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	The hosts of Anorexia brought gifts of disease and death to the 100th personally, and invited them to be her children with blades and clubs. A tide of disgust swept over the frontline and into the camps, and they brought the soldiers too sick to fight to meet Anorexia personally. She spoiled her guests with poxes and plagues, fed them carcass and fungus. Through her generosity she won the hearts and souls of the 100th, and they swore to tell the whole galaxy of their devotion to their new mother. However, before they could begin to show their new love the 2nd Markian Battlegroup, previously providing orbital support, began bombarding the planet. They granted the remnants of the 100th a swift death, and burned the vines and hives in radfire and macrocannon barrages. The fires of vengeance swept clean the surface and shook the world to its core; not a blighted shrub was left by the time the rancored commodore lifted the bombardment, and all the 100th Army was cremated, spared from an unlife as servants of the alien god. The Markians mourned the loss of their brothers, and carried the ill news to Atashia in silence.		The hosts of Anorexia brought gifts of disease and death to the 100th personally, and invited them to be her children with blades and clubs. A tide of disgust swept over the frontline and into the camps, and they brought the soldiers too sick to fight to meet Anorexia personally. She spoiled her guests with poxes and plagues, fed them carcass and fungus. Through her generosity she won the hearts and souls of the 100th, and they swore to tell the whole galaxy of their devotion to their new mother. However, before they could begin to show their new love the 2nd Markian Battlegroup, previously providing orbital support, began bombarding the planet. They granted the remnants of the 100th a swift death, and burned the vines and hives in radfire and macrocannon barrages. The fires of vengeance swept clean the surface and shook the world to its core; not a blighted shrub was left by the time the rancored commodore lifted the bombardment, and all the 100th Army was cremated, spared from an unlife as servants of the alien god. The Markians mourned the loss of their brothers, and carried the ill news to Atashia in silence.

	On the pulverized surface of Cykarox, life continued. At first it was small: a few hardy seeds, scattered by the bombardment, took root in the ashen soil. Though the earth was poor, poisoned by hivewaste and radiation, these seeds still sprouted into wilted plans. They flowered and multiplied, spreading more seeds and creating more plants. Soon there were shrubs, then trees, then an entire rancid forest. For years, as the Imperium ignored this supposedly barren world, the gift of Nurgle brought life back into the world. The trees flowered and bore rotten fruit, and from the bloated fruits burst plaguebearers, and from the plaguebearers burst nurglings. Life returned to Cykarox, but it is not until months later when the foul miracle would be discovered by the Imperium and exterminated by the psychic warriors of the Grey Knights and Legio Maleficarum.

	====The Midway Campaign====		====The Midway Campaign====

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2016-10-30T04:43:14Z

The Pacificus Campaign

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	The greatest mobilization of Imperial forces in Imperial history occurred during the legendary [[Pacificus Campaign]], a massive offensive that built the foundation of the Imperial Guard as the most powerful force in the galaxy. Led by the Rosskan Strelky in the north and the Markian Corps in the south, and later joined by several space marine legions during the Great Scouring, the campaign began late in the Hektor Heresy but was fought predominantly during the Great Scouring. Countless billions were pressed into service as the Imperial Army suffered terrible losses in the gruesome battles against the rebels and the foul warp creatures they summoned from Hell, and entire worlds burned in cleansing flame to save them from Chaos's grip.		The greatest mobilization of Imperial forces in Imperial history occurred during the legendary [[Pacificus Campaign]], a massive offensive that built the foundation of the Imperial Guard as the most powerful force in the galaxy. Led by the Rosskan Strelky in the north and the Markian Corps in the south, and later joined by several space marine legions during the Great Scouring, the campaign began late in the Hektor Heresy but was fought predominantly during the Great Scouring. Countless billions were pressed into service as the Imperial Army suffered terrible losses in the gruesome battles against the rebels and the foul warp creatures they summoned from Hell, and entire worlds burned in cleansing flame to save them from Chaos's grip.

	Following the Battle of Thenar in 012.M31, Sky Marshal Victor Gustave ordered the creation of ~~the 100th and 101st Armies~~ of the Markian Corps. The forges of Ghalhal and Atashia burned bright day in and day out to match the demands of not one but two armies, but not even the Mechanicum could meet such an order speedily while supplying other worlds that were also preparing for the coming offensive. The entire Al-Sherar Sector reached the breaking point training and arming regiments in preparation for the northward offensive. Such a need for equipment quickly outstripped the sector's ability to produce it, and the Markian Corps needed immediate action to resolve this. Beyond the sector lied multiple forgeworlds and armoury worlds brimming with the materiel necessary to equip the Imperial Army. Initial predictions placed such planets as a later priority that would supply regiments raised during the course of the Pacificus Campaign, but their equipment was required immediately for the Markian Corps and its allies. The great offensive had to start early with the conquest of these worlds before the full might of the Imperium could be brought to bear.		Following the Battle of Thenar in 012.M31, Sky Marshal Victor Gustave ordered the creation of not one but five armies of the Markian Corps. The forges of Ghalhal and Atashia burned bright day in and day out to match the demands of not one but two armies, but not even the Mechanicum could meet such an order speedily while supplying other worlds that were also preparing for the coming offensive. The entire Al-Sherar Sector reached the breaking point training and arming regiments in preparation for the northward offensive. Such a need for equipment quickly outstripped the sector's ability to produce it, and the Markian Corps needed immediate action to resolve this. Beyond the sector lied multiple forgeworlds and armoury worlds brimming with the materiel necessary to equip the Imperial Army. Initial predictions placed such planets as a later priority that would supply regiments raised during the course of the Pacificus Campaign, but their equipment was required immediately for the Markian Corps and its allies. The great offensive had to start early with the conquest of these worlds before the full might of the Imperium could be brought to bear.

	====First Battle of Struthis and Battle for Hauser====		====First Battle of Struthis and Battle for Hauser====

1d4chan>Dingdoodah: /* The Pacificus Campaign */

2016-10-28T02:13:10Z

The Pacificus Campaign

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	===The Pacificus Campaign===		===The Pacificus Campaign===
	The greatest mobilization of Imperial forces in Imperial history occurred during the legendary Pacificus Campaign, a massive offensive that built the foundation of the Imperial Guard as the most powerful force in the galaxy. Led by the Rosskan Strelky in the north and the Markian Corps in the south, and later joined by several space marine legions during the Great Scouring, the campaign began late in the Hektor Heresy but was fought predominantly during the Great Scouring. Countless billions were pressed into service as the Imperial Army suffered terrible losses in the gruesome battles against the rebels and the foul warp creatures they summoned from Hell, and entire worlds burned in cleansing flame to save them from Chaos's grip.		The greatest mobilization of Imperial forces in Imperial history occurred during the legendary [[Pacificus Campaign]], a massive offensive that built the foundation of the Imperial Guard as the most powerful force in the galaxy. Led by the Rosskan Strelky in the north and the Markian Corps in the south, and later joined by several space marine legions during the Great Scouring, the campaign began late in the Hektor Heresy but was fought predominantly during the Great Scouring. Countless billions were pressed into service as the Imperial Army suffered terrible losses in the gruesome battles against the rebels and the foul warp creatures they summoned from Hell, and entire worlds burned in cleansing flame to save them from Chaos's grip.

	Following the Battle of Thenar in 012.M31, Sky Marshal Victor Gustave ordered the creation of the 100th and 101st Armies of the Markian Corps. The forges of Ghalhal and Atashia burned bright day in and day out to match the demands of not one but two armies, but not even the Mechanicum could meet such an order speedily while supplying other worlds that were also preparing for the coming offensive. The entire Al-Sherar Sector reached the breaking point training and arming regiments in preparation for the northward offensive. Such a need for equipment quickly outstripped the sector's ability to produce it, and the Markian Corps needed immediate action to resolve this. Beyond the sector lied multiple forgeworlds and armoury worlds brimming with the materiel necessary to equip the Imperial Army. Initial predictions placed such planets as a later priority that would supply regiments raised during the course of the Pacificus Campaign, but their equipment was required immediately for the Markian Corps and its allies. The great offensive had to start early with the conquest of these worlds before the full might of the Imperium could be brought to bear.		Following the Battle of Thenar in 012.M31, Sky Marshal Victor Gustave ordered the creation of the 100th and 101st Armies of the Markian Corps. The forges of Ghalhal and Atashia burned bright day in and day out to match the demands of not one but two armies, but not even the Mechanicum could meet such an order speedily while supplying other worlds that were also preparing for the coming offensive. The entire Al-Sherar Sector reached the breaking point training and arming regiments in preparation for the northward offensive. Such a need for equipment quickly outstripped the sector's ability to produce it, and the Markian Corps needed immediate action to resolve this. Beyond the sector lied multiple forgeworlds and armoury worlds brimming with the materiel necessary to equip the Imperial Army. Initial predictions placed such planets as a later priority that would supply regiments raised during the course of the Pacificus Campaign, but their equipment was required immediately for the Markian Corps and its allies. The great offensive had to start early with the conquest of these worlds before the full might of the Imperium could be brought to bear.

1d4chan>Dingdoodah: /* Anorexia on Cykarox */

2016-10-28T02:10:54Z

Anorexia on Cykarox

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	On the pulverized surface of Cykarox, life continued. At first it was small: a few hardy seeds, scattered by the bombardment, took root in the ashen soil. Though the earth was poor, poisoned by hivewaste and radiation, these seeds still sprouted into wilted plans. They flowered and multiplied, spreading more seeds and creating more plants. Soon there were shrubs, then trees, then an entire rancid forest. For years, as the Imperium ignored this supposedly barren world, the gift of Nurgle brought life back into the world. The trees flowered and bore rotten fruit, and from the bloated fruits burst plaguebearers, and from the plaguebearers burst nurglings. Life returned to Cykarox, but it is not until months later when the foul miracle would be discovered by the Imperium and exterminated by the psychic warriors of the Grey Knights and Legio Maleficarum.		On the pulverized surface of Cykarox, life continued. At first it was small: a few hardy seeds, scattered by the bombardment, took root in the ashen soil. Though the earth was poor, poisoned by hivewaste and radiation, these seeds still sprouted into wilted plans. They flowered and multiplied, spreading more seeds and creating more plants. Soon there were shrubs, then trees, then an entire rancid forest. For years, as the Imperium ignored this supposedly barren world, the gift of Nurgle brought life back into the world. The trees flowered and bore rotten fruit, and from the bloated fruits burst plaguebearers, and from the plaguebearers burst nurglings. Life returned to Cykarox, but it is not until months later when the foul miracle would be discovered by the Imperium and exterminated by the psychic warriors of the Grey Knights and Legio Maleficarum.

			====The Midway Campaign====

	===The Verdunian Reforms===		===The Verdunian Reforms===

1d4chan>Dingdoodah: /* Battles Abroad */

2016-10-28T02:10:37Z

Battles Abroad

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	===Battles Abroad===		===Battles Abroad===
	During the Hektor Heresy there were many grand corps outside of the Al-Sherar Sector engaged in combat against traitor forces. Although they participated in many pitched battles, the Markian Corps are most well-known in Segmentum Pacificus for raising and training new regiments from other worlds' populations to fight the heretics.		During the Hektor Heresy there were many grand corps outside of the Al-Sherar Sector engaged in combat against traitor forces. Although they participated in many pitched battles, the Markian Corps are most well-known in Segmentum Pacificus for raising and training new regiments from other worlds' populations to fight the heretics.

	~~====The Midway Campaign====~~

	==The Scouring==		==The Scouring==

1d4chan>Dingdoodah: /* Anorexia on Cykarox */

2016-10-27T03:44:30Z

Anorexia on Cykarox

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	====Anorexia on Cykarox====		====Anorexia on Cykarox====
	The Pacificus Campaign, so far, had been rather spectacular for the Imperial Army. Regiments and battlegroups jumped from planet to planet, and rebel worlds fell under the heel of the Markian Corps. With the Great Scouring in full swing and the Legiones Astartes dedicating themselves to galactic liberation the pacification of the segmentum was drawing near. However, the enemies of the Imperium were all so worldly and mortal, and the deceptions of Chaos were not yet known to the marshals of Markia. On the hiveworld of Cykarox ~~that~~ the 100th Army, with units attached from the Goda Retainers and the ~~Karadon Cold Ones~~, met major setbacks soon after planetfall. An unknown disease had spread among both Markians and Cykaroxians, and was rapidly rooting itself in the overcrowded hives. A fifth of the army was too ill to fight, and hundreds had died from the plague. Still, the 100th fought on, taking hive after hive, sweating through the pandemic.		The Pacificus Campaign, so far, had been rather spectacular for the Imperial Army. Regiments and battlegroups jumped from planet to planet, and rebel worlds fell under the heel of the Markian Corps. With the Great Scouring in full swing and the Legiones Astartes dedicating themselves to galactic liberation the pacification of the segmentum was drawing near. However, the enemies of the Imperium were all so worldly and mortal, and the deceptions of Chaos were not yet known to the marshals of Markia. On the hiveworld of Cykarox the 100th Army, with units attached from the Goda Retainers and the Solidus Chromehounds, met major setbacks soon after planetfall in 017.M31. An unknown disease had spread among both Markians and Cykaroxians, and was rapidly rooting itself in the overcrowded hives. A fifth of the army was too ill to fight, and hundreds had died from the plague. Still, the 100th fought on, taking hive after hive, sweating through the pandemic.

	In the spires of Cykarox, the cauldron of Nurgle stirred. The world's aristocracy, including the planetary governor, was afflicted with the pox. This was no mistake, as it was the governor who invited the plague into both his world and his body. The lords of Cykarox, knowing what happened to those who opposed the Emperor, consulted with an agent of the rotfather's cult, and asked for a weapon to defeat the Markians in one fell swoop. They learned of a heavenly matron, said to be the more beautiful than angels, who could save them. Immediately they sought to summon her, and as per the cultist's instructions spread her love through the fluids the cult provided. They imbibed the pus drawn from boils, and slipped contagions into the water supply of the hives. However, the saint they wished for did not come to save them; not when they had yet to meet defeat.		In the spires of Cykarox, the cauldron of Nurgle stirred. The world's aristocracy, including the planetary governor, was afflicted with the pox. This was no mistake, as it was the governor who invited the plague into both his world and his body. The lords of Cykarox, knowing what happened to those who opposed the Emperor, consulted with an agent of the rotfather's cult, and asked for a weapon to defeat the Markians in one fell swoop. They learned of a heavenly matron, said to be the more beautiful than angels, who could save them. Immediately they sought to summon her, and as per the cultist's instructions spread her love through the fluids the cult provided. They imbibed the pus drawn from boils, and slipped contagions into the water supply of the hives. However, the saint they wished for did not come to save them; not when they had yet to meet defeat.

1d4chan>Dingdoodah: /* Anorexia on Cykarox */

2016-10-27T00:58:23Z

Anorexia on Cykarox

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	Despite the growing plague the 100th Army fought its way to the final bastion of Cykarox, Hive Hunden. By the time they reached the last hive the 100th only had a single grand corps able to fight, as the rest of the army was dead or dying from disease. Even at only a third of its initial strength the Markians could still defeat the rebel PDF with strength of arms and skill. Now, on the brink of defeat, in the depths of despair, and without a soul left untouched by illness in the hives Cykarox would be saved by Nurgle. From the ground sprung thick vines that climbed the spires of Hunden and blossomed into wilted flowers. From the flowered sprouted creatures of rot and plague. Nurglings and plaguebearers clustered in the streets, citizens wreathed in pain as new and even greater diseases grasped them. In the center of the hive grew a single tree, taller than any tower on Cykarox, its leaves withered and its wood full of fungus. A single flower as red as blood blossomed on the highest branch, and its petals pealed back to reveal the world's new saint. Her limbs were like a fly's, skinny and sheathed with rugged keratin. Her lanky body was pocked and covered with open sores, fungus and worms crawled out from under her pale saggy skin. A thin translucent skin covered her veiny body, and the only substantial flesh on her body were her small droopy teets that ooze pus and her potbelly, pregnant with the children of Septicus and covered in the holes left from nurglings clawing their way from her womb. She opened her mouth, her teeth like rotten wood, and sung her melody of deafening screeches, letting the love of Nurgle reach all the humans of the world through her song.		Despite the growing plague the 100th Army fought its way to the final bastion of Cykarox, Hive Hunden. By the time they reached the last hive the 100th only had a single grand corps able to fight, as the rest of the army was dead or dying from disease. Even at only a third of its initial strength the Markians could still defeat the rebel PDF with strength of arms and skill. Now, on the brink of defeat, in the depths of despair, and without a soul left untouched by illness in the hives Cykarox would be saved by Nurgle. From the ground sprung thick vines that climbed the spires of Hunden and blossomed into wilted flowers. From the flowered sprouted creatures of rot and plague. Nurglings and plaguebearers clustered in the streets, citizens wreathed in pain as new and even greater diseases grasped them. In the center of the hive grew a single tree, taller than any tower on Cykarox, its leaves withered and its wood full of fungus. A single flower as red as blood blossomed on the highest branch, and its petals pealed back to reveal the world's new saint. Her limbs were like a fly's, skinny and sheathed with rugged keratin. Her lanky body was pocked and covered with open sores, fungus and worms crawled out from under her pale saggy skin. A thin translucent skin covered her veiny body, and the only substantial flesh on her body were her small droopy teets that ooze pus and her potbelly, pregnant with the children of Septicus and covered in the holes left from nurglings clawing their way from her womb. She opened her mouth, her teeth like rotten wood, and sung her melody of deafening screeches, letting the love of Nurgle reach all the humans of the world through her song.

	The hosts of Anorexia brought gifts of disease and death to the 100th personally, and invited them to be her children with blades and clubs. A tide of disgust swept over the frontline and into the camps, and they brought the soldiers too sick to fight to meet Anorexia personally. She spoiled her guests with poxes and plagues, fed them carcass and fungus. Through her generosity she won the hearts and souls of the 100th, and they swore to tell the whole galaxy of their devotion to their new mother. The ~~Imperial armada fled~~		The hosts of Anorexia brought gifts of disease and death to the 100th personally, and invited them to be her children with blades and clubs. A tide of disgust swept over the frontline and into the camps, and they brought the soldiers too sick to fight to meet Anorexia personally. She spoiled her guests with poxes and plagues, fed them carcass and fungus. Through her generosity she won the hearts and souls of the 100th, and they swore to tell the whole galaxy of their devotion to their new mother. However, before they could begin to show their new love the 2nd Markian Battlegroup, previously providing orbital support, began bombarding the planet. They granted the remnants of the 100th a swift death, and burned the vines and hives in radfire and macrocannon barrages. The fires of vengeance swept clean the surface and shook the world to its core; not a blighted shrub was left by the time the rancored commodore lifted the bombardment, and all the 100th Army was cremated, spared from an unlife as servants of the alien god. The Markians mourned the loss of their brothers, and carried the ill news to Atashia in silence.

			On the pulverized surface of Cykarox, life continued. At first it was small: a few hardy seeds, scattered by the bombardment, took root in the ashen soil. Though the earth was poor, poisoned by hivewaste and radiation, these seeds still sprouted into wilted plans. They flowered and multiplied, spreading more seeds and creating more plants. Soon there were shrubs, then trees, then an entire rancid forest. For years, as the Imperium ignored this supposedly barren world, the gift of Nurgle brought life back into the world. The trees flowered and bore rotten fruit, and from the bloated fruits burst plaguebearers, and from the plaguebearers burst nurglings. Life returned to Cykarox, but it is not until months later when the foul miracle would be discovered by the Imperium and exterminated by the psychic warriors of the Grey Knights and Legio Maleficarum.

	===The Verdunian Reforms===		===The Verdunian Reforms===

1d4chan>Dingdoodah: /* The Scouring and the Verdunian Reforms */

2016-10-27T00:50:31Z

The Scouring and the Verdunian Reforms

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	====The Midway Campaign====		====The Midway Campaign====

	==The Scouring ~~and the Verdunian Reforms~~==		==The Scouring==

	===The ~~Push~~===		===The Pacificus Campaign===
	The greatest mobilization of Imperial forces in Imperial history occurred during the legendary Pacificus Campaign, a massive offensive that built the foundation of the Imperial Guard as the most powerful force in the galaxy. Led by the Rosskan Strelky in the north and the Markian Corps in the south, and later joined by several space marine legions, the campaign ~~lasted most of~~ the Hektor Heresy ~~from the end of the sieges of Goda and Rosskar to~~ the ~~final battle for Terra~~. Countless billions were pressed into service as the Imperial Army suffered terrible losses in the gruesome battles against the rebels and the foul warp creatures they summoned from Hell, and entire worlds burned in cleansing flame to save them from Chaos's grip.		The greatest mobilization of Imperial forces in Imperial history occurred during the legendary Pacificus Campaign, a massive offensive that built the foundation of the Imperial Guard as the most powerful force in the galaxy. Led by the Rosskan Strelky in the north and the Markian Corps in the south, and later joined by several space marine legions during the Great Scouring, the campaign began late in the Hektor Heresy but was fought predominantly during the Great Scouring. Countless billions were pressed into service as the Imperial Army suffered terrible losses in the gruesome battles against the rebels and the foul warp creatures they summoned from Hell, and entire worlds burned in cleansing flame to save them from Chaos's grip.

	Following the Battle of Thenar, Sky Marshal Victor Gustave ordered the creation of the 100th and 101st Armies of the Markian Corps. The forges of Ghalhal and Atashia burned bright day in and day out to match the demands of not one but two armies, but not even the Mechanicum could meet such an order speedily while supplying other worlds that were also preparing for the coming offensive. The entire Al-Sherar Sector reached the breaking point training and arming regiments in preparation for the northward offensive. Such a need for equipment quickly outstripped the sector's ability to produce it, and the Markian Corps needed immediate action to resolve this. Beyond the sector lied multiple forgeworlds and armoury worlds brimming with the materiel necessary to equip the Imperial Army. Initial predictions placed such planets as a later priority that would supply regiments raised during the course of the Pacificus Campaign, but their equipment was required immediately for the Markian Corps and its allies. The great offensive had to start early with the conquest of these worlds before the full might of the Imperium could be brought to bear.		Following the Battle of Thenar in 012.M31, Sky Marshal Victor Gustave ordered the creation of the 100th and 101st Armies of the Markian Corps. The forges of Ghalhal and Atashia burned bright day in and day out to match the demands of not one but two armies, but not even the Mechanicum could meet such an order speedily while supplying other worlds that were also preparing for the coming offensive. The entire Al-Sherar Sector reached the breaking point training and arming regiments in preparation for the northward offensive. Such a need for equipment quickly outstripped the sector's ability to produce it, and the Markian Corps needed immediate action to resolve this. Beyond the sector lied multiple forgeworlds and armoury worlds brimming with the materiel necessary to equip the Imperial Army. Initial predictions placed such planets as a later priority that would supply regiments raised during the course of the Pacificus Campaign, but their equipment was required immediately for the Markian Corps and its allies. The great offensive had to start early with the conquest of these worlds before the full might of the Imperium could be brought to bear.

	====First Battle of Struthis and Battle for Hauser====		====First Battle of Struthis and Battle for Hauser====
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	====Battle of the White Void====		====Battle of the White Void====
	Among the noteworthy naval engagements of the Pacificus Campaign was the actions by Battlefleet Al-Sherar in the Archaeon Sector. Tucked in the tendrils of a nebula was the secret base of Battlefleet Archaeon, named the White Void. Throughout the Archaeon Campaign the traitor flotillas harassed Imperial convoys and sent too many sailors to the void. Multiple navigators and astropaths were devoted to locating the White Void through the psychic footprints left by warp travel and communications. Through their effort the Markian Corps was able to locate the White Void, and so dispatched the 4th Markian Battlegroup to eliminate Battlefleet Archaeon from the war.		Among the noteworthy naval engagements of the Pacificus Campaign was the actions by Battlefleet Al-Sherar in the Archaeon Sector, which occurred the same day the Great Scouring began. Tucked in the tendrils of a nebula was the secret base of Battlefleet Archaeon, named the White Void. Throughout the Archaeon Campaign the traitor flotillas harassed Imperial convoys and sent too many sailors to the void. Multiple navigators and astropaths were devoted to locating the White Void through the psychic footprints left by warp travel and communications. Through their effort the Markian Corps was able to locate the White Void, and so dispatched the 4th Markian Battlegroup to eliminate Battlefleet Archaeon from the war.

	====Anorexia on Cykarox====		====Anorexia on Cykarox====
	The ~~Push~~, so far, had been rather spectacular for the Imperial Army. Regiments and battlegroups jumped from planet to planet, and rebel worlds fell under the heel of the Markian Corps. However, the enemies of the Imperium were all so worldly and mortal, and the deceptions of Chaos were not yet known to the marshals of Markia. On the hiveworld of Cykarox that the 100th Army, with units attached from the Goda Retainers and the Karadon Cold Ones, met major setbacks soon after planetfall. An unknown disease had spread among both Markians and Cykaroxians, and was rapidly rooting itself in the overcrowded hives. A fifth of the army was too ill to fight, and hundreds had died from the plague. Still, the 100th fought on, taking hive after hive, sweating through the pandemic.		The Pacificus Campaign, so far, had been rather spectacular for the Imperial Army. Regiments and battlegroups jumped from planet to planet, and rebel worlds fell under the heel of the Markian Corps. With the Great Scouring in full swing and the Legiones Astartes dedicating themselves to galactic liberation the pacification of the segmentum was drawing near. However, the enemies of the Imperium were all so worldly and mortal, and the deceptions of Chaos were not yet known to the marshals of Markia. On the hiveworld of Cykarox that the 100th Army, with units attached from the Goda Retainers and the Karadon Cold Ones, met major setbacks soon after planetfall. An unknown disease had spread among both Markians and Cykaroxians, and was rapidly rooting itself in the overcrowded hives. A fifth of the army was too ill to fight, and hundreds had died from the plague. Still, the 100th fought on, taking hive after hive, sweating through the pandemic.

	In the spires of Cykarox, the cauldron of Nurgle stirred. The world's aristocracy, including the planetary governor, was afflicted with the pox. This was no mistake, as it was the governor who invited the plague into both his world and his body. The lords of Cykarox, knowing what happened to those who opposed the Emperor, consulted with an agent of the rotfather's cult, and asked for a weapon to defeat the Markians in one fell swoop. They learned of a heavenly matron, said to be the more beautiful than angels, who could save them. Immediately they sought to summon her, and as per the cultist's instructions spread her love through the fluids the cult provided. They imbibed the pus drawn from boils, and slipped contagions into the water supply of the hives. However, the saint they wished for did not come to save them; not when they had yet to meet defeat.		In the spires of Cykarox, the cauldron of Nurgle stirred. The world's aristocracy, including the planetary governor, was afflicted with the pox. This was no mistake, as it was the governor who invited the plague into both his world and his body. The lords of Cykarox, knowing what happened to those who opposed the Emperor, consulted with an agent of the rotfather's cult, and asked for a weapon to defeat the Markians in one fell swoop. They learned of a heavenly matron, said to be the more beautiful than angels, who could save them. Immediately they sought to summon her, and as per the cultist's instructions spread her love through the fluids the cult provided. They imbibed the pus drawn from boils, and slipped contagions into the water supply of the hives. However, the saint they wished for did not come to save them; not when they had yet to meet defeat.
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	Despite the growing plague the 100th Army fought its way to the final bastion of Cykarox, Hive Hunden. By the time they reached the last hive the 100th only had a single grand corps able to fight, as the rest of the army was dead or dying from disease. Even at only a third of its initial strength the Markians could still defeat the rebel PDF with strength of arms and skill. Now, on the brink of defeat, in the depths of despair, and without a soul left untouched by illness in the hives Cykarox would be saved by Nurgle. From the ground sprung thick vines that climbed the spires of Hunden and blossomed into wilted flowers. From the flowered sprouted creatures of rot and plague. Nurglings and plaguebearers clustered in the streets, citizens wreathed in pain as new and even greater diseases grasped them. In the center of the hive grew a single tree, taller than any tower on Cykarox, its leaves withered and its wood full of fungus. A single flower as red as blood blossomed on the highest branch, and its petals pealed back to reveal the world's new saint. Her limbs were like a fly's, skinny and sheathed with rugged keratin. Her lanky body was pocked and covered with open sores, fungus and worms crawled out from under her pale saggy skin. A thin translucent skin covered her veiny body, and the only substantial flesh on her body were her small droopy teets that ooze pus and her potbelly, pregnant with the children of Septicus and covered in the holes left from nurglings clawing their way from her womb. She opened her mouth, her teeth like rotten wood, and sung her melody of deafening screeches, letting the love of Nurgle reach all the humans of the world through her song.		Despite the growing plague the 100th Army fought its way to the final bastion of Cykarox, Hive Hunden. By the time they reached the last hive the 100th only had a single grand corps able to fight, as the rest of the army was dead or dying from disease. Even at only a third of its initial strength the Markians could still defeat the rebel PDF with strength of arms and skill. Now, on the brink of defeat, in the depths of despair, and without a soul left untouched by illness in the hives Cykarox would be saved by Nurgle. From the ground sprung thick vines that climbed the spires of Hunden and blossomed into wilted flowers. From the flowered sprouted creatures of rot and plague. Nurglings and plaguebearers clustered in the streets, citizens wreathed in pain as new and even greater diseases grasped them. In the center of the hive grew a single tree, taller than any tower on Cykarox, its leaves withered and its wood full of fungus. A single flower as red as blood blossomed on the highest branch, and its petals pealed back to reveal the world's new saint. Her limbs were like a fly's, skinny and sheathed with rugged keratin. Her lanky body was pocked and covered with open sores, fungus and worms crawled out from under her pale saggy skin. A thin translucent skin covered her veiny body, and the only substantial flesh on her body were her small droopy teets that ooze pus and her potbelly, pregnant with the children of Septicus and covered in the holes left from nurglings clawing their way from her womb. She opened her mouth, her teeth like rotten wood, and sung her melody of deafening screeches, letting the love of Nurgle reach all the humans of the world through her song.

	The hosts of Anorexia brought gifts of disease and death to the 100th personally, and invited them to be her children with blades and clubs. A tide of disgust swept over the frontline and into the camps, and they brought the soldiers too sick to fight to meet Anorexia personally. She spoiled her guests with poxes and plagues, fed them carcass and fungus. Through her generosity she won the hearts and souls of the 100th, and they swore to tell the whole galaxy of their devotion to their new mother. However, before they could begin to show their new love the 2nd Markian Battlegroup, previously providing orbital support, began bombarding the planet. They granted the remnants of the 100th a swift death, and burned the vines and hives in radfire and macrocannon barrages. The fires of vengeance swept clean the surface and shook the world to its core; not a blighted shrub was left by the time the rancored commodore lifted the bombardment, and all the 100th Army was cremated, spared from an unlife as servants of the alien god. The Markians mourned the loss of their brothers, and carried the ill news to Atashia in silence.		The hosts of Anorexia brought gifts of disease and death to the 100th personally, and invited them to be her children with blades and clubs. A tide of disgust swept over the frontline and into the camps, and they brought the soldiers too sick to fight to meet Anorexia personally. She spoiled her guests with poxes and plagues, fed them carcass and fungus. Through her generosity she won the hearts and souls of the 100th, and they swore to tell the whole galaxy of their devotion to their new mother. The Imperial armada fled

	On the pulverized surface of Cykarox, life continued. At first it was small: a few hardy seeds, scattered by the bombardment, took root in the ashen soil. Though the earth was poor, poisoned by hivewaste and radiation, these seeds still sprouted into wilted plans. They flowered and multiplied, spreading more seeds and creating more plants. Soon there were shrubs, then trees, then an entire rancid forest. For years, as the Imperium ignored this supposedly barren world, the gift of Nurgle brought life back into the world. The trees flowered and bore rotten fruit, and from the bloated fruits burst plaguebearers, and from the plaguebearers burst nurglings. Life returned to Cykarox, but it is not until after the Heresy when the foul miracle would be discovered by the Imperium.

	===The Verdunian Reforms===		===The Verdunian Reforms===