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Meanwhile, [[Nôkh]]'s [[Hernkyn Pioneer]] bands, supported by light gunships and [[Sagitaur]] ATVs, swept through the high passes of the Fumarok Range to attack the World Eaters from the rear. They launched swift hit-and-run strikes, using their [[Pan Spectral Scanner]]s to maintain a fix on their enemies amidst the toxic murk. Goaded into action, the World Eaters [[Berzerkers]] broke off their assault on Harvester Fortress Five and pursued the Kin into the hazardous passes.{{Fn|1}}
Uthar next separated his forces into several smaller Oathbands, launching a massive drop offensive into the Shatterfields. Uthar himself led an armored armoured spearhead against the World Eaters Lord [[Hakatar]]. Kahl [[Svêkh Thúrkann]] and her oathband met [[The Purge]] head-on. As orbital fire from both sides rained down, the two battles erupted into a brutal melee. While the foe was engaged to the north, [[Grimnyr]] [[Khôhn]] led an elite force of [[Einhyr]] and [[Hearthkyn]] to evacuate the [[Cthonian Mining Guilds|Cthonians]] at Harvester Fortresses Two, Three, and Four. Guildkin and great quantities of raw materials were loaded aboard [[Hekaton Land Fortress]]es and the armored armoured carriages they drew behind them. Sensing their prey escaping, [[Urthak Skullripper]] led a massed teleport assault of World Eaters [[Terminator]]s that cut off the Grimnyr and her bodyguards off, even as Kin forces were pulling out. Though many [[Cthonian Beserk]]s turned back to hurl themselves into the fight, the Living Ancestor could not be rescued. The surviving Cthonians and many of the Hearthkyn subsequently formed a [[Grudgeband]] to take vengeance upon Urthak Skullripper.{{Fn|1}}
At the same time, Uthar met Lord Hakatar upon the stone span bridging the Chasm of Embers. The two warlords battled back and forth along the crumbling expanse as their warriors fought and died around them. Wounded but unbowed, Uthar at last wrong-footed his foe and took off Hakatar's right leg with a sweep and threw him into the flames below. After several hours of rapid armoured warfare, and with the vast majority of Kin assets ferried up to waiting ships, Uthar commanded a full retreat as the Khornate hordes howled accusations of cowardice. The Kin fell back in good order, with Voidmaster Hèmmyk giving the enemy a finally devastating volley to scatter their formations before commanding their ships to move into the [[Warp]].{{Fn|1}}
