Editing War of Beasts (section)

===Tooth and Claw===

[[File:Vigilus_tooth_and_claw.jpg|320px|thumb|right|Bugs vs. Furries.]]

It was at this point that a task force of [[Space Marines]] made of elements from the [[Iron Hands]] and the [[Brazen Claws]] decided to throw their hats into the proceedings. On the way to the Stygies Front, they made a detour to Vigilus once contacted by their Mechanicus allies. Led by [[Kardan Stronos]], the Astartes made a massed [[Steel Rain|drop pod assault]] on the outskirts of each major Hivesprawl before converging toward Megaborealis. Expecting to find Orks, they found cultists and [[Genestealers]] instead. Battles with these cultists would keep the sons of [[Ferrus Manus]] busy for many months.

Later on, a second task force of Astartes, this time [[Space Wolves]] from the Great Company of [[Ragnar Blackmane]], arrived to do battle with the xenos occupying the Oteck Hivesprawl. There was little coordination between the Wolves and the Iron Hands, and both chapters gave little notice to the Aquiliarian Council of their plans, having no interest in getting bogged down in the petty rivalries, long-winded procedurals and political deadlock that kept the council from effectively coordinating their defenses in the first place.

The Iron Hands began a cold and clinical system of quarantine and elimination alongside their Mechanicus counterparts in Hive Megaborealis, whilst the Space Wolves put their innate hunting senses to potent use against the Genestealer Cults, being one of the few Imperial forces able to effectively sniff out (literally) and take the fight to the cultists in the Oteck Underhive.