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Read more about the article The Emperor’s Mercy

The Emperor’s Mercy

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'Your imperium deserves to die.' A voice like a claxon swept the room, echoing off the tall monitors that lined the walls.Sister Petronilla’s eyes swept the screens before her, reflecting…

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Possession

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It had been the moment of Tza’tchaka’s ultimate triumph when the daemon would finally breach the veil separating the warp from reality. He had planned for this – for when…

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Oubliette

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‘You feculent, cantankerous, oafish excuse for an Astartes. My eyes are stinging from your disease-ridden aura alone, and you want me to join my mind with yours? Is your brain…

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Flesh and Iron

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'Bio matter,' thought Lotros Annorax as he prodded at the brown plod on the hardened desert floor. 'Fecal,' he confirmed as the steam emanating from the freshly dropped turd formed…

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Good Business

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The bag landed on Bravian Staur’s desk with a thud followed by several soft clanks as the contents shifted. The rogue trader raised an immaculately curated eyebrow and stared down…

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Divine Intervention

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The bells did not ring on Apate V. The shrines were covered in black cloth, the preachers silent in their pulpits. Even the famed Novum Choir simply droned sorrowful dirges…

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And the Mountain Fell

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Magos Telleos stood inside the Gargant's idol-like head and knew he was a heretic. He cared little; his peers would grovel for his forgiveness when the Omnissiah’s blessed work was…

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Peace in Hell

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Farseer Baranduin awoke to great unease, his soul feeling encompassed within a smothering shroud, burying any glimpses of the future he tried to manifest.'You’ll find your witchery ineffective,' came a…

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Read more about the article Monkeigh’s Best Friend

Monkeigh’s Best Friend

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The ground trembled underfoot, as long clawing shadows stalked his flight through the labyrinth of rubble and shattered bodies. The last of his craftworld kin, Eldrenniel, moved cautiously, driven by…

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Mining Accident

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‘May the Ancestors forgive me,’ Voidmaster Khar Drindal muttered as he watched his ship burn silently in the cold vacuum of space. The Dhalaz Marka’s kilometre-long prow was a colossal drill…

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