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''"The Imperium fears what it cannot control. That is why they burn even their own."''

— Regent-Lord Syltharis the Avenger
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=== Background ===
In 913.M41, the Genestealer Cult ''"The Hollow Choir"'' infested the agri-world Kaelith Secundus, its psychic beacon threatening to summon Hive Fleet Leviathan.

* Vanari’s Motive: Recover the "Songstone of Morai-Henn", a pre-Fall relic capable of disrupting Tyranid synapse.
* Ynnari’s Interest: The cult’s patriarch carried a shard of Ynnead’s prophecy, a key to awakening the God of the Dead.
* Imperium’s Role: Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Jareth Dalk saw an opportunity to purge all xenos at once.

A fragile alliance was forged—Vanari and Ynnari would cleanse the infestation, while the Deathwatch and Imperial Knights of House Vornhalt secured the perimeter.
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=== The Cleansing ===

# The Spear of Vanari
#* Hyshian Blademasters carved through cultist hordes with rune-edged precision.
#* Ynnari Reapers struck from the shadows, their scythes harvesting cultist souls for Ynnead.
# The Death of the Patriarch
#* The Ynnari Visarch beheaded the patriarch, claiming its shard.
#* Vanari Rune-Master Elyria secured the Songstone, its harmonics purging residual Tyranid spores.
# The Betrayal
#* As the last cultist fell, Inquisitor Dalk fired a psionic disruptor into Regent-Lord Varyth’s spine, killing him instantly.
#* His broadcast: ''"Kill the witches. Burn them all."''

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=== The War in the Ruins ===

# Avatar’s Wrath
#* Vanari’s "Morai-Henn’s Fury" awoke with a fiery vengeance, shattering two Imperial Knights in a single stroke.
#* The Ynnari Melidh the Whisper, a Death Jester, picked off Dalk’s lieutenants with laughing precision.
# The Duel of Broken Stars
#* Regent-Lord Syltharis (Varyth’s heir) challenged Deathwatch Captain Torvus Kaine to single combat.
#* After a clash of relic blades, Syltharis severed Kaine’s head—but spared his warriors, demanding only Dalk’s surrender.
# The Imperium’s Answer
#* Dalk, cornered, called Exterminatus rather than yield.
#* Vanari and Ynnari forces retreated together, the Songstone’s fragments scattered in the firestorm.

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=== Quotes ===

* Regent-Lord Sylvaris the Avenger (in the aftermath of the duel): "''This one died with honor. His master will not. Remember that, when you choose who to follow.''"
* Visarch (to Syltharis): ''"Your lord died for a relic. Ours died for a god. Which weighs heavier?"''
* Inquisitor Dalk: ''"This is not over, xenos. The Emperor’s fire never dies."''

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=== Aftermath ===

* Vanari & Ynnari: A tenuous respect now binds them, though Vanari still rejects full Ynnari allegiance.
* Imperium’s Shame: Dalk was declared traitor by his own Ordo for wasting Knights and Deathwatch.
* The Songstone’s Echo: Its shards whisper in the warp, sought by Harlequins and Craftworld Ulthwé.

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