Timeline

Timeline

 * 899.M41 - Hundreds of small townships are found abandoned on Elias, their populations having vanished into thin air. The only clue to their fate are a handful of toxic splinters.
 * 900.M41 The Great Wolf, Logan Grimnar, despatches a small Space Wolf force to Elias at the request of the planetary governor. After many months of frustration, the Wolves finally catch a raid in action, discovering the culprits to be the Dark Eldar
 * 901,M41 - A Tau expedition accidently wakes the Necron tomb complex on Plinth. Within moments of awakening, the Necrons scour all life on Plinth.
 * 901.M41 - In the middle of a full scale Dark Eldar raid, the Necrons launch their invasion of Elias, seeking to reclaim artefacts from the Netherbridge Institute. The Space Wolves struggle valiantly to defend the population before finally admitting defeat and beginning the evactuation of Elias. The efforts are thwarted when the Dark Eldar take advantage of the Necron invasion to assault the evacuation ports. The entire civilian population of Elias is abducted, along with several Necron artefacts. The Space Wolves report their failure to Grimnar.
 * 902.M41 - Panicking Governors across the sector launch multiple petitions to any forces in range, including the Tau Empire.
 * 903.M41 - Reacting to the failure of the previous Space Wolf intervention, Logan Grimnar dispatches the hot headed Krom Dragongaze and his Great Company to the Xaphan Sector. At the same time he requests the Rainbow Warriors, in seclusion following the disasterous Bloodstar Campaign, mobilize to assist his warriors.