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Reinforcements were duly sent to Vervunhive; the [[Northern Collective|North Col]] Hive [[PDF]] and the Imperial Guard regiments consisting of the [[Roane Deepers]], [[Royal Volpone]], [[Tanith First and Only|Tanith]] and [[Narmenian Armoured]].{{Fn|3c}}
The allied [[VannickHive]] Hive was the first major casualty of the War when Ferrozoica deployed [[nuclear weapons ]] and all but destroyed it. With the Vervunhive leaders debating reasons why Zoica would destroy rather than capture, [[Colonel-Commissar]] [[Ibram Gaunt]] made the judgment that with the size of Zocia's forces and the tactics they were using, that the whole hive had actually fallen to [[Chaos]] and that this was more than just a Trade war.{{Fn|3d}} This proved to be a correct judgment, and it would transpire that the whole population of Ferrozoica had become the thralls of the Chaos [[Chaos Lord|Warlord]] [[Heritor Asphodel]].{{Fn|3e}}
During the war, Vervunhive was protected from artillery bombardment by its Shield. However, the corrupted High Master [[Salvador Sondar]], following orders from [[Heritor Asphodel]], lowered the Shield at the most critical moment.{{Fn|3f}} Much of the Hive City was destroyed until a strike-force led by Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt managed to infiltrate the High Master's quarter and brought the Shield back online.{{Fn|3f}} Gaunt then proceeded to lead another strike force of [[Scratch Company|Scratch Troopers]], Tanith and Volpone into the mobile base of Heritor Asphodel and destroyed it. With the base destroyed, Zoican forces were left disoriented and swiftly fell apart.{{Fn|3g}}{{Fn|3h}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)]], pg. 67
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Necropolis (Novel)]], ''Map (FrontspieceFrontispiece)''
*3: [[Necropolis (Novel)]] — [[The Founding (Omnibus)]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter One
