Battle of Anvarheim
The Battle of Anvarheim was a battle fought between the Imperium and Plague Fleet in M41.[1]
The battle began when Imperial Navy ships of Battlefleet Obscurus pursued the outnumbered Plague Fleet through the Kuidus Belt. After a savage battle, the last surviving plague ship managed to perform a full combat drop onto the world of Anvarheim before breaking up in the planet’s atmosphere. Emerging from their dropships, the Putrid Choir captured Anvarheim’s polar fortress city of Jotungaard. Expecting swift victory, wave after wave of Imperial forces descended upon the complex. Each was broken in turn upon the tenacious Death Guard defenses. A prolonged siege developed amidst bitter winter tainted by Nurgle plague spores, and as the fighting stretched into weeks, then months, the Putrid Choir’s maddening dirge echoed endlessly across Jotungaard from the fortress’ vox emitters. At last, three years after the Putrid Choir first descended upon Anvarheim, the remaining starving, diseased, and deranged Imperial forces fled, leaving the Death Guard warriors victorious but depleted.[1]
