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Their homeworld was [[Invasion of Rynn's World|invaded]] by [[Orks]] in mid-[[M41]]. The Crimson Fists, led by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Ashor Drakken|Drakken]] of the [[3rd Company (Crimson Fists)|3rd company]] had earlier tried to sabotage an Ork [[Waaagh]] building on the nearby world [[Badlanding]], but failed. The Orks rallied under [[Ork Warlord|Warlord]] [[Snagrod]], the Arch-arsonist of [[Charadon]], and invaded in response, despite the almost suicidal nature of invading a [[Space Marine Homeworld]]. The odds shifted in the Orks' favour when the Crimson Fists [[fortress-monastery]] was destroyed by a stray missile from its own defence system. Of more than six hundred space marines stationed there, only sixteen (among them [[Chapter Master]] [[Pedro Kantor]] and [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Alessio Cortez|Cortez]]) escaped the blast{{Fn|10}}. Circumstantial evidence, and coincidences have led some to believe the [[Officio Assassinorum]] may have had a hand in the strange destruction of the fortress-monastery, but no concrete evidence has ever come to light{{Fn|4}}.
[[Image:tg-sternguard-large.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Crimson Fist [[Sternguard Veteran]] in [[Artificer Armour]]{{Fn|23}}]]
The last two-hundred and eighteen surviving Space Marines on [[Rynn's World]] consolidated their defences at the planet's capital, [[New Rynn City]], and managed to stave off the invasion after a furious, 18-month siege behind the city's walls. The siege was broken by a relief force of two thousand warships, plus elements of four [[Titan Legions]] and six Space Marine Chapters, backed by hundreds of thousands of [[Astra Militarum]] troops{{Fn|10g}}. The Crimson Fists were reduced to less than a hundred battle-brothers, and the Chapter came close to being disbanded as the pool of viable [[gene-seed]] was considered too limited to survive. [[Chief Librarian]] [[Delevan Deguerro]] and [[Captain]] [[Alessio Cortez]] were sent to [[Terra ]] aboard the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''Crusader'' to convince the [[High Lords of Terra|High Lords]] that the Chapter remained viable, despite the losses it had suffered{{Fn|49}}. They managed to recover to half their original strength as of late [[M41]]{{Fn|7}}.
During the Imperial attempts to reclaim the planet of [[Entymion IV]], the Crimson Fists answered a request for reinforcements. During the first assault, the Crimson Fists' commander, Captain [[Reinez]], discovered the presence of the [[Soul Drinkers]] on the planet after suffering an attack by [[Tellos]]. Additional companies arrived led by [[Chaplain]] [[Inhuaca]], but their campaign ended in failure as [[Entymion IV]] was lost and the Soul Drinkers successfully accomplished their goals and escaped off world{{Fn|7}}.
