The Beast and the Drake

The Beast and the Drake was an Imperial campaign involving the Ashen Drakes Space Marine Chapter in 999.M36 to defend the Imperial world of Marduk Omega from the ravages of the invading Ork WAAAGH! Riproar.

History
The campaign opposing the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 8th Companies of the Ashen Drakes and the WAAAGH! Riproar comes to an end on the savage world of Marduk Omega. The primitive peoples of this world having regressed to bronze age technology. They are at first kept as far from the battles as possible, however, to the Astartes stupor, they enter the fray on their own, hurling themselves at the Orks. The mortal losses are horrendous, but the Marduki keep fighting with a wanton abandon frightening to behold. In the final battle, the Fourth Captain and The One Whose Flesh is Godly from the Marduki manages to slay Warboss Riproar and all his retinue, marking the end of the war. The Marduki war-leader then offers to help the Astartes in the purge of the xenos' taint on his world. Impressed by the Marduki peoples, the Astartes offer to induct some of them into the ranks of their Chapter, the second and final time that such an offer is made. Even though some remnants of Savages Orks have plagued Marduk Omega ever since, they have never become more than a nuisance for its ferocious natives.