“Who did this?”The Skaven struggled in pain, his extremities broken and limp. It was no challenge to make him talk; it was obvious the coward had seen too much already.The Templars had followed the fleeing plague monks to this clearing, where the skaven had tried to...
Three days. That was how long Rittichik had been cowering in the hole he'd dug into the dirt under a pile of fallen tree trunks, waiting for the dust to settle enough to be able to get his bearings. Stale fear-musk filled his nostrils, the earth around him soaked with...
Breathing harshly, Rittichik reached out a shaky paw and finally, after much digging, unearthed himself from the dirt and debris.For several weeks, on the orders Arch-Warlock Laskitt Gear-Slash, he'd been leading his cadre of Acolyte-Trainees around, following other...
War queen Boudica rallied her tribe and prepared to assault the spire from a different direction after the meteor storm blocks their way forward to the spire. The Ordofigaidd vanguard is forced into a skirmish with a lumineth realm lords' scouting party to stop the...
The day of Judgement was upon them. Clearly, the Templars could witness its arrival with the cold white streaks of the meteor showers as they impacted upon Vulkaris. Anathema. With all the battles fought in Vulkaris, the creation of the Citadel, the most important...
The skies over Vulkaris darken as the heavens split with an otherworldly crack, as a roar rips across the continent. It does not take long for the source of this calamity to reveal itself as a super-massive nullstone meteor shower. These stones, cold and unyielding,...
War queen Boudica assembled her tribe at the base of the base of the unmade Slekit spire, ready to assault it. The god speakers set to work raining arcane fire down on the Pestilins defenders to cover the charge of the darkoath fellriders, but before they can start, a...
Upon a vast formation of metallic rocks overlooking the landscape below, Templar Champions Xshaeta the Observant and Isthubar the Steadfast stood next to the Fyreslayer Gelvan Brazenmantle, their attention mostly directed at the Spire of Vexshik. The eldritch wonders...
"Aim-fire on that group of she-aelves mom!" Demanded Ratsputin while pointing his staff at a charging group of sisters of slaughter. "Yes-yes bless the the holy rain of filth and show them the way my bothers" proclaims plague bishop Slinkwhisker has the plague claw...
Ship's Log of Enskeri Runesworn, Grumblefleet Admiral and Cartographer Log Entry 234: The Metallic Caverns, near the Vexshik Spire The Vexshik Spire looms before us, its machinations grinding endlessly. This spire does not just change the environment—it commands it....
The ashes ran through their gauntleted claws as they looked down upon the empty husk of red armour. Had their beaks the capability to smile, the two-headed Tzaangor would have.“Conrad! Come down here darling, I have cornered their leader in the cave!” Xshaeta cried...
Their sharp, clawed golden gauntlet dragged the ruined remnants of a Blissbarb archer along, dropping it before her onto the cavern’s uneven ground.“I’d suggest we skip this dreadfully boorish diversion.” The Tzaangor crusader spoke. “Your minions have pestered His...
One of the subcommanders working out of Vexchik Spire, Rittichik Thing-Fixer is one of the Warlock Engineers in charge of training new Clan Skryre Acolytes. It was deemed that Vulkaris would be a good place for such a training ground, and so he was dispatched with a fresh group of aspiring Acolyes.
With some effort, Xshaeta wedged their battleaxe free from the skull of the Saurus warrior lying at the two-headed Tzaangor's feet.It has been days of the Seraphon harassing them, attacking from different directions, tying the Templars down in melee, preventing them...
a Excelsior warrior priest, member of the order of Azyr
In the dark corners of the Impossible Fortress, forgotten by all save perhaps the Grand Conspirator, reside the memories of abandoned futures, the fragments of pasts unmade, and all the hopes and dreams and ambitions that lay between. They have nothing but hunger, not...
Vulkaris, a continent edgeward of the Great Parch, was once a land of extremes. Although its sky was often choked with ash from the many volcanoes that dotted the landscape, amidst this harshness, life thrived - for Vulkaris was a land blessed by the presence of four...
Though the Wardens of Burden have sworn to protect Hammer's End, they are no idle guards, waiting for attack. They are an offensive force par excellence, and it is their duty to ensure that the enemies of Hammer's End be annihilated before they come within sight of...
As the Wardens of Burden ferried their precious and dangerous cargo, the Arboreal Wellspring, back to the Stormvault, they encountered Wildercorps on their journey. The mortal soldiers explained that they were searching the forest for missing citizens from Hammer's...
After securing the Crack Within Darkness, the Wardens of Burden took it upon themselves to recover the artefacts pilfered from its depths. Some were found in secret caches or mass graves, or in the hands of others. Where they could Bartheliman bade the Wardens deal...
Following Bartheliman's subtle, at least for a Stormcast, investigations, the traitors responsible for the unleashing of the Khornate army were found and imprisoned. Tcimmera wanted them dead, but Bartheliman argued to keep them alive, both so that Hammer's End might...
After freeing Hammer's End from the terror of the Kruleboys of the Impalers, Tcimmera wasted no time in preparing the settlement to host the Wardens of Burden. She tasked some of her Chamber with laying the foundations of a new Stormkeep that would protect Hammer's...
The Wardens of Burden have been charged with the defence of Hammer's End, and not a moment too soon. Word has reached Azyr that the colony is under attack from Kruleboys; the original Stormcast garrison has been entirely wiped out protecting the mortals, and now only...
“The axe falls! The skull flies! THE BLOOD FLOWS!”
For the Desraki, triumphing over their enemies in battle isn't enough. They are no mere raiders and marauders; they are Khorne's most devoted warriors. It falls to them to ensure that His will is imposed upon the Red-Earth Lands they control, and no rivals must stand...
Raiding Lord and right hand of the Khan of the Dread Hounds
Natasha gasped awake in the middle of the room, standing in the middle of the light. Confusion came to her mind as she looked at the formless surronding. Where was she? How did she get here?Looking around yielded no answers. She figure dout she was still in her heavy...
Aengellania sat in her study, the first time in quite a while since she's been absent from Alethra's warm coils. But her lover had recently just gotten married, and Aengellania knew better than to intrude on the honeymoon. She and Alethra would have plenty of time to...
Lord-Celestant Tcimmera Skybrow knelt before the God-King Sigmar, head bowed as she awaited her orders. Even with her eyes fixed squarely upon the marble tile floor, she could feel her liege's radiance wash over her, like the crashing of solar waves upon the firmament...
A stormcast from Iron templer stomhost
Halarus wasn’t a warrior.He wasn’t even a true wizard. The man was a quivering reservoir of public decrees and order. A man of law and pageantry. He learned to read from his father, a scholar, and was urged by his mother for greater things through true understanding...
After pushing back the Scorntide and DesrakiDeeper into hiding the blood wolves raiders set up a shrine in inside of a former Scorntide hq that they are using as a forward operating base plans to explore and hunt any survivors left as look to expand their own...
High above the Crusader State of the Templars of Our Burning Saviour in Thondia Nurglite attackers clash with Templar defenders and their Kharadron allies.
The attackers must be repelled to secure the future of the Crusader State.
"Captain! We found a survivor." The leader of the Desraki war party looked up from the maps in his tent. At the entrance stood one of his sergeants, backlir by the setting sun. Beside him was a young soldier, armor pitted and scratched, whose body was thin with...
In the Ashfall Delta, disparate forces have assembled under the banner of the Redhands in a desperate defence to delay the Waagh of Colossaboss Mogrek Longblade's arrival in the Aelven Prime Dominion, so defenses can be prepared. On one of the Delta's islands,...
From his hidden position, Templar Champion Escarosht the Ardent observed as the ravenous ghouls charged wave after wave against the Nurglites' crude, but effective fortifications.They were excellent shock troops, the Aviarch noted. Unrelenting and vicious. They served...
“I do not trust this Hashrakul, Bray-shaman. He reeks of civilization. The Goroans are not true children of the formless wilds!”Clovis, elder Bray-shaman of the Spellgrazers, allowed his apprentice to continue raving. Best to let the young one let all the aggression...
The Slidecrown SunderingSeize the CrownVirulent Despair(Part 1 | Part 2)At first, the masses of scraggly, hunched things had spooked Choleretch Slugbulk, when this battle had just begun and he and his rival sorcerers had rushed to take their position overlooking the...
The Slidecrown SunderingSeize the CrownVirulent Despair(Part 1 | Part 2)The men and women of the huntbands surged over the ruins, toppled columns and crumbled walls proving no impediment to the nimble hunter-warriors. With an almost aelven grace, they raced for the...
The Deepkin noble was searching the ruins along with his retinue of eel riding guards, with a shark floating over head keeping look out. They had no idea they were being watched. "This is almost to easy." whispered Kwark to second"Ya boss man, I'm surprised they took...
The Slidecrown SunderingSeize the CrownFamily ReunionMatlalhuitl, the Saint of Yektiktlan, sat upon his Charming Throne — a construct of palest birchwood boards, intertwined with slender, flowering vines; an elegant tribute to the Everqueen’s grace — and regarded his...
Crobus. The City of Fallen Monuments.Once the cultural center of the Trench, built by the glorious Ivory Empire in the Beginning of the Age of Chaos. Its founder, a vain man with suspected Slaaneshi influences named Emperor Ulnorth The First had many statues to his...
Fanatical followers of a mysterious being known as Yce-Amma or Grandmother Of Ice, the Ycebrimir lodge is led by the zealous Vargana Ycedöttir. She leads the Lodge into battle, their icy beards and pale skin a stark contrast to their former Fyreslayer heritage.
I March out with four of my packs And left the rest to search out Desraki loyalists and destroy them. That doesn't matter. Now we have a job to do days of endless hunting out the sorcerer's rats and obiltate them. We arrived at their stronghold called Zraco. We tried...
Vitressa’s toes gripped tightly around the cold stone of Old Kleah’s city wall as she ascended. In total darkness, she and her Corvus Cabalist brothers and sisters clambered up the wall, not making a sound. She knew this way well, from sneaking out as a youth. She...
Veyron Van Drën woke from his dream with a start, amidst cold sweats and chills, he swore he saw the shadow creature’s eyes in the corners of his room, but as the fog of sleep lifted, there was nothing to behold aside from an empty corner. Veyron had been residing at...
The Slidecrown SunderingCross the WaterPrelude to Alliance(Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)The leader was far more robustly built than its kin, both taller and brawnier, though not so much as the airborne variety. And yet… there was something wrong with it, she could sense....
The Slidecrown SunderingCross the WaterPrelude to Alliance(Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)The handful of tzaangors — a mix of enlightened & skyfires — upon their magnificent, floating discs, followed the bat-winged horror as it lurched through the skies with a speed...
The Slidecrown SunderingCross the WaterPrelude to Alliance(Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)Eloxochitl stood by the lakeside, with her subordinate huntmaster and two huntbands arrayed at her back, in as close to formation as the tribal troops ever got. Together, they stared...
They found the massive encampment out in the wilderness, far away from the frontlines of the Hellscorn war, or indeed, any fighting. Their movements, as their Corvus Cabalist scouts had reported, indicated their goal of leaving Thondia behind.Disillusioned, weary...
At the edge of the forest, near the great lakes, it sat. A human encampment, mercenaries apparently. Their uniforms were well-worn and soiled, and the Templar vanguard could hear them coughing and spitting as they went about their business.Obvious signs of sickness...
Day was coming to an end. Evening light of the Hysh shone weakly upon a ramshackle wooden platform in a small camp near the city of Crobus. A tall Desraki priest with an enormous axe was standing before his prisoner with a menacing grin. He then turned to the public...
Upon a safe spot on a cliffside overlooking the surrounding desert, a clandestine meeting took place. Under blood-red tents, Vardeshir the Solemn sat across representatives of one of the disgruntled mercenary companies the Desraki happened to not be able to afford any...
One day, the Templars of Our Burning Saviour marched to Kleah.Old Kleah, the dark, massive city, carved at the behest of ancient warlords and daemons out of black stone around the fallen Hydra’s head, ruled for time immemorial by Tusk Chieftains with a bloody fist....
Badr was feeling uneasy. Since joining the coven, she's been trying to not use necromancy. But sometimes life is not giving you a choice…Her chamber was lit only by the weak light of candles. On the table in the middle of the room a morbid trophy was lying - the head...
On the way to lay siege to New Edessa the horned scythe was discovered a rogue beastmen Brayherd camped in the way of the March so Qushroc The Plaguebreath sent a envoy to persuade the beastmen to move out of the way or die but the envoy was slaughter and had his head...
With a quick sidestep and rotation to the right, Templar Champion Escarosht the Ardent dodged the bladed club of his opponent. He let himself fall back, getting more distance between him and the Saurus warrior before him.Seraphon were still a mystery to him. So...
There were two other forces of Templars attacking the rotten caverns. Guided by Priests of Our Burning Saviour on ornate discs, the Dragon Ogors had gathered in easily defensible positions above the caverns.First destabilizing the caverns below with mighty and joyous...
Mangled corpses laid before them. Many beastmen, humans, duardin, aelves; all formerly of both Desaki and Scorntide allegiance, later disillusioned and taken in by Nurglite Scum. They had died like the wretches they were, mowed down with little consequence. Close to...
To: The High Lord Muckity Muck Sir Jonathan Wadesely Esq.From: Chief Security Officer Tugs and the houndsTranscribed verbatim by: Wildercorps Ranger Shiv Re: Claiming that great big hunk of sky junk. Now just write down what I say, but be sure to make it all...
High above the forest floor, Templar Champion Escarosht the Adamant walked amongst the treetops, inspecting his troops. Of those not serving as guards at this hour, most were either tending to their equipment or deep in prayer. One of the younger warriors received...
The Kurnothi ran, their lithe, bestial legs leaping over the thick tangled undergrowth of the forest floor with ease. It was their home, their natural habitat, their hunting ground, and yet. Sweat ran thick down their faces, and the breath heaved in their lungs. The...
Jonathan was gripping the railing of the Le Capitaine Escargot Aéronautique, the company airship that Eleanor had arranged to be his transport for the entirety of the mission. The crew gave him a wide berth; he had been traveling with them for long enough that they...
The Slidecrown SunderingTraverse the ForestsScouts & BoilsTezcacoatl, chieftain of Tlaamico city and son of the saint, crept through the undergrowth alongside a half-dozen men and few women. Ordinarily, these hunter-warriors would be led by the score by a veteran...
DreamsDominar Khask was not known for being sentimental but couldn’t help but feel some pride as he watched a bustling camp spring into being. It had been a hard march through dangerous territory to get to the shore opposite the Slidecrown Isle, and a difficult if...
In a different part of the Slidecrown Isle another scouting party from the Fangs of the Deep had come across an unusual phenomenon. They had of course heard the rumors that the island was home to vast quantities of Aqua Ghyranis, the diluted form of Ghyran’s...
The Desraki are weak. Now is our time to strike fast and hard. Then we will win this war against the raven gods' forces before we can march towards the city of Excelsis and then to the gates of holy azyr where the false god lives with his army of lightning jotun, but...
Jonathan Wadesly yawned, as he clambered gingerly down the stairs into the space below. It was just shortly before sunrise and as usual he was the only one at the shop, as he rented the apartment space directly above it. Carefully setting his candle aside, he pushed...
Heresiarch,The Darkoath offshoot known as the Pintados, as ever, continue to be among the mightiest and most reliable irregulars and auxiliary forces in your newly forged Ang-Angkor dominion. The tale of every oath fulfilled is tattoed on their skin, and their muscled...
After 3 days of force marching the claw hoard had finally arrived at The Drench. Clawlord Bonepest had made his way to this new theater of war at the command of Ratsputin who pulled some strings back at the capitol. This new force was made up mostly of clanrat slaves...
Heresiarch,I have made no secret of my disappointment in the fighting abilities of the Chamoni warsmiths calling themselves the Coin Lords, and they continue to give me no reason to change my mind. They are well armed and armored, but possess little nimbleness or...
Everyone felt the apocalyptic energies in the air, making it thick and wrought with chaotic energy.The sky had turned a purplish crimson, with dark swirling clouds and spontaneous bolts of light spread across the horizon.From his perspective, he was surrounded by an...
(Hashrakul the Interfector updates Lord Andal the Prevaricator on the Heresiarch's Synod and the Slidecrown Isle conflict.)Heresiarch,The White Ravens are rapacious thieves, murder-cultists and reavers who would make ideal scouts and irregular additions to your...
The Feculent Alchemists Society arrived at The Slidecrown Isle looking for ingredients that we have. The way to finish this perfect cure. The first place we decided to look was the forest after hours of searching. We were attacked by a group of blood mad savages...
The devotees of Nurgle were not known for their speed. Unnatural resilience was the gift of the god of decay. Even the least of Aelves could run circles around a follower of Nurgle. Unfortunately they had ways to overcome this deficit, at least in part. Daemonic...
Not being familiar with Ghyran, Argannon had decided to make a slow approach of the Slidecrown Isle. He did not yet know what had drawn them here but many, varied forces were approaching the island. So instead of leading the Fangs of the Deep straight into an unknown...
Kaletch Houndstooth and his pack mates stumble on a raven-god warband assembled to attack the blood Wolves' den. The Blood Wolves gather together, ready to ambush The Shifting Fateweavers. In one quick strike, the first pack sat waiting for a perfect opportunity to...
A grey haired hunched over skaven leaning on a warpstone tipped staff staring out across the Drench, wind blowing through his fur and across his face. He could smell the saturation of magic in the air coming from the outpost. He grinned a fang filled grin, then began...
After Several small skirmish with the tzeentch army the horned scythe advanced deeper into enemy territory march towards New Edessa to lay siege and conquer it for great gardener days before the they scheduled to arrive at the New Edessa the where attacked by a...
Bubonix Bilepox felt pain. It wasn't anything new for him, he was in pain constantly since he accepted Grandfather's gifts. It stopped being unpleasant years ago. But this one... this was different. Wound left by that accursed blade wasn't healing. And it burned....
Under deep red sails, and banners bearing the Golden Burning Wings of Our Saviour, the Templar warship "Promised Conflagration" approached the coast of the Isle of Slidecrown. She was escorted by six heavily armoured Enlightened on Discs in formation.Templar Champion...
The hulk creaked as it lurched towards its destination on the horizon: Slidecrown Isle, a speck of land, black on the dark Sea of Elemental Truths, barely visible as dawn crawled closer. The Pale Horse may have been a fine vessel in its day, but in the service of the...
The primary lieutenant of Craven Klaw and commander of the Slidecrown invasion swarm Vreek is a surprisingly cunning and ruthless commander willing to sacrifice has many skaven to get the job has it takes.
The alliance with Khardihr had been promising. A chance to do some true good. To make the kind of difference that Argannon had always told the nobility of Nautilar they could make. It was not to be. While the Fangs of the Deep were busy fighting chaos reavers and...
The trees of the Slidecrown Isle stood tall in the forest, larger than many mountains. Each tree had supped from the magical waters of Ghyran since the Age of Myth. Their roots ran deep and thick through the earth. To behold even one tree was to see the majesty of the...
(The Heresiarch's Synod and Hashrakul the Interfector land on the Slidecrown Isles)Perhaps he should not have called Lord Andal "the Prevaricator" to his face, Hashrakul mused. The Goroan leaned over the railing of the landing ship, assessing the thin strip of beach...
[A story of Annan Lyre and his Death-Quest, for the Slidecrown Sundering quest, Traverse the Forest.]In respect for the champion who had saved their home, the Viridian King's crown was left untouched. Lingering energies from the powerful incantation imbued it with...
Clawlord Commander Vreek Spitefur barked orders to the scurrying clan rats."Now-now get in line you vermin" he hissed at the skaven moving about " Here come the green-things, these are our leylines now" Swarms of clan rats formed up into makeshift ranks preparing for...
"Seer, this better be worth it" hissed Theddrisk, a large skaven almost twice the size has your average skaven."You will see, Theddrisk that this will be worth your time" hissed back Ratsputin, a Grey Seer of notable status and considerable skill.Theddrisk flesh-swarm...
The horned scythe arrived on the edge of the tzeentch territory ready to push out the false god out, bring about a beautiful garden in the name of the great gardener and for the glory of destroying the tzeentch territory, first they, need to clear the earth of the...
It was a repulsive sight, the elegant spires of a Tzeentchian Oasis so defiled by the Archenemy, Esiavash the Stalwart thought as he regarded the Rotglass Alcazaar.Filth and gigantic growths of flesh and mucus clung to the once resplendent castle of glass, giving the...
Head of the House of Keldenor and prophet of the fallen god of Death Lauchon the Soulseeker.
The Sea of Elemental Truths, a vast expanse found to the north of the Jade Kingdoms of Verdia and Thyria in the Realm of Ghyran, holds a deep history steeped in bloody conflict. In the annals of history, the Age of Chaos brought with it the ominous presence of Nurgle,...
Swarm General, Master of the Black Fang Legions
A lone outpost in the middle of nowhere on the edge of the Drench sits with little activity. The guards in it walk along the walls of the small compound keeping watch. Each guard is adorn with runes and icons of Khorne while carrying jagged axes covered in old dry...
Dust rained down from the arched halls of the Temple.Even over the ardent chanting of those gathered, the booming noise of cannons easily reached them here. The Acolytes of the Academy of the Arcane Arts of Aith'erant, Humans and Aelves in dark red robes, their faces...
Upon the dunes, the two opponents stood, the wind blowing reddened sand around them.Right now, the sounds of battle were far away. Right now, it did not matter. All that mattered was the two of them.Templar Chosen Esiavash the Stalwart readied his blade, feeling the...
Notes From: Slaughterpriest Scarvael BloodriverLieutenant Bloodsprouter of the Grand Ghyranic OrderWe were still getting reports from the Battle at Aridia Valley. The decimation. On an usual day we would've praised Khorne. Called it a Righteous Shedding of Blood and...