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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Second Tyrannic War (992.M41)
Sotha, along with so many other planets in the inexorable advance of the Kraken, was reduced to the state of an asteroid by the Tyranid swarms. Two hundred Marines broke through the Tyranid assault. With much of the region overwhelmed by the Tyranids, there was nowhere to escape. The last of the Scythes eventually landed on the Miral [[death world]]. Somewhere on the surface of this planet, a huge rocky outcrop called the Giant's Coffin rose from the jungle. 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.<sup>4</sup>
Although the defenses of the Scythes were strong they were still overwhelmed. Their [[Chapter Master]] Thorcyra met his end on Miral and the Scythes were forced to withdraw. Captain Thrasius became the new Chapter Master and planned a series of hit and run attacks against the [[Tyranids]]. This pattern of defense and retreat continued until Hive Fleet Kraken was finally broken by the [[Ultramarines]] on [[Ichar IV]]. <sup>6</sup>
The fate of the planet is unknown, although at the end of the Tyranid onslaught, little more than a company of the Scythes of the Emperor remained.<sup>2</sup>
