Occulum Mistwar
The Occulum Mistwar was a conflict between the Eldar Saim-Hann forces of Exarch Thaelenar and the Orks of Waaagh! Gutrippa, led by Big Mek Mogrok.[1]
It began after the Waaagh! had already ravaged two Imperial worlds, and was then drawn to the powerful energy signatures emanating from the mist-covered Occulum. Once there, the Orks discovered floating islands of shattered Wraithbone, which were the remnants of a once-great Eldar sky city. On seeing this, Mogrok ordered his forces to loot the islands, but they were attacked soon afterwards by a Saim-Hann warhost, led by Exarch Thaelenar, which emerged from Occulum's hidden Webway Portals. Consisting of Crimson Hunters and Hemlock Wraithfighters, the warhost was heavily outnumbered, but they used Occulum's mists to their advantage. By striking from the mists, against the Waaagh! and then quickly disappearing back into the mists once again, the Eldar devastated the Orks' invading aircraft. Despite suffering heavy losses though, the elite Skyboss Skardakka kept his squadrons from falling into disarray and Mogrok sent additional reinforcements of Ork aircraft, by bringing his Cruiser into Occulum's atmosphere. However, this is what the Eldar had been hoping the Orks would do, and after Thaelenar shot down Skardakka's Dakkajet, the Eldar were able to drive off the Waaagh! and secure the ancient ruins.[1]
Оne of the battles of this conflict was the aerial confrontation between Eldar Crimson Hunter Exarch Thaelenar and the Ork Flyboss Skardakka.[2]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community: Air Wars of the 41st Millennium (Posted on 30/08/2019) (Last accessed on 30 August 2019)
- 2: White Dwarf 126 (2016) — pg. 8 Stormcloud Attack: The Eldritch & The Beast
