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The '''Fall of Shadowbrink''' was a battle waged by the [[Imperium]] on the [[Cathedral World]] of [[Shadowbrink]] during the [[Third Tyrannic War]] in 854998.[[M41]].{{Fn|1}}

As [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]] drifted across [[Imperial]] territory, they soon reached the Cathedral World of [[Shadowbrink]]. The planetary government was reluctant to evacuate the world, for beneath Shadowbrink's capital of [[Rossov]] there was concealed a terrible secret. Discovered three decades earlier a ring of obscene [[archeotech]] from the [[Dark Age of Technology]] remained intact, dubbed the '''Maelstrom Cradle''' by [[Inquisition]] authorities. Though emitting fluctuated patterns of empyric overbleed and steadily strengthening Warp-signature, it couldn't be destroyed, so a permanent garrison of [[Grey Knights]] had been assigned to stand sentry over it, performing daily rituals of warding while their [[Librarian]]s worked to seal the potential [[Daemonic]] rift. However with the onset of Hive Fleet Leviathan, it appeared the Grey Knights had run out of time. Yet their leader, [[Grey Knights Librarian|Brother-Librarian]] [[Cadulon (Grey Knight)|Cadulon]], could not permit evacuation while the chance of Daemonic incursion remained. Employing his exclusive authority, Cadulon instructed Shadowbrink's [[Governor]] to refuse the order to evacuate his people, instead commanding the defences of his world.{{Fn|1}}

With the defeat of one of their own, the Daemon Lords of the Abominatum realized the nature of the battle had changed. No blood was being spilled for [[Khorne]], just putrid alien ichor. All of [[Nurgle]]s diseases were ineffective in the face of Tyranid adaptation. The deadlock went on for days, and the Lord of Change K'rix'xi'kra blasted its way back to the Maelstrom Cradle to abandon the effort. The two remaining Daemon Lords then led a final mad charge against the Tyranids. However, the Hive Mind had by this point absorbed their opponents' strategies, using [[Tyrannofex]]es and [[Trygon]]s to meet them. The Daemonic lines soon collapsed, and as the Bloodthirster Hak'Vasha was dragged back into the Warp he was still wrestling with three Trygons. The last of the Daemons had been defeated, and the Hive Mind now turned its attention to the rest of Shadowbrink.{{Fn|1}}

*[[Second Battle of Shadowbrink]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) — ''The Fall of Shadowbrink''