Vanir (Hive/Devoured World, Orpheus Salient)

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Vanir of the Spired Cities is a star system of inhabited worlds that was the site of a frantic battle between the forces of the Achilus Crusade and rebels loyal to the self-proclaimed Monarchs of the Kingdom of Vanir (this was an interstellar kingdom comprising several systems).

Before achieving victory, Battlegroup Icarus became embroiled in a battle with the advancing Tyranids of Hive Fleet Dagon, taking massive casualties in the process. The final reports had the remnants of the Battlegroup enter an uneasy alliance with the rebel forces in a vain effort to stem the alien tide. Lord Admiral Manteuffel and all his command was declared Excommunicate Traitoris after this treasonous act.

Barotta investigated the system and found it barren and desolate, it's biomass consumed by the Nids, and its proud cities brought low first by Imperial-Rebel conflict, and then by Xenos invasion.

Sutter not the witch. Suffer not the alien. Suffer not the traitor!