Ambush at St. Clementine's Mausoleum

### Outcome

Wayforger Loss - Driven from the battlefield, but did obtain a scanner that points the way to their goal.

## Combatants

Wayforgers of Craftworld Gia'trell

Task Force Niobe

## Commanders

**Wayforgers**
Farseer Nuadarirr

**Task Force Niobe**
Watch Captain Sekar

## Strength

**Wayforgers**
Farseer
Spiritseer
Rangers
Dire Avengers
Dark Reapers
Warlock Conclave
Shroud Runners
Warp Spiders
War Walker
Wraithblades

**Task Force Niobe**
Captain in Phobos Armor
Librarian in Phobos Armor
Eliminator Squad
Spectrus Kill Team
Indomitor Kill Team
Reiver Squad
Eradicator Squad

## Casualties

**Wayforgers**
No major casualties

**Task Force Niobe**
 No major casaulties

Seeing that what Farseer Nuadarir sought for was hidden away in a replica of an Imperial Mausoleum beneath the Labrynth, she hastened her fellow Gia'trell Asuryani in an attempt to make up for the delays incurred by the Seer Council's meddling. Upon arrival, the forces spread out to conduct a thorough search of the Mausoleum and surrounding structures. Shortly into their search, a Death Watch Kill Team entered the area, and an ambush was prepared, but the specialized Space Marine force was ready for it. Instead of striking the first blow, the contingent of Gia'trellian Rangers was driven back by a fusillade of bolter fire.

The battle consisted of many traded volleys with the Kill Team steadily advancing and pushing back the Gia'trell forces. Just as the battle seemed to be a complete and utter loss with all forces having retreated save for the War Walker Weaving Elk and Shroud Runner Ariacron providing covering fire, Spiritseer Kelmath and his Wraithblades struck Such was the suddenness of the Wraith assault, the surprised Death Watch Captain and the two-kill teams he had rallied were driven low. It was only by the grace of the remaining Reiver squad that saved their Captain and comrades from death, but not before Spiritseer Kelmath was able to snatch a scanner array that would assist the Gia'trell efforts in tracking down their relic.

The Wayforgers fled the battle without meeting their original goal, and without the Craftworld saving device, but they did not leave the battle empty-handed.

## Wayforger Narrative

+You did not know about this scanner?+ One half of the Twins, Yhued-Yraie asks, gesturing toward the holo-map that displays the Necron tomb-world before them. Of the meeting group consisting of the Twins, Farseer Nuadarir, Spiritseer Kelmath, the Shroud Runner Ariacron and the Warp Spider Exarch Taldoresh, only Kelmath looked to be unmarred by the previous battle with the mon-keigh xenos hunters.

Nuadarir quirks her eyebrow at the question, gazing at the Twins curiously, +Do you think that I see all because I am a Farseer? Do you think the Seer Council sees all?+

+Is this map not why you led us to this place? You seemed so sure that we had to be here.+ The Spiritseer Kelmath interjects.

Nuadarir sighs wistfully, leaning back in her cross-legged position, +Ahh, sometimes I forget the three of you are still so young. The misconception is that when I divine the runes of fate, that I clearly see the who, the what, the when, the where, and maybe even the how. If only Asuryan's Fortune acted thus. But no, the Threads of Fate lead us to the where and when. The duties of a Farseer are to then focus their sight to decipher clues, potential futures, and keep their mind free to roam during the course of events so as to snatch that one fleeting moment that tells them why Asuryan has brought them to this time and place. That one pivotal moment where Fate unveils herself.+

She pauses, giveing Kelmath and the Twins a proud smile, +But you three, you saw it, didn't you?+

The Twins respond in stereo unison +We saw the mon-keigh captain tuck a strange device away and placed a rune on Kelmath as we retreated.+

Kelmath sighs and peers at the image more closely, muttering +No, Yhued-Yraie put a rune of concealment on me and I just knew what to do with it.+

+The device is tiny, there is no way to know the importance of it. Mon-keigh carry many technological trinkets. Yet you noticed this one, and divined the importance of it?+ Nuadarir offers to the Twins, and to Kelmath, offers instead +You, who so often is the first into battle. You who leads the Wraiths as a Shield-wall for our Craftworld. You just knew to stalk the battlefield? Knew, at the last moment, when hope seemed lost and our forces in retreat, to charge in and lay low the Mon-keigh captain, his retinue and another kill-team. And then knew, at that moment, to claim a device that insofar, had no real apparent importance? +

Nuadarir clicks her tongue and makes a dismissive gesture, +No, you knew because you have stumbled onto the next steps of the Path. Center yourselves and meditate on that battle, my growing Seers. Do not dismiss yourselves so easily. Look inward and recognize the signs. Recognize the threads, see the clues Asuryan leaves us. Embrace that sense, recognize it, hone it. We will need you at your best now more than ever. We must find the device, and further...+ Nuadarir trails off, her brow furrowed in concern. The Bloody-Handed's grip on this world tightens. Something else looms just beyond Nuadarir's sight, and has remained so this entire campaign. +We will all need to be at our best.+