>>4957715

It was reasonable to assume that only the stuff of souls could contain that which is only spiritual in nature! And the blazing light of your will would keep his viper blade from shifting into shadow. The prison begins to form, shrinking around the ancient devil, and cutting into his cobalt hued hide. Like so many blades, the bars of the burning cage cut past his skin and into his flesh, searing what was once raw and red, seared and grey. Be'lakor spat, snarling in pain as he struggled onward, even as the cage began to slam shut and the bars burrowed deeper into his body. Sizzling fat rises against the bars of condensed and refined fire, as the muscle and sinew beneath cooked and then burned. The devil did not avert his gaze of blink, a pink froth rose against his yellowed fangs as he glared fury back at your contemptuous gaze. But he did not speak, even as you could hear the cracking of his bones and tearing of his roasting flesh.

Willing the bars of his prison of life to close completely, an action that will result in the rending or complete pulping of the spirit's flesh, you grin. And begin to gloat as he struggles nearer to you, ignoring the shrinking bars and the wounds they inflict upon his form, and the doom that hastily approaches him.

Laughing at his foolishness, the impotence of his struggles, you sneeringly explain the beast's folly. His rage grows to a blistering intensity you've never beheld in another being's heart before, be they mortal or not. Confident in your victory, you proclaim his defeat and outstretch your Guandao.

"Oh you first chosen do you not see that even now you do their will, trying to bring low one that would see them undone" You say, condemning his very existence between chuckles and sneers of laughter "Oh you think you are free or so serving the Dark". Be'lakor's eyes blacken, the smoke rising from his charred flesh turns black and his last step shudders to a stop as he freezes, back bowed, and gaze downcast.

"You were a pawn whom rose above your station but hiding under the table you are still a piece in their game" You mock, positioning it to thrust it through his neck for a clean kill before the cage reduces his flesh and bones to a slurry of boiled gore.

He remains motionless.

"Know here I declare it from my soul and know I bare no lie, I am Lieren and I am your Doom and Salvation from the Dark!" You roar and then

there's a queer snapping sound. Not like metal being bent until it could not longer withstand the stress and pressure. Not like a branch being broken of the knee. Or like a glass pane being thrown to the ground. Its melodic, yet piercing. Your realize soon what was broken.

Be'lakor stopped to resist the bars of the cage. And against them, his flesh won out. Marked and scarred by an interact patchwork of wheeping wounds and burnt flesh, he stands before you, the lines rearranging in the shape of the Journey's Lotus as if to mock you.
cont

>>4957716

In the breaking of his bonds, You can hear Chun Qiang's howling laughter. The lord of anarchy mocks you, as you mocked Be'lakor. You clench your jar, realize you allowed your contempt to trick your pride into announcing victory before the final blow has been dealt and see.

You see the fool was you! Kanzeon's concern washes over your mind as you curse yourself and try to land the final blow but.

In his rage, fueled by pain and his battered ego, Be'lakor out paces you with ease.

The head of your Guandao flies from its haft as he flicks his viper blade through the shards of his cage, between the light. You cannot help but to admire the mastery behind the movement. You doubt you could maneuver a blade with such finesse. The weapon can repair itself, but at the moment you are left holding what for all intents and purposes is an overly decorated Bo staff. For the devil cut it flat, rather than giving you a spear with which to fight!

Snarling, his words lost to him beneath the storm of his rage Be'lakor stand above you, bleed oozing down his chest as smoke rose from his burnt flesh. The crack along his horn had crawled further and deeper, branching like the roots of a great tree

"You are Nothing, but an impudent child who imagines himself skilled because those he's faced before fled before him in terror, or sought his servitude over his death" Be'lakor hissed, swinging his blade as you barely manage to regain the necessary clarity of mind to perform the carp's dance and avoid it's edge by a hair "I have no such handicap. It may please the gods, but I'll butcher you for my own amusement, FOOL!"

Swaying, and turning on your heels, you cannot avoid all of Be'lakor's strikes, as he cuts the armor Kanzeon gifted you, piece by piece, even as it begins to repair itself. He's toying with you, but his blade cuts through your flesh, mimicking the wounds of inflicted by your cage.

Red feathers began to fall serenely upon the still air!

What is your eight move, Lieren?

>"FUCK YOU!" harness your black rage and trade blows with the devil

>Laugh at your own foolishness, and unafraid of death, rush forward and attempt to pin his blade arm

>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

>Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb

>Write in

>>4957718
>Write in
Back off to give our gear a chance to reknit
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

>>4957718
>>Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb
RUYI JING BANG, AT LONG LAST

>>4957718
>>"FUCK YOU!" harness your black rage and trade blows with the devil
>>4957739
I do not trust any weapon that come out of this place.

>>4957718
>Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb
Time for a mystery box.
>>4957743
I trust Lieren's eyes more than the option you're choosing. Seriously enbracing rage?

>>4957747
I think that it's about time that Lieren embraced and channeled that aspect of himself (It's even one of the tenet of The Journey). His anger has always been seething within him, just beyond the sight of most everyone else.

I also feel as though, an artefact brought, back to the Material Realm from here, would be devastating at best.

Or it might go the other way, Malal might gift us with a real daemon slayer weapon, who knows. I just dont trust anything we find here, our anger is something that been with us from the beginning, we have some level of understanding of it.

>>4957743
>I do not trust any weapon that come out of this place.
I tire of you paranoid MFers who insist on ignoring Malal's constant reminders that he isn't going to Laer Blade us.

Deja vu, I've seen this before somewhere. Anyways, I suggest using our pole for a vaulting maneuver.

>>4957718

>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

Humility is something leiren still needs to master it seems. Still at the whim of his emotions.

>>4957777
He isn't even 10 years old yet. Stands to reason he still has a long way to go, even for a Primarch.

>>4957758
Have you ever looked up Wuxing? Him suppressing his anger is a vital part of him. You always must trim the weeds before they can strangle the garden..

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

>>4957718
>Write in

>calm your thoughts, laugh at your own foolishness, and throw your staff made of living metal to stop his gate


Our staff is made of the same thing as kanzeon right?

If so we can order the staff to ensnare his feet, should keep him busy for the second needed to strike a devastating blow

>>4957718
>"FUCK YOU!" harness your black rage and trade blows with the devil
Channel all of lierens dark rage that he always seems to hold at bay

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on mistakes, trip the devil.
>Harness the rage, trade blows and strike with great fury

So long as we don't succumb, the rage will empower us.

>>4957718
>>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor
This whole clusterfuck will have been a good lesson in the end.

>>4957718
>>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor
>Write in
>Combine our flames with the light of another soul, call to Chen, a man so loyal and a friend so true, that he died for us and our cause. But even if he is death, our friendship still exist and will not be forgotten. Loyalty, valour and friendship cannot be killed or restrained by death or corruption.

"It s difficult to believe, that you can decide on your own. But it seems true you have now the desire to tear me apart. What will be next ? Perhaps the desire to decide who to fight or your own alignement ? Face it darkspawn, your mind may be free from them, but you have still several chains that bind you to their darkness. From your body, to your abilities and even your sword."

>>4957718
This whole fight has felt less like a duel and more like a distraction. Another one of Chun Qiang's tricks for his own spiteful amusement!
> BREAK THE CAGE! RELEASE THE LIGHT! RESTORE HOPE!

File: 1495327337935-1.jpg (995 KB, 2250x2250)

995 KB JPG

>>4957866
If we could break the cage, restore even a sliver of order to this grim and desolate universe, maybe that could make up for us fucking up big time and basically birthing a chaos god all by ourselves

Not completely but we're going to need some serious prosperity to atone this shit

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

Giving in to anger is hardly ever a good thing - even if you're the Hulk. But calming ourselves down has always served us well.

>Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb

There is a huge chance this could backfire on us, but if there's even the slightest chance we could roll out of this with the RJB, or some kind of demon-slaying weapon, I'd have to take it just for the cool points.

But I still fear with every choice we take that makes us more Warp-aware, what the hell the Emperor's reaction will be. Sans Magnus, this is well outside what he wanted for the Primarchs - and even Magnus was kept in the dark about the worse aspects of the Warp.

>>4957963
I mean. . We are actively spitting in the eye of the foul gods of the warp. I don't think his fears of loyalty or corruption are going to be realised.

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

>>4957718
>>Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb
>the donut steel instawin write-in with inbuilt edgy victory speech did nothing but break our weapon, sunburn be’lakor, and make us look like buffoon
color me shocked

>>4958021
Given what it takes to sunburn the first daemon prince, that's still some good damage.

It was the speech that made us lose. Never monologue about victory until you hit them, otherwise trench has to support him.

>>4958022
good damage on something that isn’t a daemon prince, maybe
if we tried the cage on a deldar, they’d be chicken fried, but be’lakor is as close as you can get to a canon god of undivided

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor
>Laugh at your own foolishness and thank him for reminding us to control ourselves.

>>4957718
>>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor
>Laugh at your own foolishness
Only this part of the second choice. This is what I can see Lieren do

>>4957718
>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor
>Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb
Can't wait for another write-in saying to instantly decapitate and win, only for Lieren to get hurt and drag the fight even more.
Like it happens every time.

>>4958364
This most recent one was the most egregious. Here’s hoping the lesson sticks this time around.

>>4958372
Clearly you're new to the board

>>4958372
I hope so, the entire battle with Huli Jing was people repeatatly voting to coup de grace her, failing, hurting ourselves more in the process than the ither options would, and than doing it again until she died.

>>4958364
I'll be honest, All I saw from the last write in was

"Use our move to cage Belakor and try to sync it up with Nurgles move so that some manner of divine mandate makes holding actions better."

Guess I need to read better.
And yeah Lieren would laugh at himself for that, so I'll add it to my vote here >>4957811


>>4958377
I think you were forgetting the "Cannon ball through the wall to escape" and "Hide to observe her" and "play mind games to fuck with her" votes

>>4958403
Those were default options that won because no one made a write-in, and I'm sure the cannonball only won because it sounded crazy, not because we needed to leave the firy place.

>>4957718
>>Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor

>>4958427
The mind game things were write ins.

And your lack of faith in the anons of this quest is disappointing.

>>4958434
More like my disapointment led to the lack of faith.

>>4958434
Over the course of this quest we've only had two or three write-ins that have seriously impacted Lieren's story. The vast majority of the other write-ins been in combat and have either been for flavor or attempts at instawins.

If you want to write-in something that is significant and is likely to be helpful why not use the new knowledge we have gathered and apply it to our current problem? Wuxing is something we've researched thoroughly yet nobody has thought to make use of it.

>>4958478
I'm pretty sure someone wanted to use the element of earth against Be'lakor's fire last thread, but it didn't get traction.
Doesn't hurt to try I guess.
>>4958364
Changing to
>Remember the lessons of the Journey to recenter your thoughts and emotions.
>Try use your new knowledge of Wuxing to your advantage against Be'lakor. He seems to be a being of fire and smoke, so channel the element of Earth using the stone coffins as your focus.

>>4958520
>+1

>>4957718
>>Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb

>>4957718
> Throw the haft of your broken guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb.

As someone who once upon another quest that pretty much ran on mystery boxes, I am going for the mystery box.

Calling the vote now.

Repair the Guandao:1

Calm your thoughts, reflect on your mistake, and throw your legs to trip Be'lakor:14
-throw your staff and command it to ensnare his feet: 1
-Remember the lessons of the Journey to recenter your thoughts and emotions.:2

Throw the haft of your broken Guandao at him, and retreat to find a weapon in the tomb: 6

"FUCK YOU!" harness your black rage and trade blows with the devil:3

Pole vault over Be'lakor: 1

Combine our flames with the light of another soul, call to Chen, a man so loyal and a friend so true, that he died for us and our cause: 1

BREAK THE CAGE! RELEASE THE LIGHT! RESTORE HOPE!:2

Laugh at your own foolishness and thank him for reminding us to control ourselves.:4

Try use your new knowledge of Wuxing to your advantage against Be'lakor. He seems to be a being of fire and smoke, so channel the element of Earth using the stone coffins as your focus.: 2

Total votes: 25


So Lieren will calm himself, reflect on his mistake and then attempt to trip Big Bastard B

Writing now

You endure the assault, and the pain it brings. The scent of blood fills the air, but you refuse its invigorating allure. Rage may be able to be refined into a weapon when it is focused, but it can also become an insurmountable handicap. Be'lakor has been attempting to employ the same tactics you utilized against his weaker kin. Enraging you to the point of madness, so your movements before sloppy and your mind becomes clouded with bloodlust and fury. While he himself has been consumed by his rage, it seems as though it is his natural state of being, to some extent. It doesn't hamper his planning now upset the rhythm of his strikes. Serenity in the chaos of his wrathful mind. His is an existence wholly consumed by spite and contempt. You are unlike him, your rage though powerful remains caged and controlled. Even when it proves useful, you tightly grip its leash. Though it wells up in your heart, fueled by same and hatred directed towards your own foolishness, you calm yourself and immerse yourself in the serenity of nothingness.

Drops of blood spray against your face, as you focus on the carp style's graceful movements, even a slight miscalculation of your next step could prove crippling or even fatal. The trained elegance of the technique, reflects the natural fluidity of a carp swimming in a pond. Twisting, turning, swaying, leaping. It's title is well earned, for every dodge appears to be a fragment of a precisely choregraphed dance. But every step and adjustment of the legs and body is efficient, and wastes little to no energy in its movements. Reflecting upon the martial style you're forced to commit all of your efforts into using, brings your thoughts back again to your failure.

Like a slick of mud besides an otherwise pristine river, clouding its waters.

Pride and over confidence. Self assured idiocy. You assumed your trap unbreakable. The force of your will peerless beneath and even within the heavens. Hubris. A deadly poison. One you had thought excised, but upon reflection you realize. Are you not proud of your martial capabilities? Mocking your opponents, infuriating them and though they deserve no respect and the tactic has proven most effective, such mockery is still a symptom of a prideful heart. It was only now that it became an illness, if even for a moment. Self reflection is a tenant of your journey, which teaches to consider what one considers their virtue to ensure it does not decay into will full ignorance and self righteousness. You had allowed your trusted technique to become tainted with pride. It must not happen again. Mockery, while effective, should only be spoken when one's opponent is already overcome or is otherwise unable to interrupt the insult.

Be'lakor, in your blind certainty of your cunning, had overcome what you thought to be a killing blow. And you've suffered for it. This is a lesson that must be kept close to your heart. The lesson?
Cont

>>4958827

To not allow yourself to mistake mocking, insults and disparaging remarks as fact. To keep your thoughts from being clouded by the glee of victory preemptively. And the dangers of overconfidence in your own wit and ability. Sighing, you open your eyes and lick a trickle of blood away from your lips.

Now serene of mind, you understand. Be'lakor's insults had found root in the soil of your mind. Otherwise you would not have thought to humiliate him, and subject him to the branding of the cage. Your rage it would seem, had learned how to hide its presence as you yourself are able. It is almost amusing, why pondering it almost makes you want to laugh at yourself. Guarding a blow with the middle length of your "Staff", you allow Be'lakor to split it into two equal but smaller lengths.

"So that's your plan" Kanzeon whispers, her voice rattled with worry and fear. You just smile in response, as you reinforce the wrist guards and vambraces of your armor. Charging under Be'lakor's swing, you catch his wrists with both of the shortened poles, and twist your arms to upset his posture, and this his balance. He raises a leg to kick you away, his wrist turning as his blade shifts. There's only a moment to act, failure will be catastrophic. Throwing your legs out, you use your enemy's own strength and sturdiness as an anchor, lifting yourself from the ground by his arms.

Sweeping both of your feet towards his legs, you slide the broken staff pieces away from his wrists to direct the momentum of your fall against him.

Pushed by his own weight, he tumbles. But grabs the crook of your back, digging his claws through your armor. And so you to, fall to the ground, slammed against your back.

Both of you scramble to your feet, disoriented. He rests against his blade of shadows, eyes narrowed with murderous wrath, you reconnect your split staff, and twirl it to your side before driving it through the ground.

Then, reality shatters. A red feather drops to the floor and the tomb's foundations shake.

NO! BEGONE, INTERLOPER!

The lord of anarchy's childish whining carries through the air as, like clear water, the air shimmers and flashes between all the hues of a rainbow, and a smattering of colors that do not exist in the mortal plane. Through the waves of energy, a red hand emerges, and a familiar presence settles at the back of your mind.

"BROTHER!" You shout as Be'lakor snarls.

What do you do, Lieren?

>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy

>Force your brother away, you'll not endanger him so terribly!

>Use the distraction to repair your Guandao

>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light

>Write in

>>4958828
>Use the distraction to tackle us both towards the caged light
>"My brother! You are foolish for coming here, but it is a folly I am grateful for. Your wisdom and insights I would be most appreciative of!"

I want to take his hand, But the distraction and the fact that this is a trial are too important to ignore.

>>4958831
And come to think of it, some biomancy putting us back together wouldn't go amiss if he can manifest properly.

>>4958831
Supporting.

If I thought for a second we'd have the time for it I'd grab it and pull him through, as it stands though Be'lakor is operating on "talking is not a free action" and pulling him out would only get us stabbed in the face.

>>4958828
>>Write in
Take our brother hand, but instead ask him thanks to the connection we have, to combine his power with our own. We will shoot a combined psychic blast towards Be'lakor and throw him right in the cage of light, this time though we will not remain idle, we will act immediatly.

After having done that Magnus will push the cage in the darkspawn body, while we will create Null Denoucement runes in the air, for then applying them to each bar of the cage. During this we will recite the Journey for weaken the power of the fallen.

>>4958831
this

>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light

>>4958831
supporting this one

>>4958831
+1

>>4958828
>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy
>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light

>>4958828
>>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy

>>4958828
>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy

>>4958828
>>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light
>searching for a weapon didn't win
Pain

>>4958828
>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy

>>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light

>>4958828
>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light
>>4958866
you niggas dont learn, do you?

>>4959035
What the hell you even mean ?
It s a normal write in, no mention of ending the fight in one move. Or is because of the write in it self ?

>>4958828
> Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy
> Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light
> "The cage Magnus! We must free the light!"

>>4958831
I can support this. We can thank him when the threat is done

>>4958828
>>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy

>>4958828
>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light

We've got to protect our brother.

>>4958831
+1

>>4958828
>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy
>Use your new knowledge of Wuxing and Magnus abilities to channel an element against Be'lakor
>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light

I hope Magnus gives us a Mini Magnus like he did Kitten.

>>4958828
>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy
>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light
If this is a straight up heavenly tribulation despite not seeking it out, then just bailing with Magnus would mean we get no reward out of it, I hope merely accepting his help won't disqualify us or screw him over since I'm unsure of the Xianxia/wuxia rules of heavenly tribulation.
Freeing the imprisoned god of order with our brothers help and getting the hell out of there seems the most sensible thing to do otherwise.

>>4959231
After some thought I'm changing my vote.
>>4958831
+1

>>4959231
Wait, God of Order?
Did I miss something?

>>4959444
Well, there used to be the Gods of Law, gods of chaos who were allignes with order. There's Solkan the god of fiery retribution, Alluminas the god of light, and finally Arianka, who's been defeated and imprisioned by an unamed Chaos God.

>>4959468
Oh, and that's old lore for Warhammer Fantasy, so it makes sense that they would be stuck here in retcon land with Malal

>>4959468
>Arianka, who's been defeated and imprisioned by an unamed Chaos God
I thought it was Tzeentch?

>>4959484
All the references I can find say unnamed, but maybe there's some revelation on the Kaleb comic, since I never actually read it and they were created by the same autors.
Fuck, the hidden weapon option was going to be the Dreadaxe, wasn't it? Is it too late to still go looking for it?

>>4959502
It was 1d4chan that said it was Tzeentch, so we might need a grain of salt or two there.
>Fuck, the hidden weapon option was going to be the Dreadaxe, wasn't it? Is it too late to still go looking for it?
So long as we didn't miss our chance at getting the Ruyi Jingu Bang, I'm willing to accept the loss graciously. The Dreadaxe would've been tight though.

>>4959231
I don't know how heavily this heavenly tribulation works. To me, it sounds like warp-dabbling in the context of 40k and should be avoided.
>>4958828
>>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy
But try to flee together asap.

>>4959994
>>4959231
Heavenly Tribulation isn't something you can escape since it is the first step to proving your Dao in a way.
The basic idea of it is that Heaven hates cultivators so Heaven punishes/challenges them with Heavenly Tribulation as a roadblock but if breakthrough that roadblock Heaven can't do shit to you until you reach the next roadblock and you get a massive power boost.

>>4960108
>Heavenly Tribulation isn't something you can escape since it is the first step to proving your Dao in a way.
>The basic idea of it is that Heaven hates cultivators so Heaven punishes/challenges them with Heavenly Tribulation as a roadblock but if breakthrough that roadblock Heaven can't do shit to you until you reach the next roadblock and you get a massive power boost.
Are you sure you are not a daemon promising unlimited power? 40k is rather dystopic.

>>4960116
It's literally the process of becoming a self-made perpetual/god. Daemonhood is the Heaven approved method in this context.

>>4960123
In the oldest context 'daemons' are just spirits. So I suppose the distinction is *what* they are, and more what they *represent*. Lieren seeks to uphold things like Truth, Justice, Harmony, Hope, etc.

Though to be fair, daemonhood in general seems to be the end result of having most of 'you' scooped out/consumed and replaced by X. Not unlike ego death, in a way.

>>4958828
>>Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy
>Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light

Calling the vote now. Sorry for the wait, internet was down for the entire day! Aren't machines spirits COool!?

Use the distraction to tackle Be'lakor, throwing the both of you nearer to the caged light:17

"My brother! You are foolish for coming here, but it is a folly I am grateful for. Your wisdom and insights I would be most appreciative of!": 8

BY OUR POWERS COMBINED, write in: 1

Grab Magnus' hand, and accept his offered aid, fighting against the will of anarchy: 9

"The cage Magnus! We must free the light!": 1

Use your new knowledge of Wuxing and Magnus abilities to channel an element against Be'lakor: 1

Total votes:22

Alright, So Lieren will use the distraction provided by Magnus' breech to tackle Be'lakor, throwing both himself and the demon towards the Caged light

writing now

Sorry again for the wait

>>4961204
>internet was down for the entire day
Looks like someone forgot do administer the hourly Litannies of Noosphere Connectivity.

>>4961204
Try setting up some incense for your computer.

All that is immaterial, the very fabric of what passes for reality in this corner forgotten corner of hell shudders. The stagnant air splinters, the ground fractures, the nameless dead howl in agony as the tomb begins to alter and shifts on a less than atomic level. Your brother is forcing himself through the veil between unreality and nonexistence to come to your aid. Such brotherly camaraderie! and you've only known him for the passing of a few seasons and already he cares for you deeply enough to brazenly venture into the darkest depth of hell, despite the dangers of such a venture! It warms the heart and strengths the spirit! That the bond between two brothers recently introduced could be so strong! Just the sight of his crimson hand is enough to reenergize your resolve, and ease the many agonies afflicting your flesh and mind! The presence of kin, in the darkest hour! Like the rising dawn heralding the end of a deep night! The comfort his entrance brings is comparable to a well tended hearth, while assailed born from the coldest depths of winters heart!

"It also creates an opportunity! Stop contemplating and take it!" Kanzeon barks, her words reverberating through your skull and keenly piercing through your mind "before it slips from your fingers"

"As you command!" You snarl, as you turn away from Magnus and his struggles to find purchase to fully pull his avatar into the tomb of the forgotten and lost. Be'lakor turns to face you at precisely the same moment, your gazes meet. The embers of dying hope and the blaze of its rebirth meet as the very air that surrounds you boils and fries. The ghostly lights dim, and the tiles lining the tomb's floor begin to audibly wail and sob. He Swings his blade. You pull the shards of your shattered cloak back to your shoulders, as its fire flares and forms into an armor styled in a fog panther's visage.

"As you will die!" Be'lakor roars, his blade solidifying as he brings it to your chest, but at the very moment its ever sharpening and rehoned blade would strike you across the breast he is further distracted. Before his eyes would dart between you and the tear between worlds that Magnus had forced into being through the sheer power of his will alone, but now, his head swivels to face the breech.

"BROTHER!" Magnus screems, his ever shifting eyes appearing in the stygian shroud of nonexistence. Lighting, hued red, peels from his hand as he at last perceives your opponent or at least the shadow he casts in the shallows of the "Great sea". Reflexively, he alters his weapons path to block or redirect the arcs of psionic energy, incarnated as pure electricity. A trick you utilized against your first encounter with a spiritual adversary!

You bow your back, lowering your center of mass as you throw you arms outwards and leap. Your chest impacts against Be'lakor's trunk. Soot, boiling blood, and raw flesh smear against your face and neck,
Cont

>>4961281

before the cloak formed from your ever burning spirit cleanses you of such filth.

Wrapping you arms around your opponent's back, just beneath the protusion of his wings, you latch on firmly and tightly. If you were stronger, you'd attempt to crush his spine beneath your hands, but alas, even with your agonizing training you do not possess such might. Instead, you allow the golden flames that surround you to set the devil alight, aggrevating his still weeping wounds and worsening the burns that cover his body.

The red lightning arcs away from the both of you, as the viper blade turns. Be'lakor adjusts his grip, attempting to drive the edge of his living blade through your back. But alas, he is too late. In defending himself against your brother's psykerist attack, he had left himself vulnerable and completely open to your daring manuver. His feet slip from the ground, lifted by your weight and the momentum carried by your raw strength. Both of you fall backwards, deeper into the tomb as it is cast in scarlet light by the arcs of soul lightning flowing freely from your brother's hand and the passage he has torn through spiritual realm.

And then it is replaced by the comforting glow of order, the victim of an unbalanced world. The cage of light chimes, as you and the devil meet the ground with a resounding crash, becoming a tangle pile of limbs as you struggle against each other. You to free your arms from beneath his bulk and escape, and he to maneuver his blade to a position were he is able to strike you from. It is a very ungraceful and clumsy scene, opposed to the elegant and skillful dance of death that proceeded it.

Beneath your cloak, Be'lakor is burned, the smell of his charring flesh hazing your mind until.

"Are you helpless without me?" Kanzeon playful teases as a great burst of green hued energy and arcs of plasma erupt from your armor "Get up! and pummel him! I've calculated that is the most efficient course of action you can take!"

What do you do, Lieren?

>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?

>Step back, repair your Guandao, and stand by Magnus

>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.

>Use your knowledge of the Wuxing, and devise a technique derived by elemental metal to act as a lightning rod, and draw your brothers unmatched power to yourself, catching Be'lakor in the middle of the storm

>write in

>>4961244
That has seemingly worked before, actuallly. I just don't have any sticks atm

>>4961209
lol

>>4961284
>Devise a technique based on metal to draw our brothers power around us
>Rush to the Cage, drawing on the positive Qi

Once we get this attack through, get to the shard of order. Its light should deny the viper blade its ability to change shape.

>>4961284
> Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?
CATCHETH THESE HANDS SINNER!

> Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.
This is what I've wanted all along. We knew from the beginning that the light was something special, and the more Lieren basks in its glow, the more desperate and enraged Belakor and Chun Qiang become.

File: 1554783382928.png (77 KB, 500x374)

77 KB PNG

>>4961284
>>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?
This is a priority but if we get a chance?

>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.

We gotta break the setting if we can ever hope to break the cycle.

> Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.
This is what I've wanted all along. We knew from the beginning that the light was something special, and the more Lieren basks in its glow, the more desperate and enraged Belakor and Chun Qiang become.

>>4961284
>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?

>>4961284
>That has seemingly worked before, actuallly. I just don't have any sticks atm
YOU REQUIRE THE SACRED INCENCE TO APPEASE THE MACHINE SPIRIT OF YOUR COGITATOR, LEST IT ANGERS AND DECIDES TO BREAK IN RETALIATION

>>4961284
>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?


>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.

>>4961284
>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.
>Use your knowledge of the Wuxing, and devise a technique derived by elemental metal to act as a lightning rod, and draw your brothers unmatched power to yourself, catching Be'lakor in the middle of the storm

>>4961284
>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.
>Use your knowledge of the Wuxing, and devise a technique derived by elemental metal to act as a lightning rod, and draw your brothers unmatched power to yourself, catching Be'lakor in the middle of the storm

>>4961284
>>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil.
This demon needs a good ol' fashioned beating. We've got the superior positioning and it's stunned - so let's see how well we can flatten his face.

Once he's properly stunned:

>>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.

Hey maybe we can pry the bars open like Conan, release whatever's inside?

Also, Magnus is straight-up *here* now. I wonder how that skepticism of his will hold up against this?

>>4961579
I had to contain myself from writing out
"Hey magnus?! Still think I'm being paranoid about supremely powerful warp beasts that want to kill us all?!"

>>4961284
>>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?

Kino

>>4961598
I dunno, considering we fucking summoned it into being ourselves...

>>4961284
>>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective? Best to utilize carp dancing here as well.
Everyone isn't Kung Fu Fighting, but we most certainly are.
>>write in
>Brother! The being in the cage is our ally! Free it!

>>4961598
"Fuck off, Lieren!"

Now I don't want to take on the role of the cynic, but are you guys sure that channeling this "God" of orders power or freeing him is a good idea?

Maybe it turns out that he's just as bad if not worse than the chaos god's, at the end of the day they're warp entities and therefore a tumor upon reality, they should all be wiped out

>>4961651
They aren't unknown variables, it's established lore that they're diametrically opposed to the Chaos Gods. Perhaps even more so than our father, depending on which of his origins you subscribe to.
>they should all be wiped out
Not really possible, but love the energy.

>>4961630
Well we had to prove they existed SOMEHOW

>>4961651
>>4961656
I wouldn't be surprised if one or two 'Gods of Order' would be opposed to a human-dominated galaxy. Though, to be fair, the Great Crusades were low-key being influenced by Chaos from the beginning, and it would have served the Imperium better to consolidate and concentrate their dominion in a tighter 'ball' that could be far more easily defended and supplied.

>>4961579
He'll probably think that id HE did it HE would have been more responsible, and careful than we were (which is probably true), and this bad thing wouldn't have happened. This is a result of our inability and inexperience, a mistake that a master of The Warp like Magnus would never make.

>>4961656
As long as we don't end up as it's worshiper or champion then it's cool, humanity is our "God" ,these warp tumors are just recourses and obstacles to our cause

File: images.jpg (11 KB, 225x225)

11 KB JPG

>>4961735
I get what you're saying, but at the same time I think we all know how the Emperor would respond to that line of thinking verbatim.

>>4961284
>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?
But see if we can beat him closee to the cage? Synthesis the Fog Panther techniques for offensive attacks, and Carp Dance for defensive.

>>4961284
>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?

>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.

>>4961284
>>Step back, repair your Guandao, and stand by Magnus

>>4961284
>>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?
>>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recove

>>4961284
>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.

Imagine all the primarchs are finally found so Papa E kicks off the council of Nikaea because Lieren Released TWO Empyreal gods before even being found. At this rate he is going to meet a c'tan shard, Gork and or Mork, Cegorach and play wrestle with an Avatar of Khaine.

>>4961284
>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective? Towards the Cage

>>4961830
I am most certain our time during the Crusade could be summarised as the big players throwing darts on a wall to see what's the emergency of the week for us to face but the darts sometimes shoots back.

>>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?

>>4961284
>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.
>Use your knowledge of the Wuxing, and devise a technique derived by elemental metal to act as a lightning rod, and draw your brothers unmatched power to yourself, catching Be'lakor in the middle of the storm
Whatever gets us closer to the law god, hopefully freeing it is possible and it's mostly benign, I doubt Lieren would be getting good vibes from it if it was like Alluminas or Solkan

>>4961961
>>4961929
>>4961921
>>4961830
>>4961822
>>4961768
>>4961764
>>4961762
>>4961752
I haven't had the opportunity to follow along with the conversation, but didn't The Emperor pull a Zimbabwe African Prince on the chaos gods once, then got an uber power up? We could possibly do something similiar for the cage god/thought form of Order. I just wanted to bring that up.
Sorry for all the (you)'s.

>>4962222
It depends on who you ask because Warhammer canon is about as solid as a filled condom.

He could have tricked the chaos gods, he could have gotten a legit powerup from a portion of "untainted" warp, he could have straight up pulled a kirby and eaten a minor god for a powerboost, we don't know because everyone who can tell that story has a vested interest in spinning it harder that a news station during an election year.

The only thing you can know for certain is that /something/ went down in the past to make the big 4 think they were "cheated" if only because Big E was more than willing to flip the fucking table instead of pulling up a chair and being subsumed into one of the 4 like the rest of the fucking scrubs that pop out of the warp.

The emperor's policy of don't ask don't tell in order to starve the chaos gods will be impossible because magnus and Leiren will be there to tell him that its a bad idea.

>>4962222
Sorta? He got the Primarch tech out of it in a way.

As you may have noticed it didn't work out well for The Emperor in the long run. When you have an immortal enemy attrition can be a powerful weapon.

>>4962222
What >>4962325 said.
Of course, this is assuming Big E is a Kurdish gestalt of a bunch of Stone Age shamen and not a DAoT weapon or Old One spawn or any other backstory.

>>4962222
Nice quads. This Anon has it:
>>4962391
Maybe he is becoming immortal now, but for which price? 10k years of civil war and degradation. It is also not clear whether or not the Emperor/Star Child will be able to persist in this state of "immortality".

>>4962221
Law for the law God, suits for the suitethrone

Calling the vote now.

Use your knowledge of the Wuxing, and devise a technique derived by elemental metal to act as a lightning rod, and draw your brothers unmatched power to yourself, catching Be'lakor in the middle of the storm: 4

Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.: 12

Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?:12
-Utilize the carp styles dancing: 2
-Try to pummel him closer to the cage: 1

Brother! The being in the cage is our ally! Free it!: 1

Step back, repair your Guandao, and stand by Magnus:1

Total votes: 19

Alright, so Listening to Kanzeon and pummeling Be'lakor and rushing to the cage to catch your breath wins.

Writing now

>>4961598
>>4961646
Kek

>>4961284
>Listen to Kanzeon, and start kicking and hammering you fists into the prone devil. Brutish, but maybe it'll be effective?

KANZEON, KNUCKLE DUSTERS STAT.
Bonus points if we can turn the snapped guandao into tonfa. Lets catch Be'lakor's vulnerable side and then retreat.
>Rush to the cage, it radiates with the opposing element of Be'lakor's being. Positive Qi! beneath its light, you'll be able to catch your breath and recover.
Catch our breath. This is hectic.

File: 1525573278142.gif (742 KB, 200x189)

742 KB GIF

>>4962761
oh well. Lets gooo.
>Be'lakor's face when buy one, get two primarchs deal

Jostling and squirming your arms free from beneath Be'lakor's back, you push yourself up and leap back. Only then does Kanzeon's snarled, enraged advice reaches your consciousness. And you realize, despite the crudeness of the tactic, there is logic behind it. Though she spoke it because of the fury she felt seeing you struggle and beaten, such barbarity, such brutishness can be effective if properly focused and refined. A master is more threatened by a novice than he is another master. A trained Swordsman knows to counter the techniques of other adherents of the blade and its killing arts. They recognize the movement of fellow warriors, be they their peer or lessers, the motions are familiar to them instinctive even! The skilled recognize the talented and vice versa! One who has clashed their blade against a thousand more, cannot be overcome with talent alone, nor sheer strength. Be'lakor possess both in equal measure, raw power and finely wrought skill.

However, nothing is more dangerous than a fool who doesn't know what he's doing! The peerless fighter can be felled by a the clumsily stroke of one who has only began to walk the road of the warrior! To overcome the veteran of eons of combat, you must abandon the manner of a capable fighter, and instead battle him like a lowborn thug whose only training is the raw, natural combat of fists and feet! Forsake martial arts for its rougher counterpart!

And so, the moment you stand, you begin to wildly attack Be'lakor as if you have gone feral. Imitating on the crude brawling of the Vishnu, Lai and New Varro People, you kick and slam your fists and forearms into the still prone demon, drawing on your body's potent strength and raw might alone. It quickly becomes a furious, almost blind assault upon your enemy, the darkest spawn of hell who is shocked into a state of idleness. He cannot, at first, comprehend that you've abandoned all pretenses of civility and proficiency to maul him like a rabid beast. But you don't stop kicking, punching and slamming yourself against him, like an ox or cliff jumper driven mad by some disease or a boar incensed to charge. Like a drunkard, you throw your weight behind every strike, stumbling as you whip your armored feet against the devil's sides and stomach, before bashing your knuckles and elbows against his jaw and neck.

Kanzeon, remains silent as she distantly observes the spectacle. But that does not mean she stands idle. Rather, she lends her assistance by charging your gauntlets and sabatons with electricity, heated and energized to the point its nearly becomes plasma. You can feel her quiet rage within every arc of emerald hued lightning that arcs from your fist or feet. And the flames of your soul still surround you, burning Be'lakor as they ride along the backs of the spears of green light. Gold and emerald intermingling, united against a common foe and the bounds of love.
Cont

>>4962801

The air shudders and quakes, as Magnus pulls more of his essence into the hellish tomb to aid you. Vibrant colors and cutting winds rush from behind you, searing themselves against your flames.

"He's Recovering rapidly! Retreat! Before the entity is able to launch a counterattack!" Kanzeon yells, drawing you from the daze of brutality. Nodding out of habit, you give the wicked soul one more kick between the legs before pressing that foot down and leaping. The sounds of agony the devil emits as you press down on your heel with your full weight, are nearly enough to make you fall ill. But you're able to maintain your balance and stick the landing.

Be'lakor wordlessly screams, roaring more out of pain than rage, his contempt buried beneath the whimpers of a pain only a man can experience. His mighty legs are so deeply bowed they're nearly crossed. Like two old oaks bent in their youth by wind. A single tear drips from the ember's light of his eyes, as his expression struggles to shift from a grimace of mind clearing pain and a mask of fury purer than any a mortal man could experience. For a moment, you ponder how strange it is that a spirit would still possess that organ, but you quickly turn your thoughts to the task of escaping the agonized devil before he recovers. Your heart is pounding in your chest, and your lungs are empty of air. Your throat burns, alongside every muscle in your body. Pangs of pain wash through you with every minute movement.

"I'll pay you back a thousand fold for this insult! Fog's brat" Be'lakor cries from somewhere behind you in the tomb "Your death will be neither quick nor painless! I'll make the prince of pleasures seem merciful! I'll take your manhood for this, Lieren! I swear you'll feel the same pain as you've inflicted upon me!"

"Seems you were successful in your endeavor of pissing that warp entity off" Kanzeon giggles in your mind, her spite for your opponent oozing into her words "Just remember as long as you wear this armor, you'll never fight alone"

"In a way that means it was your own heel which crushed his balls" You sneer, as a stone flies past your head, hissing as it cuts through the air.

"Any lifeform, material or immaterial, which threatens my beloved scholar deserves to have its testicles compressed" Kanzeon says dully, though what she says makes the flatness of her tone even more terrifying than it otherwise would be "Especially one that dares to think it can get away with insulting him and myself!"

A screaming skeleton of some four legged beast is tossed overhead as Be'lakor bellows, sobbing as he struggles to move his lower half despite the torturous pain ringing from his crotch and groin. He stumbles on his cloven hooves, the light in his eyes growing to a piercing light of sheer killing intent.

He swings at your back, as you turn to face him, but with your next step you escape his reach.
Cont

>>4962803

Silver light flows over you, casting you in its comforting warmth. The viper blade catches on the light emanating from the cage, and deflects off of it as if it were solid.

Sighing in relief, you collapse before the crystal cage, huffing and wheezing as you try to catch your breath. Flashing a mocking grin, you look into Be'lakor's eyes and see the impotent rage raging within their dark depths. He turns his back to you, and faces the tear in reality, and the multicolored streams of life flowing from it like smoke and water. Magnus is half way through the portal. And you can tell from the grin Be'lakor now wears, he intends to bait your from your sanctuary beneath the light of caged order by threatening your courageous brother!

The silver white light dances around you merrily, streaming past your legs as it shimmers in a manner reminiscent of fog illuminated by the morning sun. Along the currents of silver and comfort, you can hear pitiful sobbing, like a mother crying to see their child hurt. It hums from within the crystal cage.

You turn to face it, to satiate your curiosity. And see a vague, feminine figure wrapped in veils of cloth and her own flowing locks of hair, as transient and incorporeal as mist itself. She's crying.

What do you do, Lieren?

>Take Be'lakor's bait, and draw his attention away from Magnus

>Utilize Guozhi's often used technique "The Wanderer's Veil" to conceal your presence and attempt to ambus Be'lakor as he threatens Magnus

>Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?

>Apologize to the trapped hope, and lift the cage from the casket it rests upon, and hurl it at Be'lakor's back!

>Write in

Also, going to give a recommendation/ shout out to a quest that began recently. Wolf in Sheep's Cultivator Quest. I'd suggest you to check it out if you enjoy Xianxia and cultivation stories. I've been enjoying it so far, myself

>>4962808
>Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?

We might be able to break the cage.

>Write in

Magnus, shield yourself!

Magnus is a 100 times the psyker that we are, I trust that he can hold off belakor long enough for us to do something, we're not the greatest primarch that ever was, infact I think we're smackdab in the middle since we don't really have a focus between martial/psyker/politics and logistics

>>4962808
>Consider the trapped entity and the light.
>Warn magnus
>Potentially pick up the cage if we can and carry it towards Be'lakor and magnus

Get fucked. If we can toss it at him, we can carry it to magnus.

>>4962808
>>Utilize Guozhi's often used technique "The Wanderer's Veil" to conceal your presence and attempt to ambush Be'lakor as he threatens Magnus
I would rather not endanger Magnus, he is only halfway through the portal, and he has no business getting hurt because of our mess.

Didn't realise the option to kick and hammer him would involve wrecking his balls. Another anti-daemon technique to add to our repertoire!

>>4962826
+1

>>4962808
>Apologize to the trapped hope, and lift the cage from the casket it rests upon, and hurl it at Be'lakor's back!

>>4962862
That option is honestly the least lieren thing possible, not because it's a girl, our boy ain't no simp, but because taking a hurt crying prisoner and using them as a battering ram against a demon simply because it's convenient is so against his every moral being that it wouldn't even be lieren anymore if it was done

>>4962808
>>Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?

"Be'lakor why you flee ? Are you afraid of a light ? Or perhaps you need some healing cream for your organ ?"

See if the bars of the cage can be taken and used as javelins against Be'leakor. If we can hit him, he will be occupied to take a bar out of his body instead of running towards our brother.

>>4962826
>>4962808
>Write in
Become the concept of preserverance and drag the damned cage towards our brother and our for! Show the light of hope it can be saved!

>Inb4 we've disturbed the tombs of the lost eldar gods and by bringing back Isha we kick off a 30k God war arc

>>4962826
Support, let's bring aid to bro. Maybe the trapped entity can help young Magni-magic enter the realm and fight the jailer.

>>4962808
>Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?
>Apologize to the trapped hope, and lift the cage from the casket it rests upon, and hurl it at Be'lakor's back!
Time to free another thot.

>>4962826
support

>>4962808
>Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?
Free it
Maybe by chanting line from the journey which does kinda bring order of birth to death. Imagine bringing god of order into existance and Malal the GM changes his name to the new god of order.

>>4962808
Forgot to also support to support this one too

>>4962826
+1

>>4962808
God, what's the name of that ice projection technique Gouzi taught us? Fuck.
> Try to channel the pure energies of the light in, through, and out towards Belakor.
KAMEHAHAAAAA-

Though of course if that doesn't work, like anon said >>4962826, and just fucking hoof it my guy.

Also, general question; is Warp teleportation a thing? I know that this 'realm' is technically nothing but spirit stuff and Magnus is using brute force psychic projection to bury his glorious red boot in 'anomalous warp entity' asshole, but traveling/manifesting physically from point A to point B?

It'd be neat if Lieren could actually show Magnus around Shangrala, introduce him to family and friends, etc. It seems like the senior members of the Wanderers have met him before in the psychic sense, but hearing and learning from Gouzi and others could lend further credence to Lieren's arguments.

> inb4 Meixiu calls Magnus her 'funny uncle' because of how he looks

>>4962826
+1

Magnus *and* Lieren working together? We might be able to Conan that cage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDPGiiaI1MA

>>4962808
Also, femine figure? Crystal cage? Together with Malal, from the same author and comics? It's definatly Arianka.
Which really does mean we lost the cahnce to get the dreadaxe, or free Kaleb from one of the coffins. What a bummer, he may have been a champion of Malal, but after being betrayed and forgotten, he most likely would try to get revenge.

>>4962826
yeet and don't forget to dab on chaos

>>4962808
Backing this >>4962826

>>4963005
> Who is to say he wasn't one of the souls already freed, and we won't encounter him later?
I do find it funny that once again, fan work is proving itself superior to GW (though that isn't a very high bar).

>>4962808
>Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?
>Apologize to the trapped hope, and lift the cage from the casket it rests upon, and hurl it at Be'lakor's back!
Ah yes, Lieren's ultimate technique. Throwing stuff.

>>4962808
>>Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?
Oh, hey Arianka

>>4962808
+1

>>4962808
>>Utilize Guozhi's often used technique "The Wanderer's Veil" to conceal your presence and attempt to ambus Be'lakor as he threatens Magnus
4majp

>>4963005
Don't know why you want a dreadaxe in the first place, it's just another daemon in weapon form, no fucking way is lieren touching that thing.

And no, I'm not saying that Because I think malal is going to screw us over and make us chaos worshippers because we got a booboo from a demon blade, I mean that lieren is so opposed to chaos and evil in general that I'm starting to think that our role as primarch will be proto-inquisitor

>>4963103
Well, because the dreadaxe is another daemon weapon that lives to hurt other daemons, we could have just used it to hurt Be'lakor and got rid of it, tried to study how it's anti-daemon power worked exactly, or just properly sealed it like we did with the nurgle weapon.
As it is, it's just waiting for a new Malal champion to rise so he can give it to him, or even Kaleb himself if he is locked here in retconland somewhere.
Also it's cool.

>>4963103
>I mean that lieren is so opposed to chaos and evil in general that I'm starting to think that our role as primarch will be proto-inquisitor
That doesn't preclude us from using daemon weapons in the slightest. Radical Inquisitors use daemonhosts and daemon weapons all the time, the main difference between us and them is that we're significantly harder to corrupt. Lieren is clearly fine with using his enemies weapons against them as well, evidenced by our possession of the Six-Fanged Spear and our fight with the DEldar raiders.

>>4963046
> Secret Grand Master's Technique; Soaring Panther Devastating Assault!
Y E E T !

>>4963139
Fuck looting someone else's junk. Personally I'd rather craft a guandao out of psychically reactive materials and other neat shit so it can be more fully attuned to Lieren's well of spiritual power. Maybe we can create our own unique brand of wraithbone? It's not like Wuxing doesn't support the idea.

>>4963167
I thought the Six-Fanged Spear was a piece of archeotech from the Yan's treasure vaults? I don't think we ever sat down and thoroughly analysed it because we were in the climax of the revolution. I mean I don't doubt it *could* have been a daemon weapon, but Lieren already snubbed his nose at the sorcerers charms and the Keeper of Rust's blade. If it were so blatantly cursed, he'd lock it in a box of iron and lead then bury it under 6 yards of salt.

>>4963200
>>4963200
The aix-fanged spear was tge weapon that the Yin lord was using, and we looted that junk that belong to him.

>>4963200
>I thought the Six-Fanged Spear was a piece of archeotech from the Yan's treasure vaults?
It is, I never said otherwise. It was used by a corrupted human bloodline though.

>>4963200
Wraithbone is Eldar bonesinger exclusive as far I know considering how the Old Ones shaped them to be able to create Wraithbone. Hell the Old Ones could make superior materials out if Warp stuff.

>>4963214
So were the twins Dao, but we use them.

>>4963210
Already knew that one boss. I remember the fight. It's also how we got Cui Fu's badass warhorse a lovely girlfriend.

>>4963227
Just because wraithbone is made by a specific caste of knife-ears doesn't mean we couldn't study and learn to make a parallel of our own.

>>4963231
And soon Cui Fu's Horse is going to have a child. In the end the whole debate about decapitating the horse reaulted in something good, that's a rare thing for the autistic shitflinging we anons get into this quest.

>>4962826
+1

>>4963231
>So were the twins Dao, but we use them.
You're the one getting antsy about using our enemies weapons against them, not me mate.

>>4962826
>+1

>>4963291
Not antsy, just making a point.
> Also, not the anon who wants the Dreadaxe.

I'd forgotten that was even a thing till it was brought up. No idea what this Riyu Jing thing or these retconned gods are either.

>>4963236
The foal was already born bud. It's Kanti, 'Beautiful' I think in the tribal Vishnu language I think the blurb said.

Also I guess Nothing now has ALL the top-shelf horses, among a great many other things. Think it was when we were seeing things from the perspective of that Kang dude who got obliterated by Dandan and then cyber'd up by Kanzeon.

>>4963532
> Also, not the anon who wants the Dreadaxe
That would be me. But that's anon is right, you made a point, but used two examples that go against it.
But I get what you mean, using an actual daemon weapon is quite the jump from using normal weapons that belonged to corrupt people, that's why I didn't really want to keep it in the arsenal, and more like a temporary advantage, research material, or just sealing it somewhere to fuck Malal over.
Also thanks for the heads up for the horse, I tought the baby was already born, but couldn't remember and I didn't want to check the archives.

>>4963532
>> Also, not the anon who wants the Dreadaxe.
Well aware.
>No idea what this Riyu Jing thing or these retconned gods are either.
The Riyu Jingu Bang is the personal weapon of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Chinese/Indian mythology. The Monkey King also was born of a stone, led a rebellion, and has omnivision.
Arianka was one of the three Gods of Law from the early days of Warhammer Fantasy.

So after we finish with belabor, what is the new government for a united Shangrala be?

I'm personally heavily against making jinhai the ruler of the entire world, no one man should have all that power.
I think that we should have a world council, where the leaders of the top 4 nations discuss how the world should be run and why, something like an EU but for the world as a whole


I might be jumping the gun here but after belakor any other chaos champion that isn't a greater daemon atleast is gonna be a chump, so we should really put more effort into planning exactly what a united world would look like

>>4963711
>I think that we should have a world council,
That's what I was thinking, perhaps with ourself as a mediator and tie-breaker if need be.
>where the leaders of the top 4 nations discuss how the world should be run and why,
I don't think the need for world laws will make themselves apparent. The rulers of each nation (there might be more than four now that we know the Eight Celestial Courts aren't just myth) can govern their own countries. Any world-council would be for trade discussions and settling grievences, not the head of some globablist power. Really groundbreaking things like space travel or the establishment of planet-spanning roads might be discussed, but self-rule is the best way to lower the chances of disagreement and therefore, lower the chances of conflict.
something like an EU but for the world as a whole

>>4963742
Well yeah, that's fine at first, but what I didn't right down is that we should expand our prosperity not only to our own planet, but to any others around us as well, we won't be conquering them but rather building a federation?alliance? Of planets and each one of those is going to need a representative to speak for their planet in the ¿council?

Basically while I don't want any one person to rule a planet, someone is going to have to represent that planet if we ever get to that point

>>4963748
The odds that we'll make it into the system, let alone other systems with habitable worlds before Dad comes to pick us up, are real low. I think Dorn and Guilliman were the only two to leave their homeworld before they were rediscovered. Ferrus, who had massive technological know-how and a planet where archeotech rained down from the sky, wasn't able to make it to orbit. If we are able to, then perhaps the leaders of each country on Shangrala can elect a representative to newly discovered worlds, but that's no small "if."

>>4963711
It will take a few more years for unite the entire world. But perhaps even less. The journey rebellion war was very short, and it has free a very large amount of lands.
We are also preparing for a campaign of the world liberation during this peace period, not just in prosperity or the defense of Long-Jia.

It could be done by making it like you said but this also creates a natural division. Expanded even by their different cultures and the planet geography.
There are benefits and negatives in both systems of governance.


>>4963784
In regard to space exploration and colonization, after uniting the planet it can be done. Saying that emps suddenly arrive after our unification is kind of odd. A few years have passed from Lieren arrival on Shangrila, and it still took the emperor sometime for reach the first primarch he ever recovered.
It s not an hardship.

Kazeon has even begin the process for get out of the mountain with the ship. But even without her we know how to make
basic spaceships or ar least a shuttle from the pod lol. Not even counting the study of the dark eldars ships.

It s just a spaceship or more that goes out in the space of our solar system. It s not honestly incredible to do especially with someone like Lieren.

I think Roboute managed to make a small space empire before the imperium arrived to him.

>>4963819
>Saying that emps suddenly arrive after our unification is kind of odd.
Happened to pretty much every Primarch. Only outliers were the two who made it to space, Angron, the Khan, and Ferrus. Only Ferrus because he wanted conflict to make the tribes on Medusa grow stronger, and the Khan because he unified Chogoris once and found it so boring he let it collapse.
>A few years have passed from Lieren arrival on Shangrila, and it still took the emperor sometime for reach the first primarch he ever recovered.
Fulgrim was on Chemos for fifty years and never made it to orbit.
>But even without her we know how to make
basic spaceships or ar least a shuttle from the pod lol.
Do we? Seems to me that if the gestation capsules had blueprints for spacefaring vessels, Primarchs like Perturabo or Ferrus would have made it off their homeworlds as well.
>Not even counting the study of the dark eldars ships.
All well and good, but we have much more pressing concerns. Namely the two Chaos-corrupted nations with a bone to pick with us. Defeating the Vishnu and the Shuni, de-corrupting their societies, and installing good and virtuous rulers from what goodness remains comes first. Then we'll doubtless have to deal with the Bask, then maybe three more countries, and only then begin to look to the stars. I don't think it's that presumptuous to say that Big E will have found us before then, especially with how much we've been fucking with warpshit.

>>4963996
>Fulgrim was on Chemos for fifty years and never made it to orbit.
Fulgrims a little bitch

Consider the trapped entity, and the light that escapes the cage. Perhaps it could be used somehow?:18
-See if the bars of the cage can be taken and used as javelins against Be'leakor: 1
-Try to channel the pure energies of the light in, through, and out towards Belakor.: 1:
-Chant a portion of the journey: 1

Warn Magnus: 13

Attempt to pick up the cage and haul it towards Be'lakjor and Magnus:12
-: Whilst channeling Reality Flickers before the approaching storm (Perseverance): 1

Utilize Guozhi's often used technique "The Wanderer's Veil" to conceal your presence and attempt to ambush Be'lakor as he threatens Magnus:2


Apologize to the trapped hope, and lift the cage from the casket it rests upon, and hurl it at Be'lakor's back!:3

Total votes:21

So Lieren will warn Magnus, Consider the entity trapped in the cage and if its life could be utilized some how, and then attempt to drag the cage to Magnus And Be'lakor.

Writing now

A wave of anger rushes through your mind, slowly flowing down into your veins to grip you heart as you are tormented by the coarse, raspy sobs of the light of hope. This spirit, she has without a doubt been imprisoned far longer than even the Matron of life, Isha!. Being near enough to hear her mournful cries both deepens and darkens your rage.

"Rousing the Ogre because it senses a maiden in danger, how chivalrous of you" Kanzeon says with a courtly huff "But focus that anger, Your effectiveness in combat will lower by at least an eighteenth percentage if that same anger is allowed to control your mind.

"I know" you answer without speaking as you lift yourself on your scrapped and blood knuckles, easing Kanzeon's worries with your thoughts "but worry not, I have that ogre restricted and well chained within my heart"

"Until it breaks those chains and releases itself, emotions are a fickle thing" Kanzeon warns with a hiss as you rise and cup a hand around your mouth. Drawing in a deep breath, you fill your lungs with the scalding cold grave air of the tomb and rise your chest to prepare to shout with all of your strength and might.

"BROTHER! SHIELD YOURSELF!" You cry, your own worry and dread of one you cherish and love being threatened further rising the sheer volume of your shout. The tomb quakes, shaking past its ancient foundations as your voice carries through the ether and beyond into the wilds of the spiritual realm.

Magnus reacts with a rapidity unmatched by any expect your own, his soul visible eye flares between copper and silver as he perceives Be'lakor beyond his shadow. Veins bulge across his free arm, his crimson hide tightening as the tightly corded muscles beneath harden like wrought steel. Curiosity flickers across what you can see of his perception, before it is replaced with shocked terror that quickly settles into a fiery rage that could burn and scald spirit as easily as any fire could flesh! His closely cut, groomed nails seem to sharpen into talons as his appearance changes. For a moment, he appears to be a giant even to yourself, before your eyes force his true visage to resist against the transient illusion his power overlays before the "reality" of the ghost's world.

The lightning draws back into his palm, and hardens into a glass like substances that is cast in the radiance of a thousand stars! It expands outwards, interlocking and melding together into panes of a stained glass window, that quickly curves and bends itself into a convex shield.

"...I cannot calculate the level of psionic power your brother wields" Kanzeon says, sounding cowed and unsettled, which is rather upsetting and unsettling in of itself. Just the sight of Magnus sheer power and excellence at wielding the forces of the Emperyan is enough to disturb her! She who has faced down the vileness of devils and wicked spirits, and endured the tortures of isolation for untold centuries. Truly, your brother is a formidable force by himself.
Cont

>>4964217

In awe, you watch as Be'lakor brings his blade against the glass. It's edge rebounds away, as the glass cracks but does not shatter. Then, it appears as thought time has stopped. Clearly, you can perceive the motion within the halted passing of time. It is a sensation most queer and bizarre! You can feel your thoughts slow to a ponderous pace, yet you can percieve all that occurs within that time as if you were aware of it in a more direct sense.

The Stained shield shudders, and the frozen air ripples with some kind of energy. And then time resumes, and Be'lakor is lifted from his feet by a wave of Kinect energy, and carried through the air as if a giant of the illusionary size Magnus' presented had lifted him from the ground and hurled him like a stone.

Shaking your head, you blink and adjust to the flow of time.

"I'LL BE ABLE TO STAND BY YOUR SIDE MOMENTARILY, LIEREN! ALLOW ME TO DISTRACT THIS...THING!" Magnus calls back, as he tries to claw and pull himself into the realm you yourself were stolen to "CARRY OUT WHATEVER PLAN YOU HAVE SCHEMED WHILST I INCARNARE MY ESSENCE INTO THIS PARADOXICAL REALM"

You nod, and turn to face the cage as you hear the screeching of Be'lakor's hooved feet digging into the wrecked tiled floor of the tomb, pulling his body to a halt without so much as losing his balance.

"FINE! Two corpses will lay at my feet before the day is done!" Be'lakor snarls "it makes no difference to me, if I slay one or two godlings!"

Focusing your attention, your pierce your sight into the cage as Kanzeon attempts to warn and remind you of the affects of gazing upon such potent energies even indirectly. Immediatly, your eyes begin to feel as if you stared into a raging blizzard, the sensation of frost forming into ice upon their surface and within the Aqueous Humors shakes you to your core as a new form of agony ripples through your flesh and buries itself into your mind.

The wraithlike figure shifts, as you understand its innate nature, becoming at first a porcelain doll of woman, dressed in strange armor and rising crown of ice, and then a demure maiden dressed in a thin dress woven of snow flakes and morning's frost, and then a shield made of blocks of ice so ancient it has blackened cast with figures formed of snow. But each of these visions, while both true and false are in some way wounded. The doll warrior queen's porcelain is cracked, and beneath her mask a terrified visage half seen is coated in tears and bruises, the maiden of ice cowers and shields herself with bloodied arms, eyes empty except for blind terror, and the wall...the wall has been broken down and conquered, the soldiers upon it impaled upon pikes and spears. And finally, your mind settles on an image that it will accept as the entity's "real" form.

She could pass for Luli's sister or mother, and carries as many wounds as the faithful adherent had when you first came across her.
Cont

>>4964218

Teardrops of ice drip down her chin, one of her arms hangs limply to her side, while the other's hand is a mass of twisted and broken fingers. Deep gouges line her thighs and legs, as if massive claws were dragged across her pale flesh. Her beautiful face is bloated, as if she had endured a near fatal beating. Her eyes weep endlessly, and she shivers, balled up with her legs held closely to her chest. Her flowing silver white hair hides the true horror of her injuries, but it has become frayed at the end and unkempt. What you perceive, is a frightened animal, beaten into submission and fear, too deeply cowed to even attempt to test the its confines. And what you see, is a protector defeated and consumed by the shame and grief of their failure, their sorrows dominating their heart and mind like a cancer.

What light she gives off, as comforting and rejuvenating as it is, is all the meekened spirit can do to attempt to keep you and others from befalling the same fate as herself. The wounds in her heart, like Kanzeon's own once did, bleeds and fills the air with energy. That of healing, but it is fouled by the terror that afflicts her. It is weak, barely able to guard you against Be'lakor's attack. The Qi within it could be channeled or utilized, but you have little interest or want to steal what little power and influence this poor girl is able to summon from her broken self.

However, perhaps her light would aid magnus or at least scare away Be'lakor? Perhaps hope could be returned to her heart if she realizes her cage is not absolute?

"Lieren don't!" Kanzeon cries out as you reach for the crystal bars, and grasp it.
-
The Lord of Butchers, the collector of skulls, the master of war and murder smiled upon his throne, as a chiming tune he distantly recalled reached his ears. As his legions halted their endless battle for his favor and amusement to listen to the song and wander why it so deepened their ever boiling rage, Khorne shifted upon his throne. Upon Shangrala, his chosen was roused from their slumber as the lord of skulls shifted his head, and rested his cheek upon a blood soaked gauntleted hand.

With the other, he opened his palm, and motioned it towards the yet hidden realm of his returned brother. Beneath his armor, a fanged grin ran across the merciless god's gore soaked lips.

So, brother, that is were you have taken our pawn! How bold of a first move to make!

And instantly, all the remaining three players turned their attention from the board and the reverie of their forgotten captive's cry, and gazed into the shadows were the fifth hid, and where the unmovable piece attempt to steal away their prize! In turn, they all cried out in surprise!

Impossible! We were four before!
Hrrrn, unexpected. Seems you are not in fact, all knowing, architect
YOU GOLDEN EYED BASTARD!? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?
-
Cont

>>4964219

Immediately, you fall to one knee as the weight of five sets of eyes possessed by beings of boundless age and malevolence turn their attention toward you

What? Did you believe the failed god was your tribulation?! He was just a TEST to see if you were worthy of beginning it at all!

"But you hate..." You struggle to say, struggle to even breath "The others"

We all do, HAR!

Sie Nie's voice is gentle, yet fierce. Venomous, yet sweet with kindness and joy, but her scorn overcomes it all and the Maiden of wanton pleasure's tone becomes one of masculine rage and womanly scorn.

You impudent swine! How dare you! How dare you! all the offers and chances of glory, and you strive to free that piece of garbage!?

"Brother? What's wrong!" Magnus calls out, not hearing the voice of any of the self titled gods, you cough and taste blood, wheeze and swallow burning heat.

Jian Qi's tone is one of curiosity and the anger of the denied, a slippery voice not unlike Tax collector Ling's or A serpents hiss. But, beneath his interested demeanor, you can taste his spite.

it is most unusual that anything was able to step outside of its destiny, besides nothing, but I will not tolerate you interfering with two of my most prized pawns

A voice that could only belong to Na Gou, already familiar to your ears, oozes into your mind like puss from an infected wound, or stench from a decaying corpse.

Now will you accept my fatherly affection, and its gifts? When you are faced with annihilation?

Kong Nue speaks last, and most briefly. His voice...his voice is the voice of every man you've killed, lead by Cui Fu. Tears of blood fall from your eyes as his presence falls upon your shoulders

Endure this, or fall dead

"Something has afflicted you!" Magnus realizes "There's...something besides the apperant enemy here"

"Ru-" you try to speak, before blinding pain blanks out your mind. It is as if a thousand thin knives have peel back your skin, exposing it to the elements, exposing it to drops of venom, liquor and dust of salt! As if a current of electricity had replaced your blood, and turned your flesh into malformed clay. As if you began to rot and decay as you still lived. As if your skin boiled and burned, marked by a thousand and one axe swings. As if arrows pierced you from all directions, as if all warmth and life had been drawn out of you.

Will you disappoint me, and fall to my hated siblings, or will you surpass my expectations and earn your GIFT!
Cont

>>4964222

How do you face this tribulation, Lieren?

> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!

>Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit

>release the cage, and escape the tribulation before it is too late to!

>"BROTHER! SEE THE CRUELTIES OF THAT WHICH WOULD NAME ITSELF A GOOOAAAAAAAAAGHD!"

>Write in

>>4964226
>Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit
>Order your brother to not falterwith some chinese advice.

>>4964226
>> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
Power through, baby.
Anyone have any ideas as to what else we'll find here? We've encountered Malal, a Fimir, and Arianka, missed a chance to find the Dreadaxe and Kaleb Daark, and Solkan and Alluminas are presumably somewhere close by. Are there any other notable retcons? Maybe a Hrud in their original skavenesque form?

>>4964226
>Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit
>endure it and tell them all that you will be their doom!

>>4964237
>tell them all that you will be their doom!
Do you not remember what happened the last time we made a hubristic, OOC boast before our success was assured? Because I do.

File: 0bd0ed742059cd7f4c8388209(...).jpg (31 KB, 1024x487)

31 KB JPG

>>4964226
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!

>>4964239
This isn't a fucking declaration of assured victory you autist this is a promise for the future, one entirely in character because no one hates chaos more than us

>>4964226
> Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit
> Release all of your spiritual might, every drop of the sea within your self, like the rushing river breaking free of a dam.
> Reach out to the beaten maiden of ice. "You are not alone."

>>4964226
>> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
Dear god, and here I though Be'lakor was bad enough.
I think we already kicked the wasp's nest, there is no need to spit into its remains too.

>>4964251
>This isn't a fucking declaration of assured victory you autist
>be me
>in a fight
>tell people I’m fighting that I’m going to be their doom
This is a declaration of victory because it assumes we’ll be able to follow through on that threat. Retard.
>one entirely in character because no one hates chaos more than us
>the most humble, temperate man in the setting would lose himself to his hatred and make threats he can’t back up
Fascinating that you think so.

>>4964226
Actually, changing my vote >>4964259
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
> Try to heal the gentle maiden's wounds with your spiritual energies.
Literally restore hope. We've never actually tried channeling Lieren's psychic power that way, but maybe acting selflessly is the exact solution needed here.
Empowering others who in turn empower him.

>>4964226
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!

We fought you fuckers off once and we'll damn well do it again.

File: apes.jpg (222 KB, 800x450)

222 KB JPG

>>4964290
Also willing to support this one for obvious reasons.

>>4964244
>>4964290
Fuck it, changing to this. Can't make things worse I suppose.

>>4964226
>Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!

>>4964290
support

>>4964290
+1

>>4964226
>> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
Hold out. Let Magnus focus on his, focus on ours. Think of the nature of our foes and use them to fight one another. Let change face stagnancy and pleasure with anger.

>>4964226
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
>Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit

>>4964226
>Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit
>release the cage, and escape the tribulation before it is too late to!
Fuck you Chaos, Lieren is a Lawchad.

>>4964376
Actually, changing my vote to support this anon
>>4964290
But also add two other anon's write in's
>Order your brother to not falterwith some chinese advice.
> Reach out to the beaten maiden of ice. "You are not alone."

>>4964226
>Write in
Sing to the wounded maiden, and gift her a small flame of hope.

>>4964226
>>4964290
+1
> Try to heal the gentle maiden's wounds with your spiritual energies.
>>4964376
>>4964387
+1

>>4964290
+1; but with the addition of >>4964259's 'You Are not alone'

>>4964290
+1

>>4964226
Fuck you chaos.
Support >>4964290


Let no god or torment stop us from aiding the beaten.

>>4964226
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
> Try to heal the gentle maiden's wounds with your spiritual energies.
> Reach out to the beaten maiden of ice. "You are not alone."

Huh, neat. Didn't think I'd get so much support.

Something I was thinking about besides healing was that Lieren's fiery defiant energy compliments the maiden's own cool, pure water/ice energy. I think.

Not entirely sure I have this Wuxing stuff down.

>>4964474
I don't think that Ariabka is warer or ice, her prison is made of the crystal, not her,so it would make sense she is something that is defeated by whatever element glass would be.
Although her coffin was under Praag, the oldest city of Kislev, so maybe she has something to do with ice powers.

>>4964474
Lieren has a soft spot for children, abused maidens and prisoners.

Supporting the option is overwhelmingly in character, though I'm sad that magnus will never see the gods as they do this.

>>4964484
Glass is Earth.

>>4964500
He's gonna learn bud. One of the whole reasons it was so difficult for Magnus to see the truth was because Tzeentch was actively manipulating events.

I'd bet a solid $20 that witnessing the Flesh-Change in his sons is going to incur some right and proper VENGEANCE on his part.

>>4964507
So her being related to water works, since there is an overcoming interaction between them.

>>4964510
I. . I want to say that he would know this. They would look at the utter agony we are inflicted and suffering from and believe us when we tell him later that it was the false gods. I want to say he'd believe us.

But I just can't see his doubt letting him hold it. I can all to easily see him say "You're blaming these little creatures for all your Ills lieren. When the pain passes you will be of clearer mind"

>>4964515
If Magnus saw a god, fpight against a champion, and even them still refuses to see it when a deal goes wrong, than it was impossible to fix that mistake.
Malal wouldn't go that far on the other direction of how easy would be to convince him, right? The GW forcing their shitty plot powered villains that fuck up but still work way?

>>4964226
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
>Channel and focus on the Journey and its teachings to anchor and shield you. Use "reality flickers before the storm" to further make use of the journey if possible.
People facing heavenly tribulation in Xianxia often sit it out and just tank the whole thing in silence so narratively I assume that is the best way to handle this, secondly the journey is strongly anti chaos since its the metaphorical distilled core of Lierens character so since we are fighting the four all at once now is the time to bring it out as much as possible.

>>4964290
>Being subjected to a psychic dog-pile of everything wrong in the universe and ignoring it to try and restore hope
This shit is so over the top I love it
Also Lieren is 100% walking out of this fucked up in some way. Primarch or not, all 4 Chaos Gods at once is about as bad as it can possibly get,

>>4964600
>Also Lieren is 100% walking out of this fucked up in some way.
Our boy has been doing too good to not warrant the Universe trying to balance things out. It's expected.

>>4964600
Give because you can give, not because you expect to be praised for it.

>>4964602
>>4964600
> Lieren emerges from his Sojourn into the Abyss as a wizened older master complete with long beard, haunted and aged by his experiences but wiser and more powerful for them
> Still has a fucking fantastic body, and now exudes peak Hot Dad energy at all times
> Fangirl Club quadruples overnight, now led by an anonymous ringleader with suspiciously long ears

>>4964650
Where is our Eldar fangirl anyway?

She should have gotten here by now

>>4964654
She's probably into voyeurism, interfering would ruin the whole thing.
Got to remember that the Eldar spawned Slanesh.

>>4964654
Oh shit, forgot she jumped in after us. Maybe something's holding her up? There are two Eldar gods, Hoec and Gea, who might be here. Hoec's only mention was in the Eldar's 4th Edition codex and Gea has been mentioned twice. Firstly in a 1st Edition book from the early 90s and most recently in a novella from 2013.

>>4964669

Well if things work out here, us and Magnus will probably be the ones who will liase with the Eldar when they come knocking. After seeing us fight the forces of chaos.

>>4964677
Just don't let Vulkan hear about it.

>>4964699
Ha can plan the interspecies bonding cookout. It'd definitely help him destress.

>>4964724
We should definatly try to write some guide on how to distinguish different eldar for him.

>>4964226
Supporting this one >>4964290

>>4964473
+1

>>4964226
>>Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit

>>4964226
Supporting the healing, touching, uh fuck off chaos gods, uuuhhhh singing. Fucking you know I'm just fucking gonna support those things. Yeah. Those. Fuck. It's late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlKGlClD3I

>>4964932
>Be Lieren
>Tell Magnus about the dangers of going too deep in the Warp
>Be Lieren that also goes beyond reality in order to restore Hope from her current state of non-existence while battling the four gods of chaos

>>4964226
> Try to heal the gentle maiden's wounds with your spiritual energies.
>Start cursing and denouncing them all, turning your unshakeable convictions against their insipid gospels, insulting each of the four and Chun Qiang as well as they attempt to break your spirit
Dont fall for them by doing what they want. Especially enduring the pain sounds like the Na Gou option.

>>4964290
Supporting

>>4964947
Surrendering to to pain is the Nurgle option.
Malal has said he won't fuck us over out of nowhere.

>>4964957
^

>>4964947
>Especially enduring the pain sounds like the Na Gou option.
If Mortarion just grit his teeth and endured Nugle's Rot for eternity, he wouldn't have become a daemon prince. But he buckled and now he perpetually smells like a corpse dunked in the liquid that pools at the bottom of Carl Jr.'s dumpsters.

I have not followed this quest in quite a while.... WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?

>>4965332
Lets just say that experimenting with the warp os bad

>>4965332
As it would turn out, Lieren has the power to cut the metaphysical shit, thus bringing Malal back into existence.

>>4965332
Our special eyes were the gift of Malal.
Turns out that when we decided to study why a mysterious fifth god that fucked over the other four wasn't documented, the truth vision was the missing ingredient to bring Malal back to reality.
We just unretconned GW's bad decisions.

Did Malal just encouraged us to free hope? Was really all his master plan to fuck Chaos?

>>4965364
Who the fuck knows with that guy, he hates everyone else almost as much as he hates himself, so yeah, it's entirely possible that he's making us strong enough to kill him because that's his nature.

>>4965364
Malal hates Chaos, himself included.

So long as everyone dies before he does he's more than happy to count that as a win.

>>4965338
It's isn't experimenting with the warp is bad, it's that you thought it was a good idea to create "true chaos".

>>4964650
but will he have the dad bod?

>walk away for a couple threads
>fightan one of khornes champions, which makes sense considering lieren is trying his ass off to apparently purge chaos off his planet
>apparently lieren is chilling with magnus, which is legit cool
>apparently somehow unretconned malal
>is about to completely shit up the warp
NGL i legit thought the caged chick was the eldar god that nurgle has hold of.

>>4965487
>NGL i legit thought the caged chick was the eldar god that nurgle has hold of.
Oh, you haven't heard? All the cool gods have other, weaker gods imprisioned in their domain now.

>>4964290
this

>>4965487
>>4965491
i think she is Lileath the Maiden

>>4965573
She's Arianka, one of the Gods of Law from the early days of Warhammer Fantasy. She was imprisioned in a crystal coffin by one of the Chaos Gods and Kaleb Daark, Champion of Malal, was sent to kill her. But this was in a 4-part comic series that only made it to 3 due to legal issues with Malal's creator. Lileath is in Slaanesh's stomach, either dead or trapped like the first generation of Olympians, I prefer to believe the latter.

>>4964368
>>4964290
adding this as well
(> Try to heal the gentle maiden's wounds with your spiritual energies.)

>>4964226
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
> Try to heal the gentle maiden's wounds with your spiritual energies.

I like this idea. To quote from Klaus "A true selfless act always sparks another", let the spark bring about the God of Order.

>>4965578
I have been reading what little there is on her and i am not exactly impressed, is she worth all this effort?.

>>4965895
Probably. We don t exactly find this kind
of spirits everywhere. At least is an occasion.


>>4964226
> Endure it, and sit silent, riding through the torments of the four other lords of hell, commanding your brother to ignore your plight, and fight on!
> Try to heal the gentle maiden's wounds with your spiritual energies.

>>4965895
For lierens perspective, of course.
From a player perspective, It annoys the gods the most, so of course.

I probably don't mean this but I'd like there to be real consequences to our actions. Maybe Leiren dies and we're now controling Magnus who's serving the Order Goddess.

Or maybe the we're now the sect and have to carry on Leiren's legacy.

>>4966037
This has to be bait.
I refuse to believe it isn't.

>>4966049
There are dumbasses in any quest, just ignore it and be on the lookout for samefagging

If we find a forgeworld I hope to change their dogma of human life having no value and aversion to invention, innovation, and outright stealing xeno designs is changed

Or better yet we create our own organization of scientists and engineers and then tell the mechanicum to suck it long and hard

>>4966114
Emperor would veto that hard, and we know how the emperor is about his enforcements.

And it's not that human life has no value, it's that they are cogs in a machine, their vlaue is intrinsically tied to their capacity to preform a function.
Lastly, I really really need to clear up this misconception but it isn't an aversion to invention and innovation except in the most extreme of cases. The rule is that only a Magos or higher leveled individual, a proven and skilled individual, is permitted to tinker with designs are try and innovate. Because rampant innovation doomed man before, so only the trusted can be allowed to do it.

>>4966127
Emperor hates the mechanicum, I'm sure he'd turn a blind eye and let them seeth

Also that top dogs innovating is bullshit, only cawl is innovating and every other tech priest hates him for it

>>4966133
Emperor hates them, but has use of them. He's not going to kill them off, because if he could without his crusade failing, he would.

And top dogs innovating is not bullshit, Cawl being one of said top dogs. But most media doesn't give a shit about their innovation and elects not to show it. 30K however is rife with such innovations whenever you look at mars or the creation of new marks of armour.

>>4966137
Consider further, Cawl makes use of AI and is distinctly of a radical tint.

Priests don't like eachother at the best of times, his radicalism is particularly not attractive.

>>4966114
The Mechanicum is full of diffetent sects, promoting one above the otger could work, but it would get rivals wanting to fuck us over.
And primarch worlds have quite a lot of autonony, even the ones that conquered later, as show by the leniency on Ultramar and Lorgar's preaching. As long as we keep up our crusading quota we could expand prosperity.
Now removing the Mechanicum all together from the Imperium is basically impossible before already having "won" 40k.