Hello and welcome to a bonus box of Warhammer 4k’s Grim history from the Beyond I am Zar and today I will give chronicling of FM primarch of The Emperor’s Children and his corruption and Fall From Grace now I believe we will start on the plant of lren officially designated as 283
Now this Oceanic world was home to a native sentient species known as the Leer who were reptilian and Serpentine and form but also engaged in extensive genetic engineering to perfect their species creating a multitude of different cast who are genetically designed to best serve their intended function to the Leer Society having no
Land area the Leer whose technology equaled or even exceeded that of the Imperium in certain areas had moved their entire Society onto hundreds of floating Coral islands that circled a central Nexus in the planet’s atmosphere each coral island was held aoft by an anti-gravity generator what fulgrim and
His Emperor’s Children Legion did not know was that the lier were also an entire civilization that had been corrupted by slanesh the chaos God of Pleasure and Pain the central Nexus point that all of their Coral Islands orbited was actually a massive Temple dedicated to the prince of pleasure at
The heart of which lay a potent chaos artifact a beautifully crafted single-edged demon blade that served as a physical vessel for a greater demon of the prince of chaos the liar showed all signs of what later generations of the Imperium would recognize as sanachi corruption including a need for constant
Extreme sensory inputs such as rius colors and constant sounds and the deriving of pleasure from only the most extreme of Sensations including their own deaths completely unaware of the real danger he and his aari Legions faced on the chaos corrupted World fulgram ordered the Emperor’s Children and the other forces of the 28th
Expedition Fleet to assault the planet and Conquer it for the Imperium within a single Teran month completely eradicating the Leer species in the process during the final Slaughter of the serpentine xenos race fulgrim and his estaris discovered the great Temple dedicated Toes that lay on the central
Floating coral island of the Lan the Imperium ignorant of the existence of the chaos Powers at this time and holding to the extreme rationalism and Atheism of the Imperial truth did not realize the significance of such a fine or what they had really discovered the Expedition led by fulgrim began to be
Unwittingly corrupted by the Temple’s potent and malign influences after defeating the Temple’s fanatical liar Defenders fulgram discovered what the lier were so fiercely protecting at the center of the Chamber of the Unholy Temple was a circular block of a vain Black Stone and embedded within was a
Tall silver sword with a gently curved blade and a crude amethyst gem set in the pommel this sword was not only a potent s artifact but also a physical vessel of the greater demon of slen once fulgrim had claimed this blade as his own the demon within began
Whispering in his mind and corrupting his soul towards the service of sles he began to wield the demon blade more often than his prior weapons the great sword Fire Blade that had been forged for him on terror by his fellow primarch and most favored brother Ferris Manis
Thinking The Whispers in his mind were only his own subconscious speaking to him fulgrim began listening to what it offered eventually he discovered that these were actually The Whispers of a demon that existed within the blade after a lot of persuasion from his brother Horus already corrupted by the
Ruinous Powers after his injury on the moon of dein fulgrim gave himself over to chaos and found his particular Patron in the prince of pleasure who offered the primarch a route to Ultimate perfection he so craved for himself and his estares free of all morality and dependent upon the pursuit of ultimate self
Obsession now I’m must stop for a moment and simply State here’s where the true downfall of fulgrim exists while bettering oneself is an admirable cause if one forgets those around them and becomes solely self-centered they are lost to corruption also the simple fact that Perfection is truly and wholly
Unobtainable yet if you think you can grasp it you will do anything to get it no matter the cause like I said this is fulgrim’s downfall he simply cannot and will not be denied Perfection sanesh offered him such a prize yet as we know the chaos Gods lie as they laugh at Mortals
Absurdities regardless we must move on fulgrim’s respect for horse allowed chaos to find its own way into fulgrim’s heart destroying fulgrim’s once Rock Solid loyalty to the emperor and replacing with a burning desire to destroy the man who he now believed held Humanity back from the Perfection fulgrim so craved and that Horus
Convinced him only the chaos Gods could truly provide only when mankind had fully embraced chaos could it no True Perfection fulgrim came to believe this and the emperor and his false Imperial truth stood directly in in the way of his and the rest of Humanity’s attainment of that Perfection fulam was
Next ordered by Horus to meet with Ferris Manis the primarch of the iron hands Legion and fulgrim’s greatest friend amongst his brother primarch aboard his Flagship the battle barge fist of iron in the hope that he could be swayed to the side of Horus and the other traitor Legions who now serve
Chaos fulgram had sent the bulk of his Legion and the 28th expeditionary Fleet on to meet horus’s own 63rd expeditionary Fleet in the eston system while he and a small Force aided the iron hands 52nd Fleet and their retaking of the world of cenus four from the Orcs great bonds of friendship and
Brotherhood had long existed between them and fulgrim felt that he could convince feris of the righteous cause of Horus yet fulgrim’s hope proved disastrously wrong and the meeting of the two primarchs in feris is private interner sanctum in the flagship did not go well as feris was outraged that his
Brother would dare contemplate turning against their father the emperor the meeting ended in violence as the Gorgon made his difference of opinion over continued loyalty to the emperor known to The Phoenician with his weapons and he was determined to stop fulgrim’s betrayal of the Imperium before it even began Ferris used his silvery
Necrodermis hands to destroy fulgrim’s Power sword Fire Blade but the explosion knocked him out fulgrim intended to kill his brother with his own weapon the Warhammer Forge breaker but proved unable to kill his oldest friend despite the promptings of the cachi demon that now throttled his soul when fulgrim
Emerged from feris inner sanctum he gave the signal to his Phoenix guard who instantly beheaded all the iron hands malor ter Min ators who served as Ferris man’ bodyguard with their power hell beards fulgrim then successfully fled the iron hands expeditionary Fleet and his personal assault craft the firebird
When he ordered his Flagship the battle barg Pride of the emperor and its escorts to open fire upon the ships of the 52nd expeditionary Fleet this surprise attack crippled them and provided a distraction while fulgrim and the forces of the third Legion fled into the warp to rendevu with the rest of the
28th expeditionary Fleet in the eson system with their allegiance now settled and their path forward determined the chaos Corruption of The Emperor’s Children spread quickly through the third Legion from fulgrim to his chief lieutenants the two Lord commanders of the Legion and then its company captains and Squad sergeants and finally to all
But the small minority of Emperor’s Children of stard days who follow the dictates of sesh rather than remaining loyal to the emperor the third legion’s quest for excellence and Perfection had been corrupted into the desire to achieve perfect Hedonism and constant self-absorbed sensual excess now I would normally to keep time
Down just skip forward to when fulm became a demon Prince and we will get there but I could not tell the story of fulgrim without telling how he slew his favorite brother and best friend Ferris Manis the event took place on Sone 5 during the drop site Massacre just before the great
Betrayal Ferris Manis and his Morlock Terminators charged through the shattered ruins of the defenses his black armor and their burnished plates scarred and stained with the blood of enemies fulgrim fixed Smile falters as he truly appreciated the depths of hatred his brother held for him and
Wondered again how they had come to this point knowing that any chance for Brotherhood was lost only death would end their rivalry the iron hands pushed through the defenses the bulky Terminators Unstoppable and the Relentless Advance lightning crackled from their claws of their gauntlets and their red eyes Shone
With anger the fenus guard braced themselves to meet their charge fully aware of the power of such Mighty suits of armor and answered with a terrible war cry they leapt to meet the morlocks in a searing Clash of blades electric fire leapt from the golden edge of of
The hall Birds and the lightning claws of the Warriors and a storm of light and sound flared from each life and death struggle the battle engulfed the primarch of The Emperor’s Children yet he stood above it awaiting the dark armored giant who stroe untouched through the lightning shot Carnage as
Brothers hacked at one another in hatred Ferris had long dreamt of this moment of Reckoning ever since fulgrim had come to him with betrayal in his heart only one of them would walk away from this final confrontation Ferris taunted fulgrim for his betrayal of the emperor in siding
With the traitor Horus he thought his brother mad for the warmaster was defeated his forces routed and the power of another four Legions would soon be brought to bear to crush their attempt at Rebellion utterly unable to contain himself any longer fulgrim shook his head savoring the Final Act of betrayal to come
Revealing to feris that it was he who was so naive Horus would never be so foolish enough to be trapped like this he pointed out towards the northern edge of the urgle depression so the ferris could see that it was he and his fellow loyalists were
Undone Ferris looked up and saw a force larger than that which had begun the assault during the first wave of attack mustered on the landing Zone armed and ready for battle dragging their wounded and Dead behind them corx and Vulcan LED their forces back to the drop site to
Regroup and to allow the Warriors of their recently arrived brother primarch of the second wave a measure of the glory in defeating Horus though they Vox Hils requesting Medical Aid and Supply the line of estaris at top the northern Ridge remained grimly silent as the exhausted Warriors of the Raven guard
And salamanders came to within 100 meters of their allies then when Horus gave the signal the fire betrayal roared from the barrels of a thousand guns as the second wave of staries revealed where their true loyalties lay Ferris looked on in stunned horror as his apparent allies opened fire upon the
Salamanders and Raven guard killing hundreds in the fury of their first moments hundreds more in the second that followed and volley after volley of bolted fire and missiles Sky through the unsuspected acting ranks even as terrifying Carnage was being wrecked upon the Loyalists below the retreating forces of the warm turned and brought
Their weapons to bear on the enemy Warriors within their midst hundreds of the sons of Horus and the death guard fell upon the veteran companies of the iron hands and though the Warriors of the 10th Legion continued to fight gallantly they were hopelessly outnumbered and would soon be hacked to
Pieces Ferris Manis turned to face fulgram his teeth bared with the volcanic Fury of his own world the two primarchs leapt at one another Ferris wielding a reforged Fireblade and fulgrim holding Forge breaker their weapons had been forged in Brotherhood but were now wielded in Vengeance
Meeting in a blazing plume of energy the two primarch traded blows with her monstrously powerful weapons feris Manis wielding his flaming blade and fiery slashes his every blow defeated by the ebony hafted Hammer he had borne in countless campaigns both Warriors fought with the hatred only Brothers divided
Could muster their armor dented torn and blackened by their Fury the two primar traded terrible blows wounding one another deeply during their Fierce struggle the battle came to an head though when Ferris tried to dodge a strike of his brother ducking low and lashing out with his sword at fulgrim’s
Left leg fulgrim was still able to give the Gorgon a glancing blow to his shoulder knocking the primar from his feet it was still taken to his knees by the tricky strike from feris as Ferris pushed himself to his feet and staggered towards the wounded fulgrim he cried out
As he brought the Flaming blade towards his brother’s neck but fulgrim lashed out as he drew the single-edged demonically possessed sword he had taken from the liar Temple and blocked the descending weapon with the power of chaos streaming from the blade diabolical strength flooded fulgrim’s limbs as he he pushed against the power
Of Ferris Manis feeling his brother’s surprise at his resistance fulgram managed to Surge to his feet and lash out his silver blade biting deep into the breast plate of Ferris Manis and the primarch of the iron hands Cried Out falling to his knees once again Fire
Blade slid from his grasp as he gasped into a fierce Agony as fulgram raised the silver sword in preparation of delivering the deaf blow to feris Manis he found that he could not do it in an instant he saw what he’d become and what monstrous betrayal he had allowed
Himself to be party to he knew in that single moment that he had made a terrible mistake in drawing the sword from the Temple of laer and he fought to release the damnable blade that he brought him so low yet his grip was locked onto the
Weapon and even as he recognized how far he had Fallen he knew that he had come too far to stop the realization coupled with the knowledge that everything he had striven for had been a lie as though moving in slow motion fulgrim saw Ferris Manis reaching for his Fallen sword his
Fingers closing around the wire wound grip the Flames leaping once more to the blade as its Creator’s touch fgr’s blade seemed to move with a life of its own as he swung the blade of his own volition fulgrim tried desperately to pull the blow yet his muscles were no longer his
Own to control the Demonic blade sliced through the Genetically Enhanced flesh and bone of one of the emperor’s Sons The Iron hands primar collapsed to the ground his head rolled free from his body decapitated Ferris Manis was dead by his brother’s own hand though folren had proved the Victor he discovered as he
Looked down at his brother’s battered body that everything up until this moment had been a lie fulgrim as if awaken from a long sleep was shocked by the death of Ferris into thinking clearly about the situation for the first time since his expedition to Lan and he was horrified
By what he had done and by the many betrayals that had led brother asardes to slay one another overcome with grief he succumbed to a moment of weakness and foolishness agreed to the Demon’s Whispering suggesting that he could find release in the Oblivion the greater demon was then freed from the prison of
The sword and fully possessed fulgrim’s body claiming it for its own trapping the real fulgrim’s Consciousness away within a psychic prison formed within his own mind but symbolically represented by the painting of the Primark that stood in the place of honor and the LI fance the theater of the
Third legion’s Flagship the pride of of the emperor 4 days after the drop site Massacre on eston 5 Horus lual assembled those primarchs who stood in opposition to the Imperium aboard his Flagship the vengeful Spirit they all knew the cost of the coming campaign and their Destinies within it the Traer fleets
Were underway but after the unpleasantness of eston this was the first time they had gathered as a full fraternity eight primarch were present the only half of them more physically in the room where the Gathering took place this included fulgram PBO angron and lorgar the absent four were nothing more
Than holographic projections three of them Conrad Kur mortarion and alarius manifested around the table in the forms of flickering gray Holograms the last of them appeared as a Brighter Image comprised of the silver Radiance of brilliant witchfire this last image was of Magnus the red who rejected himself
From afar by sorcerous means from the Sorceress planet where he was still licking his wounds from the recent burning of Prospero led by Leman Russ’s spacewolves as soon as lurar had taken his seat at the council table he could not take his eyes off his brother
Fulgrim the warm grew ever more weary of his brother’s inability to adhere to the established planning and his lack of attention to the important gathering before the meeting could properly get underway lorgar slowly reach reached for the ornate crosis mace on his back as he drew the weapon in the company of his
Closest K his eyes remain locked on one of them and all physically present felt the deepening chill of psychic Frost from their armor the word Bearer primar accused the thing that mimicked his brother in physical appearance as not being who he supposedly was supposed to be before anyone could react lorgar’s
Crosis druck the supposed Emperor’s Children Primark fulgram crashed into the back wall his prostrate form crumpled to the ground turning his Fierce eyes upon his other brothers he declared that this Pretender was not fulgrim the other primar that were present Advanced upon the changeling drawing their own weapons the warm tried
To Plate the enraged lorgar his mest threat of Confrontation had usually been enough to quell lorgar from any ration actions in the past but as they faced aelian now even Horus was wide-eyed in the changes wrought within him since eston five clutching his mace in his Crimson colored gauntlets defying his
Brothers he warned them to stay back when Horus once again attempted to calm the enraged primarch lurar was surprised at the sudden realization that the warm already knew the fulgrim was not whom he pretended to be the warm informed his fellow primer that he would personally deal with the situation and dismiss them
From his Chambers with the exception of lorgar the word Bearer primar could see the truth this creature was one of the Demons of chaos as whatever was wearing his brother’s skin and armor had its sold hollowed out something nestled within puppeteering the soulless body of his own brother what lorgar couldn’t
Understand was how this had come to pass and why did Horus continue to protect such a dark secret Horus explained to his brother that he had not orchestrated fulgrim’s demise he was merely containing the aftermath lurger was perturbed that another sentience now rode within fulgrim’s body Horus was
Annoyed at his brother’s line of questioning for lurar and fulgrim had never been really close why did it matter to him lurar explained that it mattered because this vile intrusion was a perversion of the natural order there was no Harmony in such a joining not like his own blessed demon-possessed
Sons the gal of vorbach a living soul that been annihilated for its mortal shell to Simply house a greedy unborn wretch of a demon during lorgar’s pilgrimage to the eye of terriers earlier he had walked in the warp itself he had stood where the gods and Mortals
Had met lorgar knew this form of possession was weakness and Corruption a perversion of what the chaos Gods wish for mankind the aruna’s Powers wanted allies and willing followers not soulless husks ridden by their demons using his powerful psychic abilities lorgar held the demon at Bay the warm
Cautioned that he was killing fulgrim but lorgar replied that it was not their brother but an IT one that he could destroy if he so wished lorgar threaten the demon that he would learn its true name and banish it back into the warp the demon f Pilgrim was helpless against
Lorgar’s formidable psychic abilities as the warm attempted to restrain his brother by placing his hand on lorgar’s shoulder the primar psychically commanded Horus to remove his hand unable to resist Horus obeyed his fingers shivered as they withdrew and his gray eyes flickered with tension as the enraged lar stroe away from the
Council chers Horus commented that his brother had changed since Crossing blades with korax on the surface ab15 lorgar replied that everything had changed that night and then he took his leave and returned to his ship contemplating what he had perceived as utter foulness now those that served the third
Legion had no idea that their beloved leader was clawing ineffectively at the bondage of his own mind in which he was held only The Swordsman Captain Lucius of the 13th company had appeared to realize that something was a Miss with fulgrim but even even he had said
Nothing the demon fulgrim had since the burgeoning warp touch upon the warrior and presented him with the silver demon blade within which the lier had bound the fragment of its Essence as he now wielded the far more potent kbre on him a gift from horse though the lier demon
Sword was now bereth of its Spirit there was still power within the blade power that would Empower Lucius in the years of death to come now even though Lucius enjoyed the primarch’s gift he continued to contemplate upon the apparent changes in his Lord sensing something was a foot Lucius was investigating further after
Receiving a series of dark dreams concerning the paintings of the primar that hung the LI finess already concerned by his Lord’s erratic behavior in strange moods Lucius proceeded to scrutinize the primarch’s every move his concerns grew even more when he noticed fulgrim’s lack of Brotherly camaraderie and observance of the legion’s rituals
And traditions but what truly aroused lucius’s suspicion was the realization that fulgrim’s swordsmanship was suddenly inferior to his own superlative skills his primarch was not one who he appeared to be his suspicions were further confirmed when he witnessed fulgrim employing powerful psychic abilities in open combat against warhound class Titans and the mechanicum
During the third legion’s assault and press itica 5 Lucius continued to receive the strange dreams in his sleep began to follow the threads implanted by these preent Visions breaking a standing order Lucius defied the Primark and went to investigate La finesse the theater located aboard the emperor’s children’s Flagship the pride of the
Emperor even in the Dying Light the portraits magnificence was pable a glorious golden frame held the canvas trapped within its embrace the the wondrous Perfection of the painting was truly breathtaking clad in his wondrous armor of purple and gold fulgrim was betrayed before the great Gates of the
Hollus the heart of the flagship the Flaming wings of the great Phoenix sweeping up behind him the Fire Light of the legendary bird Shone upon his armor each polished plate seeming to Shimmer within the heat of the fire his hair a Cascade of gold the Primark of The Emperor’s Children was lovingly
Portrayed in perfect detail every Nuance of his Grandeur and the life that made fulgrim such a vision of beauty captured in an Exquisite brush work no finer figure of a warrior had ever existed or ever would again and to even Glimpse such a Flawless example of the painter’s art was to know that
Wonders still exist in the Galaxy gazing at the the eyes of the painting Lucius could see the horror within the primarch’s eyes a horror that had not been rendered by the skill of a mortal painter the perfect Exquisite Agony burned into the portrait gaze and the
Dark pools of the eyes seemed to follow his every movement Lucius came to the conclusion that somehow his primarch was trapped within the painting and that the entity that paraded around as their allegiance Lord was an impostor toer to free his primarch by any means at his disposal Lucius secretly convened the
Brotherhood of the phoenix the exclusive warrior lodge of the third Legion that only allowed Warriors of officer rank to join because of the legion’s love of hierarchy through his skilled oratory The Swordsman was able to persuade his mercu brothers that the primarch was not himself shortly after the Brotherhood of
The Phoenix ambushed the Primark and despite taking several casualties managed to subdue their lord and render him unconscious the Primark was then taken to the apothecarium of the third legion’s Chief Apothecary Fabius B where he was strapped down to one of the examination tables here Fabius Lucius Julius kuron and Marius veran attempted
To drive forth the Demonic entity from their Lord’s mortal Shell through the petral torture sessions known as excruciation fulgram willingly submitted himself to his Tormentor ministrations and continuously spoke of his perceptions of reality events that were currently taking place in the Galaxy as chaos grew in power and the envisioned path for his
Legion during the torture session Lucius suddenly realized that they had been misled misinterpreting the situation they had been duped by their lord Lucius immediately bent his knee and prostrated himself before his primarch as fulgrim easily tore free from his restraints his fellow conspirators all bow to the Lord
And Master content that his favored Sons had learned from the experience the Primark did not punish them for the transgressions for he was not the demon-possessed shell of the Phoenix as he had allowed the estaris to believe but he was the man himself fulg decided to share with Lucius his motives for
Such an elaborate ruse he revealed that he had indeed been possessed by a demonic entity for quite some time an entity that had trapped his disembodied Spirit within the great portrait that he had hung in the law fance unwilling to accept his fate the primarch had bited his time and used the
Tormenting experience to learn of the warp craft and the infallible ways of demonkind he eventually was able to use his newly acquired Arcane knowledge to force the demon out of his mortal body swapping places with the foul entity and trapping it within the portrait for all time presumably it was the demon that
Had been sending Lucius these dark dreams in order to attempt to free itself from its prison in an attempt to further educate his favored champion in the unfathomable ways of chaos the primarch’s apparent inferiority in his sword techniques was a merely aoy to manipulate Lucius into challenging him
The primarch went on to explain that his mercur moods and the lack of interest in the camaraderie of the third legion’s rituals were a natural evolution of his nature to achieve Perfection along the path laid out by slanesh fulgram then announced that he intended to go further than anyone in
The Realms of sensual experience intent on pushing the boundaries of reality to the extreme fulgram didn’t merely want to accomplish these things for the sole acquisition of power but to experience the journey a journey he wanted his genan sons to undertake with him he explained that he ordered the assault on
Prisa 5 was to claim the crystal the mechanicum had been mining there so that it might be used to erect a wondrous New City of Mirrors dedicated to the exploration of sensual pleasure and self-enlightenment through it sensation but the next stop on the emperor’s children’s path towards Enlightenment
Through chaos was to rendevu with the primar per and his iron Warriors Legion now while this is all taking place during horse’s Rebellion the iron Warriors took the time to Humble their great enemies the Imperial fists upon the isolated world of Hydra cordatus that these sons of Dorne had recently
Brought into imperial compliance following their Victory word reached PBO the fulgrim and the emperor’s children’s Legion wished to Rendevous with him and discuss something of great import though The Phoenician had yet to reveal the true purpose of his visit he had promised PBO that it was wondrous petura knew that his brother
Had a flare for the Mel dramatic which only seemed to have gotten worse since the third Legion threw in their lot with the warm the Lord of iron counted none of his fellow primarch’s close but the Phoenicians adherence to perfection in all things had once provided Common Ground between the two superhuman
Warriors and allow them to talk as trusted comrades in arms if not beloved Brothers what the Emperor’s Children had sought with constant movement towards the attainment of perfection the iron Warriors earned with rigid discipline methodical planning two Divergent paths to the same ultimate goal Peto believed fulgrim’s visit had something to do with
The inevitable campaign to be conducted against Mars the war Master needed the Martian theater fully secured before they moved against Tera and he believed that fulgrim was there to seek the iron Warriors Aid in Breaking open the Ford cities the mechanicum if he was right PBO wanteded his Legion to have a plan
In place to achieve that objective until the iron Warriors received further orders PBO would humor his brother and listen to what fulgrim had to say while making plans for the upcoming campaign PBO received word that the Emperor’s Children had arrived unannounced on the surface of Hydra cordatus over 300 drop
Craft had landed beyond the mouth of the valley where the iron Warriors had made their encampment fulgram met his brother Primark in a private interner sanctum of his command bunker with the enticing offer that PBO could not refuse the means to make it so that the Lord of
Iron’s every desire could be made real and would never disappoint never fail to live up to his fondest expectations and never ever be eclipsed yes fulgrim came with an offer to unite their Mutual forces in battle on a glorious quest one that might tip the balance of the war Master’s Rebellion
Though PBO was suspicious of his brother’s intentions perhaps this joint venture would Grant understanding through common cause fulgram revealed his purpose that they were to venture to the warp storm that had plague pteros dreams all of his life within it hidden an ancient and forbidden xenos weapon known as the angel
Exterminatus it had been hidden in the grave of its Doom a weapon of such power that the Stars themselves turned upon it rather than allowed to escape its prison meanwhile I’m known to both The Emperor’s Children and the iron Warriors they were actually being pursued by a ragtag group of loyalist estaris who
Were the survivors of the drop site Massacre on esun 5 and were determined to stop the traitors at all cost these loyalist Space Marines were gathered from the survivors that had fought their way out of the killing ground of the urgal depression on eston 5 they had managed to escape eston systems aboard
An iron hand strike Cruiser known as the cphm iron hand estaris and their mortal surfs formed the bulk of the warship crew but Survivor Warriors of the salamanders and a single Raven guard of stes were also counted among the number the months that followed saw the s f m
Embark on a series of hitandrun attacks on Traer forces on the Northern frontiers of the Galaxy wrecking harm like a lone Predator swimming in a very dark ocean Trader force is seeking flaking routes through the segmentum obscurus or their prey scoutcraft cartography ships slow moving Supply hulks heavily Laden with Immortal troops
Ammunition and weapons disruption and harassment were the name of the game until contact had been established with a desperate group of loyalist forces that had also escaped the massacre and that strategy of sorts was agreed upon with the 10th Legion too scattered to function in a traditional Battlefield role its surviving
Commanders found their own way to fight back as the thorns in the flanks of the Leviathan that distracted it from The Sword thrust to the vitals at kavor sarta an iron hand known as sabach whan and the lone Raven guard Survivor nikona kind had captured an un
Lingual Cipher host one of the so-called cryptos a hybrid Abomination creature of the dark mechanicum that had previously made the Traders code network of cryptographic impossibility to break with the cryptos the loyalist commanders were finally able to access the Traders coded Communications and with this knowledge the cis’s captain old rock branon had
Ordered the sism to make the journey to Hydra cordatus and the meeting of the Traer primar that had been indicted by cracked Communications after learning of fulgrim’s intention to enter the eye of Terror and recover the Angel’s exterminatus the crew of the copim made their way towards the warp Rift aided by
A mysterious Eldar guide with the intention of thwarting the traitor’s plan to acquire the unknown xenos weapon now back with the traitor primarch the death destination of the joint Fleet of the iron Warriors and the Imperial children’s vessels was the Lost Eldar world of Idis a world said to have
Been favored by the Eldar God Lilith Idris was one of the legendary Crone worlds which once formed the heart of the Lost Eldar Empire before they were consumed by the creation of the vast warp Rift that was the eye of Terror following the birth of the chaos
God slanesh the lost world was located at the heart of the eye of Terror somehow remaining in a fixed position keeping it from destruction in the gravitational hell storm of a super massive black hole that lay at the center of the Eternal warp storm it was from the epicenter that the Galaxy
Vomited unnatural matter into the void a dark Doorway to an unknowing destination and an unimaginable powerful Singularity whose gravity was so strong that it consumed light matter space and time in its destructive core the ultimate goal was within the primarch’s grasp the Seiler of Aisha’s Doom which sat at the center
Of the Citadel of Aman n shik kalis The Citadel stood asde the entrance to the prison Tomb of the Angel exterminatus before launching a full planetary stult the iron Warriors launch a preliminary orbital B arnet around the Citadel a standard practice when preparing to assault a potentially
Hostile environment in the wake of the orbal bombardment flocked the thunderhawks storm birds warhawks and heavy planetary Landers launched from crammed embarkment decks The Invasion had begun the Traders assault began 5 hours later despite the full Circuit of fortification still being incomplete for all intents and purposes the route to
The Citadel of man n shik khiz was undefended and their route un opposed never mistrustful though the lack of defenses PBO had his iron Warriors dig in assuming a perfect formation outside the balls and a layered barbas that protected the traiter legion’s line of retreat fulgrim’s host broke apart into
Individual War bands ranging in size from around 100 Warriors to groups of nearly a thousand each of these autonomous groups appeared to be led by a captain though such was the bizarre ornamentation and embellishment on each Warrior’s Armor it was often impossible to discern specific rankings leaving the Fortified Bridge
Head behind petura LED his iron Warriors and the emperor’s children’s contingent Into the Heart of Aman n shik khis the Seiler of isa’s Doom was a Monumental Palace sprawling with richly ornamented and bulbous M towers and sweeping Ivory roof domes as the cumn of traitors pressed onwards towards the sepor they
Were being silently and unkingly observed by the laries of the copim despite being outnumbered a thousand to one the small force of loyalist legionaries devised a mean to find another way into the massive room yet as the two primarchs near their ultimate goal fulgram kept pressing his
Stern brother with Curt impatience to to not linger but turbo took the time to study fulgrim and his assembled host his brother was sheened in sweat but it was not perspiration that beated his brow fulgram was sweating actual light though it was faint it was visible to pbo’s
Gene-enhanced sight that saw beyond that even aardi eyes were capable of detecting he wondered if fulgrim was aware of the radiance bleeding from him and decided he must be his brother’s arm is strained against his body and his features are drawn and tired as though
Only by an effort of will he was still standing his captains looked no better like hounds straining at the leash a number of fulgrim’s Lord Commander flesh was also suffusing with a light similar to the enveloping fulgrim a deathly Radiance that had no place within any living being PBO did not trust fulgrim
One bit knowing that inevitably he would be betrayed by his brother the Lord of iron yet still pressed on intent on bringing their quest to a completion as they near their final destination at the heart of the room the power of the heart of Idris spasmed in hateful
Recognition of the followers of slanesh known to the Eldar as she who thirsts and awoke its guardians from their Slumber thousands of crystalline statues threw off their previous immobility they moved stiffly like sleepers woken from eon’s long Slumber and the gems at their heart of their bulbous heads bled
Vibrant colors into glassy bodies that suddenly seem significantly less frail this Army of wraiths were the Eldar dead of the Idris soon both the traitor forces outside the Citadel as well as those inside were attacked from all sides by the Revenant Army like OT but with a hideously organic feel to
Their movement the Eldar constructs emerged in their thousands with every passing second as PBO was busy fighting for his life fulgrim Slipped Away in the midst of the fighting soon realizing that it was gone the Lord of iron stepped into the green glow emanating from the center of the massive chamber
PBO understood that this was no Elemental energy or mechanical generated motive Force but a distilled Ence of all those who had died there PBO then descended downward on the unending spiral towards the point of the Light That Grew no brighter no matter how far he descended when PBO
Reached the bottom he found fulgrim standing at the origin of a Slender bridge that arched out to the center of his spherical chamber of incredibly sanity defying proportions Idris it seemed was a hollow world it’s core this colossal void with the impossibly bright Sun at its heart PBO confronted his brother realizing
That there was never an angel exterminatus fulgrim confirmed for PBO there was no such weapon yet for he was to be the angel exterminatus the iron Warrior Peto responded that his brother always did have an appetite for rampant narcissism but this was the grandest illusion yet shaking his head unamused at fulgrim’s
Explanation petura took a step towards his brother Forge breaker in his hand intent on killing him he was not a very happy person PBO never was but anyways I digress a fulgrim spoke a single word its nightmare syllables tore it pbo’s brain causing him to stumble and drop to
One knee fulgrim revealed the reason for his brother being drained of energy when fulgrim had arrived on Hydra cordatus he had presented the Lord Lord of iron with a gift a folded cloak of softest hermine trimmed with fox bat fur and embroidered with an endless repeating pattern of spiral and golden proportion the
Flattened skull of a chrome steel acted as the Fastener set in the skull’s forehead was a gemstone the size of a fist black and veined with hair fine threads of gold as they made their way towards the heart the eye of Terror the large gemstone at the center of the skull
Carved cloak pin had changed from black to solid gold color and pulsed with its own internal heartbeat for this was no mere Stone this was a magar stone known as the Harvester which had slowly been draining per turbo strength and life force with a lord of iron sacrifice
Fulgrim would finally be able to achieve apothesis the two primar ascended upwards within the shaft of light emerging into the chaos that was happening within the heart of the Sepulcher the primarch of The Emperor’s Children hurled his brother aside and PBO fell in a languid Arc to land with a
Crunch of metal and Crystal at the edge of the shaft blood trailed the air in a streaming red Arc from pbo’s chest the Lord of iron lay unmoving his body broken and lifeless the attention of every estaris within the chamber was irrevocably drawn towards the Primark for they recognized that an event of
Great moment was about to happen The Phoenician was no longer the same being as had descended into the planet he floated in the air above the shaft which no longer poured its green torrent up to the Restless Darkness above but simply radiated a fading glow of Dying Light fulgrim’s Armor was shimmering
With Vitality as though the light of a thousand suns were contained with within him and Strain To Break Free the prim’s dark doll-like eyes were twin black holes doorways to Heights of experience and sensation the likes of which could only be dreamed by Mad Men and those
Willing to go to any lengths to taste them yet just as fulgram was about to achieve his ultimate desire PBO had regained enough of his former strength and Rose to his feet the magur stone in his hand PBO walked towards fulgrim keeping the hand holding the motor Stone
Extended over the shaft in the center of the chamber PBO looked his brother in the eye for some hint of remorse a sign that he regretted the things that had come to this something to show he felt even a moment of Shame at plotting to murder his brother he saw nothing and
His heart broke to know that the fulgrim that he had known long ago was gone never to return he had not thought it possible that anyone could plunge so far as to be Beyond Redemption PBA knew that fulgrim no longer wanted to be an angel he
Wanted to be a God he informed The Phoenician that mankind had outgrown such things a long time ago disgusted by fulgrim’s desires Peto hurled the magot stone into the deep shaft suddenly a barrage of Bolter fire erupted and a handful of Imperial children’s aaries were pitched from their feet black armored Space Marines
Bearing the mailed fist upon their shoulder guards charged towards the traitors it was the estares of the 10th Legion the iron hands soon battle was joined as loyalist fought traitor within the expansive chamber the news of battle was closing on the two primar at its Center pero locked on his knees and
Fulgrim hovering in the air as though bound to his brother by ties not even the call of War could break the iron hands were mired in battle with the Emperor’s Children and the iron Warriors zipping streams of fire blasting back and forth between them during the battle
One of the loyalist EST starties The Raven guard named Sherin had acquired the Fallen megatar Stone he instinctively knew that if this Stone was desired by fulgrim then it had to be destroyed taking a Bolter from a fallen Emperor’s Children of stardy he aimed the muzzle at the strange gold and black
Stone and pulled the trigger the weakened PBO was renewed by the sudden release of his life force from the chaotic Relic fulgrim’s body arked in sympatic resonance for the magur stone contained more than just the strength stolen from PBO by fulgrim it contained their mingled Essences a power greater
Than the sum of its parts a power to fuel an Essence so brutal that only the combined force of two primers could achieve it armor burned from fulgrim’s body flaking away like golden dust in a hurricane leaving his monstrously swollen body naked and his flesh blazing with furnace heat spectral flames of
Shimmering pink and purple licked around his body a hungry fire waiting to consume him the moment his Focus slipped as the Lord of iron finally pushed himself upright and stood fully erect he lifted Forge breaker onto his shoulder fulgrim saw his death in pbo’s eyes and grinned knowing that his brother had to
Do it PBO hefted Forge breaker like a headsman and an execution and swung the mighty hammer in a wide Arc splitting the Phoenicians body wide open it was done fulgrim’s body exploded under the impact of pbo’s Warhammer and the Cry Of release was a shrieking birth scream an
Explosion of pure Force ripped from the Phoenicians destroyed flesh filling the Chamber of towers with a blinding light that was too bright to look upon too radiant to ignore like a new newborn son the wondrous incandescence was the center of all things a rebirth in fire
New flesh crafted From the Ashes of the old every eye in the chamber was turned to the light though would surely blind them or drive them to Madness through the slided fingers and shimmering Reflections the survivors of the fighting bore witness to something magnificent and terrible and agonizing
Death and violent birth combined a figure floated in the midst of the light and it took a moment for PBO to recognize the impossibility of what he was seeing it was fulgrim naked and pristine his body unsoed by any of the mockhorn with which he had defaced his
Flesh as perfect as the day the emperor had first conceived him fulgrim’s back arked and his bones split with gunshot cracks his flesh once so perfect now ran fluid and malleable his form molding and remolding as though an invisible sculptor pressed and worked him like clay upon the wheel fulgrim’s legs
Extended outward then they ran and lengthened fusing together in a writhing serpent tail the skin thickened and sheening with reptilian scales and segmented plates of chedis armor petura took a step towards the thing being born from the death of his brother all the while despairing that this was his
Brother PBO had just destroyed fulgrim’s mortal shell this was an immaterial avatar of light and energy a soul and desire what was being done here was an act of will a creature birthing itself through its own desire to exist fulgrim’s face was a mask of agonizing Rapture a pain endured for the pleasure
It promised two obsidian horns erupted from fulgrim’s brow curling back over his skull leaving his perfect face as unsolid as the most innocent child fulgrim ascended into chaos a prince of the neverborn a lord of the ruinous Powers The Chosen and beloved champion of slanesh as the newborn demon Prince
Departed the first of the trader primar to achieve demonic apothesis he left his brother with a cryptic message that they would one day meet again and both brothers would yet renew their bonds lifting his hands into the air a curtain of light rose up from the ground
And fulgrim and all of his Emperor’s Children Marines disappeared in a flare of Arcane teleportation energy with The Disappearance of The Emperor’s Children the Crone world of Idris began to tear itself apart the force at the heart of the world was no more the strength of
The life forces of the Dead Eldar that had kept it safe was falling and soon this planet would be swallowed by the unimaginable forces of the super massive black hole that lay at the heart of the eye of Terror across the chasm the remaining iron hands gathered up their
Wounded and fell back from the spreading fissures and heaving ruptures upon the floor they looked upon PBO with hatred but decided to make their way off world from the doomed Planet they knew that they could not fight the Lord of iron and live through the encounter PBO on the other hand let the
Iron hands depart then he led his Warriors out of the crumbled Citadel once aboard his Flagship the iron blood terbo watched the final death throws of the old AR Crone world the iron blood strained to break orbit but the force of the heart of the eye of Terror was reasserting its
Grip on reality with a Vengeance many of the smaller vessels of the iron Warrior Survivor Fleet that had fall the Copan had already been dragged within its Embrace swallowed by the black hole’s powerful energies only the capital ship had engines large enough to resist the inexorable pole but even they were
Delaying the inevitable p arabel’s triarchs stood patiently around their lord awaiting his orders the Lord of iron informed him that he always moved forward never backwards they would go into the black hole though his senior command believed that this was suicide the Lord of iron informed them that
Fulgram had promised that the two brothers would meet again the iron warriors were not meant to die within the eye and there was only one way onwards his men moved to carry out his Warriors and the iron Warriors Fleet plunged in the of Terror fulgrim would later resurface and cause problems for
The Empire of man until gilan had had enough of him and tried to hunt him down if you want to know more about that I gave a full accounting of it in the short box the fall of the avenging Sun but what happened to PBO well that my friends is a story for
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