Xanthin Atris
Xanthin Atris is a Blood Vipers Captain, who served in the Chapter's Strike Force Deepfang during the Chromyd Front.[1]
During the Chromyd System's invasion by the Death Guard forces of the Chaos Lord Thraxoplasmox, Atris defended the Industrial World Okharium. As it began to be overwhelmed by the invaders, the Captain was among the Imperials, who fought to save the Ferrumore Prefabricum XIX. It was Okharium's largest munitions factorum, which made it vital to the Imperium and a rich target for the Death Guard. When it was invaded, the Ferrumore became a quagmire for both sides and led into a brutal war of attrition. It was Captain Atris, who knew a shattering assault on a weak point within the Death Guard's forces was now required, which would allow an Imperial breakthrough. Under his guidance, the Imperium forces defending the Ferrumore that launched probing attacks that located the weak point to strike. Diversionary strikes were then launched to draw the Death Guard away from it and this allowed Atris to lead the Blood Vipers in a Drop-pod assault on the weak point. Soon the Death Guard's forces were slaughtered there and the Blood Vipers quickly moved to link with the Ferrumore's advancing forces. Once united, they formed a breech in the Death Guard's lines, which allowed fresh Imperial troops to pour into the Ferrumore. Though many weeks of fighting still remained, the Death Guard's stranglehold on the Ferrumore was broken.[1]
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 460, pg. 21 - Flashpoint: Charadon War Zone - The Chromyd Front