The Battle of Morox – The Wound Stirs
Segmentum Tempestus – 008.M31
The Gate has become the axis upon which the war for Morox now turns. What was once a grinding struggle of attrition has transformed into a conflict of desperation, drawn by the unseen power buried beneath the red sands.
The victors of the northern manufactoria established a tenuous perimeter around the structure. Bastions of ferrocrete and gunmetal rose against the storm, and wards of unknown origin were erected to contain its presence. The defenders named the site Sanctum Nullis, though few dared to speak the name aloud.
Assaults came in waves. Armoured engines, drop-borne assaults, and endless tides of infantry hurled themselves into the guns of the defenders. Each attack was repelled, yet each exacted a terrible price. It was as though the Gate itself demanded blood to remain dormant.
Those who lingered too long near the arch began to change. Dreams of endless deserts, of hollow skies, of oceans filled not with water but with bone plagued the sleepers. Soldiers muttered sigils they should not have known. Even the engines of war faltered when their reactors pulsed too near the blackstone monolith.
Scholars whispered of resonance—a vibration spreading outward through the immaterium, carried on currents no augury could track. They warned that the Gate was not a relic, but a conduit. If opened, it would not reveal reinforcements, nor treasure, nor knowledge, but something older. Something that remembered the stars before humanity had taken to them.
And so the war has become a siege within a siege. One side seeks to deny, the other to claim. Both bleed upon the dust, yet neither withdraws.
At dawn, the Gate stirs. Its heartbeat grows louder.
The question is no longer if it will open, but when. To all who were present: Thank you again for attending the event! Without each of you, this event could not have been the success it was. Your participation brought the story yet again to life. We hope to see you all again in September for the next chapter of the campaign.
