Editing The 13th Black Crusade (section)

===Grave of Resistance===

As Creed took potshots at Black Legion terminators, but gouts of Promethium fried Kasrkins all around him. From the fire and ash loomed Abaddon himself, and within moments the rest of his entourage was reduced to bloody ribbons. For all his fury, Creed was no match for Abaddon, and soon he was held in the Despoiler's claws.

Abaddon took his time to crush the life and defiance out of the Lord Castellan, but he was so focused on his victory that he forgot that, whoops, he was in a duel with Celestine. So the Living Saint sneakily took advantage of this to give him a +20d6 damage Backstab.

The Despoiler reeled, and dropped his prey. That Horus-dammned HURT. He dropped Creed and turned to face Celestine again, but by this point the Cadian 8th had once more surrounded their commander.

That's it. Abaddon decided that it wasn't worth it anymore. Just as well, as the instability of the Warp meant that, if he didn't leave soon, he would be stuck on Cadia. As he gave Celestine the worst stink glare ever, he ordered a general withdrawal. As the Vengeful Spirit's teleporters drew the Black Legion back, Abaddon at least gave it to the Cadians -- they didn't break. Oh they didn't knew they'd ''lost'' yet, but they also won. Despite ''everything'' he had done, the spirit of the defenders still didn't break.

That, at least, was worth a measure of respect.