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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a battle fought by the [[Tome Keepers]] and other Imperial forces in 291.[[M37]].{{Fn|1}}
Fought on the [[Ecclesiarchy]] world of [[Sanctimonia]] against the forces of [[Chaos]], the entire [[Sector]] was set ablaze with heretical corruption. The Tome Keepers responded alongside a [[Black Templars]] [[Crusade]], two Convents of [[Sisters of Battle]], and eight [[Imperial Guard]] [[Regiment]]s. However discord among the Imperial forces erupted on the [[Hive World]] of [[Gleb]] when [[Canoness]] [[Sophira]] of the [[Order of the Argent Shroud]] baulked at the presence of Tome Keepers [[Librarian]]s. Her distrust of the psykers led to a much highercasualty rate than expected, particularly whentelepathic communications from [[Eshuh]] wereignored by the Ecclesiarchy forces. Less than ayear later, on the [[shrine world]] of [[Bespax]], the TomeKeepers under Captain [[Saduq]]were forced to destroy a vast crypt containing the bodies of over 300 martyrs when a [[Warp]] portal was opened inside by [[Cultist]]s. This act incensed the Ecclesiarchy. On the [[Civilised World]] pf of [[Happenstance]] the Tome Keepers were to join three [[Dephon]] Regiments in a combined assault on a Heretic-held city. However the Imperial Guard forces were accompanied by the [[Cardinal|Cardinal Palatine]] of Sanctimonia , [[Simonius Faulke]], who ordered them to advance immediately rather than wait for the Space Marines expected [[Drop Pod]] assault. The Guardsmen were almost wiped out and the Tome Keepers were forced to abort their own mission. The Tome Keepers decried Faulke while he accused them of dereliction of duty.{{Fn|1}}
The final blow came when the Tome Keepers joined in the assault on Sanctimonia alongside the Black Templars and Sisters of Battle. However the Templars and Sisters made no distinction between heretic and civilian and conducted wanton massacres. This horrified the Tome Keepers, who would not forgive their allies for the butchery. This caused the Tome Keepers to depart from the warzone.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 458]] pg, pgs.50-51[[Category:Battles (Space Marines)]]
[[Category:Battles (Adepta Sororitas)]]
[[Category:Battles (Astra Militarum)]]
[[Category:Battles (Black Templars)]]
[[Category:Battles (Chaos)]]
[[Category:Battles (Space Marines)]]