M31: Horus Heresy - The Xhorik Campaign

At the time of the Horus Heresy, the Xhorik System was a lynchpin system and the focal point for one of the most brutal and hard-fought campaigns of the war. The conflict started as a skirmish for control of a border city between two nations with a rivalry that long pre-dated the forced unification of the Great Crusade and spiraled into a system-spanning conflict that would claim the lives of tens of millions and impact the direction of the entire Horus Heresy.

         Chronology of the Xhorik Wars

Prequel: 

Establishing Control:

Might Makes Right: Istvaan Battle Report

Result: World Eaters Win

First Arc: The Campaign for Xhorik Prime (Phase 1 - 4)

Primary Belligerents:

Loyalist

White Scars Legion, Brotherhood of the Wind

Kozar Army, 105th Regiment

Various planetary defense forces and auxilia

Traitor

Death Guard Legion, __ Great Company

World Eaters Legion, __Chapter

Various planetary defense forces and auxilia

Phase 1: Betrayal in Bielyr

Battle 1-1: Dusk Skirmish

Battle 1-2: Brother vs Brother

Battle 1-3: The Raid on Outpost Genden

Battle 1-4: Hunters and Hunted in the Ruins of Bielyr

Battle 1-5: The Onslaught Continues

Result: Traitors Win

Phase 2: The Valbaara Plateau

Battle 2-1A: Ambush!

Battle 2-1B: The Extraction

Battle 2-2: Clash of the Lines

Battle 2-3A: Disable the Fellblade

Battle 2-3B: Assault on Bunker Tauruk

Battle 2-4: The Pursuit of Zherdan

Battle 2-5: Control of the Valbaara Plateau (Finale)

Result: Traitors Win

Phase 3: The Bloody Road to Berat

Battle 3-1A: The Setup

Battle 3-1B: Conclave of the Damned

Battle 3-2: The Boarding of the KVS Defiant

Battle 3-3: Night Raiders

Battle 3-4: The Road to Berat

Battle 3-5: Assault on the Walls of Berat (Finale)

Result: Traitors Win

Phase 4: The Battle for Berat

Battle 4-1: The Break!

Battle 4-2: Subterranean Clash

Battle 4-3: Suicide Mission

Battle 4-4: Zone Control

Battle 4-5: The Decisive Moment

Result: Traitors Win

Interlude:

Narrative: End of Arc 1 - White Scars

Narrative: End of Arc 1 - World Eaters 

Interlude Battle: Point of Desperation (and Video Battle Report)

Result: Traitors Win

Second Arc: The Xhorik System Engulfed (Phase 5 - ?)

Primary Belligerents:

Loyalist 

White Scars Legion, Brotherhood of the Wind

Blood Angels Legion, __ Chapter

Xhorik 87th Drop Troopers, The Firebirds 

Traitor

Sons of Horus Legion, 12th Company

Death Guard Legion, __ Great Company

World Eaters Legion, __ Chapter

The Iron Battalion, The Chem Hounds

Narrative: Xhorik Secundus (Halovox)

Phase 5: Operation Downfall (Planetary Assault on Xhorik Prime)

Battle 5-1: Night Drop

Battle 5-2: The Battle for Alteron Bridge

Battle 5-3: War Train Raid

Battle 5-4: The Last Bastion 

Battle 5-5: Maelstrom of War

Battle 5-6: Epic Bridge Battle 

Phase 6: Battle for Outer Planetoid Provisa

Battle 6-1: Take and Hold

Battle 6-2: Blood Feud for Provisa 

Battle 6-3: Dominion of Provisa

Battle 6-4: Death Guard Join the Onslaught

Battle 6-5: Finale TBD

Result: TBD

Phase 7: A Desperate gambit (Xhorik Prime)

Battle 7-1: Onslaught for Operation Downfall

Battle 7-2: War of Lies Ambush (The Breaking of the Brotherhood)

Result: Traitors Win!

Narrative: Scarred