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View File The Whisper - A Celebrants Chapter Short Story In the aftermath of a Tyranid invasion on bountiful Konig's World, Astartes warriors of the joyful Celebrants Chapter hunt down the remnants of the Hive Fleet's forces. Led by Lieutenant Cadmus, they search for the psyker-beasts whose vile whisperings could draw even greater hordes to the Agri-World. The Celebrants battle against numberless broods and hideous monsters, but however diligently they purge the hated xenos, the psychic whisper continues unabated. Cadmus wonders how the aliens are staying hidden. Is someone helping them? He must solve this mystery, or Konig's World will face the hunger of the Great Devourer again. Short story based on my submission to the Black Library 2023 Successor Chapters Submissions. Thanks go to @Mazer Rackham and the Cabal of Dead Ink! Submitter Lysimachus Submitted 11/22/23 Category Background (Lore)  

Security level: Amber Ref: Astartes Assets in the Segmentum Tempestus Datafile:156174.515/58.wtxn. "Jacinar Campaign" From: Archivist-Scrivener Edmus Vunt Dest: Office of the Lord Commander CC: Adeptus Terra, Segmentum HQ, Bakka Via astropathic duct: sigma.645.149/823.b Local date: 180.231+JCM.m41 Crossref: 'Celebrants Chapter' (Ast.ref.163.ultra.8412) Thought for the day: Service is its own reward. My Lord Guilliman, This is an after-action report relating to the pacification of the Jacinar Industrial Conglomerate. These six worlds in the Jacinar system (ref.k86t6b.Jacinar.572.sgm.tem) are key providers of raw materials for the An-Var Forge World, which in turn provides war materiel to Imperial forces across the Charal Drift Subsector. In 176.652+JCM.m41, for reasons at that point unknown, four of the worlds of Jacinar jointly declared their intent to secede from the Imperium. Within three months, before any Imperial response could be prepared, their forces conquered the two other inhabited planets in the system and installed Planetary Governors loyal to their heretical Conglomerate. Naval assets from Battlefleet Tempestus were assigned, arriving in-system in 178.988+JCM.m41 and placing a blockade around the Jacinar system, as well as bringing in infantry and armoured regiments of the Astra Militarum from Charal, Volpone and Dag-Tiya, supported by An-Varii Adeptus Mechanicus specialists, with the intent of bringing the traitorous local government to heel. However, key to the loyalist effort was the arrival several months later of elements of the Celebrants Chapter Astartes. The presence of these warriors would shorten the campaign exponentially, returning the Jacinar system to Imperial rule within a year of their arrival. It is upon their heroic actions that this report will primarily focus… Pict.capture.143a13t.179.451+JCM.m41.JacinarIV: tentatively identified as Squad Felix, 5th Intercessor Squad, 4th Company, Celebrants.