Fields Of Fire - Dharrovar

Points: 1000.

Mission: Quantum Siege.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Noble Lance

Agendas: Drive Them Back, King Slayer and Recover Blackstone Data.

Opponent's Agendas: Kingslayer and To The Last.

This engagement, known as the Fields of Fire, took place over several weeks following the recent battle in Gothos against the enemy Knights. The successive engagement was fought against the fleeing Knights by the Rift Wardens, later assisted by allied Knights. The loyalist forces won a significant victory here before returning to Gothos, continuing to purge the enemy forces still within the walls.

Battle for Gothos - Dharrovar

Points: 2000.

Mission: Supply Run.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Noble Lance

Agendas: Drive Them Back, Monstrous Targets and Recover Blackstone Data.

Opponent's Agendas: Cut Off The Head, Raise & Ruin, Strategic Dominance, and Strike & Purge.

The Battle for Gothos was a campaign by the Knightly houses of Dharrovar to recapture the city of Gothos. The city held significant value, especially with regards to the ammunition stores located beneath the streets. The battle was also a critical point in the Dharrovar crusade, as the loyalist forces were close to seizing control of the planet.

Marching forth from their mountain strongholds, the Knights launched an attack that breached the walls. They saw a number of victories on the way to Gothos and when they breached the walls, Imperial command feared that they might lose control of such a vital strongpoint. Chapter Master Arthurus personally arrived to oversee the fortification of the city, and to ensure that supplies reached the defenders.

The Knightly advance stall and was soon reversed. The Knights were forced to fall back under heavy fire. The traitor advance began to disintegrate across the city. Many fled back out into the devastated warzones, while a few tried to bunker down in the streets eager to continue the fight.

Battle for Cell Block H - Carceri

Points: 1000.

Mission: Nullification Field.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Vanguard Spearhead

Agendas: Central Position, Drive Them Back and Recover Blackstone Data.

Opponent's Agendas: Battlefield Survivours, Drive Them Back, Know No Fear and Survivalist's.

The Rift Wardens retaliated and attacked the advancing Raven Guard intending to annihilate them all. The Raven Guard surveyed their prospective battlefield: a small most empty prison block, characterised by tight avenues, high towers and multiple ambush points, bordered by high walls north and south. This area had to be crossed if the Raven Guard were to reach their target. Thus, the sons of Corax claimed the shadows and the high grounds, where the prepared for the Rift Wardens assault.

Meanwhile, the main force advanced along the center line with scout squads supporting along the flanks. Despite frequent hit and run raids by these scouts, the Rift Wardens under Arthurus himself, managed to drive the Raven Guard from their high ground, although it left their flanks exposed, allowing the enemy chapter the opportunity to regain some corners of the cell block complex.

The following day, this Raven Guard force found itself isolated from the mainstay of the chapter. Arthurus used this moment to regroup, positioning his forces against the right flank of the Raven Guard. He gave his battle brothers a rousing speech and declared victory over their former battle brothers!

That evening, a Rift Warden Intercessor force carried out a feint attack against the the Raven Guard positions, drawing them westward after a small skirmish, allowing the Rift Wardens to redeploy to a better position. In the early hours, Arthurus led the attack with his chapter quickly gaining the upper hand and forcing the enemy back to the outskirts of Cell Block H. Victory was assured once Arthurus joined in the fray, striking a flanking attack, charging a much larger force with his bladeguard bodyguards, and fighting the Raven Guard in close quarters combat. This effectively routed the enemy and cleared Cell Block H of enemy forces.

Fires of Hesperous - Hesperous Prime

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Search and Destroy / Fog of War.

Primary Objective: Linchpin.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Unforgiven Task Force.

The Fires of Hesperous or the Hesperous Operation was one of the largest battles between the Dark Angels and the loyalist Rift Wardens. In the early summer, the Rift Wardens threatened the Dark Angels, and it was decided to launch a massive offensive on the the enemy forces beyond the walls of Dendelgheist. The Rift Wardens had not anticipated that the Dark Angels would put up such a fierce defence, and many of the chapter found themselves encircled and slain.

Operation: Retribution #1 - Vigilus Wastelands

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Tipping Point / Smoke and Mirrors.

Primary Objective: Purge the Foe.

Detachment: Anvil Task Force.

Opponent's Detachment: Cult Of Magic.

Operation: Retribution was a swiftly enacted military operation by the Rift Wardens and was one of three battles fought at the base of Mount Sybo, the base of operations for the Thousand Sons on Vigilus, in which the Rift Wardens captured the approach to the mines within the mountain. Even the presence of Ahriman could not prevent the Rift Wardens enacting their retribution among the traitor legion.

The Borders of Hell's Point - Pariah

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Hammer and Anvil / Fog of War.

Primary Objective: Take and Hold.

Detachment: Anvil Strike Force.

Opponents Detachment: Awakened Dynasty.

This engagement took place on the formerly deserted borders of the Hell's Point tomb, and was the result of two opposing forces making contact during their respective patrols. After initial resistance, the majority of the Necrons were destroyed, while the Rift Wardens remained completely intact.

After repelling a numerically superior Necron surprise attack at Volstead Colony and clearing the Draachenfel blackstone mines, a small force of Rift Wardens led by Captain Gwaine decimated a significant Necron force including Trazyn and the Silent King himself. The Rift Wardens sustained minimal casualties, and Gwaine received recognition from Arthurus for overrunning the alien forces.

Retaliation - Vigilus Wastelands

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Crucible Of Battle / Inspired Leadership.

Primary Objective: Unexploded Ordnance.

Detachment: Anvil Task Force.

Opponent's Detachment: Cult Of Magic.

In the aftermath of recent battles, Magnus the Red led his legion in a brutal assault on the Imperial positions below Mount Sybo. The goal was the total obliteration of the Rift Warden forces present - a goal which Magnus concluded would lead to significant losses on the space marine chapter and this would lead to a decisive victory in the area. After initial successes, in which the Imperial forces present retreated out into the desert wastes, the Thousand Sons overextended themselves. The Rift Wardens did indeed suffer terrible loses but it was not so destructive a victory as Magnus had planned. Instead, it just galvanized the chapter into a hatred of the traitor legion.

The Burning of Mortwald - Mortwald

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Sweeping Engagement / Swift Action.

Primary Objective: Supply Drop.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponent's Detachment: Iconoclast Fiefdom.

This battle, a Rift Warden led defence of District 12, was a series of wide-scale conflicts across the width of Mortwald. The battle resulted in the burning of several districts of the hive sprawl, and the massacres of several hundred thousand civilians and Imperial soldiers. Imperial command began to feel that Mortwald was lost to them. The Rift Wardens were largely relegated to containing the traitor forces within the city walls for the time being.