Sonem VIII, the trench encircling the equator.
Nimrod had brought only three people with him: Chief Apothecary Mikel, Death Lord Adams, and the Storm Discipline Psyker Nicholas.
He followed the glittering Diamond Gold vein to its end, walked to the cliff, and looked down into the deep trench.
He saw tentacle-like vines wrapped around the church, and heard the shrieking of ghosts.
Light and shadow flickered in the Primarch's eyes, taking in the veins of the entire planet.
The trench beneath his feet was the center of the whole world, whether in the real world or in the supernatural domain.
In the dimension of reality, its depth had no end, and its silence held not the slightest ripple. It was a dead sea in the truest sense.
The Mentor of Chaos opened his Spirit Sight, and all that entered his eyes was a field of pallor.
Nicholas walked to the cliffside and stood one step behind the Black Emperor, gazing at the Abyss beneath his feet.
"My lord, this place reminds me of Krakagard, and of the legends of the Fenris underworld."
"On the last day of clear summer, at the moment closest to the Eye of the Wolf, when the wolf moon rises, the ghosts of the heroes' graves return to the world, back to the world where they wrote their legends."
"Legend says that if one passes through the Gate of Siltir in Krakagard at that time, one can go to the underworld, the realm of the dead."
Nimrod nodded. He knew the Eye of the Wolf Nicholas spoke of was the star of the Fenris System.
The last day of summer was Fenris's perihelion to its star.
He still remembered that passing through the gate to the underworld was not easy.
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