Warhammer Equestria-Wrath of The Blood God

Two days had passed since Twilight sent the Iron Wolves to track down the ones responsible for the recent raids going on in the north yet she had received no report and was starting to get worried along with the rest of her friends. Flash decided to send out another party to investigate and would be leading the group himself despite his wife's concern for his safety, a handful of the ponyville militia gathered at the gates and prepared to move out when the watch tower spotted a solitary wolf riding in alone. It was Fenrir.

"OPEN THE GATES!!"

The large wolf collapsed from exhaustion once he entered the town, the poor creature was covered in dirt and twigs from traveling nonstop and had lost some parts of his armor but what was most troubling was that his master was nowhere to be seen. Fluttershy was first on the scene with a bottle of water for him to drink while she checked for any major injuries, fortunately she only found minor cuts and scrapes along with a sprained paw.

"He's gonna be okay." The mare said aloud much to the relief of her friends while she prepped a first aid kit.

"Good. But I wanna know how the poor fella got this way!" Applejack helped Fenrir to drink while Fluttershy tended to his paw, the farm mare did all she could to comfort the large wolf as he whimpered in pain until Fluttershy finished up his cast. The crowd who had gathered were quickly dispersed and ordered to go back to their normal routines while the princess and village council did some investigating back at the castle where Fluttershy learned of the ambush and the abduction of Valiant which did not sit well with the others.

"THOSE CREEPS ARE GONNA PAY!!" Rainbow Dash pounded her fist in anger and immediately declared that they should go after them at once but the problem was that they had no trail to follow or any other clues as to where they were headed.

"Fenrir says there's more!" Fluttershy and the others listened intently when the yellow Pegasus gasped followed by a look of fright appearing on her face.

"He says the marauders had a symbol on their armor."

"What kind of symbol?" Twilight inquired when Fluttershy grabbed a piece of parchment and began drawing a star with eight points.

"The star of chaos...." The princess whispered in dread after she remembered seeing that star twenty years ago, the wolf then told Fluttershy that the marauders captured Valiant and dragged him off into the mist, that was the last time Fenrir saw his master alive, there was much debating as to what these marauders were after since they had not sent any ransom demands or loot any of the villages they had passed so the one question that remained was why they took Valiant in the first place.

While the council was taking place, Maximus and his sister were in the guest room having tea but the young colt was unable to sit still and had tried to listen in on the council several times but was blocked by either the guards or a magic ward that the princess had placed due to a need to increase security, his sister had enough of his shenanigans and forced him to sit with her in the castle library; His least favorite place to be.

"Did you have to bring me here?"

"Don't be such a baby. Books are good for you."

Claire plopped on the nearest seat she could find after grabbing a book from the shelf while her brother just looked around twiddling his fingers then out of sheer boredom he grabbed a red book on the shelf next to him when to his surprise he found himself holding "Ancient Myths", the book had many interesting tales with some relating to Equestrias first emperor; Sigmar and the classic tale of The Two Sisters and as he read further he stumbled upon a more darker story of the book with its chapter marked with the star of chaos.

"The Blood God." Maximus read aloud before flipping the page as he began to take an interest in the story.

Of the many gods of chaos that thrive in the void none are more bloodthirsty than Khorne; The God of blood and war. His cruelty was legendary throughout the universe as was his thirst for slaughter, in ancient times the chaos God had chosen his two champions Crom The Conquerer and Archaon to reek havoc on the mortal realm and in one fell swoop the empire was brought to its knees yet the more dangerous one was Archaon for he carried a sword enchanted by Khorne himself and was given the task of gathering enough power in the blade to open the void. During a great battle, Archaon was struck down by the emperor and his sword was taken. When he held the sword, the emperor could feel the terrible power it possessed and demanded that it be hidden where no one could find it, the location of the blade was passed down to his most trusted advisors in fear of Crom or his descendants returning for the sword to fulfill their masters mission.

Before Max could read any further, a large explosion shook the castle and knocked over an inkwell onto the page he was reading while his sister spilled her tea all over her shirt. The siblings rushed out to find the castle staff running towards a room filled with smoke followed by a Pegasus wearing goggles and his face blackened by the explosion.

"How on earth did that happen?!?" He yelled out loud while removing his goggles, the room in which the explosion had occurred was the Royal tinkers meaning the Pegasus was an inventor of sorts and his name was Socket Wrench. He had been taken on as an apprentice of the Flim Flam brothers and had shown acceptional talent though his inventions had a tendency to explode whenever they didn't work and today marked the third explosion in a week, while he began dusting himself off Socket noticed Princess Twilight and her husband standing before him with stern looks on their faces.

"Princess Twilight! Hey how's it going?" He asked sheepishly while she tapped her finger with a raised eyebrow.

"Socket. We are in the middle of an important meeting so there had better be a good reason for this!"

"T-there is! I was working on the new steam engine model." Socket showed the royal couple the mentioned device which was now blown to pieces along with the rest of the lab.

"We thought we worked out ALL the kinks heh...You okay in there Windy?"

A mare with dark brown hair stepped out of the smoke while dusting herself off. Her name was Windy Apple, she was the daughter of Applejack and Caramel and like Socket Wrench she had a love for inventing especially for new tools to help make work easier on the farm for her family. Applejack broke through the crowd of friends to check for any injuries and was getting a little fussy.

"Oh sugarcube are you alright?!?" The farm mare asked while looking her daughter over for any unseen injuries.

"I'm fine mama!" She complained as her mother dusted her off. The two inventors went back into the lab to find that an apple core had somehow gotten into the fuel line this jamming the engine and causing the explosion, Socket sheepishly grinned as he shrugged his shoulders before Windy bashed him over the head and began lecturing him about eating in their workspace and a debate was started. Socket failed to see the problem about eating and working at the same time while Windy tried to use their recently failed invention as a demonstration. You could say they were like a husband and wife arguing over dinner.

Meanwhile

Deep in the frozen wastes of the north, a massive army had gathered before a pass through the mountains and had taken shelter from a blizzard. Their leaders tent was large and lit by four braziers with two guards at the entrance, as the winds howled over the camp a feint scream could be heard followed by the sound of a cracking whip.

"Enough!" A large centaur like demon commanded as his minion ceased the whipping.

"Truly, your will is like iron....Valiant Charge."

Valiant was strung up by his wrists and had been put through severe tortures, they had beaten him, starved him and even proceeded to probe his mind using black magic yet still he resisted them and the one responsible for his torment was none other than Lord Tirek who had been transformed by the dark powers of chaos. His horses body had now been morphed into an almost dragon like appearance and his skin was hard as stone, his body had now been covered in spikes but his eyes remained as red as ever.

"Spare me your flattery Tirek...." He glared at the monster even as his head hung low from lack of strength while Tirek chuckled at his plight. The centaur proceeded to grab him by the hair so that he may look him in the eye.

"Where is it?" He growled at his prisoner who refused to answer and gave an amused grin at his captor.

"You're gonna have to be more specific, what is "it" exactly?-OOF!!" Valiants reply was met with a firm punch to his gut that knocked the wind out of him as Tirek grew more furious.

"The sword!! WHEERE!! IS IT?!?"

Steam shot out of the centaurs nostrils as he grew more impatient. The beating lasted for hours until Tirek had enough and ordered Valiant to be thrown back into his cell on the far side of the camp once his injuries had been treated and by the next day the torture resumed, Tirek did everything he could to make him talk but Valiant refused to yield and even laughed at his attempts to break him until the demon lord finally had enough.

"RRRAAGH!! Let's see how stubborn you are when I cut off your arms! Hold him down!!"

Two guards forced Valiant to his knees as his arms were stretched out, Tirek held a massive blade in his hand and began to lick his lips in anticipation as he took aim of his swing but just as the sword neared its target a frightening voice startled him and the men.

"TIREK!! What are you doing?!?" A chaos warrior who was larger than the others marched forward with his helmet at his side. Tirek trembled in fear and was even dropping to his knees, begging for forgiveness and after closer inspection Valiant could not believe who was staring at him.

"Crom the Conquerer...."

"Ah. You know me."

"I know of you. You're supposed to be dead."

Crom laughed after hearing this claim but it was true. He was supposed to have died centuries ago yet there he was as youthful as ever but what troubled Valiant most was the ominous feeling he gave off and the smell of blood that could be detected on him.

"True. It has been nearly three thousand years since anyone in Equestria has seen my face but by the grace of mighty Khorne I retained my youth so long as I prove useful, such powers could be yours Iron Wolf. You are of the Umbrum are you not?"

"SILENCE!!"

Valiant knew of the Umbrum and the suffering they caused his father and the crystal empire before he was born and despised being associated with them yet no matter how much he denied it Crom was right; he was one of them but the warlord had only just begun to toy with the captured hero when he revealed his sword Blood Bringer to him.

"You!" He called one of his lieutenants before handing the sword over with an evil smirk.

"Take this blade and return it to Valiants family, let them know he's alive....for now."

End.