The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Veronica's personally designed chamber on the Eternal Loyalty was spacious and bright. The walls were inlaid with polished tiles and hung with magnificent tapestries. The floor was covered with thick carpets, and the high ceiling was decorated with intricate patterns and silver clouds. The desk, carved from the bones of a massive beast, was inlaid with silver and gold, and the master of the room sat behind it.

He had broad shoulders, and his skin was slightly rough but very healthy. Beneath his robes was a steel-like frame, and with the slightest movement, his muscles would bulge. His robes were simple in style, without other ornaments, and his black hair was neatly trimmed.

Suddenly, Sorkhyan put down his pen, propped his chin with his fist, and gazed with gloomy eyes at the viewing projection window in the distance. Holy Terra was slowly rotating within.

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Before him lay Xerxes' notes on Eldar mythology, and beside it was another booklet belonging to Sorkhyan himself, filled with the names of Eldar gods, connected by lines illustrating their relationships.

This book had been sent over before Sorkhyan returned to the flagship because Sorkhyan had instructed that if an Inquisitor named Li came looking for him, he should be allowed to enter without announcement. However, unexpectedly, Li delivered the book to Sorkhyan on the bridge and left without a word, proving that his relationship with the Vanquisher was one of true subordination.

Originally, Sorkhyan wanted to take a look at it right away, but he didn't expect those priceless wines to still have a bit of an after-effect. It should be known that his body, if not immune to all poisons, was at least extremely resilient. However, it wasn't that he was drunk, but he experienced some minor discomfort and had to rest for a while.→

For an Astartes' energy, this rest was only a matter of two or three hours. After resting, he immediately immersed himself in research. Anyway, the things the Custodes were sending hadn't arrived yet, and Tyrean needed two days to contact the Forge Master General, so he had just become free.

After briefly organizing his thoughts, Sorkhyan turned his attention back to the notes and the relationship diagram he had made. In fact, with his abilities, he didn't need to draw it out like this, but it made it a bit more intuitive, mainly to perhaps trigger some of his thinking.

Xerxes had indeed put a lot of effort into Eldar mythology. For example, the Phoenix King's symbol, the Sunsword, according to Xerxes' research, should have been originally called Anaris, and it was also the weapon used by Khaine to kill the Eldar hero Eldanesh. Afterward, it should have been taken away and purified by Asuryan, and bestowed upon the Eldar Phoenix King as a symbol of their rule.

Regarding the relationship between Asuryan and the Eldar, Xerxes researched that the Eldar seemed to have experienced a cataclysm in ancient times. Originally, the Eldar gods could freely communicate and connect with their people, but Asuryan blocked this connection, completely isolating the Eldar gods from the mortal realm. The Eldar's own explanation is that Khaine, the Bloody-Handed God, received a prophecy that he would be torn apart by the Eldar, and vented his anger on them, while Isha wept for their children. After hearing Isha's weeping and Khaine's plan, Asuryan created a huge barrier, forever separating the gods from mortals.

But Xerxes himself believed that this was untenable because, according to the Eldar myths he had found and the information provided by a "friend," it was the dream goddess Lileath who told Khaine this prophecy, and Lileath herself was Isha's daughter, which presented some logical contradictions.

Why would the dream goddess create trouble for her own mother?

This was the question Xerxes wrote in his notes.

However, Sorkhyan guessed that he probably didn't know about the possible relationship between Isha and Asuryan when he wrote these things.

If we assume that Isha and Asuryan are actually husband and wife, then a conspiracy seems to emerge. Asuryan had his daughter tell his irritable brother a terrible prophecy, then Khaine attacked the lower realm, and Asuryan used this as an excuse to seal off the space of the Eldar gods—

So, what was the purpose?

Sorkhyan's gaze swept over the diagram he had drawn.

Asuryan - Khaine (brothers)

Asuryan - Kurnous (avatar)

Isha - Kurnous (husband and wife)

Khaine - Hekate (husband and wife)

Isha - Hekate - Hyae (twin gods)

Lileath - Isha (mother and daughter)

Asuryan - Vaul (brothers)

Vaul - Isha (helped forge soul stones)

Vaul - Khaine (brothers, suspected of conflict)

The Eldar gods are basically connected to each other, except for Cegorach and a mysterious wandering god named Hoec, who have no connection with the other gods. Cegorach is currently the only known Eldar god still active, but Hoec seems to have disappeared without a trace, and whether it is dead or not is a mystery.

Also, after reading the entire notebook, Sorkhyan vaguely felt that the behavior of Asuryan, the main Eldar god, was abnormally puzzling. The conflict between Khaine and the Eldar seemed to be related to him, and the conflict between Khaine and Vaul also seemed to be related to him, because it was Isha and Kurnous who found Vaul and asked him to forge soul stones, which angered Khaine.

The trigger for the entire Eldar internal War in Heaven was Isha and Kurnous.

If Kurnous is really an avatar of Asuryan, then why would he provoke infighting among the Eldar gods?

Is there some conspiracy, or some unspeakable secret?

Is it related to the final fall of the Eldar?

In addition, Xerxes also discovered several mysteries in his research. For example, according to some legends, the Crone Goddess Hekate seemed to have two daughters with Khaine, but they not only have no records, but even their names have not been left behind. However, there has always been a rumor in the Craftworlds that the Howling Banshees are shaped to imitate their forms, which means that these two goddesses should be the main gods of the Howling Banshees.

Considering the influence of the Howling Banshees, this seems a bit unreasonable. Could they have forgotten their own main gods?

Another mystery is that, according to the ancient Eldar myths conveyed by that "friend", Xerxes learned that Asuryan and Khaine once fought with the Nightbringer - almost the strongest of the Star Gods - and in the end, Asuryan used all his power to rearrange the stars, even creating a new constellation, and gathered a solar flare that swept across half the galaxy to deliver a decisive blow to the Nightbringer, completely defeating this Star God.

Xerxes himself complained that it sounded like a gorgeous boast, but that friend was very sure of this statement.

However, Xerxes heard another version from another source: the Nightbringer was defeated by the betrayed Necrons with super weapons.

If there is no third version, then one of the two versions must be false, or rather, incorrect.

Judging from the notes, Xerxes obviously believed that there was a third version - Asuryan defeated not the Nightbringer, but another Star God, and one that was no weaker than the Nightbringer.

It seemed that the Eleventh Primarch believed that there was a huge secret hidden within this matter, and that Asuryan himself may have modified the records.

But none of these three statements have clear evidence.

In addition, Xerxes also suspected in his notes that the Laughing God Cegorach might be in contact with the Star God Deceiver, but he did not write the specific reasons.

So, the main issue now facing Sorkhyan is to determine the true relationship between Asuryan and Isha. As long as this layer is determined, there is a very clear solution—

Rescue Isha from Nurgle's Garden.

It sounds crazy, but it's the only way Sorkhyan can think of to figure out the truth about Asuryan, because no one knows what happened to her husband better than Isha.