Battencian Sieges

The Battencian Sieges was the first recorded campaign conducted by the Battencian Heralds Chapter against a large Force of Chaos which comprised of both the Word Bearers and the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion against the vitally important Zylos Sub-sector.

History
The Battencian Sieges was the baptism of fire for the Battencian Heralds Chapter. A minor Warp Rift opened in the Zylos Sub-sector and a large Force of Chaos, lead by the vile Word Bearers and Thousand Sons Traitor Legions, attacked the sub-sector. After 30 years of war, and some initial victories, the Chaotic forces brutally beat the Imperials, and split up. The Word Bearers laid siege to Battencia, and the Thousand Sons besieged Estrillon, the homeworld of the Angels Tempestus. The Siege of Battencia lasted for five years, and after the final Chaotic assaults were broken and the besieging forces annihilated, the battered Heralds took to the Warp, arriving just in time, alongside the Angels Tempestus reinforcements, to relieve Estrillon. The war's final five years were spent chasing down the Heretics, and annihilating the Chaos cults left behind by the Word Bearers wherever they could be found. The Angels Tempestus disagreed with the Ordo Hereticus' methods of mass purging to get rid of these cults, and an intense diplomatic situation ensued. The Heralds were divided on what to do, but after Kyudor Albexus intervened, they began to aid in evacuating innocent civilians facing the Inquisition's wrath. Tensions have since cooled, especially with the ascension of a former Inquisitorial Acolyte to the rank of Chapter Master.