In late 018M42 the Dark eldar of the Crimson Blade kabal had served Vlokarion well. With their raids in the Hadron Expanse, amusingly sanctioned by the Aeldari, the Drukhari had secured six of seven key artefacts that once served the mighty Nahotek necron dynasty. The last had been taken by the eldar, but Vlokarion had learnt of its location and began setting in motion a plan to retrieve the last piece of the puzzle. Together the artefacts would represent a super weapon, or a near endless energy source. How to use this power Vlokarion had not yet fully decided, since merely having such power in his possession would reap its own benefit in the politics of Commorragh. His status of Vect's favoured lieutenant would be secure for the moment at least.
The stealing of the final artefact would be simple, since the Kel Sandros Eldar were not even aware of the Crimson Blade's plans. The Craftworld weaklings still believed that they had common cause in mind, the destruction or containment of the necron artefacts so that their power may never be used. Vlokarion couldn't help but chuckle at this. The Crimson Blade were almost undone however by the Masque of the Black Sun, a harlequin troupe who had unravelled the skeins of fate and determined that Vlokarion was on a path more dangerous than could be imagined, so they intervened, attacking the Dark Eldar in the streets of Commorragh in order to prevent them from taking the last artefact from the Kel Sandros craftworld. They were unsuccessful, and not one was left to warn the craftworld of the impending theft. Using webway portals not even known to the Kel Sandros themselves, the Drukhari were able to sneak into the very heart of the craftworld and steal the remaining alien artefact. Now Vlokarion viewed all seven in his secret warehouses of the dark city and smiled. Vect would be pleased indeed.
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