(General POV)
Location Warhammer Old World-Kislev, North Oblast: Edge of the Corrupted Tzeentchian Lands of the Dark Legion, Battlefield; Dark Legion vs. Kislev
Now Katarina was in the literal grasp of the Arcane Monarch, as the Ice Court was successful crushed and the Warp Gods' Dark Legion were slaughtering all that remain alive, so under no doubt this battle is Tzeentch's victory.
While the weakened Katarina struggle in the grasp of the Chosen of the Gods, kicking and desperately trying to access her magic, but couldn't as whatever Ixion did to her before, didn't allow her use, her ice magic to escape let alone defend herself.
She was completely at the mercy of Ixion Daemonhart, as Tzeentch was discussing with his older brothers on what to do with the woman, but the Dark Harbinger gave his youngest brother a suggestion of using Katarina as a radar to track down Ursun, wherever he was hiding.
With Kislev blighted in tzeentchian mutation and corruption, he'll be at his weakest and a much easier prey to hunt and capture.
Convinced by his brother, Laharl, he smashed the bud of his scepter against Katarina's temple, and knocking her out.
With this battle being already won, he tossed Katarina unconscious body over his upper shoulder, and he started to move towards Enzium to rest and recuperate, along with thinker around on how to make Katarina a Bear God radar...
Sometime later...
Location Kislev, Within Enzium: The Top Tower, the Throne Chamber
Tzeentch/Ixion was still on their throne, far from recover even slightly, from all the damage that Ixion/Tzeentch sustain in his battle with Malakai, and surviving two...two damned explosions!!
Laharl told his brother it would take years for their avatar to be fully recovered, even stating that if wasn't for Tzeentch's magic then their avatar wouldn't be able to move around, after all that Ixion had to suffer, Nurgle even commented that wouldn't have to suffer such damage if Tzeentch was a bit more conscious of his actions.
This started a large and loud argument between the Changer and Maggotking, while the Dark One and the Blood God let them have their little spat, as they talk among themselves.
Eventually Tzeentch and Nurgle stopped their fighting, or more like the Architect got tired and decided to change the subject, he called for Aillia that spoke in her "fake" monotone sounding voice, (Yes Lord Architect. What can I do for you?) Laharl knows that Aillia was only acting, but his little assistant not acting as her usual bubbly, cheery self is weird to him, regardless Tzeentch ordered her to show the changes to his avatar stats, as she responded, (Right away Lord Changer.) and a blue transparent screen appeared, floating in front of Ixion.
Tzeentch
TITLE: Arcane Monarch of the North.
WEAPONS-1.Hellbane Malice.
2.Balewing Halbert, the Azure Eye of the Raven.
3.Corrupted Ursunite Scepter.
GEAR: The Bargained Arms of the Hopeless Soul.
LEVEL-41 SOULS: 6377
POW-248 + 24.
EDU-149.
AGI-162.
MISS-323.
ACC-264.
CHA/LEAD-280.
MAG/PSY-526 + 56.
RES-490.
Magic Lore-1.Lore of Tzeentch Lv-4
2.Lore of Fire Lv-4
3.Lore of Metal Lv-2
4.Lore of Shadow Lv-2
5.Lore of Astros/Star Lv-2
6.Lore of Ice Lv-2
Spell List-Tzeench: Fires of Change, Pink Fire of Tzeentch, PFT-Upgraded, Blue Fire of Tzeentch, BFT-Upgraded, Glean Magic, Infernal Gateway, Treason of Tzeentch.
Fire: Fireball, Burning Stream, Kindleflame, The Burning Head, Piercing Bolts of Burning, Cascading Fire Cloak, Flaming Sword of Rhuin.
Metal: Metalshifting, Glittering Robe, Searing Doom, Plague of Rust, Gehenna's Golden Hounds, Transmutation of Lead.
Shadow: Enfeebling Foe, Withering, Liar's Woes, Penumbral Pendulum.
Astros/Star: Star, Starflash, Celestial Rain.
Ice: Frost Shield, Infernal Blizzards.
Combo Magic Spells
1.Occularous Infernum; Lores of Tzeentch + Fire.
2.Fluxing Thunderbird; Lores of Tzeentch + Lightning.
3.Eldritch Paranoia; Lores of Tzeentch + Shadow.
Quite the upgrade, having killed Boris, defeated Katarina, and not mention a lot of Kislevites and Dwarves were slain by Tzeentch in the previous battle.
Like always Tzeentch started to gloat and open his big mouths, talking smack...which only annoyed all the older Warp Gods, as they shared the same thought, "Give Tzeentch a inch, he takes a freaking mile." soon they yelled at the Changer to shut up!!!
As Tzeentch did so with a chuckle in his throats, he dismissed the status screen, as for now they wait a couple of months to see if their little "radar" leads them to their prize, and also allow all that answered their calls to come to Kislev and join the Dark Legion, and later they'll use Laharl's Haz'kariot to summon more daemons from the Warp to replenish the loses that they've suffered in this war...
So for now they wait...
Location Ursun's Secret Den
Ursun was devastated, it been some months since Kislev has fallen.
Boris, Olesya, Grigori, Kostaltyn, and Katarina have been defeated, and even the unexpected but welcome aid of the dwarves wasn't enough to stop the Dark Legion.
The Bear God, he was truly sad and filled with despair, but mostly pain, as the corruptive powers of Tzeentch have attacking him non-stop, ever since the final defenders of Kislev were destroyed.
Another surge of pain coursed through him, but then he sensed something...something evil and dark, as his frost covered den was started to heat up in unbelievable heat.
Then a fowl order was emanating allover the den, along with magic surging in the area, and lastly the shadows started to move and gather all around him, before he could even react a portal tore open above Ursun, and a large, blackish-blue, nine digited, claw from a strong blue arm reached down and smashed against the back of the Bear God's neck.
Forcing him down against the rock and snowy floor of the den, as the claw squeezed around him, Ursun couldn't break free not only to feel himself being lifted off the ground, Ursun roared and clawed at whatever entity was holding onto him, but he was too weak and his claws weren't doing anything to the entity, as he was pulled through the portal...
Location Unknown Void
As the Bear God was pulled into a multi-colored void, multiple tones of red, blue, green, and violet, as the entity let him go and Ursun couldn't fall or move right, all he did was float around in a void.
But he wasn't alone, soon he realized where he was and who took him...this time...there they were the Chaos Gods with exception of Slaanesh, all four Dark Gods were there the imposing Blood God, Khorne, the rotting Plague God, Nurgle, the unknowable Change God, Tzeentch, and...the Carnage God, Laharl Valboga!!
But unlike other times that Ursun faced the Dark Gods, they have more imposing form and clearly much more powerful than previous encounters, plus now that the Bear God, has first encounter the Bat God in his disturbing visage, (Laharl is in his bat-like Shadow of Despair form) as his eight serpents were slithering and hissing intimidating at Ursun.
Ursun knew his fate has been sealed, as all four of those Chaos Gods, reached out their titanic hands at him and all went dark...
Location Kislev, Within Enzium: The Top Tower, the Throne Chamber
They have captured Ursun, and placed him into a suspended animation to feed upon later with their families back on the Warp.
Plus having Ixion resting in its altar, will speed up its recovery, and allowed them to enjoy themselves with their wives and children, or in Tzeentch's case his dear fiancée, Laharl did make a comment to his younger brother, "Soo when's the wedding, Tzeentch?" which always made the Changer, start babble and get flustered that made him, Nurgle, and Khorne laugh at the Changer's state.
In the course of their two month search for Ursun, a humongous surge of chaos worshippers and warbands that answered the call of the Warp Gods, not only replenishing their major losses but also drastically increase their numbers to eclipse their previous force.
As the Warp Gods they checked those numbers more accurately, Khorne being the one that called Aillia this time to bring up the Army Screen to inspect things, as a long transparent blue, floating screen appeared before Ixion in his tzeentchian state still.
The Warp Gods began to read the information in the screen...
Name: Ixion Daemonhart
Operators: Laharl, Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch
Chaos Marks Obtained-Nurgle, Khorne, Laharl, Tzeentch, Chaos Undivided.
Faction: The Dark Legion.
Weapon Type: Great Chaos-sword
Weapon Name: Hellbane Upgraded-all four daemonic swords a darkblade, a hellblade, a plaguesword and a balesword fused and changes form depending who's driving the avatar.
Gear-Undivide: Haz'kariot, Ring of Damnation, The Chains of the Gilded Prophet.
Laharl: Crystal of Overwhelming Insanity.
Khorne: The Gauntlet of Relentless Fury, Spinecage Plate, The Bloody Warlord Greaves.
Nurgle: The Pandemic Star Shield, Decaying Armor of Bluttaplex, Incense of a Thousand Corpses.
Tzeentch: The Bargained Arms of the Hopeless Soul.
Capital-Enzium, the Living Daemon Fortress
Territories-1.Chaos Wastes: 20.02%
2.Norsca: 83.25%
3.Troll Country: 13.12%
4.Kislev: 81.07%
Army Size-Total: 52539.
Units
Lord/Heroes-1.Kholek Suneater.
2.Tai Tai Shien.
3.Skarlet.
4.Dullahad.
5.Yuri Godslayer.
6.Throgg the Troll King.
7.Harald Hammerstorm.
Mounts-Exalted Manticore: Whiptail.
Daemonic Forces
1.Carnage Daemons-2758=Knightmares 700, Mortfinis 700, Succubi 600, Hell Seductresses 100, Hell Lusts 500, Observers 100, Infernals 50, Terrorfiends 8.
2.Blood Daemons-3219=Bloodletters 700, Blood Valkyries 500, Warblooded 10, Rendmasters 7, Bloodcrushers 700, Bleeding Banshees 500, Flesh Hounds 700, Hell Wraths 150, Slaughterbrutes 45, Oranggueras 8.
3.Plague Daemons-3222=Great Unclen One 5, Infectors-500 [Hostless Maggots 296, Werekin 5, Marauder Hosts 62, Kislevite Host 50, Chaos Knight Host 30, Warhound Hosts 50] Nurglings 1000, Plaguebearers 400, Poxbringers 14, Repulsive Khaos 300, Hell Sloths 500, Plague Toads 500, Sibriex 8.
4.Change Daemons-4460=Pink Horrors 700, Blue Horrors 1400, Brimstone Horrors 2000, Changecasters 9, Decarabia 200, Flamers 400, Exalted Flamers 200, Hell Prides 500, Cockatrice 24, Mindstealer Sphiranxes 20, Malachi 8.
5.Chaos Undivided-1008=Chaos Furies 1000, Hell Vanguards 8.
Mortal Forces
1.Frost Eldars-3365=Ice Warriors 1000, Cryowitches 800, Shadow Hunters 800, Dark Wendigo 15, Crystal Wraiths-Archers 750.
2.Beastmen-6786=Beastlord 1, Doombull 1, Ghorgon 3, Catsabers 500, Harpies 600, Gors 1000, Bestigors 500, Centigors 500, Ungors 1000, Bloodbulls 500, Khornegors 700, Slaangors 600, Tzaangors 900.
3.The Blades of Khorne-3479=Aspiring Deathbringer 1, Khornate Norscans 700, Wrath Khights 700, Mighty Skullcrushers 700, Khornate Chaos Spawns 32, Bloodreavers 500, Blood Warriors 700, Bloodstokers 100, Bloodsecrators 8, Slaughterpriests 22, Realmgore Ritualist 1, Khorgorath 8.
4.Maggotkin of Nurgle-3936=Harbingers of Decay 42, Lords of Blight 28, Lords of Plagues 700, Putrid Blightkings 700, Plague Marauders 500, Rotknights 500, Plagueknights 700, Rotbringer Sorcerers 18, Bile Trolls 700.
5.Hedonites of Slaanesh-1047=Myrmidesh Painbringers 440, Chosen of Slaanesh 200, Pleasurebound Knights 200, Blissbard Archers 100, Blissbarb Seekers 75, Chaos Sorceror 1, Shardspeaker 1.
6.Disciples of Tzeentch-2794=Fatemaster 1, Magisters 30, Doom Knights 700, Arcane Knights 1000, Kairic Acolyte 1000, Tzeentchian Chaos Spawns 9.
7.Darkwings of Carnage-2455=Anarchy Overlord 1, Lords of Terror 18, Nightbourne Beasts 250, Dark Warlock 20, Unhallowed 300, Hauntknights 200, Blackbane Hellrisers 500, Havocpreachers 50, Carnage Marauders 650, Hellbats 400.
8.Slaves of Darkness-8000=Berserker Marauders 1000, Spearmen 1000, Great-Axe Marauders 1000, Chaos Knights 1500, Fimir 15, Axe-throwers 1000, Skin-Wolves 350, Chaos Mutants 600, Curs'd Ettin 30, Chaos Warhounds 1000, Norscan Ice Wolves 400.
9.Daemonhosts-600=Bloodhosts 200, Plaguehosts 200, Carnagehosts 200.
10.Darkoath Savagers-1025=Darkoath Warqueen 1, Chieftains 20, God-speakers 10, Proven 100, Gloryseekers 200, Wrathtouched 350, Savagers 300.
11.Chaos Sorcerors-40=Tzeentchian 10, Laharlish 7, Pyromancers 6, Metalmancers 5, Shadowmancers 6, Beast-Sorcerors 6.
12.Titanomachy Giants-12=Khornate Giants 4, Nurglish Giants 4, Laharlish Giants 4
13.Shartaks-265=Shaggoths 50, Dragon Ogres 200, Summoners of Rage 15.
14.Monsters of Chaos-1425=Manticores 11, Mammoths 2, Chimeras 12, Raptoryx 100, Bats 800, Direbats 500.
15.Trolls of Throgg-4000=Trolls 1000, River Trolls 1000, Stone Trolls 1000, Ice Trolls 1000.
As stated before, their number have gone through a massive increase and strengthening than before, not only that in only a few months since the Ice Court and the Masters of Innovation have been defeated and their grasp over Kislev is nearly 100%, and with trolls willingly surrendering more territory to join Throgg and in turn the Dark Legion, has also expanded the Warp Gods influence inside Troll Country.
Aside that, they were quite possibly the largest Chaos army in the Old World, Laharl thought that they're quite possibly surpass Archaon's End Times army, whatever they dismissed the army stat, as Laharl mentally contacted Aillia to talk to her and check up on his little advice.
Just as he thought of Aillia, she answered in her normal cheery and happy self, (I'm fine!!👍👌😁 And even if it wasn't you my Lord, I'll admit Tzeentch did a surprising good job, taking this land, even thou I think you've done it better!! 😉 ❤️) this made the Dark One, chuckle and thanked Aillia, as she giggled and went quiet.
Laharl would never need a glorified hypeman, when he has sweet, adorable Aillia, as she started babbling incoherently, cause she was embarrassed and flustered, just like he mentioned many times, it was just precious to mess with little Aillia sometimes.
Aside from that things were practically finished on Kislve, and the way to the South was wide open and ripe for plunder.
Once Ixion was fully recovered, and they spent a while with their families back on their homeworld in the Warp, they'll continue the campaign onto the south, aiming straight to the lands of the Vampire Counts, Sylvania.
As they finished things in the Old World, Tzeentch, he relinquished his command of the avatar, reverting it to its undivided state, but the grayish chaotic armor of Ixion is badly damage, it took the will of the Dark Gods to keep the avatar together, making it clear that the avatar suffered way more damage than the others apart of Tzeentch originally imagined, as the Warp Gods open a rift back to the Warp, and in turn doing this action has frozen the Old World in time, as the Dark Gods made the avatar walked through the rift...
Location the Warhammer 40k World: the Warp/Immaterium: Over the Blood Lands, the Azure Moon; Core/Secret Azure Moon Altar of Ixion
The avatar of the Gods, Ixion Daemonhart, cross through the portal, wabbling and twitching from the damage that it suffered from the previous battle...the Chaos Gods, made Ixion walk over to the center of the altar, to begin the process of transferring their consciousness back to their original body, sitting on their colossal throne that circle around the altar and resting place of Ixion.
As they placed Ixion into its usual resting position, on one knee, as surging chaotic powers over the bodies of Khorne, Laharl, Tzeentch, and Nurgle was lowering in power, as they felt themselves fading...as the chaotic energy formed a sphere around the avatar, Ixion Daemonhart, one by one the Chaos Gods returned to their original body.
As each of them got up from their respected throne, and start stretching their stiff bodies, they were back home, after sometime...
They looked at one another and nodded respectfully to each other, as they made their way to the entrance/exit to the avatar's altar.
Location the Surface of the Azure Moon
Immediately Khorne was the first to leave, as the moon was over his domain, he simply leap over to his crimson, wartorn, ever bloodsoaked, daemonic land of the Blood God.
Next to leave was Laharl, unfolding his largest wings, while sprouting the rest of them, as his massive black, violet, gray, and maroon colored plumage, stretched and felt free and good to use them, as Laharl said his goodbyes to his younger brothers, Nurgle and Tzeentch, and also that soon they'll enjoy a Bear God feast at a later date, they nodded to him and one powerful flap Laharl left the Azure Moon to go to his Nethervoid, following up was the Decaying God, Nurgle.
Summoning a swarm of countless flies, gnats, and other insectoid plagues to carry him off the moon, and back to his lovely Gardens, leaving the Changer as the last to leave, he was "as" flashy as his older brothers, deciding to just teleport back home to his domain, the Realm of the Sorcerers.
(Anathema POV)
Location the Materium/Realspace: Hiveworld, Terra; Desolated Area
Humanity has left to the stars, but those that remain were suffering greatly.
Resources were getting scarce, my project of superhuman enforcers and soldiers was ready to be unleashed should I command, as I look out at the desolate desert that used to be Europe...such a shame, finally mankind was truly starting to prosper for them to mistreat the birth cradle of humanity, at least now we can spread amongst the void to claim Worlds to rebuild Earth...or as many have started to calling it now Terra.
Turning my head toward the grayish, and once blue skies of my world, I must make plan for the future, apart from rebuilding these desolated grounds, I must aim greater, at least the transport vessels have found good worlds to colonize and soon resource and supply-lanes can be established.
As I heard a sound coming closer, not needing to look or address the one approaching me.
Malcador, a powerful psyker that I've meet long ago, and come to trust as a dear companion and friend, Malcador stood beside me, as he asked, "What troubles you my old friend?" I began to say that he was watching what once was...humming, as he understood my meaning.
Like me Malcador watched empires rise and fall along with the aftermath of humanity misguided did wrought upon our homeworld, he reported that the "Custode Project", was going smoothly, pleasing me, after I'd was half finished with the Thunder Warrior Project, I'd already started working on a special brand of superhuman, that will be the pinnacle of pinnacles, my personal companions and forces in what awaits...