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While [[Abaddon]] is not personally involved in the Chaos invasion of the Pariah Nexus, he has nonetheless provided aid to Vashtorr in the form of the [[Soul Eaters]], a [[Black Legion]] warband commanded by [[Draix]]. While ostensibly allies to Vashtorr, the Soul Eaters forces aboard the ''Wyrmwood'' are also acting as Abaddon's spies to monitor the Daemon. Additional aid to Vashtorr has arrived in the form of [[Word Bearers]] under [[Dark Apostle]] [[Zakkis Armon]], who has ravaged the [[Ecclesiarchy]]-held world of [[Calathir]] and erected a shrine to the Dark Gods there. The act served to disrupt the Pariah Nexus, infuriating the Silent King and drawing the Necrons into conflict with the Word Bearers.{{Fn|10}}
[[Magnus]]' eye has also turned towards the Pariah Nexus. Having foreseen at least one future where Vashtorr actually succeeds in his goal of becoming a true God of Chaos, he and the [[Cult of Prophecy]] have initiated a plan to halt the Arkifane's possible ascension. However operating within the Nexus is particularly painful to the [[Sorcerer]]s of the [[Thousand Sons]], and thus they have primarily deployed ancient pre-[[Horus Heresy|Heresy]] [[Automata]] and other robotic thralls from beneath [[Sortiarius]]. These forces are led by [[Suleyman Khefre]] of the [[Cult of Knowledge]], who has invaded the [[Forzare System]] in search of Blackstone. He has since begun plundering the vaults of the Mechanicum in the region, coming into battle with the Imperium's own [[Legio Cybernetica|robotic terrors]].{{Fn|10}}
The Pariah Nexus also piqued the curiosity of [[Fabius Bile]]. Seeing an opportunity to capture large amounts of new test subjects, he allied with the [[Flawless Host]] and struck at [[Restitution]], the homeworld of the [[Gilded Sons]] [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]]. The exhausted Gilded Sons had already repulsed several Necron assaults, and were thus overwhelmed by Bile's sudden [[Terata]]-led invasion. Bile was able to plunder the Gilded Sons [[Gene-Seed]] vault and escape, and his forces still haunt the fringes of the Nephilim Sector.{{Fn|10}}
