Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Roleplay/@comment-14745711-20140405203927

Here it is the moment, you or may not have been waiting for! Welcome to Secrets of Castallan, the second instalment in my RP series. In the previous chapter we saw the necrons of the Isandrekh dynasty rise from the ice of the Tyranus system, to reclaim planets, which had once been their core system. As the mechanisms of war began to grind into action, Dagorekh, the son of the Phaeron in the time of flesh and the acting Phaeron after his father was frozen in suspended animation, travelled to the Imperial controlled Tyranus system to help reclaim it. However, as his father emerged from his long sleep he accused Dagorekh of usurping the throne, and made him an arbiter: never to rest until he had purged the system of the Imperial presence. Thus Dagorekh gathered the forces of his own personal household, and prepared to drive the PDF from the system.

However, his task would be made difficult by the arrival of troops from both the Sayian Knights and the Iron Praetorians space marine chapters, not to mention the so far unexplained arrival of a group of Eldar in the system. At first it seemed that Dagorekh was bound to succeed, taking Tyranus, VI, V and IV within the first week. On Tyranus IV the necrons excavated a series of long lost artefacts from the depths of that planets nigh on immeasurable oceans, but one was doomed to change that campaign utterly, and claim hundreds of lives.

No one knows for certain why the Children of Hatred, loyal followers of the chaos god Malal, would come to the system to retrieve an artefact of seemingly minimal value, but come they did. A great fleet of chaos ships arrived and all fighting between the local powers ceased, in a desperate attempt to defeat the chaos assault. Despite the vastness of the chaos fleet, the combined navies the Imperial guard, space marines, eldar and necrons held them at bay. But it was clear that eventually the combined force could not hold together for long, despite their renewed numbers. In the end the commanders were forced to board the flagship and do battle the chaos lord/sorcerer, who announced himself as Rarakh. The eldar leader Talik was nearly slain, but was pulled from the engagement just in time, for his body to be healed. Rarakh eventually fled from the wrath of his adversaries, and Dagorekh and Kakarot-chapter master of the Sayian Knights-pursued him through the ships winding corridors. But they became separated, and Dagorekh was forced to face Rarakh alone, and while he seemingly slew him, the chaos lord somehow ascended to daemon-hood mid fight, and Dagorekh was forced to retreat. Meanwhile Kakarot did battle with a group of mysterious black armoured chaos warriors, and towards the end was shown a vision of his future.

Eventually Rarakh fled into the warp, and the Children with him, leaving the forces in the system sometime to catch their breath. But before he could renew the assault, Dagorekh was brought before his father, who banished him, claiming he had made a farce of this campaign and he no longer desired such a poor and untrustworthy commander in his dynasty. According to the laws of the Dynasty, the Phaeron set Dagorekh a task by which he might redeem himself and return: to find the Typhonian shards, ancient relics thought by most necrons to be legend. But Dagorekh has a way to find, the form of mysterious ally: the Nova. But first, he needs to Cornevax, a form of map to guide him on his search, and it is the Cornevax that the Nova can, and has lead him too.

Unfortunately it is on a planet in the Imperial sub-sector Venator, which is currently being torn apart by war between the local Imperial Guard, and an aggressive force of eldar, who are here pursuing an artefact all of their own. But in this conflict, Dagorekh sees a way to go in, and out, virtually undetected, retrieving the Cornevax without endangering his limited forces. However, he is unlikely to go totally unnoticed by the combatants...

Okay then, basically put up your faction and their purpose in the subsector and here, as well as their forces. This has taken a very long time to write, so I will put my forces up later. I accept anyone and everyone, though I would like to remind people who fought in Ice Sheets of Tyranus that it is unlikely that Dagorekh would meet the same character again in such a short space of time, so maybe it would be more realistic if they played using a different character.

Here are the links to the previous RP, which I recommend any newcomers read-through:

The Introductory, Pre-RP-part 1: []

Introduction RP-part 2: []

Introduction RP-part 3: []

Introduction RP-part 4: []

Actual RP-part 1: []

Actual RP-part 2: []

Actual RP-part 3: []

Actual RP-part 4: []

Actual RP-part 5: []

Actual RP-part 6: []

Actual RP-part 7: []

Actual RP-part 8: []

That's it everyone. Please join in, for everyone is welcome. Have a nice day!

The Lord of Silence 