The victory at the Ataahua was decisive but the Ork attack hadn't been repelled just yet. The Orks on the Warriors' side of the river were ripped apart by roaring Chainswords while Fourth Company's Assault Marines attacked the remainder of the Ork forces across the river. As the first Orks made it to their side of the river the marines opened fire Heavy Bolter shells ripping through the thick hides of the Orks and stray plasma fire sending up plumes of steam from the river. ![]() Waiting on the opposite bank the marines were completely hidden from the Orks, watching and waiting in the shadows. It was at the Ataahua River in the south of the great Rehuan jungle that the first Ork war band would first clash with the Shadow Warriors. The Orks, believing they had bested the marines in orbit embarked upon the planet oblivious to the waiting Astartes, in addition to this they had lost nearly half their number in the glorious battle above. The waiting warriors watched as Ork landing parties ripped through the Rehuan atmosphere sonic booms were heard thousands of miles in all directions. The Shadow Warriors had come as close to Rehua as possible and broke off their defense, scattering the fleet to regroup behind Rehua Minor, a small grey satellite orbiting Rehua I and the planet's only moon. However many Ork vessels the marines obliterated, two more would take its place. ![]() Blinding lance fire whipped out from the Glorious Retribution, the Battle-Barge of the Shadow Warriors, ripping apart Ork Roks and fighters alike while the Chapter's Strike Cruisers danced among the undulating front of the Ork fleet. In orbit the Shadow Warriors fleet fought a slowly receding battle, the Orks pushing their ships towards Rehua I. Knowing that this was merely the initial attack force of the Orks, Master Locke ordered seven companies to the surface of the green planet while the remainder of his force would blunt the Ork attack. The Battle of Rehua I (Unknown Date.M38) - The Ork forward forces destroyed in orbit shone in the blue Rehuan sky like magnesium flares.This makes the job of the Shadow Warriors even more arduous, and however hard they try, there is never peace in the outer rims. The heretic is the second-most hated enemy of the Shadow Warriors in the lawless and hostile edges of civilised space rebellions often arise and it may take the Inquisition decades to reply. The raiding parties of the Orks are the most rampant of these attacking isolated and defenseless worlds whose cries for help fall on deaf ears, and for that, the Orks have won the undying hatred of the Shadow Warriors. Their acts of glory and savagery ring around the feral worlds of the outer rims, bringing hope to the forgotten edges of the galaxy while striking fear in those who would attack the weak and defenseless. ![]() ![]() Rarely do the Shadow Warriors venture deep into the Imperial core rather, they prefer to enforce the very outer rim of Imperial territory where Ork raids and renegade insurgencies are prevalent. While they are a relatively young Chapter they are well known in the backwater systems of the Ultima Segmentum. With his fearless brothers he would do whatever it took to spread the Emperor's will to the very edges of the galaxy hiding in the shadows of the forgotten reaches of space. The Shadow Warriors he named them from the shadows, his Astartes would strike with lightning speed to crush the enemies of the Imperium. After long meditation and reflection, Captain Locke finally recognized the purpose and principles that he would endow upon his chapter. Locke was nominated for the honored task for his grasp of stealth tactics and lightning assaults. Their astute commander, Shadow Captain Angelos Locke, was selected to lead them. The 24 th Founding saw the Shadow Warriors into existence from the Raven Guard's 5 th Company.
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