Just as the Necrons were eagerly preparing to launch a whole new version of their civil war on an unprecedented scale...
The fires of war across the Milky Way finally subsided for a brief respite.
Iax was taking the opportunity to reorganize its forces.
Vast quantities of battlefield wreckage were being salvaged.
And more Reality Breaker warships were being constructed in batches.
Yet in a place as complicated as the Milky Way, surprises were never in short supply.
Iax's construction of Reality Breakers at any cost was attracting the attention of a being even the Necrons had once feared.
Meanwhile, Grog Bonecrusha was waging a heart-stopping WAAAAGH on a Necron world in the Ultima Segmentum.
His opponent was beyond anything anyone could have imagined.
And none of this had gone unnoticed.
Trazyn the Infinite had no intention of taking part in the Necron Civil War that could erupt at any moment.
Nor was his presence here any coincidence.
Toward the end of the forty-first millennium, Ventris, captain of the Ultramarines' Fourth Company, and his Battle-Brothers had done something extraordinary.
While carrying out a suppression mission on an Imperial mining world called Pavonis, they had stumbled upon the Planetary Governor's foolish actions.
Local workers had discovered an enormous Cairn-class Tomb Ship that had crashed there while digging in the mines.
A Drukhari Kabal had soon arrived on the world as well, coaxing the Planetary Governor into releasing the C'tan Shard known as the Nightbringer from within the Tomb Ship.
They had deceived the governor, telling him that the C'tan would grant him endless life and power.
In truth, the Drukhari had merely wanted to use the C'tan Shard to harvest the souls of the millions living on the planet.
Upon discovering this, an Inquisitor of the Imperial Inquisition had wanted to