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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Daemonic]] incursion in 797.[[M41]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
The [[House of Ios]] was an honoured line of [[chartist captain]]s,
its origins pre-dating the founding of the [[Calixis Sector]] a
thousand years ago. The line’s holdings were spread across
five sectors, but the vast majority of the family lived on the
[[ocean world]] of [[Spectoris]]. One day in 797.M41, a scion of
the House of Ios returned from an out-sector Cold Trade run
with a priceless gift for his daughter [[Antigone]]—a glittering
gem said to have been born in the fiery heart of the very
oldest of stars. The girl had the fantastic stone mounted in a
filigreed headpiece, and wore it upon her brow so that all in
the palace and the surrounding islands might see her status,
and bow down before her. Over the following decades, Antigone rose to become the
head of her line, and her father’s island palace expanded to
become a marvelous city amidst the islands. In short order,
she assumed total power over the House of Ios, and her line’s
coffers swelled. Then, something entirely unexpected occurred.
Spectoris was ordered by the [[Departmento Munitorum]] sector command
to raise a regiment for the Imperial Guard. A recruitment
mission was dispatched to the islands over which the Queen
of the House of Ios ruled to ascertain the fitness of its militia.{{Fn|1}}
However, upon Munitorum inspection, the population of
the island chain was discovered to be entirely unsuitable for
induction into the [[Imperial Guard]]. The men were listless and
effete and the women indolent and soft. All bore expressions
of vacant distraction, and appeared disinterested in their
surroundings and unresponsive to questions. The recruiting officers escalated their investigation to include the nobles of the House of Ios, and soon, disaster
befell them. Upon demanding entry into the palace itself, the
officers were unexpectedly attacked by the household guards
claiming that they had to protect their mistress at all costs. A
slaughter ensued, but before the last of the Munitorum staff
was cut down, he managed to transmit a pict-log to the troop
transport waiting in orbit. The transmission was intercepted by agents of the
Inquisition, and retribution came three months later. An
[[Ordo Malleus]] strike force led by [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Dhar]] of
the [[Scholariate at Arms]] descended upon the palace of the
House of Ios. Nine [[Inquisitor]]s, three dozen [[Acolyte]]s, and a
hundred [[storm trooper]]s were inserted directly into the heart
of the palace grounds by [[Valkyrie]] airborne assault carriers,
supported by a wing of Vulture gunships. The corrupted
servants of Antigone were ready for the assault and had
fortified the palace, mounting air defences upon its delicate
minarets, and daubing the entire structure with blasphemous
runes. In the months since the household guards had
slaughtered the Munitorum staff, they had become mutated,
as if the warping power of Chaos had suffused them with
dark splendor. The warriors’ hands had twisted into metrelong
claws, and razor-sharp horns sprouted from their heads.
They had preternatural speed and agility, and they shrieked a
song of cacophonous discordance that brought men to their
knees as their brains bled out from their ears. Dozens of storm
troopers and Acolytes were slain in the first minutes of the
assault, but Lord Dhar and his companions steeled their souls
and fought through to Antigone’s throne room, and there saw
just how close Spectoris was to doom.{{Fn|1}}
Queen Antigone sat upon her throne, the gleaming gem
mounted at her brow. From the gem shone the raw energy
of the Warp, and three of Dhar’s brother-Inquisitors were
struck down by ravening beams of light before they could
take another step. Dhar himself fought through the [[Warp]]-energy
and approached the throne, pronouncing his verdict
upon the Queen of the House of Ios: she had opened her
soul to the [[Daemon Prince]] of [[Chaos]], and would die by the
Inquisitor’s hand. But before Dhar could carry out his judgment, the gem
doubled its infernal luminescence and the air rippled with
impossible energies. Its light expanded to fill the entire dais,
consuming the body of the Queen. The gem had become a gateway into the very depths of the Warp, and through
it came the Daemonic servants of [[Slaanesh]]—dozens upon
dozens of lithe, deadly [[Daemonette]]s.
The battle that ensued raged through the night, and by
its end Dhar was the only Inquisitor left standing amidst the
shattered bodies of hundreds of Daemonettes. At the very
last, a [[Greater Daemon]] of Slaanesh—a [[Keeper of Secrets]]—
emerged from the portal, the glittering gemstone set upon its
brow. Dhar would have been outmatched and slain, were it
not for intervention from an unexpected quarter. A troupe of
[[Eldar]] [[Harlequin]]s emerged from a rippling tear in the fabric
of reality, and fell upon the daemon, moving too fast for the
Inquisitor Lord to follow. The blurred forms of the Harlequins
darted in and out, delivering a thousand blows, each of which
was too weak to slay the daemon alone, but combined slowly
robbed it of its strength and speed. At last, the leader of the
troupe delivered the killing blow, skewering the daemon’s
gemstone with a lightning fast lunge of his power sword.{{Fn|1}}
The Keeper of Secrets was transfixed upon the Harlequin’s
blade. Before the Inquisitor Lord’s eyes, its form collapsed in
upon itself, until the body of Antigone of Ios lay upon the
wrecked dais. Their work done, the Harlequins departed, and
Lord Dhar stood alone in the corpse-strewn throne room.
Judgement had been delivered upon the House of Ios.
In the months that followed, Lord Dhar led a campaign
of retribution against the remaining holdings of the chartist
captain line. None escaped his attentions, and even those who
fled beyond the borders of Calixis were purged by his farranging
operatives. The name of the House of Ios was stricken from all official
records, and its name never spoken again.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter]] pg.19-20
[[Category:Battles (Chaos)]]
[[Category:Battles (Imperium)]]
==Overview==
The [[House of Ios]] was an honoured line of [[chartist captain]]s,
its origins pre-dating the founding of the [[Calixis Sector]] a
thousand years ago. The line’s holdings were spread across
five sectors, but the vast majority of the family lived on the
[[ocean world]] of [[Spectoris]]. One day in 797.M41, a scion of
the House of Ios returned from an out-sector Cold Trade run
with a priceless gift for his daughter [[Antigone]]—a glittering
gem said to have been born in the fiery heart of the very
oldest of stars. The girl had the fantastic stone mounted in a
filigreed headpiece, and wore it upon her brow so that all in
the palace and the surrounding islands might see her status,
and bow down before her. Over the following decades, Antigone rose to become the
head of her line, and her father’s island palace expanded to
become a marvelous city amidst the islands. In short order,
she assumed total power over the House of Ios, and her line’s
coffers swelled. Then, something entirely unexpected occurred.
Spectoris was ordered by the [[Departmento Munitorum]] sector command
to raise a regiment for the Imperial Guard. A recruitment
mission was dispatched to the islands over which the Queen
of the House of Ios ruled to ascertain the fitness of its militia.{{Fn|1}}
However, upon Munitorum inspection, the population of
the island chain was discovered to be entirely unsuitable for
induction into the [[Imperial Guard]]. The men were listless and
effete and the women indolent and soft. All bore expressions
of vacant distraction, and appeared disinterested in their
surroundings and unresponsive to questions. The recruiting officers escalated their investigation to include the nobles of the House of Ios, and soon, disaster
befell them. Upon demanding entry into the palace itself, the
officers were unexpectedly attacked by the household guards
claiming that they had to protect their mistress at all costs. A
slaughter ensued, but before the last of the Munitorum staff
was cut down, he managed to transmit a pict-log to the troop
transport waiting in orbit. The transmission was intercepted by agents of the
Inquisition, and retribution came three months later. An
[[Ordo Malleus]] strike force led by [[Inquisitor Lord]] [[Dhar]] of
the [[Scholariate at Arms]] descended upon the palace of the
House of Ios. Nine [[Inquisitor]]s, three dozen [[Acolyte]]s, and a
hundred [[storm trooper]]s were inserted directly into the heart
of the palace grounds by [[Valkyrie]] airborne assault carriers,
supported by a wing of Vulture gunships. The corrupted
servants of Antigone were ready for the assault and had
fortified the palace, mounting air defences upon its delicate
minarets, and daubing the entire structure with blasphemous
runes. In the months since the household guards had
slaughtered the Munitorum staff, they had become mutated,
as if the warping power of Chaos had suffused them with
dark splendor. The warriors’ hands had twisted into metrelong
claws, and razor-sharp horns sprouted from their heads.
They had preternatural speed and agility, and they shrieked a
song of cacophonous discordance that brought men to their
knees as their brains bled out from their ears. Dozens of storm
troopers and Acolytes were slain in the first minutes of the
assault, but Lord Dhar and his companions steeled their souls
and fought through to Antigone’s throne room, and there saw
just how close Spectoris was to doom.{{Fn|1}}
Queen Antigone sat upon her throne, the gleaming gem
mounted at her brow. From the gem shone the raw energy
of the Warp, and three of Dhar’s brother-Inquisitors were
struck down by ravening beams of light before they could
take another step. Dhar himself fought through the [[Warp]]-energy
and approached the throne, pronouncing his verdict
upon the Queen of the House of Ios: she had opened her
soul to the [[Daemon Prince]] of [[Chaos]], and would die by the
Inquisitor’s hand. But before Dhar could carry out his judgment, the gem
doubled its infernal luminescence and the air rippled with
impossible energies. Its light expanded to fill the entire dais,
consuming the body of the Queen. The gem had become a gateway into the very depths of the Warp, and through
it came the Daemonic servants of [[Slaanesh]]—dozens upon
dozens of lithe, deadly [[Daemonette]]s.
The battle that ensued raged through the night, and by
its end Dhar was the only Inquisitor left standing amidst the
shattered bodies of hundreds of Daemonettes. At the very
last, a [[Greater Daemon]] of Slaanesh—a [[Keeper of Secrets]]—
emerged from the portal, the glittering gemstone set upon its
brow. Dhar would have been outmatched and slain, were it
not for intervention from an unexpected quarter. A troupe of
[[Eldar]] [[Harlequin]]s emerged from a rippling tear in the fabric
of reality, and fell upon the daemon, moving too fast for the
Inquisitor Lord to follow. The blurred forms of the Harlequins
darted in and out, delivering a thousand blows, each of which
was too weak to slay the daemon alone, but combined slowly
robbed it of its strength and speed. At last, the leader of the
troupe delivered the killing blow, skewering the daemon’s
gemstone with a lightning fast lunge of his power sword.{{Fn|1}}
The Keeper of Secrets was transfixed upon the Harlequin’s
blade. Before the Inquisitor Lord’s eyes, its form collapsed in
upon itself, until the body of Antigone of Ios lay upon the
wrecked dais. Their work done, the Harlequins departed, and
Lord Dhar stood alone in the corpse-strewn throne room.
Judgement had been delivered upon the House of Ios.
In the months that followed, Lord Dhar led a campaign
of retribution against the remaining holdings of the chartist
captain line. None escaped his attentions, and even those who
fled beyond the borders of Calixis were purged by his farranging
operatives. The name of the House of Ios was stricken from all official
records, and its name never spoken again.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter]] pg.19-20
[[Category:Battles (Chaos)]]
[[Category:Battles (Imperium)]]
