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The [[Prognosticar]]s of the [[Grey Knights]] [[Chapter]] directed the [[1st Brotherhood (Grey Knights)|First Brotherhood]] to the planet [[Sturmhex Prime]], where a warband of the [[Lords of Decay]], led by [[First Captain]] [[Roga]], were enacting a ritual to summon the [[Daemon Prince]] [[Anahk'hir]]. The Daemon Prince had promised [[Ezekyle Abaddon|The Despoiler]] a foothold in the [[Materium]] from which to launch a [[Black Crusade]] and planned to use the dying star [[Sturmhex]] to open a rift into the [[Warp]].{{Fn|1}}

Arriving in the [[system]] aboard the ''[[Castigator (Ship)|Castigator]]'', [[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Vardan Kai]] deployed the entire First Brotherhood using a squadron of [[Stormraven Gunship]]s, an undertaking of normally unprecedented scale for the Brotherhood. Descending into the planet's depths via its subterranean tunnel networks, the Grey Knights were able to use the Stormravens' superior maneuverability manoeuvrability to their advantage to disrupt the [[Chaos]] forces within the caverns. [[Grey Knights Terminator Squad]]s led by [[Grey Knights Brother-Captain|Brother-Captain]] [[Cadrig Pelenas]] were deployed to fight against the Lords of Decay and their summoned [[Daemon]] allies, while the gunships provided invaluable fire support. All of thisAnahk'hir, however, had been planned by Anahk'hirfor this, who wished hoping to exact revenge on the Grey Knight who had banished him in their last encounter.{{Fn|1}}

Seeking to draw the Grey Knights commander onto the battlefield, Anahk'hir unleashed a flight of [[Heldrake]]s which wreaked havoc on the Stormraven squadron. Grand Master Vardan Kai and his [[Space Marine Honour Guard Squad|Honour Guard]] took to the field and attempted to banish the Daemon Prince by invoking his [[True Name]], only to have no effect, as the [[Nicodaemus Quixos|Inquisitor]] who accompanied the strike force, [[Nicodaemus Quixos]], had lied to Kai and not supplied him with the correct name - he hoped to capture the Daemon rather than destroy it. Kai was instead forced into a duel against Anahk'hir until he was able to receive support from the surviving Stormravens, which had defeated the Heldrakes and regrouped. Anahk'hir, incensed at being fired on by the ''[[Kodachi]]'', abandoned his duel and took to the air in an attempt to engage the gunship in the air. [[Aegir (Grey Knights)|Aegir]], the gunship's pilot, delivered the Daemon Prince a crippling blow by ramming him with the ''Kodachi'', enabling Kai to trap the Daemon in a [[tesseract labyrinth]].{{Fn|1}}

Anahk'hir, incensed at being fired on by the ''[[Kodachi]]'', abandoned his duel and took to the air in an attempt to engage the gunship. [[Aegir (Grey Knights)|Aegir]], the gunship's pilot, delivered the Daemon Prince a crippling blow by ramming him with the ''Kodachi'', enabling Kai to trap the Daemon in a [[tesseract labyrinth]].{{Fn|1}} In the wake of Anahk'hir's capture, the Lords of Decay were swiftly defeated by the Space Marines, Roga was killed and the tesseract was brought to [[Inquisitor]] [[Nicodaemus Quixos|Quixos]].{{Fn|1}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Sturmhex (Short Story)]] - — [[On Wings of Blood (Anthology)]]