Power Level: 45.
Mission: The Ritual.
Agendas: Angels of Death and Priority Target.
Opponent's Agendas: Honour Must Be Satisfied and Kingslayer.
A few weeks into the campaign, the Imperial forces began to advance upon the Tannhauser Hive City. The Rift Wardens are directed to take the centre of the defenders lines, as this was judged to be the weakest point. Little did they realise that the defenders were supported by Knight units. Inititally the Rift Wardens were successful and managed to take control of the Tannhauser Gate, the main entrance into the hive city, while the Astra Militarum pushed on and into the city proper. The Rift Wardens were able to limit the Knight advance, House Hawkshroud in particular, fighting with great tenacity. Imperial attacks across the city were repulsed however by traitor guardsmen. To force further into the streets, the Astra Militarum moved to the centre of the city from the flanks. This manoeuvre was exploited by the Knights and the guardsmen were forced back lest their be destroyed in the close confines of Tannhauser.
During the night, the Knights continued to decimate the Imperial attackers and they concentrated their efforts against the Rift Wardens. They then launched an early morning attack to back the Tannhauser Gate. The Knights attacked en masse against the forces defending it. The effort was a success but the Rift Wardens counter-attacked inflicting light losses upon the knightly house. Even so, this attack had a devastating effect on the Imperial morale who had expected a much easier engagement and should have been celebrating the liberation of the city. The Imperial lines were kept under almost constant bombardment and eventually the Imperial lines fell and retreated.
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