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Military action

It is the beginning of the End.
The fallen spacemarine and Warmaster of chaos Abbadon the Despoiler has launched his 13th black crusade, aiming it squarely at the Cadian gate. The outcome of this titanic conflict is as of yet unknown. 
Meanwhile, in the distant Calixis sector a new band of inquisitorial acolytes is about to leave their own mark on galactic history.