Through Morkai’s Gate
I: Arun We were born in the Fenrisian snow. Twin boys dumped out onto the coldest rock in the Imperium, in a time of winter's bitter fall. Born to the warrior-queen Rena,…
I: Arun We were born in the Fenrisian snow. Twin boys dumped out onto the coldest rock in the Imperium, in a time of winter's bitter fall. Born to the warrior-queen Rena,…
Nameless The warband didn’t have a name. They couldn’t conceive of the concept of names. They were World Eaters. Servants of Khorne. They were Khorne’s madness taken to its perfect…
The Engines of Vaul will smite them, and bring fire upon them, and in agony they will depart this realm, their souls screaming into the black void that awaits their…
Four months of blood had inexorably woven itself into each individual fibre of the once pallid habit Marakeen wore.Four months of perpetual disease, decay, and death had dulled the scent…
The Dead Head launched itself up the tower wall, powerful front claws ripping at the stone and crumbling masonry as it tried to reach them. The thing was the size…
It had maybe been an hour since Octavia finally had been dismissed from the Medicae aboard the Regina Aurea, the Dauntless-Class Cruiser that had been lent to the Order of…
It began with a crack on the wall. It was during a standardised eight-minute sustenance period, wherein manufactorum grunt #996978 was struggling to operate the protein tube dispenser. Grunt #996978,…
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The terrible storm subsided, the eversea's bid for the sky's domain once again denied. The last rays of the setting sun speared through the clouds, turning the waters a liquid…
Is this what my bloodline has become?Irena Vorthax woke with a gasp. Her eyes snapped open, and she was greeted by darkness. The first thing she noticed was the pain…