Donatos War - A Monster from the Past: The battered survivors of House Wyvorn linked up with their brethren of House Chimaeros, both Traitor Houses forming a ragged battleline to meet the High King and his remaining companions. Though tenaciously holding ground, the Word Bearers and their mortal followers were no match for the fury unleashed by the Imperial Knights. Where the House Chimaeros Renegades fought with considerable skill and discipline, forming a perfectly aligned wall of Ion Shields, those of House Wyvorn were visibly panicked, firing in wild abandon at the nearest threat as they huddled closer to the Chimaeros line.Sensing their opportunity, the Word Bearers concentrated their fire on the Knights of House Wyvorn, focusing the fire of their portable heavy weapons upon a single Knight, stripping it of its shield before bringing it low. As the Knights of House Wyvorn were slowly being torn to shreds, the Adrastapolian Nobles readied themselves to face the Traitors of House Chimaeros.Knight Gallants to the front, House Chimaeros charged across the corpse-filled battlefield. The Loyalist Knights formed a single line, with Jennika and Markos at its centre while Sword of Heroes and Oath of Flames held the flanks, an enveloping formation known as the "Jaws of the Dracon". Two of the charging Knight Gallants were felled by the concentrated fire of the Loyalist while the Word Bearers took down two more in the rear line of the charge. At Danial's signal, the centre evaded the charge while both flanks pressed in, catching the Chimaeros Knights between them.A brutal hand-to-hand combat ensured and both sides suffered casualties, but the Loyalists held their ground. Limping forward, Lady Eleanat's hastily-repaired survivors now entered the plaza, adding their fire and reinforcing the Loyalist centre. Suddenly, searing las-blasts ripped out, felling a Chimaeros Knight from behind before killing Sire Federich. Sire Percivane's Knight lost a leg to the same blast as both sides frantically tried to assess what was happening.From the north, like a giant from primordial myth, a towering figure emerged from the smoke; smaller than a Titan, the figure still outsized any Knight fighting in the plaza. Almost twice as high and three times as broad as a Knight Paladin, the figure's hunched back held row upon row of missiles while both its arms ended in powerful Lascannons. The monster was an Acastus Knight Porphyrion, a relic Knight...and it was wearing the livery of House Wyvorn.The rumours about House Wyvorn's hidden strength had proven truth. A trio of Daemon Engines immediately turned to face the newcomer, who turned his Twin-linked Magna Lascannons upon them, annihilating them with three bursts of blinding light. Such was the demonstration of power that the fighting momentarily subsided, both factions carefully backing off."See your doom!" thundered the deranged voice of Archduke Tan Wyvorn, the stress of controlling such an ancient and powerful avatar of the Machine God having broken his mind. In his deranged state, the Archduke had already slain all the Knights of his own House and sought out any surviving Knights to exterminate them as well. Two more House Chimaeros Renegades were killed by the Porphyrion's vastly superior firepower. Without waiting for his liege's approval, Sire Hectour Dar Manticos led an entire lance of Knights into a thundering charge that broke again under the Porphyrion's guns.Sire Hectour's brutal demise shocked both sides back into action, all enmity forgotten, as every remaining Knight fired at the rampaging monster. But even their combined firepower failed to do any real damage. The true weakness of the Porphyrion was its size and the absence of melee weapons for close combat, but as proved by the brutal end of Sire Hectour, the Porphyrion Knight's powerful weapons would see every charging Knight reduced to sludge before it could reach it.Using his high priority Vox codes, High Sacristan Polluxis offered a solution. The Porphyrion's powerful Machine Spirit was rejecting Tan Wyvorn's authority. As a result, with the aid of his data-wards, the High Sacristan could hack the Porphyrion's systems and unleash the malign influences of the Chaos scrap-code, thus considerably weakening its accuracy. The mention of the scrap-code reminded everyone of their true objective. Whilst all the remaining Knights continued to face off against the Porphyrion, the High King and his childhood friend pressed on to find the source of the scrap-code and silence it. The Oath of Flame and Sword of Heroes departed, heading for the generatorium's mighty gates.