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== History ==
{{spoiler|source=Hammer and Anvil (Novel)}}
As the Sisters were about to be overwhelmed by the Necrons of the [[Sautekh Dynasty]]{{Fn|1b}}, [[Canoness ]] [[Agnes ]] gave her final order to Sister [[Decima]]; escape the attack{{Fn|1a}} and safeguard the [[Hammer and Anvil]], the personal diary of [[Saint Katherine]]{{Fn|1c}}, from the xenos. The Canoness and the other Sisters fought and died, to give Decima time to flee the massacre.{{Fn|1a}}
Decima fled deep into the desert, where she buried the capsule carrying the Hammer and Anvil. Just as she finished however, she was attacked by the Necrons{{Fn|1a}} who took her prisoner and claimed the Hammer and Anvil as well. The Necrons returned to their base with Decima and other Sisters, who survived the attack on Sanctuary 101; to the Obsidian Moon, a hallowed out moon orbiting the planet. There Decima and the Sisters were tortured and mutilated by the [[Cryptek]] [[Ossuar]]. Eventually, only Decima remained and she was only left alive to see the effects Ossuar's experiments had on her; he had inserted Necron metal into her body as well as a [[Mindshackle scarab]] connected to her spine{{Fn|1e}}. These modifications however, would give Decima knowledge of the Necron's society and equipment{{Fn|1d}}, which she used to escape the Obsidian Moon and return to Sanctuary 101. There her mind shattered from her ordeals, she wondered and survived for years in the vast deserts.{{Fn|1e}}
