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WARHAMMER 40,000
I
T IS THE 41ST MILLENNIUM.
F
OR MORE THAN A HUNDRED CENTURIES THE
E
MPEROR HAS SAT IMMOBILE ON THE
G
OLDEN
T
HRONE OF
E
ARTH.
H
E IS THE MASTER OF MANKIND BY THE WILL OF THE GODS, AND MASTER OF A MILLION WORLDS BY THE MIGHT OF HIS INEXHAUSTIBLE ARMIES.
H
E IS A ROTTING CARCASS WRITHING INVISIBLY WITH POWER FROM THE
D
ARK
A
GE OF
T
ECHNOLOGY.
H
E IS THE
C
ARRION
L
ORD OF THE
I
MPERIUM FOR WHOM A THOUSAND SOULS ARE SACRIFICED EVERY DAY, SO THAT HE MAY NEVER TRULY DIE.
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ET EVEN IN HIS DEATHLESS STATE, THE
E
MPEROR CONTINUES HIS ETERNAL VIGILANCE.
M
IGHTY BATTLEFLEETS CROSS THE DAEMON-INFESTED MIASMA OF THE WARP, THE ONLY ROUTE BETWEEN DISTANT STARS, THEIR WAY LIT BY THE
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STRONOMICAN, THE PSYCHIC MANIFESTATION OF THE
E
MPEROR’S WILL.
V
AST ARMIES GIVE BATTLE IN HIS NAME ON UNCOUNTED WORLDS.
G
REATEST AMONGST
H
IS SOLDIERS ARE THE
A
DEPTUS
A
STARTES, THE
S
PACE
M
ARINES, BIO-ENGINEERED SUPER-WARRIORS.
T
HEIR COMRADES IN ARMS ARE LEGION: THE
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MPERIAL
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UARD AND COUNTLESS PLANETARY DEFENCE FORCES, THE EVER-VIGILANT
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NQUISITION AND THE TECH-PRIESTS OF THE
A
DEPTUS
M
ECHANICUS TO NAME ONLY A FEW.
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UT FOR ALL THEIR MULTITUDES, THEY ARE BARELY ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF THE EVER-PRESENT THREAT FROM ALIENS, HERETICS, MUTANTS - AND WORSE.
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O BE A MAN IN SUCH TIMES IS TO BE ONE AMONGST UNTOLD BILLIONS.
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T IS TO LIVE IN THE CRUELLEST AND MOST BLOODY REGIME IMAGINABLE.
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HESE ARE THE TALES OF THOSE TIMES.
F
ORGET THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, FOR SO MUCH HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN, NEVER TO BE RE-LEARNED.
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ORGET THE PROMISE OF PROGRESS AND UNDERSTANDING, FOR IN THE GRIM DARK FUTURE THERE IS ONLY WAR.
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HERE IS NO PEACE AMONGST THE STARS, ONLY AN ETERNITY OF CARNAGE AND SLAUGHTER, AND THE LAUGHTER OF THIRSTING GODS.
PART ONE
The Exiled Knight
PROLOGUE
Knight of the Inner Circle
I will die on this world.
I cannot tell where this conviction comes from. Whatever birthed it is a mystery to me, and yet the thought clings like a virus, blooming behind my eyes and taking deep root within my mind. It almost feels real enough to spread corruption to the rest of my body, like a true sickness.
It will happen soon, within the coming nights of blood and fire. I will draw my last breath, and when my brothers return to the stars, my ashes will be scattered over the priceless earth of this accursed world.
Armageddon.
Even the name twists my blood until burning oil beats through my veins. I feel anger now, hot and heavy, flowing through ............
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