The Siege of Veritas Prime
The Siege of Veritas Prime Veritas Prime, a towering Cathedral World dedicated wholly to the worship of the God-Emperor, became a battlefield of divine reckoning when its spiritual leaders were revealed to be corrupted by the Fane of Glory , a grotesquely zealous Chaos Warband devoted to Slaanesh. The traitor Cardinals and Ecclesiarchs, once paragons of Imperial worship, incited the planet's PDF to turn against the loyal, while the Fane's daemonic allies tore through sacred shrines and reliquaries like rapturous carrion beasts. Into this horror descended the Hospitallers' Strike Force Lucerna , their power armour gleaming amid ash and fire, joined by the devout 1st Cantorian Guard , a regiment raised on Cantoria Minor and steeped in Imperial Cult doctrine. Known for praying before battle and anointing their lasguns, they saw this as a holy war. The extent of faithlessness burned at the hearts of the defenders rallying them to hold firm in what was inc...