Legion Of Caliban

From his citadel high atop the Hive Lord Phobian looked into the strange Elvish eyes of the Psyker across from him. He suppressed a shudder of his wizened body as is body was wracked by a painful surge as the defibrillation implant supported his barely functioning heart. "Do we have a deal human? Your rule over Umbral in exchange for use of Phobos Hive. We offer your people a shard of hope to be free from this war and your enemies. We can free you from your enslavement to the imperium, and its mindlessness. You will remain in power and we will crush your enemies, if you will grant us the use of Phobos Hive. Craftworld Ji Zhan will only extend this offer once." The creaking leader could see that this would be his only opportunity, "Very well you have the support of the rulers of Phobos Hive. Eliminate the astartes Force stationed in the southeast and we can give you our full support." "Very well human. By the end of this planetary rotation you shall have your

Much action centered around the the battles of the northern continent last week with the Eldar losing out to the necrons of the Nekthyst Dynasty. The Orks battled on two fronts and were able to use a diversion in the southern continent while they battled the Cadian 325th to take land west of the the Killjar range. Meanwhile Coven of the Black Sun attacked the Ghazkull pushing him out of Hive mellaj and staking their claim as masters of Umbral. This week saw a reduction in volume of attacks as the Generals of Umbral Void carefully planned their next move.

I was thinking that it might be useful to be able to describe things/battles based on more than just their orientation to the hive cities. So these maps serve to give a sense of the names of some of the  geography of the locations around the world map.

At the southern tip of the Killjar mountains, Chief Librarian Ezekiel, has been overseeing the construction of the Castellum Stronghold around the Void Shield Generator in the area. Enjoying a brief moment respite after the construction, the speaker system, sounds suddenly throughout the base... The Ad Mech alliance unleashes seven S 9, Ap3 attacks, collapsing all shield generators, destroying all but one devastator on the shield gen, and destroying an emplaced lascanon.

Here is the nearly finished Castellum Stronghold. The turret mounts aren't finished yet but the whole thing is a lot less pink so thats an improvement. Here is the overview of the entire thing.

Heres the newest progress on the Castellum Stronghold. I hope to start painting this week.

During the second week the pressure increased. Planetstrike was the order of the day and those that were on defense last week launched counterassaults all over the map. Here are the battles that took place: On the Northern Continent  South of Phobos Hive and west of the Golgotha Range, the Eldar Enclave unleased a furious assault on the Nekthyst dynasty and Nemesor Zandrek. East of the Killjar Range the Sautek Dynasty was active as well. Thanks to their newly formed alliance with the Techmagos Therax, the two combined forces to attempt to drive the Dark Angels from their hold on the Void Shield.  On the Southern Continent Capt. Ranuk unleashed his Deathmarine attackers on the Power station at the far southwestern tip of the continent. The Tau commander Ovesa lay in wait ready to repel the invaders. Under cover of night, Dr. Farnsworth and his Coven of the Black Sun sent a stealth force to attempt to abudct the host of the GreenWaagh that had settled in Hive Mella

Opening Firestorm... Firestorm salvo collapses the void shield on the third hit. Deathwing assault first turn, lands all squads safely. Belial lands directly next to the demon prince. The assault squad has a mishap and is placed in the corner.