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{{WIP}}The '''Fall of Shadowbrink''' was a battle waged by the [[Imperium]] on the [[Cathedral World]] of [[Shadowbrink]] during the [[Third Tyrannic War]] in 854998.[[M41]].{{Fn|1}}

The Grey Knights deployed a pair of [[Dreadknight]]s to meet the Tyranids, yet not even this was enough to stem the Tyranid tide. The Grey Knights, despite their efforts, were overwhelmed along with their Imperial Guard and PDF allies. At this point, the runes of the Maelstrom began to activate, gorged on the souls of the millions of [[human]]s dying around it. A [[Warp Rift]] opened up, and from it spilled vile Daemonic hordes. The Daemons were led by the dreaded [[Quadrifold Abominatium]], a team of four [[Greater Daemon]]s: the [[Great Unclean One]] [[Shub'Luth'Gug]], the [[Bloodthirster]] [[Hak'Vasha]], the [[Lord of Change]] [[K'rix'xi'kra]], and the [[Keeper of Secrets]] [[Lesh'Jae'Thi'Hah]]. However almost immediately, the Daemonic advance began to fail when they discovered few Imperials left alive on Shadowbrink, driving the Daemon Lords into frustration at the lack of victims and souls to corrupt. However the Quadrifold decided to instead drive the Tyranids from Shadowbrink before turning their attention to the greater Imperium.{{Fn|1}} Up until this point the [[Hive Mind]] had utterly ignored the Daemonic forces due to their lack of consumable biomass. However this changed when a massive Impossible Fortress rose from beneath Rossov, holding millions of Daemons. The threat became too great for the Hive Mind to ignore, and combat between the Great Devourer and Ruinous Powers erupted. The Tyranids eventually controlled the plains around Rossov before launching an all-out offensive at the ruins of the city itself. However the Daemons unleashed a storm of bile and blood which turned the ground to muck, bogging down the Tyranids. Daemonic chariots swooped in on their trapped foes, as [[Furies]] and [[Plague Drone]]s attacked from above. However the Hive Mind quickly adapted, throwing everything they had to distract the Warpspawn while swarms of [[Ripper]]s rapidly consumed biomass elsewhere on Shadowbrink. This biomass was used to create swarms of [[Exocrine]]s and [[Biovore]]s which were in turn used to unleash devastating volleys of artillery to contain the Daemonic advance. [[Tervigon]]s and the [[Termagant]]s they unleashed were then deployed to launch a counter-attack through sheer attrition. The Great Unclean One Shub'Luth'Gug attempted to break the deadlock and push through, but his psychic abilities were smothered by the [[Shadow in the Warp]]. Moments later, the huge Daemon was blown apart by [[Zoanthrope]]s.{{Fn|1}} With the defeat of one of their own, the Daemon Lords of the Abominatum realized the nature of the battle had changed. No blood was being spilled for [[Khorne]], just putrid alien ichor. All of [[Nurgle]]s diseases were ineffective in the face of Tyranid adaptation. The deadlock went on for days, and the Lord of Change K'rix'xi'kra blasted its way back to the Malestrom Cradle to abandon the effort. The two remaining Daemon Lords then led a final mad charge against the Tyranids. However the Hive Mind had by this point absorbed their opponents strategies, using [[Tyrannofex]]es and [[Trygon]]s to meet them. The Daemonic lines soon collapsed, and as the Bloodthirster Hak'Vasha was dragged back into the Warp he was still wrestling with three Trygons. The last of the Daemons had been defeated, and the Hive Mind now turned its attention to the rest of Shadowbrink.{{Fn|1}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) - ''The Second Tyrannic WarFall of Shadowbrink'' [[Category:Battles (Tyranids)]][[Category:Battles (Grey Knights)]][[Category:Battles (Imperial Guard)]][[Category:Battles (Chaos)]]