War of Woe

The War of Woe was a lamentable campaign conducted by a large Word Bearers Warband in order to divert the Castigators and lure them away from their true goal - to allow their allies from the Black Legion to launch a raid against the vitally important Imperial world of Vatrax. Though the 5th Company fought bravely against the Chaos menace, their efforts were all for naught.

History
To avenge the losses they suffered eighty years earlier, a force of Word Bearers under the command of a Dark Apostle, known only as 'The Father', engineers a plot to trap and destroy the Castigators. The 5th Company suffers heavy losses, including the death of Captain Cascarus, but with the aid of the ferocious Carcharodons Chapter, the newly-installed Captain Anteas was able to thwart the Word Bearers. Believing that the Father wished to recreate the Eternal Engine, the 5th Company fought against a daemonic incursion to avenge the fallen - only to find that the Dark Apostle only intended to inflict heavy casualties on the Castigators and mired the 5th Company whilst a heavy raid was conducted by the Black Legion against the planet of Vatrax.