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==History==
The Antian Sector was once held by [[Xenos]] empires and fallen [[Human]] domains, until it was conquered by the [[Imperium]]'s fleets; which were led by the [[Imperial Navy]] [[Admiral]] [[Pator Antias]]. Disaster struck though, when after his latest victory in the Sector , Antias' flagship, the [[Battleship]] [[Majestic Light]], was struck by a [[Warp Storm]] and was lost to to the Imperium. Afterwards, the Admiral was declared an [[Imperial Saint]] and became the patron Saint of the Antian Sector; which was named in his honour{{Fn|1a}}. Millenia later the Sector has known its fare share of horrors and strife, but nothing could prepare the Imperium's worlds there when a catastrophic disaster struck in late [[M41]]. Suddenly, without warning, the [[Daemon Prince]] [[Corruptis]] opened a giant [[Warp Rift]] in the center of the Antian Sector and ; which signaled the beginning of widespread terror and bloodshed. Now , not only have the forces of [[Chaos]] fallen upon the Imperium's worlds in the Sector, but the [[Eldar]], [[Orks]] and even the [[Tyranids]] have attacked Antian as well{{Fn|1b}}. As the Imperium's forces struggled to beat back their numerous foes, they were dealt a harsher blow when the [[Despoiler]] himself appeared out of the Warp Rift, at the head of a massive Chaos force. [[Abbadon the Despoiler|Abbadon]] had begun planning the start of his [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]] and the fall of the Antian Sector will be his first step towards it making it a reality{{Fn|1c}}. As the Imperium's forces in the Antian Sector now face their faces its darkest hour, they the Imperium forces fighting there know the only way to save the Sector , is to venture into the Warp Rift and defeat the one responsible for its creation: the Daemon Prince Corruptis.{{Fn|1b}}
==Known Worlds==
*[[Eldar]] - [[Phoenix Lord]]s [[Asurmen]], [[Fuegan]], [[Jain ZarrZar]], [[Maugan-Ra]]
**[[Craftworlds]]
***[[Alaitoc]]