Editing The 13th Black Crusade (section)

==The Fruits of Defiance==

The battle on Cadia had become a bloody stalemate, but it had done its job in pinning down the Chaos invaders there for the time being. The Imperium would definitely capitalize on this in a big way.

===A Flicker of Hope===

Admiral Quarren's fleet would receive much-needed reinforcements from Cypra Mundi, with the hope that it would eventually drive the Chaos ships back from the Cadian Gate. The extra ships made the difference, and Quarren was able to eke victories against fleets much larger than his own by having more than the Two collective brain cells that Abbadon's strategy seemed to possess. These created holes in the Chaos Fleet's blockade of the Cadian and Scelus systems, which Imperial reinforcements zipped through. Meanwhile at Belis Corona, the ''entirety'' of Battlefleet Gothic was deployed, in an all-or-nothing attack that would either drive Abaddon's minions out, or leave Battlefleet Obscurus permanently crippled.

Dozens of Astartes Chapters would be part of the reinforcements heading to Cadia, including the [[Blood Angels]] and the [[Dark Angels]]. The Sons of Sanguinius would strike at the largest [[World Eaters]] horde in recent memory at the world of Kasr Partox, and would go on to defeat a [[Bloodthirster]] on Agripinaa. The Dark Angels in the meantime would team up with their rivals in the Space Wolves, and battled Typhus' forces on Macharia, Kasr Sonnen and Korolis.

The [[Black Templars]] and [[Imperial Fists]] would also make their presence known, while Inquisitor Coteaz led [[Grey Knight]] strike forces against daemonic foces on Agripinaa, Xersia, and Kasr Holn. Meanwhile [[White Scars]] brotherhoods would strike out ''from'' Cadia itself, disrupting what little cohesion the Chaos forces had remaining.

===Erebus: Party Pooper===

The [[Word Bearers]] however, and [[Dark Apostle]] [[Erebus]] in particular prepared to enact a terrible ritual on the worlds they had conquered. As Imperial reinforcements began streaming into the Cadian sector, the ritual hit its peak, and suffice to say things went to Hell very quickly. As a million innocent lives were sacrificed, massive Warp Storms hit the areas around the Eye of Terror. So intense was the result that it stopped inter-sector transit in its tracks and effectively isolated each sector from each other. What's worse, the Warp Storms made it easier for daemons to manifest, so the embattled worlds now had to deal with hordes of Daemons [[rape|wanting to party]] as well.

Typhus took advantage of the isolation and slowed enemy supply lines in the Agripinaa sector, unleashing the full strength of the [[Death Guard]] [[Plague Marine]]s under his command, and reduced the already ravaged worlds further into ruin. The Imperials held on by threads, but its surviving population risked starvation as the Agri-Worlds of Yayor, Dentor, and Ulthor had already been lost.

Word spread that the [[Planet Killer]] was slowly making its way to Cadia, the plan clearly being for Abaddon to practice his favorite anger management technique of destroying planets to hell. The Imperial Navy was still pissed about Deimos Binary and swore that it would keep the space lanes around the Cadian Gate clear, and in many actions since saw Admiral Quarren kick ass and take names as [[Ciaphas Cain|hero of the Imperium]].

Although Cadian High command would be forced to relocate to Kasr Gallan, Cadia still held against all odds, so dogged was its defenders in giving up its lives to defend it. Millions had already died, but it was close to a year and the Despoiler had still not conquered it. All they needed to do at this point was wait for reinforcements. Abaddon may have planned his assault well, but Cadia had held on for longer than anticipated. It would only be a matter of time before the Imperium sent tons of reinforcements that would turn the tide, incurring losses the Black Crusade could not afford.