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Thousands of years ago an unholy and unlikely alliance was forged...
A secret order, steeped in DEATH, and worshiping nothing but POWER and DESTRUCTION...
For generations, these malevolent forces have sown the seeds of despair...
They are determined to gain more POWER by feeding off the FEAR and ANARCHY produced by WAR!
They came from a dark past...
2,500 years before Sigmar's coronation...
A time when Death ruled.
The Ancient Land of Nehekhara, ruled by King Settra, gave birth to the Mortuary Cult.
They studied and worshiped Death.
Then, an even more sinister group used Death and Chaos magic in horrible rituals of Shadow and Blood.
Their power grew...
These are brief biographies of the four Dark Lords, the leaders of this regiment. When taken together, they paint a clear picture of the History of the Origins of Anti-Sanctus Chaotica:
Kutulu Xul,
Aladriel SwiftPain,
Machiavelli Noir,
Ar'achna Bael
Summary:
- Thousands of years ago, when the first human civilization was starting to grow in power, a High Elf named Cyn A'thalui learned that humanity's "darker subconscious" was manifesting in CHAOS and making CHAOS even more powerful. He was a despondent and vengeful elf, so he thought it'd be best to just kill off humanity.
- Cyn's own daughter (Aladriel) betrayed him, and he was caught by a contingent of humans under King Settra's command. He was imprisoned and taken to be tortured. Settra was eager to learn anything he could that elves might know about death and immortality. The lead torturer was Kutulu. Kutulu tortured Cyn, until the elf explained the impact that humanity's "naughty" thoughts were having on CHAOS and thought, "AH-HA!"
- Another prisoner, a Dark Elf named Noir, offered to help Kutulu learn how to gain MORE POWER by opportunistically feeding off the FEAR and ANARCHY that an EMPOWERED CHAOS could produce.
- So - they made their alliance official, and codified their philosophy in the Liber Anti-Sanctus Chaotica (the book of Unholy Chaos). This was the birth of the Unholy Legion.
An "Auto-biographical" Account of the Origins of Anti-Sanctus Chaotica:
- To the Children of My Desperation [STORY]
- This is not the story of Brion. Though, for a Bretonni tour-guide, he has his moments. In fact, this is hardly a story at all. No, this is the confession of Cyn A'thalui.
- Long before the rise human civilization, Cyn was blissfully happy. He was a husband. He was a father. Though Chaos already plagued his civilization, Cyn felt that he was the cure. And, in a manner of speaking, he was. Successful in his craft as a healer, Cyn lived a fulfilled life knowing that he could help his fellow citizens on the island of Ulthuan.
- Through tragic loss, unattainable vengeance, xenophobic rage, and heroic guilt- Cyn A'thalui is taken from bliss to the abyssal depths of his worst nightmares. As his life spirals downward into the eternal night, he is at once the enemy of all humanity, and later -perhaps- their only salvation...
- This autobiography is Cyn's final hope, his last chance to atone for the horrors that his grief-born rage has sired...
- Will humanity ever hear his confession? Will they heed his warning?
- "These words I leave to you, the children of my desperation."
- ~Cyn A'thalui
TIMELINE
- -15000 Old Ones Arrive
- -4500
Collapse of the Old Ones' Polar Gateways
- Chaos is released unchecked
into the world through the hole torn in the fabric of the universe by the
destroyed gates.
- Old Ones Die
- Old Slaan
Die
- -4471
Second Chaos Invation (Avelorn,
Ulthuan): Cyn
A'thalui's
wife (Aladriel's mother) is killed.
- -4458
Malekith (future King of the Dark Elves)
is born.
- -3500
Golden Age of Elves - voyages are undertaken to east and west, colonies
established in Old and New Worlds.
- -3000
Golden Age begins as Dwarven Empire founded and
establishment of Karaz-a-Karak as capital.
- -2723 The
Sundering. Witch King interferes with the Vortex which contained
Chaos Magic. Much of northern Ulthuan
sunk.
- Cyn A'thalui assumes that his innocent
daughter Aladriel has died in the Sundering.
- Cyn A'thalui joins the Shadow Warriors.
- Dark Elves establish
themselves in the cold land
of Naggaroth,
with its capital of Naggarond.
- -2700
When Naggaroth is finally established, Malekith has all of the Druchii sorcerers
murdered one by one, which even included some of the Dru
Perim. However, even though there appear to be
no male practitioners of Dark Magic in Naggaroth
there are inevitably some who lie in hiding throughout the cold lands.
- -2698
Noir is born to a lesser noble house in Naggarond.
- -2650
The Dark Elf Noir leaves Naggaroth
society as an exile, because he wishes to study magic that the Witch King
has forbidden male druchii to study.
- -2500
The rise of Nehekhara, the first true human civilization. (may
spread this over a year or two)
- Settra conquers entire land of Nehekhara; Khemri
founded as his residence, establishes the Priesthood of the Awakening and
builds Pyramid of Eternity.
- Kutulu Xul, an interrogator in Settra's army, is made a Mortuary Priest and
asked to interrogate "special" prisoners for information on
death and immortality.
- Noir is captured by Settra's armies and taken for "special"
interrogation.
- Cyn A'thalui learns of Settra's brutality, and that the growing human
society is inadvertently making chaos more powerful through their subconscious
fears and vices.
- Cyn travels to Khemri to poison the river and commit genocide (in
order to stop the humans from making chaos any stronger).
- Aladriel follows her father to Khemri.
- Aladriel sees her father preparing
large quantities of poison, and secretly alerts Settra's
forces to his presence.
- Cyn is made a
"special" prisoner.
- Kutulu interrogates Cyn and finds out about the subconscious connection
between humans and chaos.
- Noir, overhearing Cyn's interrogation, pledges to help Kutulu
learn how to capitalize on the information.
- Aladriel, also overhearing her
father's interrogation, introduces herself to Kutulu and Noir.
- Cyn escapes from Settra's prison.
- Archael, an accomplished veteran
soldier in Settra's armies is mortally
wounded and taken to the Mortuary Priests for study.
- Kutulu experiments on Archael, and
saves the soldiers life. Archael pledges to help Kutulu,
Noir and Aladriel with their secret studies.
- The four create a secret
society founded on the study of chaos and death magics
and the exploitation of peoples' fears.
- With some other ruthless Nehekharans (not all of whom were Mortuary Priests)
and with the guidance of some Dark Elves, this secret
organization manages to make Malevolence Manifest.
- They call the organization Anti-Sanctus
Chaotica.
- -2495
Cyn intervenes during a horribly
bloody Anti-Sanctus Chaotica ritual, as
eighty-eight nearly-dead, innocent, sacrificial prisoners were screaming
from un-natural pain and anguish, causing a cataclysmic eruption of
unchecked Chaos and Black magics.
- The Nehekharan
humans are instantly killed, but now reincarnate and regain memories of
all their past lives.
- The Dark Elves scattered,
but have renewed youth and even longer life-spans.
- Cyn's youth is also restored, and
he has the same lengthened life-span.
- -1959
Nagash slays Priest King of Khemri and seizes power.
- -1160
Alcadizaar the Conqueror defeats the Nagash and the Vampire Masters. Most
Vampire Masters flee and are cursed by Nagash.
- Eight female vampires,
descended from the line of Queen Neferata,
join the Unholy Legions of Anti-Sanctus Chaotica.
As a Coven, they are made keepers of the Sanctum Desecrata.
- -1151
The Great Ritual. The rising of Settra (start of the Tomb
Kings) - caused (on accident) by Nagash
performing the Ritual of Waking.
- -1
While on his way to watch Sigmar's coronation, Cyn is tricked by Aladriel and
imprisoned alive in a cave to die very slowly of starvation.
- 0 Sigmar
crowned as Emperor. Beginning of the Empire.
- 117 Raa'il
Brightwarden, a High Elf is born.
- more stuff happens
- 1818 Raa'il
Brightwarden vanishes.
- 1868 Raulen
Grimblade appears.
- 2490 Kutulu is
re-born in a nomadic, Khornate tribe north
of the Eastern Steppes.
- 2502 Election of Karl-Franz,
of the house of Holswig-Schliestein, as Emperor Karl-Franz
I
- 2505 Kutulu leaves his
tribe and heads on a pilgrimage northwest through the Chaos Wastes, where
he meets a Tzeentian zealot, the hermit
"birdman" of Mung, that shows Kutulu
the ways of Tzeentch. This triggers the
return of all of Kutulu's memories from
past lives.
- 2520 Dark Lord Kutulu and
Dark Lady Aladriel hold a meeting in the Sanctum Desecrata Malice to discuss recent events involving
the Witch King Malekith.
- 2523 Kutulu travels to Nordland to meet with UL-ASC agents in Tchar'zanek's forming Warhost,
and to recruit new members to the Legion.
- Kutulu sends Vernest
Nightmare to try and draw out the current incarnation of Lord Archael.
- 2524 The
Warhammer Prologue - a gathering of Daemons
- Ar'achna kills Vernest.
- Kutulu and Ar'achna fight.
- Kutulu and Ar'achna travel
to Naggaroth.
- The daemon Mahk'Yavelli (Machiavelli) possesses the druchii
Noir's body, taking his place as a Dark Lord of the Anti-Sanctus Chaotica.
- Kutulu and Ar'achna fight
Machiavelli Noir.
- Aladriel meets Ashivaeyr.
- Kutulu, Ar'achna and
Machiavelli are attacked by Dark Elves.
- Aladriel and Ashivaeyr join the fight and help to kill the Dark
Elves.
- The Four Dark Lords and Ashivaeyr travel to the Sanctum Desecratus Malice.
- The Four Dark Lords convene
a meeting to finalize their strategy for the Age of Reckoning.
- Lord Sordin
joins the meeting.
- Rubakka arrives with word that
members of the Nightmare Tribe are helping the Bloody Sun Boyz in an assault on Karak Eight Peaks,
and it's fall was near-at-hand.
- The Dark Lords and officers
of the UL-ASC make haste to the front-lines of the coming world war.
- 2525 Dwarven
city Karak
Eight Peaks
falls to the Bloody Sun Boyz' WAAAGH. (from Warhammer Online backstory).
- Emperor Karl Franz sends
reinforcements to Dwarven King Thorgrim Grudgebearer.
- Tchar'zanek's warhost
invades the weakened Empire.
- Finubar, Phoenix King of Ulthuan, sends reinforcements to help the Empire.
- Malekith sends an invading force on
the Black Arks to Ulthuan.
- CURRENT TIME - The
Age of Reckoning
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