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Karnulon, who had passed himself off to Golgoth as Kron, struggles through a hostile forest to find a one man saviour pod. The Word Bearers, observing the fall of Charydbia city from nearby, receive word that a vessel has been spotted leaving the planet. They track the trajectory of it as heading for the an ancient ship known as the Slaughtersong, which was believed to be a star of ill-omen by the people of Torvendis. The Word Bearers board the Slaughtersong and confront Karnulon, who declares that he is infact Arguleon Veq, a legendary Chaos champion who originally claimed Torvendis for Chaos by defeating a creature known as The Last. He summons his sword and attacks. The Word Bearers open fire but Arguleon Veq is faster than their bullets and has tens of thousands of years of battle experience. The Word Bearers flee throughout his ship but Arguleon Veq hunts them down. [[Amakyre]], the Word Bearer captain, and another make it back to their shuttle but the Slaughtersong fires upon their ship before they can dock with it.
A messanger messenger bird finds Golgoth in the keep and delivers instructions from Kron to go to the Hall of Elders in the forgotten Emerald Sword tribe stronghold. When Golgoth wakes after celebrations of the great victory, he finds Ss'll Sh'Karr and his deamons have broken the truce and are slaughtering his barbarians. Golgoth escapes and gets to the Hall of Elders where ghostly figures inform him they are the first of the Emerald Sword, placed here as guardians by Arguleon Veq to wait for a soul of pure hate. In him they see the loathing, violence, and betrayal he has gone through. They decide he is the one and give him the Emerald Sword, a weapon once used by Arguleon Veq. Golgoth flees the Hall of Elders as it starts to beat, like a giant stone heart.
The entire world shakes and breaks apart as Torvendis, also known as the Last, awakens. Torvendis is a sentient [[Eldar]] [[Maiden World]] that was corrupted into a [[Daemon World]] after being imprisoned by Arguleon Veq. The [[Slaughtersong ]] and Arguleon Veq return to Torvendis and watch as the planet devours Chraybdia city, killing all the daemons and dragging Sh'Karr into the ground. An earthquake rips open beneath Golgoth and he falls in, never knowing what drawing the emerald sword meant or why he had died. Torvendis now spasms and screams, ; it had been suffering and was driven insane from being violated by Chaos for so long. Now it wants revenge against the Chaos gods, and Arguleon Veq had let it free to accomplish this. Only the loss of an planet of such significance to Chaos like Torvendis would be enough to harm the Chaos gods. The shock waves from the planet tearing itself apart vapourise Amakyre's shuttle, as well as finally killing Arguleon Veq who did not wish to serve Chaos any longer. Waves of unleashed anger lash across the Maelstrom, screeching into every living mind in the Maelstrom. Even the gods turn to see their prize disappearing as Arguleon Veq and Torvendis get their revenge.
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