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'''Thorcyra''' was the first [[Chapter Master]] of the [[Scythes of the Emperor]] when they were created in the middle of [[M41]].

*'''[[Hive Fleet Kraken]] & The Fall of [[Sotha]]

In 992.[[M41]], the Eastern Fringe was overwhelmed by the locust-tide of Tyranid [[Hive Fleet Kraken]] including the chapter's homeworld of [[Sotha]]. Led by [[Chapter Master]] '''Thorcyra''', the remaining Scythes prepared to make their stand at their fortress-monastery in order to give as much time as possible for the population of [[Sotha]] to evacuate. Before the planet and Fortress Monastery was completely over-run, the Scythes managed a breakout from the doomed planet, falling back to regroup in the nearby [[Miral]] system. [[Sotha]], along with so many other planets in the inexorable advance of [[Hive Fleet Kraken]], was reduced to the state of an asteroid by the Tyranid swarms. Two hundred Marines broke through the Tyranid assault and escaped their pursuers to the [[Miral]] system.

The last of the Scythes eventually landed on the [[Miral]] jungle death world. Somewhere on the surface of this planet, a huge rocky outcrop called the Giant's Coffin rose from the jungle. The pursuing [[Tyranids]]' fleet caught up and encircled them, leaving the Scythes trapped and surrounded on the jungle death world. The surviving forces of the Scythes prepared to make this their final stronghold. The Giant's Coffin was a tremendous natural citadel whose steep cliffs would slow the invaders and the rocky promontories would provide excellent firing positions for heavy weapons.

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