Battle of Warsylask
The Battle of Warsylask was a battle waged by the Salamanders during the Noctis Aeterna.[1]
When a Nurgle-worshiping cult arises on the planet Warsylask and spreads a warp contagion through the populace, only holy sites remain free of the disease. Unwilling to see Warsylask’s people besieged and exterminated by their heretic attackers, the Salamanders eschew the safety of the shrines and cathedrals in favor of striking at the cultists time and again. As the Noctis Aeterna recedes, so too does the warp plague, allowing the planet’s PDF and Adeptus Arbites to at last take the fight to the cultists. They find the Chaos Space Marines a spent force, their morale broken and their strength winnowed by the actions of the Salamanders. Not a single one of Vulkan’s sons has survived the plagues, however; all sacrificed themselves by fighting on even as the warp sickness corroded their bodies and souls. The governor of Warsylask commemorates their sacrifice by raising the Cathedral of the Nine Heroes upon the site of her warriors’ final victory over the cult.[1]
