Isaia Bendikt - Fall of Cadia: Before the start of the 13th Black Crusade and the Fall of Cadia, Bendikt was a major in the Cadian 101st Armoured Regiment and served during the Deucalion Crusade commanded by Warmaster Ryse. During that Imperial Crusade, Bendikt led the 101st Armoured to become the most decorated of all Cadian armoured regiments. Bendikt himself was twice awarded the Valorous Unit Citation and shared with his tank crew six Steel Crosses, four Steel Aquila and the Order of the Eagle's Claw. Despite his decorated career, Bendikt was shocked to learn that Ursarkar E. Creed, an officer like him lacking any aristocratic family background, had been promoted through the ranks to become a general, even though their careers in the Astra Militarum had begun at the same time.Once he was able to overcome his initial jealousy concerning Creed's promotion, Bendikt began to study Creed's tactics and followed the other man's career through various memos sent from Cadian High Command and regimental dispatches. When an increase in Chaos activity in the region of the Cadian Gate led the Imperium to call for a muster of its forces on Cadia, Bendikt's troops were among the forces that Warmaster Ryse brought to the Fortress World. As he waited aboard the Warmaster's flagship, the Fidelitas Vector, for the window to land, Bendikt had a chance to actually meet with Creed and congratulate him for his promotion. He was surprised when Creed actually recognised his name and actually proceeded to list the honours he had earned in the Deucalion Crusade. Their conversation did not end before Creed claimed that Cadian High Command was underestimating the Chaos threat the Imperium faced in the region and it would be up to Guardsmen like Bendikt and himself to keep the Cadian Gate safe.Bendikt and the 101st Cadian Armoured were then deployed to Cadia, but they were not sent to the city of Kasr Tyrok with the majority of the Imperial muster's forces. Instead they were dispatched, without their tanks, to the remote Observation Post 9983 in the Cadian mountains. Without the Valkyries that had shuttled them to the post but had quickly departed, the regiment had no way to leave the Observation Post and the skeleton crew at the post was unable to explain their purpose for having been sent there. This marked the start of a period of great frustration for Bendikt, an impatience that only increased with the start of the 13th Black Crusade.A full-scale invasion of Cadia by the forces of Chaos soon followed, and though they could listen to the communications of the beleaguered Imperial defenders across the world, the 101st was unable to make contact with any of their peers. Their predicament lasted several despairing months, during which Bendikt's own hometown of Kasr Halig be destroyed.Then, just when Bendikt could bear no more and had begun to countenance an outright defiance of his orders, Ursarkar E. Creed suddenly appeared at Observation Post 9983. He was now the Lord Castellan of Cadia and explained that he had placed the 101st Armoured and several other elite regiments in these mountain bases so that they could serve as a hidden reserve army that could be unleashed when the time was right. Creed stated that that time was now, as Cadia had weathered the initial Chaos invasion and he would soon lead a counter-attack against the invaders.With that Creed activated the Observation Post, which unlocked subterranean armouries filled with tanks for the 101st Armoured and subterranean roads down the mountainsides so that they could join the fight. Creed explained he was needed elsewhere, but before he left the lord castellan promoted Bendikt to the rank of general, as well as granted him the command of several other Cadian armoured regiments.When Creed had departed as suddenly as he came, Bendikt first came to terms with the shock of his sudden promotion and then ordered the 101st Armoured to prepare themselves for war. Several solar days later, when Creed gave the signal for the Imperial counter-offensive to begin, Bendikt led the 101st Armoured into joyous battle against the servants of the Dark Gods.Unfortunately, as all now know to their sorrow, the Imperial counter-offensive failed when the Warmaster of Chaos, Abaddon the Despoiler, gave the order to send the remains of his Blackstone Fortress Will of Eternity plunging into Cadia's surface, transforming the xenos star fortress into a planet-killing meteor.This strike set off a chain of events that doomed the Fortress World and the remaining Imperial forces were ordered to evacuate before Cadia tore itself apart under the tectonic stresses unleashed by the fortress' impact. In the mass panic and confusion that followed, Bendikt was able to get all of the 101st Armoured safely evacuated and they joined the remains of the Imperial Navy's Battlefleet Cadia under the command of Admiral d'Armitage as it began its escape from the Cadian System.