Deep within the Warp, inside the Brass Citadel, Khorne, one of the Four Chaos Gods, sat upon his brass throne, gazing up at the endless wars of the universe.
Suddenly, a ripple disturbed his calm thoughts. Someone he had marked appeared in his sight.
With a thought, an image appeared in his mind.
Covered in blood, Li Qinwu held a golden Boltgun and shot seven of his followers dead.
Khorne searched deeper for information and discovered that Li Qinwu was in a Duel Arena.
Decades earlier, one of his Greater Daemons had promised to offer him the Fortress World of Thunder Saint Alliance.
This Greater Daemon, born from intelligent beings' fear and worship of blood, was called the Blood Demon. He ranked among the more powerful beings in Khorne's daemonic army.
And the Fortress World of Thunder Saint Alliance was a world teeming with soldiers.
Corrupting such a world and offering it to Khorne would give him a fine terrarium. The Blood Demon might even receive praise from Khorne himself.
To that end, the Blood Demon had begun laying his plans decades earlier.
On one hand, he buried the Daemon Artifact known as the Brass Cauldron beneath the Fortress World of Raesmon.
On the other, he sent his lackeys, the Death Lord Warband, to lure the Tyranids into attacking the Fortress World of Thunder Saint Alliance.
That was right. The Tyranid crisis on the Fortress World of Thunder Saint Alliance was no natural occurrence. Someone had deliberately caused it.
The Blood Demon's lackeys in the Death Lord Warband used a complex ritual to attract the Hive Mind's attention, prompting it to send a tendril fleet to attack Thunder Saint Alliance.
Under the Tyranids' assault, Thunder Saint Alliance immediately faced the threat of collapse.
On the entire Fortress World, the Grand