Grendyllus
Hive Fleet Grendyllus is a newly discovered colossal tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan, that invaded Segmentum Pacificus alongside Nautilon and Promethor, which caused the Fourth Tyrannic War to begin.[1]
History
Unlike Nautilon and Promethor, though, Grendyllus did not appear until sometime after the Imperium had begun fighting the tendrils. By using its Solblade fleets, the Imperium had managed to stymie the eastward advancement of Nautilon and Promethor, which had both been moving in a parallel course towards Segmentum Solar. This was when Grendyllus first appeared by spearing up through the galactic plane and then attacking well behind the lines of the Solblades' advance. Before the Imperium could be made aware of this by distress cries, however, Grendyllus' Shadow in the Warp billowed thick and dark before it and smothered them completely. This allowed the tendril to spread uncheck for a time, as the Imperium confused any later requests for aid or warnings it received, as being the result of Nautilon or Promethor's attacks. As a result, Grendyllus was able to freely devour the Motzarch Cluster, Rendhor Belt, Stather's Reach and the Leagues of Votann's Unnhârt Stars enclaves, without its presence being discovered.
This finally ended, after Grendyllus' invaded the outer Systems of the Bastior Sub-sector, where it attacked several patrolling task forces of the Indomitus Crusade's Battle Group Faustus. A handful of the task forces' warships managed to escape the tendril's grasp and brought word of its existence to their Groupmaster, Tysen Yacobe. He ensured this was known across the Sub-sector and as news spread, the new tendril was named Grendyllus. Imperial preparations then began, when it was discovered that the tendril was moving towards Bastior's important Anchor World, Sanctum.[1]
See also
Sources
- 1: Leviathan (Box) Rulebook, pgs. 230-232
