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====Lord Commander Coldsmith====

Supreme military commander of '''Imperial Salient Orpheus'''.

The Orpheus Salient was launched to reclaim worlds lying along the rimward portion of the Reach. Here, progress was initially relatively rapid and successful, with scores of worlds returned to Imperial control. All that changed with the arrival of Tyranid Hive Fleet Dagon, currently considered to be the greatest single extant threat to the crusade, and indeed the lives of every living being in the Jericho Reach. In the initial Tyranid assault, numerous worlds were lost and an entire Imperial Navy Battlegroup was lost, presenting a severe blow to the crusade forces. Desperate efforts are underway to stall or at least slow the Tyranid advance in order to buy time to bring in sufficient reinforcements to keep the entire Orpheus Salient from collapsing.