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	~~==== The Tide Comes In ====~~		Continued in [[Campaign 1 - Part 2]]
	~~It would have been poetic if the Silence had ended with some fanfare, tragedy or Chaos…but~~ in ~~truth, it was nothing as dramatic.~~

	~~At first, nobody was aware the Silence had ended~~ - until the first Astropathic messages reached the unprepared and idle Astropaths. It was a slow, sleepy awakening for those who had spent nearly a year with little news from the great outside, and little to fear but the threats inside.

	The Ordos Prosperitas sought answers, but, to this day, are still no closer to working out its cause. The commonly held belief lays blame on a Warp Surge, suggesting that perhaps the strange realm that houses the Darkness, and is informally known as “the Prison”, had reacted to the tidal energies of the Eye, and projected a Sector-wide anti-Warp field, to protect itself from intrusion. Such a reaction would imply some degree of guiding sentience behind the workings of the Prison, making the Ordos have resolutely decided it would be better if the Adeptus Mechanicus not bound to the Inquisition were not informed of this particular theory for a myriad of reasons.

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	This page summarises the events of Part 1 of the current Death Unto Darkness campaign, which ran from 2016-2021.		This page summarises the events of Part 1 of the current Death Unto Darkness campaign, which ran from 2016-2021.

	===== '''Near the dawn of time…''' =====		=== Pre-Campaign ===

			==== '''Near the dawn of time…''' ====

	Once, we hid from the darkness, from the shadow, and we prayed for the break of Dawn and the coming of the Light upon the pinnacles of the great pyramids we worshipped.		Once, we hid from the darkness, from the shadow, and we prayed for the break of Dawn and the coming of the Light upon the pinnacles of the great pyramids we worshipped.
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	===== '''Eight years ago…''' =====		==== '''Eight years ago…''' ====

	Our story begins in 586.M41, with a gathering.		Our story begins in 586.M41, with a gathering.
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	==== Event 1: That Which Has No Name ====		=== Event 1: That Which Has No Name ===

	In the wake of the chaos that ensued came several Agents of the Throne - servants of multiple lesser Inquisitors - to investigate the deaths of the great Inquisitors. They realised too late that the Sector Governor had been replaced, as the daemon bid them farewell and stepped upon a shuttle, believing them stranded on the planet.		In the wake of the chaos that ensued came several Agents of the Throne - servants of multiple lesser Inquisitors - to investigate the deaths of the great Inquisitors. They realised too late that the Sector Governor had been replaced, as the daemon bid them farewell and stepped upon a shuttle, believing them stranded on the planet.
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	===== Meanwhile… =====		==== Meanwhile… ====
	When the Agents ran to the Aeldari gate, they took with them several objects recovered from the personal effects of the Inquisitorial triumvirate. Amongst those was a statuette of some ancient being, rendered with a monstrous likeness. And the statuette was kept in the bag of an Agent.		When the Agents ran to the Aeldari gate, they took with them several objects recovered from the personal effects of the Inquisitorial triumvirate. Amongst those was a statuette of some ancient being, rendered with a monstrous likeness. And the statuette was kept in the bag of an Agent.

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	===== Three years ago… =====		==== Three years ago… ====
	By 592.M41, the shape-shifting daemon had worn the face of Armelius Durovera for five years, and for five years they had re-written the universally disliked Governor. He had changed, and, so, he was loved - no, surrounded by a cult of personality - and had seized control of the [[Prosperitas Crusade]] – he was no longer the Sector Governor, he was the Warmaster of the [[Crusade]].		By 592.M41, the shape-shifting daemon had worn the face of Armelius Durovera for five years, and for five years they had re-written the universally disliked Governor. He had changed, and, so, he was loved - no, surrounded by a cult of personality - and had seized control of the [[Prosperitas Crusade]] – he was no longer the Sector Governor, he was the Warmaster of the [[Crusade]].

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	==== Event 2: Marches’ End ====		=== Event 2: Marches’ End ===

	On the distant world of [[Finisterra]], un-graced by the light of the God-Emperor, an expeditionary fleet struggled to pacify the unruly population. It was led by the Rogue Trader, Lady-Captain [[Hermione Durovera]], Armelius’ elder sister, who had forgone her claim to the Governorship, in order to pursue the life of a Rogue Trader beyond the Imperial border - and now wanted the distant world for their own. Countless treasures lay hidden in the planet, and the Lady-Captain was unwilling to risk damaging them by turning the full force of her fleet on it.		On the distant world of [[Finisterra]], un-graced by the light of the God-Emperor, an expeditionary fleet struggled to pacify the unruly population. It was led by the Rogue Trader, Lady-Captain [[Hermione Durovera]], Armelius’ elder sister, who had forgone her claim to the Governorship, in order to pursue the life of a Rogue Trader beyond the Imperial border - and now wanted the distant world for their own. Countless treasures lay hidden in the planet, and the Lady-Captain was unwilling to risk damaging them by turning the full force of her fleet on it.
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	===== Meanwhile… =====		==== Meanwhile… ====
	The shadows grew longer…		The shadows grew longer…

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	==== Event 3 - In the Shadow of the Spire ====		=== Event 3 - In the Shadow of the Spire ===

	On the wretched, dying hive-world of [[Korimesta]], an old and ancient rotting spire hid a forbidden secret, using an entire city as camouflage - for, beneath its surface, lay a massive [[xenos]] construct - a gigantic Pillar made of the fabled material Blackstone (known as Noctilith in High Gothic).		On the wretched, dying hive-world of [[Korimesta]], an old and ancient rotting spire hid a forbidden secret, using an entire city as camouflage - for, beneath its surface, lay a massive [[xenos]] construct - a gigantic Pillar made of the fabled material Blackstone (known as Noctilith in High Gothic).
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	==== Event 4 - On Polarnus Station ====		=== Event 4 - On Polarnus Station ===

	There was no doubt that Polarnus Station had to be retaken from the Archenemy. Without it, the Crusade would falter and likely die. But there were other reasons for the Inquisition to send its Agents to the station: hidden within it, an Inquisitorial Black Site, one of the Inquisition’s storehouses of forbidden and confiscated artefacts. Perhaps, more importantly, it now contained a Phylactery, an arcane storage unit believed to contain some component of the false-Warmaster’s soul, the only conduit the Inquisition had to potentially banish the daemon.		There was no doubt that Polarnus Station had to be retaken from the Archenemy. Without it, the Crusade would falter and likely die. But there were other reasons for the Inquisition to send its Agents to the station: hidden within it, an Inquisitorial Black Site, one of the Inquisition’s storehouses of forbidden and confiscated artefacts. Perhaps, more importantly, it now contained a Phylactery, an arcane storage unit believed to contain some component of the false-Warmaster’s soul, the only conduit the Inquisition had to potentially banish the daemon.
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	===== Meanwhile… =====		==== Meanwhile… ====
	When his phylactery was destroyed, the Warmaster was in a meeting with the [[Crusade High Command]] - and the blow forced him to manifest into his true form and kill those with him. It was claimed the Warmaster had been the target of an attempt on his life, that he had barely survived and had claimed the lives of all of his companions. That is why, it was said, the Warmaster became so ill that he retired from public view.		When his phylactery was destroyed, the Warmaster was in a meeting with the [[Crusade High Command]] - and the blow forced him to manifest into his true form and kill those with him. It was claimed the Warmaster had been the target of an attempt on his life, that he had barely survived and had claimed the lives of all of his companions. That is why, it was said, the Warmaster became so ill that he retired from public view.

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	==== Event 5 - The Forgotten ====		=== Event 5 - The Forgotten ===

	The Agents were sent to the world of [[Midsummer]], to investigate strange transmissions that were detected by Inquisitorial Auspexes. On the vital agri-world, where nature cults blended with the Imperial cult, something lay: an ancient rift leading to a Realm of Blood and War - the Kingdom of Khorne.		The Agents were sent to the world of [[Midsummer]], to investigate strange transmissions that were detected by Inquisitorial Auspexes. On the vital agri-world, where nature cults blended with the Imperial cult, something lay: an ancient rift leading to a Realm of Blood and War - the Kingdom of Khorne.
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	===== Meanwhile… =====		==== Meanwhile… ====
	As the year closed, so did the hope of peace between the Nobility - with the return of Hermione Durovera to the sector at the head of an armada of powerful warships, accompanied by the ill-omened Astartes of the [[Void Hounds]] Chapter. These brutal warriors enabled her to conquer the Sector's capital-world of Duroverum from the supporters of her ‘brother’, who was still missing.		As the year closed, so did the hope of peace between the Nobility - with the return of Hermione Durovera to the sector at the head of an armada of powerful warships, accompanied by the ill-omened Astartes of the [[Void Hounds]] Chapter. These brutal warriors enabled her to conquer the Sector's capital-world of Duroverum from the supporters of her ‘brother’, who was still missing.

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	==== Event 6 - Immersabilis ====		=== Event 6 - Immersabilis ===

	As the sector crumbled, the Inquisition dispatched Agents to the cruise liner ''St Sanguinius'' in pursuit of a new target - a second phylactery of the false-Warmaster – with which they hoped to locate the wounded daemon and end its threat once and for all. The phylactery was brought to be sold in an illegal auction, with the seller clearly unaware of what it truly contained.		As the sector crumbled, the Inquisition dispatched Agents to the cruise liner ''St Sanguinius'' in pursuit of a new target - a second phylactery of the false-Warmaster – with which they hoped to locate the wounded daemon and end its threat once and for all. The phylactery was brought to be sold in an illegal auction, with the seller clearly unaware of what it truly contained.
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			=== Aftermath ===

	==== Immediately after the St Sanguinius Incident… ====		==== Immediately after the St Sanguinius Incident… ====
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	==== The Silence ====		=== The Silence ===

	The first signs came when the astropathic Choirs became tranquil, and their songs became whispers, then faded altogether. The courier ships that carried messages from out-sector, soon were carrying them within…		The first signs came when the astropathic Choirs became tranquil, and their songs became whispers, then faded altogether. The courier ships that carried messages from out-sector, soon were carrying them within…

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	~~''See Also''~~		This page summarises the events of Part 1 of the current Death Unto Darkness campaign, which ran from 2016-2021.
	* [[Timeline of the ~~Prosperitas Sector]]~~


	===== '''Near the dawn of time…''' =====		===== '''Near the dawn of time…''' =====

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	The Ordos Prosperitas sought answers, but, to this day, are still no closer to working out its cause. The commonly held belief lays blame on a Warp Surge, suggesting that perhaps the strange realm that houses the Darkness, and is informally known as “the Prison”, had reacted to the tidal energies of the Eye, and projected a Sector-wide anti-Warp field, to protect itself from intrusion. Such a reaction would imply some degree of guiding sentience behind the workings of the Prison, making the Ordos have resolutely decided it would be better if the Adeptus Mechanicus not bound to the Inquisition were not informed of this particular theory for a myriad of reasons.		The Ordos Prosperitas sought answers, but, to this day, are still no closer to working out its cause. The commonly held belief lays blame on a Warp Surge, suggesting that perhaps the strange realm that houses the Darkness, and is informally known as “the Prison”, had reacted to the tidal energies of the Eye, and projected a Sector-wide anti-Warp field, to protect itself from intrusion. Such a reaction would imply some degree of guiding sentience behind the workings of the Prison, making the Ordos have resolutely decided it would be better if the Adeptus Mechanicus not bound to the Inquisition were not informed of this particular theory for a myriad of reasons.

	~~'''The Current Year is 596.M41 and as Prosperitas recovers war returns unabated, as it ever would, for there is only War in this Dark Millennium. No silence would ever change that.'''~~

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	==== One Year after the St. Sanguinius Incident… ====		==== One Year after the St. Sanguinius Incident… ====
	Exactly six months after their masked Diplomats visited the Houses of Subsector Secundus, multiple fleets in old Imperial Army configurations - and bearing the heretical insignia of the Eye of Horus - arrive to the Prosperitas Sector. These represent the exiled remnants of the Regency~~, and call themselves the Sovereign Military Order of the Eight Points~~. While the enemy forces in the early years of the Prosperitas Crusade were mostly conscripted forces led by those loyal to the Archenemy - the members of the ~~Sovereign Order~~ descend from those loyalists - fanatics that were loyal enough to follow their surviving masters into years of exile in the deep void, doing Emperor-knows-what to survive. They are a far cry from the rabble of rebels, pirates and barbarians that the Prosperitas Crusade faced many years ago.		Exactly six months after their masked Diplomats visited the Houses of Subsector Secundus, multiple fleets in old Imperial Army configurations - and bearing the heretical insignia of the Eye of Horus - arrive to the Prosperitas Sector. These represent the exiled remnants of the [[Regency]]. While the enemy forces in the early years of the Prosperitas Crusade were mostly conscripted forces led by those loyal to the Archenemy - the members of the Regency descend from those loyalists - fanatics that were loyal enough to follow their surviving masters into years of exile in the deep void, doing Emperor-knows-what to survive. They are a far cry from the rabble of rebels, pirates and barbarians that the Prosperitas Crusade faced many years ago.

	The Regency strikes first at Lerwick and Hellaerus III, where it is met with swiftly organised resistance; but, with the Crusade disunited and in disarray, and lacking a Warmaster for well over a year, it is only the most unexpected of assistance that allows them to weather either assault. At Lerwick, it is believed that Rising Flame infiltrators within the orbital defence grid retask it to intercept the Regency fleet before it translates from the Warp - a manoeuvre that saves the day. That particular bit of information is suppressed by the Inquisition, who, despite their best efforts, find no living Rising Flame infiltrators to interrogate - as all souls aboard the control platform are found dead, with some executed by mass-reactive rounds.		The Regency strikes first at Lerwick and Hellaerus III, where it is met with swiftly organised resistance; but, with the Crusade disunited and in disarray, and lacking a Warmaster for well over a year, it is only the most unexpected of assistance that allows them to weather either assault. At Lerwick, it is believed that Rising Flame infiltrators within the orbital defence grid retask it to intercept the Regency fleet before it translates from the Warp - a manoeuvre that saves the day. That particular bit of information is suppressed by the Inquisition, who, despite their best efforts, find no living Rising Flame infiltrators to interrogate - as all souls aboard the control platform are found dead, with some executed by mass-reactive rounds.
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	While the Crusade Forces reorganised to face a new threat, the Inquisition dispatched a Strike Force into the Wake - a blighted region of space, and a haven to pirates and other heretics. They sought a missing artefact - a large coffin of unusual origin. The Inquisition forces ultimately manage to throw a wrench into the plans of the Changer of Ways, who was attempting to manipulate the skein of fate to bring forth one of its Champions to unleash upon the Sector. Much to its consternation, the Acolytes manage to rescue an individual thought lost to the tides of history, and kept captive by the Changer - Warmaster Dragos Ulian and his Emperor-class Battleship, the Lion of Terra.		While the Crusade Forces reorganised to face a new threat, the Inquisition dispatched a Strike Force into the Wake - a blighted region of space, and a haven to pirates and other heretics. They sought a missing artefact - a large coffin of unusual origin. The Inquisition forces ultimately manage to throw a wrench into the plans of the Changer of Ways, who was attempting to manipulate the skein of fate to bring forth one of its Champions to unleash upon the Sector. Much to its consternation, the Acolytes manage to rescue an individual thought lost to the tides of history, and kept captive by the Changer - Warmaster Dragos Ulian and his Emperor-class Battleship, the Lion of Terra.

	Cleared by the Inquisition of taint and madness, Dragos Ulian is returned to the Crusade, where many traditionalists argue that Khan must stand down and make way for him. But Ulian was very much similar to Khan in his day, and refuses to become the pawn in the politics of the Crusade. So, he steps aside willingly, retiring, instead, to the role of ‘Warmaster-Emmiratus’ - acting as an advisor to the Warmaster but abdicating from any direct control over the Crusade. The return of the Lion of Terra and her Master is totemic, and boosts the Crusade morale, which rallies even in the face of the brutal fighting against the ~~Sovereign Order~~, and the harassment of pirates and eye-barbarians.		Cleared by the Inquisition of taint and madness, Dragos Ulian is returned to the Crusade, where many traditionalists argue that Khan must stand down and make way for him. But Ulian was very much similar to Khan in his day, and refuses to become the pawn in the politics of the Crusade. So, he steps aside willingly, retiring, instead, to the role of ‘Warmaster-Emmiratus’ - acting as an advisor to the Warmaster but abdicating from any direct control over the Crusade. The return of the Lion of Terra and her Master is totemic, and boosts the Crusade morale, which rallies even in the face of the brutal fighting against the Regency, and the harassment of pirates and eye-barbarians.

	And then, Silence…		And then, Silence…

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			* [[Timeline of the Prosperitas Sector]]


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	The Ordos Prosperitas sought answers, but, to this day, are still no closer to working out its cause. The commonly held belief lays blame on a Warp Surge, suggesting that perhaps the strange realm that houses the Darkness, and is informally known as “the Prison”, had reacted to the tidal energies of the Eye, and projected a Sector-wide anti-Warp field, to protect itself from intrusion. Such a reaction would imply some degree of guiding sentience behind the workings of the Prison, making the Ordos have resolutely decided it would be better if the Adeptus Mechanicus not bound to the Inquisition were not informed of this particular theory for a myriad of reasons.		The Ordos Prosperitas sought answers, but, to this day, are still no closer to working out its cause. The commonly held belief lays blame on a Warp Surge, suggesting that perhaps the strange realm that houses the Darkness, and is informally known as “the Prison”, had reacted to the tidal energies of the Eye, and projected a Sector-wide anti-Warp field, to protect itself from intrusion. Such a reaction would imply some degree of guiding sentience behind the workings of the Prison, making the Ordos have resolutely decided it would be better if the Adeptus Mechanicus not bound to the Inquisition were not informed of this particular theory for a myriad of reasons.

	The Current Year is 596.M41 and as Prosperitas recovers war returns unabated, as it ever would, for there is only War in this Dark Millennium. No silence would ever change that.		'''The Current Year is 596.M41 and as Prosperitas recovers war returns unabated, as it ever would, for there is only War in this Dark Millennium. No silence would ever change that.'''

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