Knight of Ashes - To Save a World: In the meantime, the Imperial Knights led by the two House leaders were still assaulting Northrise Battery. Every time House Minotos broke through the Ork-held fortifications, the Greenskins would sacrifice one of their Stompaz to plug the gap. Even the rampage of Grandmarshal Kurt in his heavily modified Knight Gallant was not enough to seize dominion of their objective. Worse yet, Killfist's Gargant was also still in the fight, powering up its central weapon, an immense electromagnetic pulse-generator which had previously shut down all of the Draconspire's defences.Just as another charge from House Minotos failed, the Orks began fleeing the vicinity of the Draconspire. Magnifying their vision, both Lauret and Kurt could soon see the High King leading the charge at the head of House Draconis' Knights."The High King! Danial Tan Draconis lives and he's riding to our aid!" exclaimed Kurt Tan Minotos, "For the sake of our world, we cannot let him down!"Mowing down fleeing Orks before them, the forces of House Draconis and the Knight of Ashes thundered across the Valatane Plains, desperate to reach Northrise Battery before the Inquisitor's vessel would unleash the wrath of its Cyclonic Torpedoes. Unknown to the forces on the ground, the Light of Truth had already left its hiding spot and was now closing with Adrastapol.Preceded by the Cherubs of the Heavenly Host, House Draconis meted out its vengeance against the Orks. The Sacristans quickly noticed the energy build-up within the Gargant, marking it as a priority target. At once all long-range weaponry targeted the towering Ork Titan, its Void Shields collapsing one after the other. A battle's worth of ordinance fell upon the Gargant's head, upper torso and arms. As its command deck was atomised, the Gargant toppled. As secondary explosions wracked its frame, the energy build-up continued. The Marchioness ordered all her Knights to unleash their weapons at once, concentrating their fire on the Gargant's main gun.In a blinding flash of flight, the damaged weapon fired, destroying the remains of the Gargant and unleashing a new wave of crackling energy. "Evade!" ordered the High King and the Knights of Houses Minotos and Pegasson stepped back, their Ion Shields raised towards oncoming electromagnetic pulse.As it washed over Oath of Flames, its Auspex crackled with static and its generator's power output fluctuated wildly. However, the Knights closest to the blast did not fare as well, as dozens suffered the same catastrophic shutdown the Draconspire and House Draconis had previously experienced.With both Oracle and Gustev's Revenge victims of the pulse, command naturally transferred to the High King himself. While Kurt's forces had been caught in the blast, two lances of House Pegasson had moved far enough to remain operational. Led by Lady Eleanat, these lances joined the High King's army. They would join the Exiles and a lance of Knights Gallant under Herald Markos Dar Draconis to storm Northrise Battery and reclaim it. The was now possible because the Gargant's explosive demise had ripped a breach in the battery's fortifications.Sword of Heroes and Wrath Inescapable were first through this gap, the two Knight Errants' Thermal Cannons making short work of a Stompa as it tried to plug the breach. The Exiles, Herald Marcos Dar Draconis in his Knight Honourblaze, Master of Faith Percivane Dar Draconis in Firestorm and their respective lances all followed. A huge formation of Ork tanks and walkers counterattacked and were ultimately destroyed, but not before a Deff Dread rammed its Power Saw through Duty Unending’s knee. Swearing at her bad luck, Lady Ekhatarina killed her opponent but would not be able to continue the fight. Switching to her Rapid-fire Battle Cannon, Lady Ekhatarina provided stationary cover while the other Knights pushed on.As the Inquisitor's warship maneuvered in Adrastapol's high orbit, the Imperial Knights closed with their final target, the central building housing the defence laser's command systems. Vast numbers of Ork infantry swarmed forth and the Imperial Knights formed a firing line, unleashing everything they had against the resurgent enemy.Although some Knights were lost, this final assault at last broke the Orks' back. As news of their Warlord's death spread, individual mobs of Orks began to rout. The Imperial Knights were victorious. With the members of the main force running perilously low on ammunition, only the fresher Knights of House Draconis gave chase.Crammed with High Sacrsistan Polluxis and several of his Tech-priests in a Taurox, Jennika Tan Draconis raced to the Northrise Battery command post. Skittering to a halt before the building's entrance, Jennika and Colonel Gesmund led the charge inside the compound and mercilessly cut down the few Orks that still defied them. Even before the building had been cleared, Jennika used her Micro-bead to contact Inquisitor Massata who had opted to remain airborne. As the Aquila Lander thundered over the plains, Polluxis and his fellow Adepts scanned the battery's transorbital Vox for damages. Although the Orks had defiled the consoles, enough of the system was operational to suit their needs.Before his shuttle had even touched down, Inquisitor Massate jumped from the lowered access-ramp, sprinting across the courtyard with all the speed his servo-assisted Power Armour allowed. He ignored the last convulsions of the battle still raging around him. Reaching the command post Vox-array, the Inquisitor transmitted his codes, cancelling the Exterminatus order just as the Light of Truth was about to enact it.