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|Combatant2 = [[Imperium]]
|Commanders1 = [[Warboss]] [[Grukk]]<br>[[Big Mek]] [[Mogrok]]<b>Tank Boss [[Baddfrag]]<br>[[Raddak Bluefinga]]<br>Skyboss [[Wingnutz]]<br>[[Bogrot Bones]]<br>[[Gashrakk Da Flash]]<br>[[Weirdboy]] [[Big Redd]]<br>[[Goff]] Boss [[Drogg]]
|Commanders2 = Lord [[Vargan]]<br>[[Chapter Master]] [[Midnias]](KIA)<br>Lord [[Neru]]<br>Lord [[Gaulemort Kestren]]<br>[[Castellan (Imperial Guard)|Castellan]] [[Jakren Stein]]<br>[[Silas Ovik]]<br>[[Salem Whitlock]]<br>[[Great Wolf]] [[Logan Grimnar]]
|Strength1 = See Order of Battle, billions{{Fn|3}}
|Strength2 = See Order of Battle
After many nights of anxiety and hurried preparation, the Waaagh eventually descended. The Imperial orbital defenses and orbiting warships and desperately sought to prevent an Ork foothold on the planet. The Ork attack was focused on the thousand-mile ring of fortifications around the Sacred Mountain of Alaric Prime. Despite the orbital defenses soon enough the defensive line was under attack by [[Deff Dread]]s and [[Battlewagon]]s. No matter the amount of carnage meted out by the Imperial gun lines, the Orks still came on.{{Fn|3}}
[[Image:SanctusMap.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Battle for the Bridges]]
It was then that the Knights of [[House Kestren]], [[House Degallio]], [[House Velemestrin]], and [[House Brahmica]] launched their attack. While they managed to hold the line, Grukk himself eventually appeared, at the helm of a [[Gargant]]. In the ensuing charge, House Kestren was annihilated and the Cadians attempted to hold the line, though Grukk's Gargant was ruined. Under Cadian [[Castellan (Imperial Guard)|Castellan]] [[Jakren Stein]], the Imperial Guard made their stand at the banks of the Boiling River and used massed artillery and tank fire as well as [[Ogryn]]s to try and hold the bridges of Zeta Sec and Zeta Tert. The Cadians inflicted massive casualties on the Orks but were ultimately facing defeat until the Knights of House Degallio arrived. Soon Bridge Zeta Tert was destroyed and the concentrated firepower of House Degallio's fortress, the Isle Degallio, decimated greenskins. The battle of the bridge was soon over, and the momentum of the Orks blunted.{{Fn|3}}
Stein made it clear that while they had one this battle the Ork threat was far from finished, and insisted that the only way to stop the Waaagh! was to kill the Greenskin leader. Meanwhile the Orks launched a renewed attack on the Sacred Mountain defensive line, manned by Cadians and Knights of House Velemestrin and Brahmica as well as the [[Freeblade]] [[Gerantius]]. When Grukk himself once more entered the fray on a Battlewagon, Stein deployed [[Heavy Weapons Squad]]s to try and assassinate him. When this failed, Gerantius himself took action and managed to destroy both the Battlewagon and Grukk. With their leader dead the Orks began to falter, and the Cadians launched a massive charge from their positions that turned the withdraw into a rout. Following the defeat, Grukk's Waaagh! broke down into infighting and chaos as Grukk's lieutenants struggled for dominance.{{Fn|3}}
*[[Militarum Tempestus]]
**[[50th Kappic Eagles]]
*[[Imperial Navy]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Rulebook]] (E-Book) — ''Time of Ending''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Klaw of Mork]] by [[Guy Haley]]*{{Endn|3}}: [[Sanctus Reach: The Red Waaagh!]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: ''The Cadian 1652nd, The 'Steel Host'''
**{{Endn|3b}}: ''The Feet of Gork descends''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (7th Edition)]] (e-book), ''A Noble Legacy''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Orks (7th Edition)]] — ''Waaagh Grukk''
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