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news of reinforcements, or a rousing missive intended to stir my By the Emperor!
heart and rejoice in the foul glories of Chaos. Eh? Oh no, it’s just Trapped out here
some fan mail, curse it! in the Warp, I feel
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absolutely fab!!! But I woud like to see an Imperial Guard from the workface
feature, especially Cadians or Tallarn desert raiders. P.S. I of battle. Tell me,
especially like Bloodquest and Titan. – Jonathan Hansell, what news from the
Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland homeworlds?
M Imperial Guard? Ha! The magnificent forces of Chaos will Stuck out
Stuck out here
here as
as II am,
am, II was
was
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tell the Inquisitor that he has no authority in the Convent
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give Hand a tour of the Convent Sanctorum, which is on first!
Ophelia VII, quite a long distance away from Terra! Also,
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Kal Jerico
Jerico Scabbs
Scabbs
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M He he he! The powers of Chaos to sow confusion and

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Leonatos Cloten
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 THE REALM OF CHAOS

WATCHTOWERS

GHROND

NAGGAROND HAR GANETH

SEA OF CHILL

SEA OF MALICE

Naggaroth, the land of Chill

The Dark Elves were driven from the Elven homeland
of Ulthuan many centuries ago, and now live in six
heavily fortified cities in the bleak and unwelcoming
THE
BLACK
homeland of Naggaroth, the land of Chill. The name is
FORESTS an appropriate one, for most of their realm is a harsh
wilderness of frozen tundra. The Dark Elves are a
cruel race, their spired and steepled city-fortresses
places of torture, despair and death. Naggarond,
Ghrond, Karond Kar, Hag Graef, Har Ganeth, Clar
Karond, so are the six named. Slavery and cruel
servitude are the means by which the Dark Elves
support their depraved and sinister empire.
The enemies of the Dark Elves are many. Apart
Malus Darkblade from the endless treachery and internecine strife
Malus Darkblade is one of the Dark Elves, and shares the within Naggaroth itself, the Elves of Ulthuan are
arrogance and petty cruelty common to his kind. Driven by greed perhaps the Dark Elves’ most implacable foe. Yet they
and ambition, Malus led his warband beyond the northernmost are also hated by the races of the Old World and
watch towers of the realm, and here his year-long doom began… beyond, and certainly they have no great friendship
with the Lizardmen of Lustria. Yet the greatest enemy
Spite lies to the north, in the Realm of Chaos. Here the
Malus rides his Cold One steed, Spite, into battle. Yet Spite is… Chaos Gods watch and listen, gathering their armies
different. Spite shares the mindless ravening fury of his kind, but for the time when Chaos shall inherit the whole world.
somehow has a malign cunning, a glimmering intelligence
uncommon amongst the bestial lizard beasts. Malus counts
himself blessed by the Dark Gods to have found such a steed. And Spite is
unswervingly loyal to his master.

The Tower of Tz’arkan

It was autumn when Malus ventured into the Chaos
wastelands and discovered the tower, but the grey
skies were already leaden with the heavy promise
of snow. Here, the lust for treasure snared Malus
into a deadly trap – he became possessed by the
Daemon Tz’arkan.

The Pact
The pact they struck was simple: Malus must free
the Daemon from its prison of stone within a year.
And that freedom was to be dearly bought in blood
and pain. His reward for success would be riches
beyond imagining. The price of failure would be
death! There were five unholy relics to be gathered
from afar. Only these had the power to free the
Daemon. Each was jealously guarded.

The Curse of Tz’arkan

As the year progressed, the daemonic possession
manifested itself by twisting and malforming Malus
with tendrils of raw Chaos which gnawed away at
his body and soul. Within a year, he would be
consumed utterly, and his soul taken by the cruel
gods of Chaos whom the Daemon served.
 The Idol of Kolkuth
Created by the mad sorcerer Eradorius, this
idol was fashioned from a compacted
Five Unholy Relics fragment of the warpstone meteorite which
The Octagram of Praan struck the city of Mordheim centuries ago.
Praan, the loyal Slaughterer of Coated in brass, the black essence of
Slaanesh, the Laughing prince, the warpstone weeps from its ancient joints.
Insane Immortal. Praan, the servant
of Chaos who destroyed empires in the name of his lusting
master, Slaanesh. But ever whimsical, Slaanesh became
bored of his puppet and recast his very essence within an
eight-pointed star of Chaos, to remind all his slaves that even
loyalty is a form of stability, and that all should ever be
change. The Octagram is strong in the raw essence of magic,
a powerhouse to break the binding spell.

The Dagger of
Torxus
A legend, Torxus
was said to be one
of the champions of
Malekith, a cruel
and powerful Elf
originally hailing
from Caledor before
the time of the
Sundering. His dagger was enchanted
to contain the souls of all it slew, and
The Warpsword of Khaine before being lost with the sinking of the
A talisman of glorious power, this Black Ark ‘Palace of Suffering’, it was
sword was wielded by Gaenoth at the reputed to be an unholy harbinger of
Battle of Maledor. Stolen from death and destruction.
Saphery by Hotek, renegade prince
of Vaul, along with the sacred
hammer from Vaul’s anvil, this once-
glorious weapon was twisted and
cursed to do only the bidding of
Khaine, god of murder and war.
The Amulet of Vaurog - the final artefact
Vaurog, the ancient serpent-mother who was said to dwell in
the deepest caves below the Black Spine Mountains. Vaurog,
ancient mother of Tz’arkan. Vaurog, long since departed of
this realm to slake her insatiable soul-hunger in the raw
essence of the realm of Chaos.

Tz’arkan, Soul Drinker, Daemon Prince

Where Praan was twisted and destroyed by his master, Tz’arkan was more cunning, spreading his loyalty
between the gods. His schemings and machinations at the dawn of the world led to the anger of the four, and
his incarceration first in this world alone, and ultimately in the pillar of obsidian within his own fortress. Here he
would suffer an endless exile, unless he could similarly trap an unwitting pawn to free him.

So now the year draws to a close, time runs out for Malus Darkblade. Will he find riches or a hideous death in
the snow-capped mountains north of the Watchtowers? Read the conclusion to this epic story on page 32!
Script & Art: Paul Davidson • Cover Art: Wayne England
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