Editing The War of The Beast (section)

==The Catastrophe: Slaughter at Ardamantua==
For the first time in centuries, the [[Imperial Fists]] left their role as praetorians of the throneworld and went to slaughter alien scum known as the '''Chromes''' who were considered little better than non-sentient vermin. They looked like [[Tyranid]]s, but were able to planet jump without ships. Later on it would be found out that this was because they were piggybacking on the [[Ork]] [[Teleportation|tellyporta]] technology.

The Fists were surprised by strange gravitational hazards which started chewing up the landscape and causing their starships to fail and crash, and were dealt severe losses. The [[High Lords of Terra]], reluctant to lend their own aid to the Fists on what they considered a trivial matter of fighting pests, allowed the remaining Fists who were guarding the throneworld to deploy to Ardamantua along with a contingent of Guard forces commanded by the '''Lord Commander Militant Heth.'''

When the counterattack commenced, an ENTIRE MOON materialized in the system; the process by which it was traveling had been messing up the planet's gravity, practically destroying it, while causing navigational hazards that scattered the fleets in orbit around Ardamantua, crushing them.

Then appeared the [[WAAAGH]]! Beast. [[Lord of the Rings|This was no mindless rabble of Orks. These were Uruk-hai. Their armour is thick and their shields broad.]] It was said that its [[Boyz]] were as strong as and bigger than Space Marines, and quite cunning to boot. Their [[Nob]]s were quite massive as well (think Boyz the size of Nobs and Nobs the size of Warbosses). However, its biggest threat was the Ork [[Warboss]]: [[The Beast]] (who will bring much) Slaughter. The Beast was a leader of unprecedented tactical acumen and sophistication for an Ork, and thus managed to turn his WAAAGH into a cohesive fighting force that used actual battlefield tactics and even diplomacy.

Lord Commander Militant Heth died and his forces were slaughtered right after warning the Imperium of the greatest threat they had ever faced before. The Imperial Fists were slaughtered to a man. Only three survivors remained: two which were killed by the Adeptus Mechanicus by mistake and '''Captain [[Slaughter Koorland]]''', the future [[Chapter Master]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] and then-Lord Commander of the Imperium.