The Archon known as Vlokarion, leader of the Crimson Blade kabal, has become extremely powerful and influential in Commoragh following his plundering of the near Hadron Expanse. The dark eldar had attacked wherever necron artefacts were discovered, and had stolen every valuable piece of the alien archeotech. This had prevented the arcane technology from falling into the hands of the lesser races, and Vlokarion had been richly rewarded for his efforts. New areas of the web way had been rediscovered collocated with the Expanse, and the Crimson Blade had made sure of their influence and declared the Hadron Expanse their own private hunting grounds, establishing three webway fortresses from which to launch raids.
Vlokarion was not satisfied with this however, and wanted the entire Aleph Sector for his own. To further this aim his agents met in secret with those of Cybixx. The drukhari considered the Mechanicum almost comical, but their logic was unquestionable. Cybixx wanted the Foramen Minoris but was unable to claim it on his own. Vlokarion wanted more influence and bases to launch his plundering raids. The two leaders had convergent aims, at least for now.
A secret deal was struck, but all it meant in reality was that Vlokarion would take advantage of Cybixx’s actions. The first of these came as the Mechanicum forces launched their failed invasion of Destino. While the loyalists were engaged defending their perimeter, Vlokarion’s forces suddenly appeared, launching a brutal assault on the Lycannon guard, defending the inner Tersius installation. The raid was a success, and the dark eldar razed the Tersius base to the ground, taking valuable prisoners and equipment back to Commoragh. The failure of Cybixx to complete his side of the bargain was unfortunate, but it was up to the Archmagos to secure the system, and then allow Vlokarion his base, should Cybixx wish to remain immune from his attacks.
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