PonyHammer 40,000: Magic of War | SpiritStorm

by Dragon Heart


Coastal Timore

It may never be known what first awakened the cold legions of the Necrony from their vast burial vaults in the southern coast of Pandora III. Archives suggest that Equestrial Guard survey crews may have been dispatched to Coastal Timore several months before the conflict. Others point to the strange and unknown influence of the Warp Storm, which could somehow have roused the deathless Necronies from their slumber.

Out of the dry Timoren sands, an ancient complex emerged - part burial ground, part power plant, part staging ground. As builder scarabs removed sands and restored structures to power, its clean-cut, symmetrical, and lifeless forms emerged. It pulsed with the green glow of the strange power which fuels the Necronies - vast reserves of it. Enough to drive an endless stream of monoliths and Necrony soldiers.

Anyone foolish enough to assail this unearthed necropolis would do well to heed that flow of energy. It is the source of the Necronies' power, and if unchecked, there is little limit to what strength Necronies could marshal against their foes.

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The great Coastal Timore was vast and mountainous. Giant rocks and boulders dotted the landscape. A Necrony Specter patrolled near a cliff. It stopped as it spotted two Guardponies galloping through the canyon. It turned and hovered away to its master, the Necrony Lord, who was overlooking the great power plant that gave them the energy to move. It communicated through strange code to the robotic Unicorn.

"So, they come." the Necrony Lord breathed with a deep, hauntingly robotic voice.

He lifted his bladed staff into the air and pierced it into the ground, disappearing in a flash of unnatural magic. He reappeared at a critical location, pulled out an orb from his ribcage, and slammed it into the ground, releasing an eruption of energies that activated the nearby bridge. The bridge's rails glowed green as its power turned on, eventually reaching the dormant monolith on the other side. The monolith's systems slowly started turning on as well.

The Necrony Lord stood at the monolith. "Awake..." He rasped deeply, "I give you energy. Drink of it... and awake."

All around, Necrony warriors rose from the sand and glowed with their sinister power. They slowly marched off to battle against their enemies.

"They... shall meet... their ends." said the Necrony Lord. "They... shall join... the army of... death."