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{{NecronsPortal}}{{WordBearersPortal}}{{Battle3|Name ={{PAGENAME}}|Image =|Image caption=|Conflict = |Date = ???.[[M41]]-???.[[M42]]|Location = [[Thanatos]]|Outcome =|Combatant1 = [[Oruscar Dynasty]]|Combatant2 = [[Kardenath Dynasty]]|Combatant3 = [[Chaos]]|Commanders1 = [[Phaeron]] [[Hakmephet]]{{Fn|1}}<br>[[Conclave of Celestial Guardians]]{{Fn|2}}|Commanders2 = Phaeron [[Akanabekh]] (POW){{Fn|2}}|Commanders3 = Unknown|Strength1 = [[Necron Warrior]]s|Strength2 = Necron Warriors|Strength3 = [[Word Bearers]] force<br>[[Daemon Engine]]s|Casualties1 = High|Casualties2 = High|Casualties3 = Destroyed}} The '''Siege of Thanatos''' was is a battle three-way conflict between the two [[Necron]] [[NecronsNecron Dynasty|Dynasties]] and the [[Word Bearers]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
The battle began when the [[Chaos Space Marine]]s fell upon the [[Tomb World]] of [[Thanatos]], defended by the legions of the [[Oruscar Dynasty]]. The [[Word Bearers]] sought the [[Celestial Orrery]], and with a device of such power could achieve the unthinkable. However the [[Necrons]] refuse to yield, and a bloody, long-running siege began. [[Necron Warrior]]s and [[Immortal]]s battled across the mountainous high-gravity surface against [[Daemon Engine]]s and fanatical Chaos Space Marines. The siege only ended when reinforcements from the [[Kardenath Dynasty]] arrived and crushed the Word Bearers.{{Fn|1}}
The war, however, did not finish there, for the [[Kardenath Dynasty|Kardenath]] nobility are pursuing their own omnicidal campaign of destruction and desired to use{{Fn|1}} the Celestial Orrey to destroy all life within the [[Galaxy]].{{Fn|2}}. When the Oruscar [[Phaeron]] [[Hakmephet]] refused, Thanatos was reduced to a battleground between Necrons.{{Fn|1}}. The Siege has so far lasted for centuries{{Fn|2}} and continues to this day.{{Fn|1}} In the closing period of [[M41]], [[Trazyn]] intervened in the conflict, tricking Akanabekh into imprisonment and blackmailing the Oruscar [[Conclave of Celestial Guardians]] into allowing him to use the Celestial Orrery.{{Fn|2}}
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