Changer of Ways toyed with fate, turning it into threads that hung down as he tried to reestablish control over Azak Ahriman.
Azak Ahriman was far too valuable. Especially at the moment when Ahriman's Divine Seat manifested, Changer of Ways realized that Ahriman was even more valuable than he had anticipated.
The Divine Seat Azak Ahriman occupied was called Ahriman. It embodied the most malignant side of fate, symbolizing the destiny that all things would become dust and the darkness into which all would eventually fall. The closer the universe came to its end, the stronger and more dangerous this Divine Seat became.
Threads of fate pierced toward Azak Ahriman, who was imprisoned in a cage by the Space Wolves, from different dimensions of past, present, and future.
Magnus had lost all knowledge of psychic power at the time and had relied entirely on instinct to wield it. The power had been immense, but its accuracy had been rather mystical. As a result, when he sent Ahriman away from the Warp, there seemed to have been some deviation. Rather than being sent to the Sorcerer Planet, Ahriman fell toward Fenris.
Captured directly by Fenris's gravity from orbit, Ahriman smashed through the atmosphere, tore through the heavy clouds, and plunged headfirst into the Fang.
At the time, Old Wolf Rogal was holding a feast in the Fang, discussing the Sorcerer Planet that had suddenly appeared beside Fenris.
Then Ahriman crashed through the Fang's ceiling like an artillery shell and plunged into the Space Wolves' banquet hall. His horned helmet sank straight into the rough stone floor, leaving him standing upside down directly before Rogal Grimnar.
Even Old Wolf Rogal had never seen such a sight. He almost thought it was some new form of attack by Ahriman.
But Ahriman did not