We are back to the Realm of Fire for this battle (Balance of Power really does hop about the Realms quite a bit!), where the Stormcasts are about to do something very unwise…
The Story So Far
The Stormcasts had forged (well, bought) an alliance with the Fyreslayers of Vostarg Lodge, and had fought their way to the walls of the Bloodkeep. It was here that the Stormcasts revealed their intentions.
The Bloodkeep was not just a centre of Khornate power within the Realm of Fire – it was also the prison in which Khorne kept Skarbrand locked up when the daemon was not busy killing things. This was achieved by the use of a mighty artefact called the Brass Chain, whose links granted complete power and control over Skarbrand.
Sigmar had ordered the Stormcasts to steal the Brass Chain, allowing the God-King to keep Skarbrand (and thus one of Khorne's most potent weapons) out of the Realmgate Wars. Things looked good as the Stormcast approached the Bloodkeep with their Fyreslayer allies, as the fortress appeared really quiet – none of the normal roars and growls of Skarbrand's raging could be heard. With the Fyreslayers offering to tunnel into the Bloodkeep's courtyard, thus avoiding its outer defences, it looked like the Stormcasts would be able to snatch the Brass Chain from under Khorne's nose before anyone noticed.
Unless, of course, there was a slight chance that Skarbrand had been banished elsewhere in the Mortal Realms and was even now hurtling back towards Bloodkeep…
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