Editing The 13th Black Crusade (section)

===One Last Effort===

Marshall Amalrich ordered half of his remaining Black Templars to buy them time to reach the gate, to hold the pass as long as possible for the convoy to make for the alien ruins. Garrein, the [[Emperor's Champion]], led this doomed holding action, and their battle echoed through the night while their compatriots hurried upward.

By dawn the snows came again, and shielded the Imperials from searching eyes, but at the same time slowed their progress to a crawl. They pressed on, but by noon the snows had cleared, and the sounds of pursuit came loudly once more.  

The Black Legion came upon them in force, and as the battle erupted across the bowl even Cawl thought that his luck had finally run out, and stood his ground as a [[Land Raider]] deployed Abaddon himself and his coterie of Terminator bodyguards.  

But it was not to be the end of the Archmagos, or the Imperials there, as jetbikes roared out of the now active gate, their underslung shuriken cannons raking the Black Legion forces, followed by [[Harlequin|laughing and dancing graceful figures in rainbow raiment]]. More lithe warriors followed, followed by massive walkers and war engines. These new arrivals fell upon the Black Legion in focused fury, and many Traitors met their final ends then and there.

The [[Eldar]]! The Eldar had come!