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===The Dark City===
After the incident in the Astronomican, Crowl went missing despite attempts to find him by both Spinoza and [[Inquisitorial Representative]] [[Kleopatra Arx]]. Spinoza eventually recovers Crowl's Servo-Skull Gorgias, using it translate runes from the Eldar book recovered from the Astronomican to determine the Inquisitor's possible location.{{Fn|3a}} She and along with Revus and Khazad ravel travel to [[Mars]], where the Mechanicum had apparently constructed a secret Webway Portal due to its dealings with the Dark Eldar.{{Fn|3b}} However the gate is instead located on [[Luna]], which itself is in the turmoil of [[Battle of Luna|the Thousand Sons invasion]].{{Fn|3c}} When the group encounters Crowl, he is with Custodian [[Navradaran]] and has become infused with Dark Eldar DNA due to his earlier interactions with the Haemonculus. The group then decide to enter the Webway and prevent further dealings between the Mechanicum and Dark Eldar.{{Fn|3d}}
Within the Webway, the group is continually harried by Drukhari but upon discovering Crowl is transforming into one of them, let them pass. The group eventually arrives in [[Commorragh]] itself to the rendezvous point between [[Fabricator-General]] [[Oud Oudia Raskian]] and [[Archon]] [[Shae-Morvain]] of the [[Kabal of the Still-Living Knife]].{{Fn|3e}} confesses the extent of his dealings with the Drukhari, and is pessimistic that the Golden Throne can last more than another century without their aid. For their part, the Dark Eldar know they will wither and die without Humanity to prey upon.{{Fn|3f}} However Crowl and their retinue remain secretly committed to stopping the deal despite their apparent cooperation with. As the deal is going under way, Cowl is able to utilize a Dark Eldar device to visually explore Commorragh and witnesses the damage the [[Great Rift]] has caused to it. However much to his horror he discovers that the Dark Eldar are constructing their own version of the [[Golden Throne]] dubbed the [[Black Throne]]. This solidifies his resolve to stop the deal between the Mechanicum and Xenos at all cost.{{Fn|3g}}
