Vanhire
Vanhire is an Ministorum Priest that is serving with the Imperial forces defending Montar VII from an Ork invasion. During one of the battles to save the world, the attacking Orks caused Vanhire and a number of Ventrillian Nobles Guardsmen to be cut off from the main Imperial battle group. The Warboss, Skogrin, quickly saw this and led a horde of Orks in pursuit of Vanhire and the Guardsmen who found refuge in the Grot farm of Ortan Glazer. The farm was the only defensible location in the immediate area and after telling Glazer they were being pursued by Orks, the Guardsmen set about building walls around the farm with whatever was available. They then prepared themselves for battle, with the Ventrillians being led by Company Commander Stromfjord, Glazer leading his farm hands and Vanhire commanding the four Sisters of the Silvered Sphinx Crusaders, that had been charged with protecting him.[1]
Shortly after they had begun fortifying the farm, Skogrin's horde attacked, though the Guardsmen and farmers were able to push the Orks back, at great cost. They were then able to beat the Orks back a further two times, but were whittled down in each attack, which allowed Skogrin's fourth attempt to succeed in making a hole through the farm's walls. After being aware of the breach, Stromfjord immediately led his command squad to push the Orks back out, but they were easily struck down. With that, the Orks began to rampage across the farm and would have killed the remaining Guardsmen, if Vanhire had not intervened. Surrounded by his Crusaders, the Priest was able to rally the Guardsmen to him and then led a desperate charge against the Orks, which prevented the horde from overrunning the farm. This led Skogrin to give his horde the order to retreat, after the Warboss grudgingly decided he could not afford to lose any more Orks in the battle. In the aftermath of Skogrin's attack, it was discovered that Stromfjord still lived, but a majority of the Guardsmen had died and Glazer's farm had been largely destroyed.[1]
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf June 2018 - Battle Report: Last Stand at Glazer's Creek II
