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[Prosperan Son]

"I would never think to abandon the task at hand, my lord. Apologies." Marcus bowed to make amends. "Simply the thought of spilling our cousin's blood, well it's a tempting thought." He said as he stood straight once more.

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok waved his hand in a geture to forget about what had happened "i know Marcus it is the most tempting feeling this galaxy has to offer. Spilling our brothers life blood gives us strength after all" a small chuckle roared from Ariok's lips "i expect we will be landing soon remember my champion 'Kill the weak burn the sick and maim the foolish' the cultists will be the first to test the tunnels if all is well we will follow"

[Prosperan Son]

Marcus nodded, taking a moment to check the vox channels. He raised his head" The first wave is launching my lord, we should expect results within the hour, given they aren't shot out of the sky on their way down."Marcus informed the Chaos Lord. THe vibrations of cargo vessels' engines igniting was felt by everyone as the first wave descended.

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok smiled "then we will find out how well fortified they truly are all my warriors are just itching for the enemies blood and i am not going to deny them. How many more of my marines are ready to drop?" Ariok was twitching again and began whispering to his writhing blade forgetting Marcus was even close by

[Prosperan Son]

"All of them sir." Marcus answered, reconfirming via his vox-bead. "All Squads confirm that we are ready to be launched at your orders. All we wait for now, is word from the first wave. It shouldn't be long now."

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok let Another disturbing laugh leave his lips "good Marcus keep the bloodied night cult close by they have served me for millenia and the best tool to be used agianst the loyalists" Ariok then drew his daemonic blade feeling is bloodlust and power flow into him.

[Prosperan Son]

(Going to go ahead and fast forward.)

It is dark. Utterly and inescapably dark. The mountain cavern lacks any form of light, but judging by the echoes, and thanks to the their helmet's night-vision, it is easy to tell that the cavern can fit an entire Imperial Guard Regiment.

Ariok's Warband finds itself on the opposite side of a Mountain. Traveling through it's cave and tunnel networks to reach the Imperials Hive City from the other side. It is hoped that whilst the Dark Saint's Host makes war at the city front, they will approach from behind, where the resistance will be much lighter.

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok found it amusing as his cultists had survived he expected the mountain to collapse onto them. He kept his honour guard cult, the bloodied night close by all of them wearing there ornate terminator armour. Ariok turned to Marcus "when we come out the other side we will slaughter them all the cultists will charge for the defence guns and take controle of them whilst we kill every imperial dog in the open". He licked his lips as he was hungry for blood and slaughter

[Prosperan Son]

Marcus simply nodded in agreement, giving a light chuckle. The mountain was massive, and yet it seemed hollow to him. The caverns that they found themselves creeping through were vast, as though dug out. His helmet display allowed him and the others to see everything going thanks to the night vision, but the cultist were having a much harder time, having to resort to lumens and torches.

"Something feels wrong my lord. There's no sign of the Imperials, but yet it feels as though we are ...not alone."

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok laughed "i felt that way since we entered this place i have my suspitions its rigged to blow after all have a large number of cultists to remain here when it blows it will give them some small satisfaction if it does blow up we will continue ahead forced march" Ariok picked his pace up moving alot faster but still walking

[Prosperan Son]

"That's not what I meant-"Marcus was cut off by the scream of several cultist further down the lines. Several lights pointed in the direction of the scream, two astartes demanding to know who dared to let out a cry that may have alerted the enemy further down. There was nothing there.
"Who screamed?! Where are they?!" One of the Astartes asked angrily.
"My Lord...it came out of no where...." Answered one of the cultist, who had fallen to the ground, hugging his legs to his chest.
"What took them?!"
"I don't know!" The cultist dared to shout, pointing at the ground. The lights shined upon the ground showing a smeared trail of blood and organs.

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok walked towards the cultist who clearly lost his mind. He put a hand on his head then began to squeeze until his head was a mess of brain matter. Ariok then turned to Marcus "well it seems your suspicions were correct" with delight sburning through his blood he continued "Warriors prepare for combat scan the floor and the walls i want the possessed we have using their warp site we will destroy this threat" Ariok then continued on scanning the area as he went

[Prosperan Son]

"I think we've found it my lord." Answered another Astartes next to Ariok. He pointed towards the cavern ceiling. One of the Rhino carriers, sporting a spot light atop it's roof, directed the light towards the ceiling.

There clinging to the roof of the cavern was a massive beast of the darkest kind. It had the body of a serpent, long and slender, at a length of over 18 meters long and 4 four meters in width. The texture of it's skin was hard to tell whether it was reptile or mammalian, to dark to tell if it had fur or scales. It had four pairs of long thin legs however. It's head ended in a long snout, and it had a maw full of razor sharp needles that could be considered teeth. It did not appear to have any eyes however, yet it seemed to be staring straight at Ariok. And then it loosened a deep throaty roar from it's maw that echoed through out the Cavern.

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok laughed at the creature listening to its howl. "thats quiet a roar you have on you, you pathetic creature i will use your blood to fuel my ritual" Ariok voxed the entire army "warriors move now if one of those things come at you either kill it or die quietly" Ariok continued to stare at the creature as the army moved on until he drew his daemon blade and allowed it to silently scream in the minds of those around him

[Prosperan Son]

The Beast shrieks once more before detaching it's claws from the roofs, letting it's massive bulk and physics do the rest for it. The Beast smashes down, dead center into Ariok's forces, zig-zagging and worming it's way through them, sending a dozen cultist and several marines flying off their feet. With a snarl, the beast snaps away at a bundle of the fragile humans, snatching three of them into it's maw.

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok laughs at the beast and charges towards it firing his plasma pistol as he goes.[spoiler=Attack] 1d100 rolled for a total of: 76 (76)[/spoiler]

With bloodlust running through his veins Ariok ordered his havocs to fire upon the beast whilst he continues firing as he closed the distance and called to his daemonic blade to give him power for when he gets in range for a melee strike .

[Prosperan Son]

The Plasma Bolts stitch across the Beast side, sloughs of burnt meat sliding off with each hit, yet the Beast moves on unabated and seemingly untroubled by the shots smashing into it's thick skin.Raising it's long tail, it sweeps aside several more Astartes, the appendage sweeping low towards Ariok.

1d100 rolled for a total of: 93 (93)

[Lord Ariok]

[spoiler=dodge] 1d100 rolled for a total of: 74 (74) [/spoiler]

Ariok was slammed into a wall with damage runes flaring up showing his arm was shattered in several places and his chest plate was severely mangled. He drew upon the power of his daemon blade and to lend him its power. Ariok stood up and began running toward the great beast with unnatural speed. He jumpedup at the beast and grabbed anything he could and then began chanting the words of the four and poured warp energies into one powerful strike.

[spoiler=Attack] 1d100 rolled for a total of: 94 (94) [/spoiler]

[Prosperan Son]

Ariok's gauntlet's dug deep into the Wyrm's thick hide, finding purchase on the rough surfaces of it's skin. Had it's hide been smoother, perhaps Ariok would have lost it's grip. The Monster reared up on it's front limbs, thrashing about as Ariok clung onto it. It screeched as Ariok's blade plunged through it's hide, the properties of his blade, allowing it to cut through the Beast Skin like butter.

The Blade cut deep and a great spout of blood poured away at Ariok, causing him to his grip on the Beast that continued to thrash about mindlessly, it's movements slowly becoming more and more sluggish and slow.

[Lord Ariok]

Ariok smiled as the beast felt the sting of his weapon. He soon recovered himself as the power of the daemons power filled his veins. as he saw the beast slow down he opened the vox to his heavy support groups "my warriors pull back with the tanks and muster the hatred in your hearts ready to destroy the damned hive and await my orders" Ariok then began running towards the slowing beast raising his blade ready to slice through the beasts leg.

Spoiler

1d100 rolled for a total of: 95 (95)