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===Under the Despoiler's Bootheel===

As the [[Planet Killer]] had proved itself to be a legitimate threat, it's no surprise that sub-sector after sub-sector surrendered rather than face its wrath. Abaddon captured his second Blackstone Fortress at '''Lukaris'''; as he deployed these to capture the one defending '''Fularis II''', he revealed what two Fortresses linking their energies could do. Fularis was scoured clean of life by the blast of the linked Fortresses and soon the Despoiler had a third Fortress to his name.

Everywhere in the sector the Imperial forces struggled to stem the Chaos tide. '''Sub-Sector Lysades''' fell to Chaos control, while at the '''Cyclops Cluster''' Ork pirates raided Chaos shipping allowing the Imperial navy some respite. At Barbarus Costa, '''Fleet Admiral Mourndark''' finally broke the back of the Eldar and Human pirate threat in its attack on the Pirates' Haven. With the pirates dealt with, the Imperial Navy could focus its entire attention on the Chaos invasion again.

At the [[Hive World]] of '''Corilia''' fifty [[Chaos Terminator]]s under [[Chaos Lord]] '''Vastakel Khyre''' teleported directly into the capital spire and slaughtered their way through the [[Planetary Defense Force]] before leaving as soon as they came. In their wake, the Imperial Governor and his closest advisors were found missing. What happened to them remains one of the conflict's biggest mysteries.