Firra Crusade

Armorial of the Thousand Blades Chapter.

The **Firaa Crusade** was an Imperial castigation campaign that was a part of the much larger Indomitus Crusade, that was conducted by a joint-Imperial task force comprised of the Thousand Blades and Storm Zealots Space Marine Chapters and the Battle-Sisters of the Order of the Blessed Laurel, against the nefarious Blight Butchers Chaos Warband and their Heretic followers.

## Background

Located at the far end of Procopion Sector next to Herzavar Sector lies an Ocean World with a thousand islands called Firra. Firra also serve as a shrine world dedicated to Imperial Saint Prokopios, an Imperial Saint that died a martyr while spreading the teachings of Imperial Cult to the once polytheistic denizens of Firra. In the 42nd Millenium, the Southern Islanders rebelled against the North and East island and decide to return back to the old teachings of old Polytheism. The schism cause the Ecclesiarchy to send the Order of the Blessed Laurel 2nd Preceptor to enforce the God Emperor's will to the denizens of Firra, declaring Firra Crusade against the heathen Southlanders for almost two Terran months. On the eve of the third month, the sisters of the order of the Blessed Laurel had nearly reached the main island but they were interrupted by a mass sudden warp gates and the emergence of a warp storm that enshroud Firra. Realizing the imminent threat, Canoness Commander Gracelio send in distress signal for any forces of the Imperium to aid them against the incoming Daemons and Heretic Astartes invasion.

The Storm Zealot 2nd Company and the Thousand Blades 3rd Company answered the call, and within three Terran Days the armies of Primaris Adeptus Astartes with their Drop Pods and Overlord descend upon the surface of Firra. The Primaris Astartes surprised to see that once bright sky and the blue seas of Firra now turned into the Sea of Blood and a sky filled with Warpstorms and hordes of Chaos Furies and Screamers. Led by Captain Zachariah, the combined forces of Storm Zealots and Thousand Blades Astartes carved their way across islands of Firra while Captain Ivar Kopazinsky led the combined Thousand Blades and Storm Zealot fleet in space against Heretic Astartes fleet led by Chaos Lord Varko Heart Taker of the Blight Butchers and Raiza the Flayer of the Red Corsairs.

As the Primaris Astartes reach the HQ of the Order of the Blessed Laurel and regroups with the fellow Imperium forces, Canoness Preceptor Meliyana Ligurys plan a stratagem to combat the Chaos threat across Firra from the West and South. Liutenant Vizinsky of the Thousand Blades and their Vanguard forces alongside Canoness Jessycha Meridia will focus their attack on the Western Island and to the Great Island Mykonoa to secure it from the Chaos Cult of Blazing Moon as well as Rubric Marines of the Sons of Apophys led by Exalted Chaos Sorcerer Craudar Bluestorm.

Liutenant Maceaj and Canoness Gracelio will led a heavy strike to the South Western Island, taking Syfnos Island as their forward base. Canoness Argevina Riana and the elements of Tempestus Scions will launch a raid across the Southern East of the Island, as Liutenant Solomon Hagatar of the Storm Zealots led the search and rescue and surgical strike against the Chaos Cultists and the Heretic Astartes of the Children of Rhur led by Khorne Champion Rigvar Red Star and Cultist General Arkadion Pericles.

Captain Zachariah and Canoness Clara Mareena will led the center South invasion with Citeria Island and Hive City Citeria as their target. The Hive City once a shrine to another Imperial Saint Hellena now defiled to nothing but a Sin City with depravity and cult sacrifice dedicated to She Who Thirst led by Chaos Lord Virasion Cestus of the Tormented Star Warband and his right hand champion Lady Cindree Yunatra the Eternal Depraved. The Elements of Firran Planetary Defense Force the 87th Firran Sky Tyrants will send their fighters and cruiser to aid Captain Ivar in the void battles.

The stratagem of Canoness Ligurys work as the Forces of Imperium slowly retake the Southern Island from the Forces of Chaos. But not without massive casualties among the PDF, the Adeptus Astartes, and the Sisters of the Order of Blessed Laurel. The Forces of Imperium manage to slay Arkadion Pericles as well as Chaos Lord Virasion Cestus and Slaanesh Cult Champion Cindree. Both the Chaos Lord and his champion were slain in two-on-two duel against Captain Zachariah and Canoness Mareena. As in the open space, the Adeptus Astartes fleet though suffered heavy casualties had manage to drive the Blight Butchers and the Red Corsairs out of Firra atmosphere. Storm Zealot Strike Cruiser 'Hammer of Judah' and 8 Gladius Frigate as well as three Thousand Blades Gladius Frigate were destroyed and suffering heavy damage.

Although Craudar Bluestorm and his sorcerers of the Sons of Apophys escaped from the fury of the God Emperor, the Cult of the Blazing Moon, the Chaos Cult that start the uprising, has succesfully been eradicated, with the remainings of its cult executed by the Ecclesiarchy Tempestus Scions or the Thousand Blades Astartes. Firra has succesfully defended but not without the costs of millions of the fighters of the Imperium.

At the end of the crusade, tensions rised from the Inquisitions to the local Ecclesiarchy of Firra over the lost relic known as 'The Baron's Cube'. Rumor has it that the Cube is either destroyed during the war, or stolen by the Forces of Chaos. Puritan Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus, Malrida Tavouz believed that there are corruption within both the local Ecclesiarchy and the Sisters of the Order of the Blessed Laurel, the Inqusitor and her retinue manage to execute the clergyman even three sisters of the Order of the Blessed Laurel and ended up detained by Chaplain Roth and Sergeant Al Masseh from the Storm Zealots.

As the crusade ended, the investigation are launched within two Terran weeks in which Inquisitor Tavouz ordered his forces under the authorities of the Adeptus Ministrorum only for her to find no solid proof that the local Ecclesiarch, the Astartes and the sisters of the Blessed Laurel commit treason to the Emperor. As the inquisitor depart Firra with shame, Captain Ivar and Zachariah leave the planets orbit back to their homeworld. Canoness Lyguris and the Sisters decide to stay and aid the local Firrans through building hospitals, schools, and orphanage then leave the planet as live returns to Firra.