct as you suspected

The enemy is annihilating hades hive from orbit

It is crudely done

Standard\hbombardment with mass drivers to hurl asteroids at a defenseless city

A dark day's work brother

Will you return soon

We are on our way now

Yarrick was right

Hades is burning

Brace yourself brothers

Hey, this is better than sitting on our asses in the desert yes

Yes it is, that's what I think

Be quiet

HQ this is Domaska

Tank destroyed

Most likely part of the second group that passed you an hour ago

Scout team 3, procede as instructed with all do caution

Ready Andre?

I have three det packs left

Three more tanks must die

Then I am geting that caffeine the captain promised

Brother

The crone of invigilata requests your presense

I am in prayer

I know Reclusiarch

Did she request my presense, Artarion

No Reclusiarch, she... uh, demanded it

Inform Invigilata that I will attend Princep zaha within the hour

Once my\hritual observations are complete

I dont belive she is in a mood to be kept waiting Grimaldus

Nevertheless, waiting is what she will do

I need more time Grimaldus

You are asking of one thing I cannot give

This might take me months, perhaps years

As\hthe code evolves it breeds more cyphers that in turn require dedicated\hcracking

It breads like an ecology, always changing

Reacting to my intrusions, by evolving into more complex systems

I want that cannon Jurisian, bring it to me

As you will, Reclusiarch

You requested my presence?

No, I summoned you

You should be slain where you stand

That would be an unwise solution

No one in this room is capable of wounding me

I see you do not show your face this time knight

You see me revealed, yet you hide behind the death mask of your Emperor

Our Emperor! Let us tread carefully you and I

And I will\hanswer the questions you have regarding D16 west

Tell me why you have done this

It is the Ordinatus Armageddon

It is one of thegreatest weapons ever wielded by man

This is a war Zaha

I need weapons to win it

Necessity is not enough

You may not harness Oberon over a whim, Grimaldus

The master of the forge will\hdetermine that for himself

You do not understand

The sacred war platforms\hmust be blessed by the lord of the Centurial Ordinatus

The machine spirits will be enraged without this appeasement

Obern will never function, do you not see?

The only reason the mechanicus is not comiting one of its greatest weapons to war

Is because it remains unblessed?

Yes

That soul of the machine will rebel

If it even awakens, it will be wrathfull

It grieves me to ignore your wishes princeps

But I will not have Jurisian cease his ministrations

Grimaldus

I am ordered by my superiors to see\hu dead before you continue this course of action

This can only end one way

My princeps

Yes Valian

Four heat signatures inbound from directly\habove

The city's wall guns are not tracking them

No, the city defenses wouldn't shoot down four of my thunderhawks

Grimaldus, no

My princeps, forget him

We demand orders at once

If you try to\hraise the shields and prevent my attempt to leave

I will order my gunships to open fire on this\hbridge

Your void shields will never rise in time

You would kill yourself

I would, and you, and your titan

I said the last we met

That you had kind eyes

I remember

It is true

But I regret it, I regret ever speaking a fair to you

Blasphemer

Hades may burn

But it burns\hbecause the enemy fears us

It burns to hide the enemy's shame

So they may\hnever look upon the place where they lost the last war

While the walls of Helsreach stand

While one defender still draws breath the city will never...

Sons of Dorn

Knights of the Emperah

Charge

Artarion suffers more than the rest of us

He sacrifices one hand to hold my banner aloft

The standard draws the enemy to him

They want our banner, they always do

I have heard it said

That the green\hskins raise their titans as idols to their strange piggish gods

That\hwill explain why they're so hideous

Engine killed

You owe me for that, Grimaldus

Your request for reinforcement is acknowledged

They're coming

You said that half an hour ago

I know, but they're coming

Reinforcements\hare on route

You said that an hour ago

The bastards are rolling armor up the road

Did\hI hear you shouting about reinforcements again

They're coming

Throne, why is\heveryone whining about that

Your request for reinforcement is acknowledged

Storm Herald has take her

She still\hlives

She is gone from us Reclusiarch

The shame of it all

The rage of defeat, we all felt the titan rush into her

Her soul is buried as surely\has her body would be in a grave

This is how princeps die

That is unacceptable

It is the truth

Then the truth is unacceptable

Rogal Dorn and Horus were\hclose before the great heresy

It has always been told among the Black Templars

That when the two brothers crusaded together

They were said to have made an oath in blood

Until the end they would say

Zaha

You swore to me

You are right Grimaldus, I did sweare I would walk

Stand

Void shields active my princeps

Make ready the heart

Plasma reactor reports all systems at viable\hintegrity my princeps

Then we move

I heard you as i was dying

I heard you calling me

Yes

I called you back to\hthis world

Until the end

Until the end Zaha

We are dieing

Cador

Ambush along enemy controlled portions of\hhell's highway

Gene seed recovered

The 36th day

Thirty six days of grueling siege

Almost half of Helsreach is gone

Lost to\hsmoke and flame in bitter gawling defeat

Brother

Now is not the time to grieve

It is done

It is strange, I do not wish\hto leave him

That is not Cador

Cador is gone

You are leaving nothing behind

You are heartless brother

Even for one who\hwears the black that is a cold thing to say

I loved him as one can love any warrior that\hfights by your side for 200 years boy

I will miss Cador for the few days that were made to me

Before\hthis war kills me as well

But no! I do not grieve

There is nothing to grieve, When a\hlife has been led in service to the throne

I see

We will speak of this\hagain Nerovar

Now mount up brothers

His death

Doesnt it bother you

I do\hnot wish to speak of this Primus

He did not die well

I said I have no\hdesire to speak of this brother, leave me be

I only say this because if I were as close to\hhim as u were it'd have grieved me also

He died badly

Ugly, ugly death

He\hkilled several before he fell

He did, but his death wound was in the back, that would\hshame me beyond measure

Primus, leave me alone

Helsreach will fall tonight

Bastilan says, giving\hvoice to something we must all be thinking

Not tonight

Do not lie to me Grimaldus

Save your words for the others brother

Make ready to jump

Nero do you stand ready?

What

I need you Nero, our brothers need you

Do not lecture me Reclusiarch,I stand ready

Cador is dead

Grief has its place, but if\hyou are lost in sorrow

I said I stand ready

Why do you single me out like this

Primus is likely to see us all dead because he cannot follow orders

Bastilan and Artarion are not half the fighter Cador was

Yet you lecture me about being the weak one the crack in the blade

Biterness is taking deep root within you brother

When I tell u\hto focus and stand with your brothers, u respond with black words

And trecherous thoughts

So I tell you again one last time

That we need you

And you need us

Yes Reclusiarch

My brothers forgive me

My humors\hare unbalanced and my mind has been adrift

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places

It is fine Nero, I miss him just as you do

I forgive you Nerova

Incoming missiles, impossible to avoid

Jump now, or die with me

Disengage now

Reclusiarch

There is no need to die here

Brace

We saw that Reclusiarch

Blood of Dorn, we all saw it

Sir

Yes?

Emergency signal from the Serpentine in orbit

She requests immediate cessation of all anti-air weaponry in the docks district

Reinforcements

We're losing this road

We\hare six against the legion

Five. Cador is dead

Forgive me brother. A moment's lack of focus

Get up

Not coming out

In the name of the Emperor, stand and fight or we'll all die

Hello Reclusiarch

You have the thanks of the black templars stormtrooper

It was good timing I think

What is your name

Trooper Andre

The 703 strom trooper division sir

It is good to see you on the field

Courage such as yours belongs at the vanguard

Thank you, Reclusiarch

I will remember your names and deeds this day

All of you

Helsreach may burn

But this war is not lost

I am very honored\hReclusiarch

As are these handsome and fine gentlemen with me

But if you could tell my captain about this, I would be even happier

It will be done, trooper Andre

You have my word

I am hopeful\hthis will also impress the lady I intend to marry

Yes. Good

What is that

It can't be what it looks like

It is

Ah yah

What are those?

Drop pods

Astartes drop pods

I am honored to fight at your side Reclusiarch\hGrimaldis

The Templars are in your debt

But tell me brother

Why have you come

We\hwere the last of the salamanders in orbit

The lord of the fireborn called us to\hhim and we obeyed

Master Tushan

May the emperor continue to favor him

Fights\hfar from here brother

The Salamanders bleed the enemy many leagues to the east

And the\hhemlock river runs black with alien blood

The Salamanders were not blind to your plight\hhonored Reclusiarch

My master heard of the civilian devastation in the\hfall of the city's coastal districts

We are the 70 warriors chosen to make planet fall\hhere

And stand with you until the docks are held

And then you will leave

And then you will leave

Our fight is along the banks of\hthe Hemlock

Our glory is there

This city

It smells like home

The most honorable invigilata has been petitioned by outside forces to leave city

She will stay

Whe swore to fight

As I understand

Imperial advances along the length of the Hemlock river are grinding to a halt

The\hsettlements there protected by the Salamanders and regiments of Cadian shock

Are now\hconsidered a higher priority than the city

This is from the old man himself, it came over the\hvox an hour ago

I do not care

Our mandate is to defend helsreach

Our mandate yes

But princeps\hZaha's mandate was to deploy where she desired

She will not leave

She is here until\hthe end

Enough please, Reclusiarch

Storm herald is embattled 7 kilometers down the hell's highway with

An enemy scrap titan battalion in the rosteric ironworks

She has given no further word of her decision

What of the weapon, Reclusiarch

A fools hope

None of us had\hmuch hope pinned on the ordinatus

It was the longest of long\hshots anyway you slice it

There is nothing to like in\hthem

They wage war to defend

To preserve

Everything in their way is devoted\hto maintaining what humanity already has

I mean no offense to them as warriors

But\hdrop podding into the city purely to defend civilians?

Madness

Bastilan please, you know I am right

I know you are treading on unstable ground

Do not besmirch the honour of our brother chapter

The salamanders shed as much blood as we did this week

That is not the point

That is not the point that is where you and I\hdisagree brother

But you are young, you will learn

Do not patronize me old man

I am not that old

Do not laugh at me

Well stop making me laugh

What two chapters fight the same

What two chapters\hwage war according to the same principles

We are all born of different worlds and trained by different masters

Accept the differences and\hstand with them as allies

Sergeant Varath

The people of Helsreach\hand Armageddon

Offer their thanks to you and your brothers

You'll quit\hthe city today?

The lord of the fireborn calls

Quiet so, quiet so

I offer my personal\hthanks

Without your arrival many more would have lost their lives

You are fighting\hwith ferocity unmatched steel legionnaire

It was an honor to fight at your side on the\hstreets of your city

The honor was ours Varath

Hunt well

And send my thanks to your lord

What do you want salamander

To speak

If you are willing, Reclusiarch

I would be honored

I tell him, but this is a lie

My brothers and I

Came to this city without\hthe illuminating guidance of our chaplain

We would offer reverend thanks if you'd lead\hus in prayer before we quit the city

And rejoinour chapter by the shores of the hemlock

I know\hlittle of your chapter's cult and creed salamander

We know this Reclusiarch

Still\hwe would offer sincere thanks

Think of the battle last night

There was one\hmoment in the chaos that still preys upon my mind

It casts a shadow over us now, like an enemy's spear threatening to fall

What aspect of the battle troubles you, Reclusiarch?

A fine question

Where are the Salamanders

They're holding

What

Follow us in the name of the throne

Hold back pull back to the eastern platform and be ready to engage the second wave

Fight! If we strike now there will be no second wave ,we're at the warlord's throat

He's getting away

Fall back

Sir, no

Fall back, this is not worth dying over

We do not have\hthe numbers to spill the warlord's blood now

I see

You consider this a stain on your personal honor

No brother

I consider it a waste of time, amunition and life

Two of your own squads were\hkilled in the successive waves that followed

If we had pursued in unity

We could have broken\hthrough to the enemy leader and taken his head

It is tactically unsound Reclusiarch

Pursuit would've left the sheltr undefended and vulnerable to regrouping waves

Attacking from\hother sectors

Three thousand lives were saved by our defiance last night

There were no attacks\hfrom other sectors

There may have been, had we pursued

I am finished with this debate, Salamander

It grieves me to hear you speak this way Reclusiarch

Get out of my city

He is not ready

He is a master of swirl engagements and a warrior\hbeyond pier

But he is not a leader of the chapter

The forge master speaks the truth High Marshal

Grimaldus is flawed by hesitation,a second delay in all he does

And it is no secret why

He\hholds himself to his master's standards

Doubts clings to him, darkening his place in\hthe chapter

He is shaken by mordred's death

He seeks his place in the eternal crusade

In the coming war, I will give him the chance to find that place

The city is falling brother

Saren and the\hother humans faced that fact today

The time has come for us to choose where we will\hdie

Then let it be where we will be remembered

Let it be where our deaths will matter

And give birth to tales worthy of being recorded in humanity's history

I know of a place

It is far from here

But\hthere is no holier place on this entire world

There we shall dig our graves

There we'll ensure great the enemy forever remembers\hthe name of black templars

Helsreach has weeks left, but little beyond that

The siege is almost at our own gate

We received a message from the Astartes commander in the city

The Reclusiarch sends word that his knights are on route to stand with us in defense

The Reclusiarch is bringing the black templars here

Yes Prioress

Did he happen to say why he felt the sudden wishto fight alongside

The order of the ardent shroud

No Prioress

I suspect it ties into colonel Saren's decision to break up remaining defenders

Into separate bastions

The Reclusiarch chose the temple

I see

I doubt he asked permission

No Prioress, he didnt

Typical Astartes

When\hdo they arrive

Before sunset mistress

Very well

Damn it all ,well don't just stand\hthere gawking girl! prepare my battle armor

How long has it been since you wore your armor Prioress?

How old are yiou girl

Fifteen mistress

Well then

Let's just say you couldn't wipe your own backside last time i went to war

But it'll be good to\hdeliver sermon with Bolter in hand again

Hail Reclusiarch

Hail Bayard

I say to the\hemperor's champion of the helsreach crusade

My liege

Primus

Still breathing I see

Nothing\hon this world will change that my liege

Rise brother

The day will\hnever come that you must kneel before me

Artarion, Bastilan

It is good to see you both

And you Nero

Cador's fall tore at my heart brother

He and I served in the sword brethren together, did you know that

I knew it my liege, Cador spoke of it often

Well well well! The emperor's chosen come to stand with us at last

Hail Prioress

I am Prioress Sindal

And in the name of saint\hSilvana

I bid you welcome to the temple of the emperor's ascendant

Reclusiarch Grimaldus of the black templars

I cannot help but notice that you do not sound welcoming

Should I be

Half of the temple\hdistrict has already fallen in the last week

Where were you then hmm?

We were at\hthe docks you ungrateful little harpy

Be at ease

As my brother Primus\hexplained

We were engaged in the east of the hive

But we're here now when the war's at it's\h darkest as enemy aproached the temple doors

I have fought with Astartes before

I've fought alongside wariors who would've\h given their lives for the imperium's ideals

And warriors that cared only for glory, as if they could wear their honor like armor

Both breeds were Astartes

We are not here to be\hlectured on the state of our souls

Whether you are or not doesn't matter Reclusiarch

Will you dismiss\hur fellow warriors from the chamber pls? There's much to speak of

We can speak of the temple's\hdefense in front of my brothers

Indeed we can

And when the time comes to speak of such things\hthey will be present

But for now, please dismiss them

Remove your helm please

Tell me why i should

Because I'd like to look upon the face of the man i'm speaking with

And because i wish\hto anoint you with the waters of Elucidation

A moment please

This water is thrice blessed

It brings clarity of purpose when\hanointed onto the doubting and the lost

I am not lost

I did not mean to imply that\hyou were Reclusiarch, but many who come here are

Kneel if your would, I cannot\hreach all the way up there

You have beautiful eyes

There

You are blessed and may tread the sacred\h floor of the inner sanctum without guilt

May you find the answers you seek\h in the house of the God Emperor

Very few left

There will be enough, have\hfaith in your brother's blades Bayard

I have faitth

I am sanguine with my faith chaplain

My rank is Reclusiarch, use it

By your will, brother ofcourse

But we stand vigil over the city death\hwith a handful of bleeding humans Reclusiarch

I am sanguine but I am also a realist

Have\hfaith in the people of this city, champion

Such condescension is beneath you

These people\hare fighting for more than their homes and lives

They are fighting for their ancestors honor On the holiest ground in the entire world

The survivors of this war across the globe will take heart from sacrifices made

By the thousands destined to die here

Blood of Dorn, Bayard.\hThe imperium was born in moments such as this

My voice was one of the few that\hspoke against your ascension to Modred's rank

I would have said the same in your place

Hail adjutant Tyro, major Reichen

We got cut off from Saren and the others

Throne, there are still thousands of the bastards out there

And that's not the worst of it

Explain

The enemy still has titans

And there's one you'll never\hbelieve until you look upon it with your own eyes

We saw it march from Rosteric Ironworks\h collapsing habitation towers in its wake

Move inside and see to your wounds

If the end\his coming to these walls you will need to stand ready

Oh we'll all be ready, the bastards\h took my face and that made it personal

Madness

Reclusiarch?

Humans! They are, a mystery to me

Fire the hell storm canon

As soon as it has recharged, my princeps

My\hprinceps we must disengage

We need to rearm and cool the plasma core in standard sustained\hventing procedure

No moderati, I do not care

I'm ready, firing

Wait for the stabilizers to come\hback online, they only need another minute

The arm is badly damaged\hI'm taking the shot, I can make it

You'll miss fire! give them 30\hseconds just 30 more seconds

Firing

No, no, no! This cant be

You have killed us

I had the shot, I had the shot

God damit, you son of a bitch

Why hasn't he fired

Grimaldus, I stood til the end as promised

They said you would be here

I beg the many forgiving of this holy place for\hmy intrusion but I bring news, yes

Do not be angry

the vox is still playing many unamusing games and\hI could not speak with anyone

In any other way

Speak legionnaire

The beasts, they are coming in great force

Many are not far behind us, and I've heard vox\hchatter invigilata is leaving the city

Why would they leave us

They'd\hquit the city at once, if princeps Zaha was gone. Mechanicus politics

She is gone Reclusiarch

An hour ago, we saw stormheddle die

A moment please

You are destined to either\hsurvive this or die at least sometime later than I

What is this

My mother's wedding ring, and a letter of explaination

Once this is over if u are still drawing breath, pls find trooper Natalina Demoska

Of the 91st steel's elite

You will recognize her, its a promise

She is the most beatiful woman in the world everyone says so

Fall back sir

Not yet

Come on, fall back

Why arent they here

Who

The bloody Templars

Nerova

The black sword

Primus

Reclusiarch

You are the last emperor's champion of the Helsreach crusade

Now, recover ur blade

Engine, kill

Statis of the weapon?

Oberon has no void shields no secondary weapon\hsystems

And suspensor lift capability is limited

Alone I can fire it no more\hthan once every 20 minutes

I need to recharge fuel cells manually and regenerate flow from the plasma containment

Heed these last words Forge Master

Do not bring\hthe weapon too close

The temple district is not but fire and ash and we are surrounded on all sides

Flee the city

Pursue Invigilata retreating forces and link up up with the Imperial\hassault

Along the hemlock

You wish me to run?

I wish you to live rather than die in vain and save a weapon precious to imperium

We will be buried here Jurisian

There is no dishonor that\hyour fate is elsewhere

For Dorn and the emperor

By your will, Reclusiarch

Kill them all

Let none survive

Never\hhas an alien defiled this holiest of places

Take heart brothers, fight in the Emperor's name

I have dug my grave in this place

I will either truimph or I will die No pity! No remourse! No fear

They are bringing the temple down

Nero

Grimaldus! Brother

Artarion

Goodbye brother

I will die on this world

I will die on Armageddon

They call it the season of fire

The ash wastes\hare choking with dust from roaring volcanoes

Fighting across most of the world is ceasing,\hnot because of victory or defeat

But because there can be no arguing with Armageddon itself

In a handful of days no man or xenos beast will be able to breathe in the wastelands

So the war\hceases for now

Imperial forces consolidate territories to which they still lay claim

And drive the invaders out from those where the orks have managed to grasp no more

Than a\hweek hold

Helsreach is one of these places

Hello hero

Greetings Andre

Perhaps you should\hsalute me now though, yes

I'm not beholden to a guard captain but congratulations

Yes i know

But I must be offerin many tnx for u keepin ur word and telling my cpt\hof my deeds

An oath is an oath

You friend, your love, did u find her?

Yes, I did find her

I'm glad you made it, I heard you were very injured

Not enough to kill me

The reports i have heard indicated no one else survived the fall of the\hbasilica

Yes, that would make for a wonderful story

The last black knight, the only\hsurvivor of the greatest battle in helsreach

I apologize for surviving and breaking the flaw of your legend Reclusiarch

I promise most faithfully that I and six or seven others who survived be\hvery quiet

And let you have all the thunder

Were you not injured at all?

Ye I had a headache, but then it went away

This makes me smile

Artarion, Primus, Bastilan, Cador, Nero

Forgive me for living, while\hyou all lie cold and still

We are judged in life, for the evil we destroy

Its a bleak truth that there's nothing but blood awaiting us

In the spaces between the starts

But\hthe emperor sees all that transpires in his domain

And we r judged equaly for the\hilumination we bring to the blackest nights

We are judged in life for those moments we spill\hlight

Into the darkest reaches of his imperium

Your world taught me this

Your world, and the war that brought me here

Hero of Helsreach

The crowd cheers

As if there is only one