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|The [[Martyrdom of Praxedes]]. [[Canoness]] [[Praxedes]] of the [[Order of Our Martyred Lady]] assists the [[Imperial Guard]] on the [[cardinal world]] of [[Okassis]] against [[Hive Fleet]] [[Kraken]]. They defeat the first wave only to have the second wave breach the walls of the Ecclesiarchal Cathedral. Praxedes buys precious time for evacuation by slaying a [[Hive Tyrant]], but shortly afterward succumbs to a mortal wound. The disruption caused by the Hive Tyrant's death makes successful the evacuation of the [[Ecclesiarchy]]'s priests as well as civilians at the space port.{{Fn|64}}
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|[[Kysaduras]] the Anchorite foresees the rise of [[Ynnead]].{{Fn|131}} He proclaims the [[Rhana Dandra|End Times]] have begun. After lengthy meditations alongside [[Eldrad Ulthran]], he preaches to the high [[seer]]s that the Eldar's only hope of survival lies with [[Ynnead]].{{Fn|39}}
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|The [[Tau Empire]] resumes the Third Phase Expansion under [[O'Shaserra|Commander Shadowsun]]. They capture several worlds on the Eastern Fringe.{{Fn|4x}}{{Fn|115}}
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|The [[Taros]] invasion fleet arrives, carrying the 4621st Imperial army to prosecute the [[Taros Campaign]] against the [[Tau]]. The invasion fails and the Tau annex the world, renaming it [[T'ros]].{{Fn|29c}}
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|The [[Cryptus System]] is [[Cryptus Campaign|invaded]] by Hive Fleet [[Leviathan]].{{CME}}
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|[[Ahriman]] and the [[Thousand Sons]] fight their way through the [[Webway]] nearly reaching the entrance of the [[Black Library]]. The [[Chaos Space Marine]] [[Sorcerer]] is thwarted by a powerful combined force of Eldar [[Harlequins]] and allies from both Craftworlds [[Ulthwe]] and [[Lugganath]]. The breach in the webway caused by the Chaos forces are runically sealed, but as a result, a section of the webway is lost forever.{{Fn|39}}
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|Encouraged by their success on [[Dûriel]], craftworlds [[Iyanden]] and [[Biel-Tan]] use [[Fireheart]] in a bio-purge campaign to deny the tyranids bio-mass and destroy massed Tyranids while they are planetside. The Eldar's ruthless purge countless worlds, many were uninhabited, but scores of peaceful civilisations were also erased.{{Fn|131}} A cordon of dead worlds is created around the [[Octarius]] system.{{Fn|39}}
Forty [[Space Marine Chapter]]s are sent to investigate the mysterious destruction beyond the scope of the Tyranids, many are caught in conflict with [[ork]]s dissplaced by the Eldar's purge. The [[Crimson Castellans]] and [[Invaders]] Chapters, ignorant of the Eldar motives, assail Iyanden as they move to destroy the [[agri world]]s of the [[Verdox System]]. While at [[Verdox II]], [[Autarch]] [[Sunspear]] flawlessly draws the pursuing Astartes Chapters into conflict with the descending forces of Leviathan. Sunspear warns the Chapters of the worlds impending collapse and departs into the [[webway]] less than an hour before the world collapses into atomic fire.{{Fn|131}}
