"When the Forger and the other gods attacked Commorragh, The Chronicler had remained behind in the least important part of the fleet."
"When signs of the portal opening appeared, the Space Marines who had already teleported to the cities on Commorragh's outskirts to hunt Eldar were summoned back."
"The Chronicler finally had a use."
"On the bridge of the Glorious Humanity, the Forger, stationed there, ordered The Chronicler: take those Space Marines through the opened portal into Commorragh's core and eliminate Khaine's avatar."
"The brave human warrior Bandis had thought he could not open the portal, but that was only because it required Psychic Power to activate. Usulan had merely needed some time to open it with the Spirit Bone Device."
"And now..."
"Standing before Khaine's avatar, summoned by Phoenix Lord Ahra's sacrifice of himself, was one of the three complete C'tan—the Chronicler!"
Ink-like words appeared out of thin air across the pages of the massive book as they turned without pause.
The C'tan's power stirred up a storm that distorted space throughout the warehouse housing the portal.
No one present could understand what The Chronicler was muttering, but a fragment of consciousness within Khaine's avatar, which had once fought the C'tan in a bloody battle, understood.
Yet Khaine's avatar was only a fragment and hardly capable of trading words. It slowly turned its body to face the suddenly appeared formidable enemy.
There was only one formidable enemy.
To Khaine's avatar, personally summoned through the Phoenix Lord's self-sacrifice, those Space Marines were merely mortal flesh waiting to be brutally ravaged. Its true enemy stood behind them, and there was only one.
"Faced with Khaine's menacing avatar, The Chronicler, who was not skilled in combat, could think of only one way to fight."
"In a spot behind Khaine's avatar, beyond its