== Plot Summary ==

On the planet [[Fenris]], the [[Ascomanni]] tribe come under attack by their rival tribe the [[Balt]] for harbouring a 'bad star' that fell from the sky, in reality human Conservator [[Kasper Ansbach Hawser]] whose craft was accidentally shot down as he arrived in Fenris airspace en route to join the [[Space Wolves]] [[Legion]] as a cultural observer. Four Ascomanni warriors flee their settlement with Hawser but one is killed when their craft flips on sea ice and another dies defending him from a massed attack by the Balt and [[Hradcana]]. Hawser's last two defenders are about to be killed when a lone Space Wolf arrives and massacres the attackers. The Astartes, [[Bjorn the Fell-Handed|Bear]], was the one who accidentally shot Hawser's craft down and thus was responsible for rescuing him. Hawser demands that Bear take the surviving Ascomanni Fith and Brom with him and all four board Bear's craft before Bear gouges out Hawser's right eye and he passes out from the pain.