Burning of Ruecarro

The Burning of Ruecarro was a campaign conducted by the Penitent Knights Space Marine Chapter when they defended the world of Ruecarro from a large daemonic host.

History
The Asteria Sub-sector is for the most part, a wild and dangerous part of the void. Long had a particular system been a den and harbor of pirates and renegades, despite many attempts to cleanse it. However, among the dark and ill-used worlds there was an Exodite Eldar world. And for reasons unknown to the Penitent Knights, the said world, named Ruecarro by Imperial cartographers, was invaded by a massive army of daemons. Having portions of their fleet nearby, the Knights mobilized and entered the system to deal with the potential threat. Though, nearly all records of what transpired in the system have been lost, other than that Ruecarro was successfully destroyed, and that some groups of pirates were allowed to stay in the system, but if they left it, they also would be destroyed. This extremely lenient decree is a source of shame to the Knights, but they are compelled to honour it, and gladly punish the blackguards that disregard it. As another outcome of the Burning, is that the Exodite Eldar survivors blame the Penitent Knights for the destruction of their homes, and have developed a deep hatred.