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{{quote |No remorse, no mercy, no forgiveness. Not a single step back, not a single moment of hesitation. You will not succumb to fear or doubt, and you will relent only after you have given your last moment for the Emperor. Nothing less than this will be tolerated. The Aural Gate will hold!|-Lord General Cornwall Turyerid of the Imperial Guard}}

== Prelude ==

[[File:GuardvsZombies.jpg|thumb|Guardsman of the 808th Tetuanis Mechanized Fighting Plague Zombies]]

Following the end of the [[The First Poxwar|First Poxwar]], the Imperium in Eternum slowly began to recover and reinforce the surviving worlds. This would continue for the next few millenia, and though occasionally raids originating from the [[The Bubonic Rift|Bubonic Rift]] would emerge, the sector was able to prosper and heavily reinforce the regions bordering [[Putrilocus]]. This peace would not last however, and unbeknownst to the Imperium, the Rotbelchers and their collection of cultists, traitors, zombies, and heretic marines had been building and preparing for the push aimed to finally topple Eternum. Almost in unison, plague strains long since seeded on Imperial worlds in Eternum erupted leading to swarms of Poxwalker outbreaks, tying up local Imperial forces. Disaffected menials who pledged their soul to Nurgle's daemons started riots in critical manufactorums, while whole regiments of Guardsmen disappeared to join the building traitor armada. The Second Poxwar would soon begin.

== The Second Poxwar Begins ==

The [[Bubonic Rift]] burst open like a cyst in realspace, spewing hordes of the Rotbelchers and their minions into subsector [[Caligulas]] with a fury that shook the sector. Quickly entering the system Hehuso to target the largest obstacle to their invasion, the Rotfleet engaged Imperial defenders while disgorging their hordes onto the surface of the Aural Gate. Even though the defenders were surprised, the Imperium had prepared well following the [[First Poxwar]] and as massive fleets alternated between engagements and feints to fiercely contest orbital control, fortifications on the fortress world held firm. Massive armies clashed while Titan warhorns blared, and a bloody stalemate was reached. Trenches constantly swapped forces, and fortresses survived volley after volley but the Imperium had succeeded in holding on to the critical world for the time being. So long as the Imperium was able to defend the [[Tideshifter]], the Rotbelchers could not push their masses through the sector, though the Rotbelchers were aware of this.

[[Image:AuralGateFight.png|thumb|200px|right|The Aural Gate's defenses fire ceaselessly to stave off the invasion]]

The Rotbelchers, knowing the sources of the Tideshifter's critical fuel and the Aural Gate's defenses, slipped a force past the Gate and targeted [[Auerilis IV]]. ''The Benediction of Hate'', a long lost Imperial vessel suborned by victims of the Gellarpox, translated into the [[Auerilis]] system on a collision course with Auerilis IV. Already tied up in a battle with the [[Rotfleet]] battlegroup that slipped past the Aural Gate, the Imperial Navy and system defense force were unable to intercept the space hulk and thus [[Interrogator Crucibald]], requisitioning available Imperial forces, sent a transport to board and ascertain whether The Benediction of Hate threatened the balance of power on the hive world.

== Space Hulk Revealed ==

[[Image:BattlePrelude2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Imperial Dataslate Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]

The [[812th Tetuanis Greyhounds]], alongside Naval Breachers, boarded ''The Benediction of Hate'' and began to explore the blighted ship. Quickly discovering that the Rotbelchers controlled the ship, they engaged the heretics while relaying their findings to Interrogator Crucibald. Further complicating the matter, Eldar were discovered to have boarded the vessel pursuing their own secretive agenda. Although successfully fending off the Rotbelchers, Interrogator Crucibald knew the depths of the enemy forces that a vessel the size of The Benediction of Hate and thus identified the best, and only, hope of stopping the ship before it could spew forth its hordes on Auerilis IV, the plasma enginarium. Using lessons learned during tedious xenos training, Interrogator Crucibald and the Eldar came to an understanding only after both had marched on the plasma generator and engaged each other, a temporary truce to focus on the arch-enemy. Their combined forces would not be enough to destroy the generator, and the hordes of Nurgle forced both factions back in a desperate retreat.

[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport1.png|thumb|200px|left|1 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Reports on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]

[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport2.png|thumb|200px|center|2 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]

[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport3.png|thumb|200px|left|3 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]

[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport4.png|thumb|200px|center|4 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]

[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport5.png|thumb|200px|left|5 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]

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+{{quote |No remorse, no mercy, no forgiveness. Not a single step back, not a single moment of hesitation. You will not succumb to fear or doubt, and you will relent only after you have given your last moment for the Emperor. Nothing less than this will be tolerated.	The Aural Gate will hold!|-Lord General Cornwall Turyerid of the Imperial Guard}}
+== Prelude ==
+[[File:GuardvsZombies.jpg|thumb|Guardsman of the 808th Tetuanis Mechanized Fighting Plague Zombies]]
+Following the end of the [[The First Poxwar|First Poxwar]], the Imperium in Eternum slowly began to recover and reinforce the surviving worlds. This would continue for the next few millenia, and though occasionally raids originating from the [[The Bubonic Rift|Bubonic Rift]] would emerge, the sector was able to prosper and heavily reinforce the regions bordering [[Putrilocus]]. This peace would not last however, and unbeknownst to the Imperium, the Rotbelchers and their collection of cultists, traitors, zombies, and heretic marines had been building and preparing for the push aimed to finally topple Eternum. Almost in unison, plague strains long since seeded on Imperial worlds in Eternum erupted leading to swarms of Poxwalker outbreaks, tying up local Imperial forces. Disaffected menials who pledged their soul to Nurgle's daemons started riots in critical manufactorums, while whole regiments of Guardsmen disappeared to join the building traitor armada. The Second Poxwar would soon begin.
+== The Second Poxwar Begins ==
+The [[Bubonic Rift]] burst open like a cyst in realspace, spewing hordes of the Rotbelchers and their minions into subsector [[Caligulas]] with a fury that shook the sector. Quickly entering the system Hehuso to target the largest obstacle to their invasion, the Rotfleet engaged Imperial defenders while disgorging their hordes onto the surface of the Aural Gate. Even though the defenders were surprised, the Imperium had prepared well following the [[First Poxwar]] and as massive fleets alternated between engagements and feints to fiercely contest orbital control, fortifications on the fortress world held firm. Massive armies clashed while Titan warhorns blared, and a bloody stalemate was reached. Trenches constantly swapped forces, and fortresses survived volley after volley but the Imperium had succeeded in holding on to the critical world for the time being. So long as the Imperium was able to defend the [[Tideshifter]], the Rotbelchers could not push their masses through the sector, though the Rotbelchers were aware of this.
+[[Image:AuralGateFight.png|thumb|200px|right|The Aural Gate's defenses fire ceaselessly to stave off the invasion]]
+The Rotbelchers, knowing the sources of the Tideshifter's critical fuel and the Aural Gate's defenses, slipped a force past the Gate and targeted [[Auerilis IV]]. ''The Benediction of Hate'', a long lost Imperial vessel suborned by victims of the Gellarpox, translated into the [[Auerilis]] system on a collision course with Auerilis IV. Already tied up in a battle with the [[Rotfleet]] battlegroup that slipped past the Aural Gate, the Imperial Navy and system defense force were unable to intercept the space hulk and thus [[Interrogator Crucibald]], requisitioning available Imperial forces, sent a transport to board and ascertain whether The Benediction of Hate threatened the balance of power on the hive world.
+== Space Hulk Revealed ==
+[[Image:BattlePrelude2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Imperial Dataslate Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]
+The [[812th Tetuanis Greyhounds]], alongside Naval Breachers, boarded ''The Benediction of Hate'' and began to explore the blighted ship. Quickly discovering that the Rotbelchers controlled the ship, they engaged the heretics while relaying their findings to Interrogator Crucibald. Further complicating the matter, Eldar were discovered to have boarded the vessel pursuing their own secretive agenda. Although successfully fending off the Rotbelchers, Interrogator Crucibald knew the depths of the enemy forces that a vessel the size of The Benediction of Hate and thus identified the best, and only, hope of stopping the ship before it could spew forth its hordes on Auerilis IV, the plasma enginarium. Using lessons learned during tedious xenos training, Interrogator Crucibald and the Eldar came to an understanding only after both had marched on the plasma generator and engaged each other, a temporary truce to focus on the arch-enemy. Their combined forces would not be enough to destroy the generator, and the hordes of Nurgle forced both factions back in a desperate retreat.
+[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport1.png|thumb|200px|left|1 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Reports on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]
+[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport2.png|thumb|200px|center|2 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]
+[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport3.png|thumb|200px|left|3 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]
+[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport4.png|thumb|200px|center|4 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]
+[[Image:BenedictionfoHate1stBattleReport5.png|thumb|200px|left|5 of 5 Imperial Dataslates Report on ''The Benediction of Hate'']]