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|Commanders2 =[[Silent King]] [[Szarekh]]{{Fn|8}}<br>[[Cryptek|Illuminor]] [[Szeras]]<br>[[Cryptek]] [[Orikan]]{{Fn|8}}<br>[[Phaeron]] [[Shemvokh]] (WIA)<br>[[Phaeron]] [[Nektarrik]]{{Fn|9d}}<br>[[Necron Overlord|Overlord]] [[Neshkafar]]<br>[[Phaeron]] [[Vordreska]]<br>Overlord [[Khutmecc]]<br>[[Necron Lord|Lord]] [[Karifar Lakshmet]]<br>[[Necron Lord|Lord]] [[Khepra'nek]]{{Fn|6}}<br>Lord [[Menhotok]]{{Fn|6}}<br>[[Nemesor]] [[Uthmek]]{{Fn|9c}}
|Commanders3 =[[Imotekh]]
|Commanders4 =[[Vashtorr]]<br>[[Chaos Lord|Lord]] [[Draix]]<br>[[Dark Apostle]] [[Zakkis Armon]]<br>Lord [[Suleyman Kefre]]<br>[[Fabius Bile]]
|Strength1 =[[Battle Group Orphaeus]]<br>[[Battle Group Kallides]]<br>[[Battle Group Hephaestus (Fleet Primus)|Battle Group Hephaestus]]<br>Elements from:<br>[[Ultramarines]]<br>[[Black Templars]]<br>[[Imperial Fists]]<br>[[Hawk Lords]]<br>[[Silver Templars]]<br>[[Deathwatch]]<br>[[Order of Our Martyred Lady]]<br>[[Order of the Bloody Rose]]<br>[[Imperial Guard]]<br>[[Imperial Navy]]<br>[[House Taranis]]<br>[[House Terryn]]<br>[[House Mortan]]<br>[[Legio Castigatum]]<br>[[Adeptus Mechanicus]]<br>[[Ordo Xenos]]
|Strength2 =[[Szarekhan Dynasty]] and allies{{Fn|7}} including:<br>[[Oruskh Dynasty]]{{Fn|7}}<br>[[Nihilakh Dynasty]]<br>[[Novokh Dynasty]]{{Fn|4b}}<br>[[Thokt Dynasty]]{{Fn|9d}}
|Strength3 =[[Sautekh Dynasty]] and allies{{Fn|9c}}
|Strength4 =[[Cult of the Arkifane]]{{Fn|9e}}<br>[[Soul Eaters]]<br>[[Word Bearers]]<br>[[Thousand Sons]]<br>[[Creations of Bile]]<br>Other Allied [[Chaos Space Marines]]{{Fn|9e}}<br>Allied [[Dark Mechanicus]]{{Fn|9e}}
|Casualties1 =Heavy, Battle Groups Kallides and Orphaeus largely annihilated{{Fn|9d}}
|Casualties2 =Unknown, presumably heavy
[[Image:PariahCrusadeChaos.jpg|thumb|right|320px|[[Chaos]] forces arrive in the Nephilim Sector{{Fn|9g}}]]
After witnessing the death of Santis-Magna, Vashtorr set his sights on the region. Cawl viewed these new developments with frustration, further compounded by the fact that many of his own Magi continued to ignore his orders and pursue their own agendas. He could not help but wonder what Guilliman himself would think of the situation when he arrived. Szarekhan was forced to deal with yet another setback, and funneled new reinforcements towards these new warp-born foes. While the Imperial and Chaos armies did not know it, Szarekh had little political capital left to maintain an offensive posture and would soon be forced into a defensive position. Orikan had now appeared in the Silent King's inner circle, his mind apparently changed by some sort of new grim vision of the future.{{Fn|9e}}
====New Arrivals====
While [[Abaddon]] is not personally involved in the Chaos invasion of the Pariah Nexus, he has nonetheless provided aid to Vashtorr in the form of the [[Soul Eaters]], a [[Black Legion]] warband commanded by [[Draix]]. While ostensibly allies to Vashtorr, the Soul Eaters forces aboard the ''Wyrmwood'' are also acting as Abaddon's spies to monitor the Daemon. Additional aid to Vashtorr has arrived in the form of [[Word Bearers]] under [[Dark Apostle]] [[Zakkis Armon]], who has ravaged the [[Ecclesiarchy]]-held world of [[Calathir]] and erected a shrine to the Dark Gods there. The act served to disrupt the Pariah Nexus, infuriating the Silent King and drawing the Necrons into conflict with the Word Bearers.{{Fn|10}}
[[Magnus]]' eye has also turned towards the Pariah Nexus. Having foreseen at least one future where Vashtorr actually succeeds in his goal of becoming a true God of Chaos, he and the [[Cult of Prophecy]] have initiated a plan to halt the Arkifane's possible ascension. However operating within the Nexus is particularly painful to the [[Sorcerer]]s of the [[Thousand Sons]], and thus they have primarily deployed ancient pre-[[Horus Heresy|Heresy]] [[Automata]] and other robotic thralls from beneath [[Sortarius]]. These forces are led by [[Suleyman Khefre]] of the [[Cult of Knowledge]], who has invaded the [[Forzare System]] in search of Blackstone. He has since begun plundering the vaults of the Mechanicum in the region, coming into battle with the Imperium's own [[Legio Cybernetica|robotic terrors]].{Fn|10}}
The Pariah Nexus also piqued the curiosity of [[Fabius Bile]]. Seeing an opportunity to capture large amounts of new test subjects, he allied with the [[Flawless Host]] and struck at [[Restitution]], the homeworld of the [[Gilded Sons]] [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]]. The exhausted Gilded Sons had already repulsed several Necron assaults, and were thus overwhelmed by Bile's sudden [[Terata]]-led invasion. Bile was able to plunder the Gilded Sons [[Gene-Seed]] vault and escape, and his forces still haunt the fringes of the Nephilim Sector.{{Fn|10}}
===Related Campaigns===
**{{Endn|9f}}: pgs. 38-39
**{{Endn|9g}}: pgs. 44-45
*{{Endn|10}}: [[White Dwarf 501]], pg. 93-97
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