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. He is presumed to have fought on Terra with the rest of his Legion, before retreating to the Eye of Terror when the Warmaster Horus was defeated. 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.Įliphas was first present on the world of Kronus as part of the Shadow Crusade during the Horus Heresy, where he fought against the Ultramarines as the Chapter Master of the Ark of Testimony Chapter of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion.Įliphas sought to harness the power of the Warp in the construction of the mighty Templum Daemonarchia, however the full potential of the temple was never realised, as the Word Bearers on Kronus were recalled by Lorgar as the Shadow Crusade ended. 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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