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The [[System]] had been well defended before [[Thraxoplasmox]]'s invasion, as it had recently been reinforced in response to raids by the [[Dark Eldar]]. However, the [[Imperium]]'s forces were stretched out over a wide area, due to the nature of the [[Xenos]]' rapid and unpredictable strikes. This left the [[Chromyd System]] vulnerable and allowed Thraxoplasmox's [[Chaos Warband|warhost]] to successfully invade the System.{{Fn|1}}
The first major battle of the campaign came at [[Martyr's Rest]] when [[Lelith Hesperax]] and her [[Dark Eldar]] forces conducted a raid. The capital city, '''Purity''', was turned into a gigantic arena of pain and death to serve as a spectacle for the elite of [[Commorragh]]. When the [[Death Guard]] arrived most of the [[Xenos]] withdrew, though some were destroyed by the [[Chaos Space Marine]]s. The planet ultimately fell to the Death Guard despite fierce resistance from the [[Order of the Sable Robe]] of the [[Sisters of Battle]], '''Strike Force Brutus''' from the [[Iron Hounds]] [[Chapter]] and the [[PDF]] known as the '''Martyr's Rest Crematorians''', '''Martyr's Rest Pyrestokers''', and '''Martyr's Rest Graveguard'''. In the aftermath, Imperial forces under [[General]] [[Vilhelm Klapp]] conducted a guerrilla war in the catacombs of the Ashes of Heroes Crypts.{{Fn|2}}
The traitors next struck at [[Dyroch's Reach]], assisted by [[Dreadblade Knight]]s known as the [[Company Malevolent]]. The Chaos forces conducted a blockade which led to widespread starvation and despair amongst the defenders. At [[Hive Ghent]], the Death Guard launched an amphibious invasion against its lower levels, finally succeeding in establishing a breach on the seventh attempt. The Chaos forces also experienced fierce resistance in combating the defenders' well-guarded supply convoys. The five-mile long '''Enthraki Desert Supply Convoy''' was guarded by warriors riding [[Knight]]-sized beasts known as [[Tuskaphant]] which were initially able to drive back the Chaos Knights. A further action of note is one carried out by '''Strike Force Krenzig''' of the [[Black Guard]] [[Chapter]] and '''Strike Force Vorgha''' of the [[White Scars]], which were able to conduct a guerrilla war among the hab-block-sized termite mounts and steep-sided ravines of the '''Dereen Canyon'''. They were able to frustrate the advance of multiple Death Guard vectoriums. Ultimately however the world fell to the Chaos forces.{{Fn|2}}
