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The Imperials found Cherist to be a vicious [[Ice World]], though the climate effected the Necrons little. Yet the Imperials did not balk and forces from the [[Order of Our Martyred Lady]] and the [[Order of the Bloody Rose]] swept down onto the planet from [[Invasion Cathedrum]]s. Stern herself led the invasion against the Dolmen Gates complex located at Cherist's south pole. They were supported by [[Imperial Guard]] and [[Knight]]s of [[House Mortan]]. Due to [[Quantum Shielding]], orbital bombardment was impossible and the only viable route for the Imperials was up a wide valley dotted with destroyed [[Human]] structures. The Imperial attack began with a ferocious barrage from the Invasion Cathedrums. Unshielded Necron structures were pummelled into ruin but thanks to their quantum shielding the core structures remained unharmed. The Necrons themselves responded with salvos of weapons [[Necron Pylon|Pylon]]s which destroyed one of the landing craft of House Mortan.{{Fn|1b}}
The Imperial forces were able to establish a beachhead under heavy fire. The Sororitas Invasion Cathedrums unleashed two dozen squads of [[Seraphim]] and [[Zephyrim]]. Meanwhile Stern herself descended from dropships and marched at the head of more than 2,000 Sisters. They advanced into the ice shard storms under ferocious fire alongside several thousand [[Guardsmen]] and supporting tanks. However [[Phaeron]] [[Shemvokh]] of the [[Nihilakh Dynasty]] was unconcerned and organized organised a counterattack down the valley aboard his [[Catacomb Command Barge]]. As [[Necron Warrior]]s marched forward, [[Tomb Blade]]s rained death down onto Imperial tanks and artillery. Heavier Necron war engines drifted in their wake, annihilating entire squads of Guardsmen and [[Battle Sister]]s. Phaeron Shemvokh and his [[Lychguard]] intended to lead their own attack to split the Imperial lines in two.{{Fn|1b}}
Stern for her part was assured that [[Kyganil]] would bring the might of the [[Ynnari]] to aid the Imperials. Yet to her horror it was not [[Eldar]] who emerged from a nearby [[Webway Portal]] but rather Necron reinforcements. Yet it was at this moment that the centermost Dolem Gate exploded thanks to the efforts of the Seraphim and Zephyrim. The act improved Imperial morale and Stern redoubled her efforts. Stern was able to unleash her full power, transforming fully into the Daemonifuge. The Necrons were shocked, as the Pariah Nexus should have suppressed such warp activity. Yet he was ignorant that this power was motivated by pure faith, not [[Warp]]-spawned energy. Imperial Knights stormed down from the high ground to hit the Necrons from both sides while at the same moment Stern swept down upon Phaeron Shemvokh. The duel that erupted was ferocious, but ultimately Shemvokh and his Lychguard could not hold back Stern's fury. One by one the Lychguard fell and in the last moment Shemvokh's Barge was blasted from the sky, reducing his body to wreckage. The fighting raged on for another hour, but the outcome was clear. By the time the last of the Dolmen Gates was smashed the Necron defenders were in tatters.{{Fn|1b}}
