The Word Bearers' forward base in the Deimos Peninsula was eventually conquered by the Blood Ravens. Unfortunately for Eliphas, the Blood Ravens ultimately proved victorious in the Dark Crusade and succeeded in cleansing Kronus of the taint of Chaos, xenos and Necrons alike. The Word Bearers' Daemon Primarch Lorgar can be pleased by defeating the T'au forces in Or'es Tash'n, for Lorgar is said to hate the irreligious above all others.Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler, leader of the Black Legion Chaos Marines, can be pleased by defeating the Blood Ravens Space Marines in North Vandea, although it is unknown why the defeat of a Chapter whose history is unknown would be especially pleasing to Abaddon.The favour of Tzeentch can be gained by defeating the Necron army beneath the Thur'Abis plateau.The favour of Nurgle can be gained by freeing the Plague Daemon imprisoned within the Hellstorm Cannon in Victory Bay, using the rotting corpses of the Imperial Guardsmen as sacrifice.He can gain the favour of Slaanesh by cracking open all the Aeldari Spirit Stones left behind when the Aeldari fled Tyrea, and offering the souls within to the Prince of Pleasure.He can gain Khorne's favour by offering to him the skull of Lord Crull, a Champion of the Blood God slain by the Ork Warboss Gorgutz on the winter world of Lorn V.Throughout the Dark Crusade, Eliphas was given ample opportunities to gain favour with the Ruinous Powers and other Chaos figures through the defeat of his enemies. Of all the factions on Kronus, save for the Blood Ravens of the Adeptus Astartes, Eliphas despised the Necrons the most as they had no souls left to be devoured by Chaos.Įliphas the Inheritor in the power armour of a Word Bearers Dark Apostle. He was armed with an Accursed Crozius and over the course of the conflict, gained new equipment to enhance his powers, such as Daemonic Armour and the same helm worn by the Word Bearers Primarch Lorgar 10,000 years previously during the Horus Heresy. He began his conquest at the Demon Gate situated in the Deimos Peninsula on the tropical southern coast of Kronus. Eliphas would lead his Word Bearers warband against the other six factions all vying for supremacy on the planet. ![]() Eliphas came to Kronus to turn the planet into a Daemon World and gain enough favour from the Ruinous Powers to become a Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided. The Warp opened between the points of the eight-pointed star and Eliphas stepped forth, heralding the beginning of the Ninth Inheritance. On the eighth night of their visit to the temple, Virgilius led the cultists to the great chamber at the temple's heart, where he and eight of his cultists were sacrificed atop the eight-pointed Star of Chaos. Using the knowledge gained from the Epistles of Lorgar, the cultists' leader Virgilius had planned to bring Eliphas to Kronus. This cabal had turned to Chaos to save them from the red harvest of the Necrons who had recently been reawakened on Kronus, and Eliphas had answered their plea to the Dark Gods. Later, during the opening phases of the Dark Crusade for control of Kronus in the 41st Millennium, Eliphas and the Word Bearers were summoned back to that world by a Chaos Cult at the Third Temple of Black Succession in the tropical south of Kronus' Deimos Peninsula. Warhammer 40K Darktide Review - Left To Shred Torquill Eliphas, or as he is most notably known, Eliphas the Inheritor, was a Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion who led the forces of Chaos on Kronus during the Dark Crusade fought for control of that world.ĭespite his defeat and death on Kronus and punishment by the Ruinous Powers in the Warp for his failure, he later returned to realspace as a Chaos Champion of the Black Legion to plague the Blood Ravens Space Marine Chapter on the world of Meridian in the Sub-sector Aurelia. Put down your arms, unbelievers, and bow before the forces of Chaos."Įliphas the Inheritor, Chaos Champion of the Black Legion There is no hope in opposing the inevitable. The Blood God himself has marked this land, and will claim your skulls for his throne. ![]() The chosen of Khorne hunger to add you to their bloody tally. Veterans of ten millennia of unholy war wait to grind you beneath the treads of their mighty boots. We have raised altars in this land so that we may sacrifice you to our gods. " Hear my warning, unbelievers, carried to your minds by the power of the Prince of Excess himself.
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