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|Date = ~999.[[M41]]
|Location = [[Fenris System]]
|Outcome = Pyrrhic Imperial Victory<br>[[Fenris System]] saved, but devastated<br>[[Planet of the SorcerersSortiarius]] moved into the [[Materium]]
|Combatant1 = [[Space Wolves]]<br>[[Grey Knights]]
|Combatant2 = [[Chaos]]
In the aftermath of the war, Fenris was saved but devastated and few Imperial defenders were left. [[Frostheim]] had been reduced to a wasteland of bone, its icy mantle melted away to reveal a thick stratum of fossils. There were those who said that under the new moon some of these skeletons came alive, hunting for the blood of those mortals still eking their lives from the osseous wastes. [[Svellgard]], the ocean moon, was evacuated over the course of a long and difficult month. As it passed close to the [[Wolf’s Eye]], it was subjected to a barrage from solar storms induced by Midgardia’s demise. Solar flares lashed its surface, turning the once-tainted seas to steam. Though barren, it was subsequently resettled, its sandy islands turned to mountains of glass amidst the hard-baked crust of the seabed. [[Valdrmani]], the Wolf Moon, remained a hellish wasteland. It had been the site of a Daemon ritual of surpassing size, and though it had since been reconsecrated there were sightings of Warp-gheists for weeks. The moon was wracked by electrical storms and hurricanes of flesh-stripping intensity, but it rode out the catastrophe, rebuilt by the Adepts of the Imperium into an [[astropath]]ic relay station. As was the case with the [[First War for Armageddon]] the [[Ordo Hereticus]] and Grey Knights purged the [[Human]] survivors of the campaign, for they had witnessed a Daemon Primarch itself. With reluctant approval, Grimnar doomed the tribal warriors of Fenris to liquidation.{{Fn|4c}}
Furious and seeking revenge, Grimnar and the majority of the remaining Space Wolves made haste for the [[Cadian Gate]], which was int he in the midst of [[Abaddon]]'s [[13th Black Crusade]]. Meanwhile on [[Terra]] itself, the [[High Lords]] were alarmed by the news of Daemon Primarchs plaguing the Imperium once more. They summoned no great army to respond, but instead living weapons of the [[Emperor]]. Human in appearance, but with the power to unmake a god.{{Fn|4c}}
Meanwhile within the Warp, Magnus roared a howl of triumph. His plan had succeeded and the [[Planet of the SorcerersSortiarius]] was transported by a ritual fueled from Midgardia's sacrifice. It reappeared over desolate [[Prospero]], bringing with it a great [[Warp Rift]] and hordes of Daemons. The Imperium would never be the same.{{Fn|4c}}
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