The Anvilar's Fortress-Monastery stands on the sandstone cliffs above Ecteban, capital of Achaemenia. The Second Hell Crusade The Third Hell Crusade Current State of the Chapter Assigned permanent overwatch over the twin warp rifts, the Knights of the Anvil Chapter have continued to stand sentinel over the worlds of Sector Occident Prime. The Anvilars were the only Chapter from the Hell Warders to have an established presence in the sector, several centuries before the First Hell Crusade. According to this ancient text, in 199.M36, following the end of the massive Chaos incursion known as the First Hell Crusade, the High Lords of Terra pronounced an Edict Imperialis in response to the dire predations of Chaos, ordering several Adeptus Astartes Chapters to permanently base themselves near the Hellgates in order to protect the Imperium's interests and pacify the region. The establishment of the Hell Warders Chapter was fully documented in the ancient text known as the Codex Fuego or ' Book of Fire'. After nearly eight decades of bloody conflict, these five Chapters finally managed to form a successful blockade of the Hellgates which eventually plays an instrumental role in turning the tide of the conflict, as the Imperial forces finally managed to drive the Chaos armada back into the swirling eddies of the Hellgates. Though several worlds burn in the fires of destruction, and the shadows gather close, throughout the sector, the Emperor's avenging Angels of Death stand fast, determined to save the besieged Imperial worlds of this sector or die in the attempt.įrom their Chapter home world of Achaemenia, Knights Anvilar launched multiple campaigns across the besieged sector. Several other nearby Space Marine Chapters - including the Golden Castellans, Spartiate Marines, The Lightning and the Templars Moline - respond to the threat, rushing to commit their strength to the rapidly escalating war. Receiving multiple astropathic calls for assistance, the Knights of the Anvil, long-time residents of Sector Occident Prime, sent their entire Chapter in response to this grave threat. In 110.M36, a massive Slaaneshi warhost led by the Daemon Prince, Xeraz the Exquisite, and his Chaos allies, erupted from the hellish pleasure realms from within the Ashaklun Gate, and soon the entire sector became embroiled in bloody conflict. Daemonic incursions and the predations by marauding Chaos warbands have been common for millennia. Within the Hellgates, these hellish realms of Chaos are ruled by all four factions of the Ruinous Powers, who constantly vie with one another for absolute supremacy. This region has long been a haven for renegades, outcasts and the followers of the Dark Gods. These dangerous warp rifts are located only 1,000 light years from the Imperial Throneworld of Terra. In M36, the Hellgates were still a part of the ancient Loculus sub-sector, located in the area of the galaxy known as Sector Occident Prime. The Hellgates are a pair of relatively small warp rifts located in the Thermopylae sub-sector. Their home world at that time was Fortitudus, located in the Ara Pacis sub-sector. They are first recorded as taking part in the Second Pacification of Ara Pacis (ca. Neither the Founding nor the Progenitors of the Anvilars are known in current Imperial records.

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