Tag: Fiction

The bitter taste of defeat

Deep in the bowels of the planet, in the heart of the Necron command center, the rumble of distant explosions shook the floor and disturbed millennia-old dust that rained down from the vaulted ceiling above. The cryptek known as Aubastet stood unmoving. The dust was insignificant, and his […]

Lecia Athena prepares for war

A while back, TheGM asked Lecia Athena (notorious Imperial traitor and follower of the Corvus Cluster) to suggest a scenario idea concerning her anti-Imperial activity on the agri-moon of Dar Sai. Lecia kindly wrote a brief but colorful narrative background for a scenario, which TheGM took the liberty […]

Lady Serillian vs. the Witch Queen

I am needed elsewhere. That thought crossed the mind of Lady Serillian for the hundredth time as she moved stealthily through the catacombs beneath the shrine world of Celestius. Ork, Tau, Necron—so many threats to deal with. Hunting down the leader of an illicit cult is the work […]

Shorehammer Report: Cult of the Haruspex

Civil disorder on the world of Morkai can be attributed to the growing influence of the Cult of the Haruspex, a terrorist organization that is spreading among the mutant communities in the lowest levels of the hive cities. The cult promises that a “great liberator,” the Haruspex, will […]

Fortune and Glory: Rumlar’s Victory

Battle raged around him.  (Knights of Altair flee the Barad Mines.)  With a hearty laugh, Rumlar burst from his battlewagon, leading his boyz through the ruins to strike at the Knights.  As he leaped over the wall to the floor of the ancient hall, Rumlar roared, urging his […]

The unrecognized role of Captain Speakeman

The first wave of missiles had struck home, destroying a Tau frigate and damaging one of the larger capital ships that was approaching the Imperial battle line. Looking away from the tactical screens that fed information to the bridge of The Emperor’s Wrath, Captain Marcus Speakeman, intelligence chief […]