Reclamation of Kathur - Race against Oblivion: With the destruction of the Imperial starships, the situation on the ground spiraled out of control. General Maggrig's four-pronged attack relied heavily on the vox amplification and overall coordination furnished by the fleet, and when the orbiting warships were destroyed, each regiment, then company, then platoon was ultimately isolated; small islands of defiant Humanity against an unrelenting tide of shambling undead.The only exception was the Cadian 88th Mechanised Infantry's 3rd Company, who, under the orders of Inquisitor Caius, fought as a single unit, and managed to break free. They were reinforced by the Raven Guard, and Captain Valar announced that he would make a last stand against the approaching Death Guard, exacting what revenge he could on Mortarion's get before succumbing.Captain Thade wanted to stand and fight alongside the Astartes, but Inquisitor Caius dissuaded him. Since Sanctioned Psyker Roscrain was only able to hear the plea for help clearly when in the general vicinity of the prison of the creature who had summoned the Death Guard to this world, he planned to use the erratic psyker as some form of crude auspex and use the time bought by the fleet and the Raven Guard to cheat the Herald of Nurgle of his prize.The Cadians agreed, and pushed toward the central cathedral of Solthane, leaving Captain Valar and his Space Marines to their glorious last stand. Once there, the Cadians disembarked, and while Enginseer Osiron hard-wired his servitors into the Chimeras, with the instruction to fire upon anything that approached, Thade gave his Sentinel pilots the choice of dying on foot with them or dying while harassing the Death Guard at the controls of their combat walkers, with the pilots unanimously choosing the latter.This unorthodox method of command did not go well with Commissar Tionenji, and when Thade compounded the commissar's misgivings by ignoring the late General Maggrig's orders against the use of heavy weapons in order to preserve the holy structures, he drew his Bolt Pistol, intent on relieving Thade of command.But before he could even point his weapon, Tionenji found himself staring down the gun of every other Cadian officer or squad-leader present. The stand-off was broken by an annoyed Inquisitor Caius, who reminded everyone that they still had a mission to accomplish, and that such trivial matters of chain-of-command could wait until if and when they had fulfilled it.The Cadians then ventured forth into the massive building, guided by their Sanctioned Psyker. After what seemed like solar hours descending under the surface of Kathur, they finally managed to discover the wreckage of the Aggrieved: it was the cathedral's very foundation.At that moment, the trapped Daemon Prince made its move, and attempted to possess the body of Seth Roscrain. When he became aware of the intrusion, Roscrain attempted to fight it, engaging the corrupted monster in a psychic duel. It was a gesture of defiance, for the weakened psyker stood no chance against such a potent Warp entity, yet Seth fought, and forced the Daemon to squander precious resources from its already ebbing reserves of psychic strength.When Roscrain finally succumbed, the Daemon Prince manifested in the psyker's body and, emboldened by Typhus' closeness, engaged the Cadians in battle. Inquisitor Caius attempted a ritual of banishment, but it merely pushed the Daemon back, and the beast retaliated, hammering at the Inquisitor with all its psychic might.Caius threw all his being in this last battle, and while he would lose it, he would ultimately win the war: killing the Inquisitor overexerted the Daemon who started to unravel back into the Warp from realspace, unable to maintain its presence in the Materium.The Cadians were quick to capitalise on this, and swarmed the weakening beast, eventually managing to destroy it.