Chapter 6
Two Hours Ago
Greetings Ahzek Ahriman said the Ethereal Equine.
"So, you are this 'Spirit of Harmony'...what separates you from the other parasites of the Warp?" Ahriman interrogated.
My food. The creature said. Friendship, by it's nature, cannot be forced. And thus, I am incapable of sustaining myself through Conquest and Corruption.
Ahriman blinked. An honest answer with sound logic...from a Warp spawn!? "...well then...am I now to believe that I must devote myself and my servants to strengthening your presence in the Warp in order to cure the Rubric Marines?" Ahriman asked, fishing for the catch.
No, as long as you bring no harm to my subjects, I will help you. The Spirit clarified.
"...It can't be that simple." Ahriman stated, even with the abnormal nature of this Warp spawn, it couldn't be this easy.
The Spirit gave an apologetic sigh. It is against my nature to ignore those in need, but the children of Isha chose to reveal my presence to you now because Equestria will soon be in grave danger. And I cannot cure more than the Rubrics you brought to me unless you protect my subjects. Not because I wouldn't help you, but because I would starve and perish.
Ahriman sighed himself, of course this was the Eldar's machinations...but why? " If the Ruinous Powers can breach your defenses, then how do those pompous knife-ears expect me to stop the will of the Gods? And what do they gain from it!?"
I cannot answer the latter, for the whims of Ceogoragh are as mysterious to himself as to all others. As for the former: The Primal forces that define the modern Age cannot destroy me directly, and my power protects my subjects from their servants, so they are working to expell this world from the Warp...into real space...in Imperial territory.
A dark chill ran down Ahriman's spine as he tightened his grip on his Black Staff. The instant an Imperial probe discovers a world of alien witches worshipping a creature of the Warp, all hope of curing the Rubric would die with them... unacceptable.
"Very well Warp Spawn, in exchange for your... Generosity, the remnants of my Warband will preserve your followers." Ahriman declared.
The Spirit of Harmony smiled and nodded before fading away. Ahriman's senses returned to the present, and he took notice of the Changeling still trying to pass herself off as a Rubric.
The Black Staff rose and fell and the open minded creatures of Equestria were all rendered unconscious. If Jerrik had already engaged the Xenos, hostages would be a grim necessity to rebuild the burnt bridges.
As Ahzek Ahriman made his preparations and recalled his forces, Chancellor Neighsay had amassed a small mob to swarm the downed alien war machine that had bombarded Ponyville before Tempest tore it from the sky.
Neighsay led 40 creatures from the Royal Guard towards the Roc sized metal monstrosity that validated his every fear. Slowing his approach and directing four Dragons and four Griffins to investigate.
The eight flying creatures approached the exposed flank of the machine. Four tried to open the large door they found while four made their way up and over to the other side.
Suddenly, the Griffin nearest the glass face of the machine double checked something before turning to the mob. "Hey! There's a pilot in he-" The Griffin was silenced. A blood red beam of light shot forth from the cockpit and struck her head. Whatever vile spell their Sorcerer cast caused the poor creature's head to violently explode like a water balloon.
The Ponies, Hippogriffs, and Changelings began screaming in horror, but the nearest Dragon had a far more useful reaction. With a fearsome roar, the blue beast slammed itself into the cockpit and tore out the foul creature within. It was some form of hairless ape with a pale white face being the only part of its body that wasn't covered by it's uniform and its obscured by a large helmet.
The ape shrieked in the Dragon's claws. It's alien staff shot more hateful beams of light, but the Dragon's near indestructible hide barely registered the light's warmth as the Dragon tore away the annoying weapon and threw it.
Neighsay and the others watched as the vile thing pulled out a knife and tried to stab it's captor, illiciting a bellowing belly laugh from the Dragon before it seized the ape's offending hand and bit the blade off his weapon before daring him to try again.
Part of Neighsay wanted to seize the monster before it could best it's captor, but another part sought to study his new foe while it fought against a more dangerous creature whose safety was not the Unicorn's priority.
The ape growled and reached for something on his chest, but he only succeeded in pulling a piece of it off before simply punching the Dragon and spitting on him before simply snarling curses in its foreign tongue.
The Dragon believed it's foe had given up, but Neighsay suspected otherwise. Deciding now was the time to act, Neighsay seized the device the ape had reached for with his magic and ripped it away from the apes vest, throwing it clear of anycreature present.
Not a second later, the device exploded, and despite how far it had been thrown, shattered pieces of the evil device tore into two Dragons and a Griffin. The Griffin went down clutching it's flank. One Dragon got a hole in its wing and the other had metal shard lodged in her face.
The other creatures in the mob went to help the wounded while the Dragon holding the invader stared blankly at the sight of the blast that most certainly would've killed him. Neighsay, however, stared blankly at the invader itself. They're willing to kill themselves...just to cause more suffering...
"...e's starting to wake up. Make sure she doesn't move." Tempest groaned as she stirred, but something held her still. She pushed against it until a gentle hoof pressed into her. "Don't struggle, we're almost done patching you up."
Tempest tried to open her eyes, but they wouldn't obey her...and they hurt. "Wuh...what happened...what hit me?"
"We don't know. Some sort of projectile. We pulled... pieces of it out of your eyes." The unseen nurse explained.
Tempest went cold. "M-my eyes?... W-what's wrong with my eyes?"
She heard the creature swallow nothing as it tried to find the words. "One of the invaders shot you in your eye, and whatever the projectile was, it punched through your skull and out the other eye...they both burst and...we couldn't heal them. It was all we could do to keep your face together."
Tempest fell limp. It wasn't the first time she was permanently maimed, but she never thought she'd have to go through this again. Would her new friends abandon her too? Was she completely useless now...was she cursed!? "...why?" Tempest whispered. To her nurse, herself, or the universe, she didn't know.
Jeremiah marched up to the circle of Transhumans without fanfare. Transhuman dread no longer affected him, and he didn't see anything special about these mutants besides the fact that they paid him. "Not to question your tactics Lord Ahriman, but decoy bombings work better if you don't give the enemy time to recover."
"We have made an error in judgement. We require the natives cooperation if we are to cure our brothers." Ahriman explained.
"What!?" Shouted Jerrik among others.
"This Warpspawn is... different. The short explanation is that I cannot subdue but it is willing to cure our brothers so long as we bring no further harm to its worshippers. Which means we will have to establish a presence on this planet and convince the Legion to bring every Rubric to us so we can cure them. But if we cull the Xenos populations on this world, the Spirit would sooner destroy itself than aid us." Ahriman explained.
"Well...that would've been nice to know before we bombed them." Quinton stated. "So what now?"
"Fortunately, the Alien's religion teaches the virtues of forgiveness and understanding. If we can prompt a ceasefire and explain the horrors of the galaxy, it is entirely possible that these naive creatures will simply...forgive us." Ahriman explained, shuddering for how wrong the concept felt.
"These creatures dwarf even the Eldar's psychic might. How do you expect to quell their wrath?" Jerrik asked.
"The Warpspawn's defenders were nothing more than children basking in their God's presence." Ahriman explained, pointing the crystalline Castle behind them, to the window where Jerrik first noticed signs of life. "I have rendered the young ones unconscious and taken them hostage. We will make this known to the aliens at the first opportunity to open negotiations." Ahriman explained.
Before another question could be asked, static burst from Jeremiah's Vox Hailer. The mortal mercenary seized the device and listened in. "Heh, looks like you'll get your chance. Damn horses grabbed some of my men and are attacking my artillery. They're already returning fire."
Sorry for the shorty, but next chapter's gonna be a big fight despite Ahriman's best efforts.
Now I envision two major talking points about this chapter, and the first is the Spirit of Harmony.
Now, it's been argued to and fro on rather or not the Dark Gods are actually evil or even sentient.
Yes, Khorne represents Honor.
Yes, Nurgle represents life.
Yes, Tzeentch represents inspiration.
So why are they all assholes?
Well, this video right here is pretty damn close to my own take, and it's creator really deserves more followers.
But the summary is the Gods are gluttonous and don't care that they'll eventually run out of food after everyone's dead. Now, if the Spirit of Harmony is remade to fit the narrative of 40k, then it would also be gluttonous. However, as stated above. It is essentially impossible for the Spirit to corrupt Equestria the way the Dark Gods would because, as basically every Starlight centered teaches us, ya can't force Friendship. So even if the Spirit of Harmony is just as desperate for a fix as the Dark Gods, it wouldn't be able to feed as voraciously as they do.
The other major talking is 'how the heck did Tempest survive that?'
Well Jeremiah aimed just behind her eyes, roughly around where a human's temple would be, but a Pony's head is like 60-80% eyeball with the brain held further in the back of their heads.
We can safely assume that Unicorns have a growth on their brain that stretches above the eyes to connect to their horns, but that's still above, not behind.
Now, anyone who has ever shot a gun can tell you that different bullet types do different things to different targets. The reason is 'energy dispersion'.
A slower, fatter bullet hits like a hammer and loses all of its energy at the point of impact. A faster, slimmer bullets hits like a spear and can sink much deeper before losing energy.
The best comparison for Tempest's head didn't explode is shooting glass. If you shoot with a slower bullet, it shatters. But if you shoot it with a faster bullet, it'll leave a small round hole with barely a crack.
Tempest did receive fractures along her nose and upper jaw, because all illustrations of a Pony's skull show a solid bone between the eyes, but all in all, the bullet over penetrated it's target. This is also why hunting game with armor piercing bullets is fucking stupid, but now I'm getting off topic cause I like guns.
That's all I got for now, I'll see you all in the next one.
Also, I'm writing two other stories while writing this one. The Grimdark 6 Volume 3, and the Lion's Heresy(With Ponies) So feel free to check those out while you're waiting. SEE YA!!
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If the ponies and everybody in Equestria know the real origins of the Spirit of "Harmony". Will they all be horrified and disgusted with it?
And learned that everything they knew about Friendship and Harmony was all just "food" for this dark warp creature.
And will probably be very glad and grateful that their own warp "goddess" isn't like the infamous Chaos Four, for they willingly became assholes.
I find it hilarious that the concept of forgiveness is alien to them 🤣 a little bit
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I just thought of something, wouldn't discord be insulted that these guys are calling themselves the ''chaos'' gods
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my man I just watched this old video from pancreas no work, what's your opinion on it
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I'll watch this later and get back to you.
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I have plans for Discord.
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Willingly isn't the right word. They are a reflection of the galaxy they feed on. Think of them as 'being born with an addiction'.
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Understood, but hopefully you realize discord is actually the spirit of chaos, it's not a fancy name he gave himself he is chaos real chaos in the series I mean
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Cool
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A very f**ked up "addiction" that screws the entire galaxy for the last 40,000 years.
I can't help but pity Tempest.
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Agreed.
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Agreed
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Hmm, not the worst idea. It would certainly allow for more diversity among Homebrews.
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And it also gives a chance, for other factions to be in the in the spotlight
11732041
I think they're more like parasites than addicts, and my head Cannon is that every good thing we hear about the chaos God's it's just propaganda, the blood God doesn't really care about honor
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Hey Saiyan, I woke up today and decide to cause a little bit of chaos, if Warhammer was just a story who do you think would be its main character,
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The emperor: oh God no.
Slaanesh : oh God yes
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In the present lore...it seems to be Guilliman.
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true, and he even has elf girlfriend to boot
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What's up my Saiyan, just reread your whole story it is awesome as always. however I come to you with a question why don't people talk about the fact elements change, remember in the series when the pillars came back they represented different elements
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Aspects change, but the core remains the same.
Khaine and Khorne.
Isha and Nurgle.
Ceogoragh and Tzeentch.
The Christian God worshipped today is very different from the one 1,000 years ago.
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You're right, I'm just surprised they aren't touched upon. Come on wouldn't it be interesting to see what will the elements change to next, courage became loyalty, hope became laughter, healing became kindness, beauty became generosity, strength became honesty, and sorcery became magic, what do you think they'll change to next
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Off the top of my head? Devotion, Joy, Compassion, Sacrifice, Earnestness, and...Voodoo? Witchcraft? I ain't got a good for Magic.
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Yeah that's understandable, magic is the only element not connected to a personality trait
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But there's a YouTuber named Josh scorcher, who had been interesting take on the element of magic. He suggests this element chooses those who have a great desire to learn and understand, or just have a passion for learning