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==Prelude==
Asdrubael Vect, seeking to eliminate the ruling nobility of Commorragh so he may rule the Dark City himself, set a plan into motion that began in the Desaderian Gulf. From the Desaderian Gulf, Dark Eldar pirates had long used a nearby [[Webway Portal ]] to raid Imperial shipping. Vect's first step was to incrase raiding against Imperial shipping in the Gulf ten-fold and strike at major [[Imperial Guard]] outposts in the area. The campaign saw the Kabal of the Black Heart grow rich in plunder and Vect continued to provoke the Imperium.<sup>1a</sup>
Reacting to the increased Dark Eldar raiding in the Gulf, a [[Strike Cruiser]] belonging to the [[Salamanders]] [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]], ''Forgehammer'', was sent to investigate. Ambushed by Dark Eldar ships, the ''Forgehammer'' was crippled by haywire bombs and transported to Commorragh itself by Vect's Kabal of the Black Heart. However, Lord Xelian, a rival Archon in Commorragh and part of the ruling nobility, confiscated the disabled ''Forgehammer'' for himself and was determined to claim the prizes within. However unknown to Lord Xelian, Salamander [[Librarian]] [[Hestion]] was sending out a psychic distress beacon to the rest of his chapter from within the captured Strike Cruiser.<sup>1b</sup>
