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Chapter 2 - Embers of a Great Past

Azeroth. In the long gone Golden Age of Mankind now known as the Dark Age of Technology, this world stood as one of the Human Federation's principle worlds.

A world that was an oasis or research, technology and culture where humans and other species not only lived in peace but also contributed to the advancement and enrichment of knowledge and culture.

Sadly it was not to last when in the 25M the Men of Iron rebellion began and in the ensuing Chaos damaged and broke apart humanity's great interstellar empire.

Death, destruction and casualties being in the amount that would horrify people if they discovered the true scale of the destruction.

If that wasn't bad enough shortly after the end of Iron Rebellion just as humanity was gaining back their bearings and trying to rebuild.

Warp storms in a frequency never before seen started appearing all over the Milky way galaxy that baffled even the ancient and wise Men of Gold.

These Warp storms ended up cutting a vast majority of human worlds from communication and FTL space travel effectively isolating the race after they just endured their greatest and most damaging war.

But humanity's bad luck did not stop there, many Alien races once allies to humanity turned on them either due to survival, greed or vanity killing them in droves, stealing from them or enslaving them. Further damaging humanity's foundation and dignity.

While in many other human worlds the increasing appearance of the new mutant human strain known as Psykers caused a different sort of Chaos, many not being able to control their powers became either possessed by Malicious beings lurking beyond the veil of Reality after being tempted by them.

Seeing them as Gods and higher beings as these fools spread the virus to their brethren propagating the cancer until they were able to tear apart the veil of reality to allow their masters to set foot on their homes too far gone to know they had doomed themselves and their people.

Other Psykers became living gateways that tore the veil apart if not being able to control their powers killing themselves and opening the way in which plunged their worlds into Chaos and destruction by those same malicious beings 

And it continued for several Millennia...The once mighty Interstellar empire no longer even worthy of being called a shadow of what it once was for those very few that even knew their past greatness.

Azeroth was one such world yet compared to many other human worlds maybe it can be said that it had gotten off much better but still scared in it's own ways.

Not much is remembered over what had happened on the world so long ago after it too was cut off from the wider human race but even to this day Azeroth retained it's natural beauty it was famous for long ago.

Humanity on the planet had at some point established "Kingdoms" on the main and largest continent which was known as Arda originally but was now just referred to as the Eastern Kingdoms.

Yet they were not the only ones living on Arda, there was also the Dwarven Kingdom of Khaz Modan or Ironforge as well as the Kingdom of the High Elves known as Quel'Thalas and Ork Hordes that lived in the Blasted Lands.

There was also the secretive Night Elves who lived in the small continent west of Arda around the mysterious mount Hyjal who preferred to keep to themselves and their ways even more than their High Elf brethren and rarely interacted with the wider world.

After living so long these different races had learned to live together on Azeroth in sometimes relative and sometimes strenuous peace each with their own culture, history and ways of living.

Many different technologies were either forgotten, their method of manufacturing no longer being complete or the knowledge to make and repair them being lost and needing to be rediscovered.

Yet despite that Azeroth was still in much better condition compared to many other worlds and what the races did preserve, rediscover or discover were able to not only live in comfort sustaining themselves through self sufficiency and trade but also arm their armies formidably as well in comparison to other worlds while in the Age of Strife.

It was in this very world that a "shooting star" that was actually a gestation pod tore through the Veil of reality and approached he planet.

King Llane Wrynn I of Stormwind was in his Solar just done with the work he had for today as he got up from his desk and approached his balcony.

He sighed and smiled as he looked at the beautiful view of Stormwind City and the great starry sky as well as Azeroth's twin moons, the larger White moon called the White lady and the smaller Blue-green moon called the Blue Child.

But then his eyes widened in surprise as he saw a shooting star coming from the distance not thinking much of it but soon enough his eyes widened as the "star" grew closer and closer until he saw as it crashed down in the Elwynn in the distance causing a distant echo of a explosion.

Getting out of his stupor he quickly dashed to the side of the room where his armour was donned it as his Solar's door opened and in came his old friend and Head of his Honour Guard Anduin Lothar already armoured and ready.

"Llane I'm guessing you saw it too?"

"If you mean the meteorite that landed not far in the Elwynn forest then yes Anduin I did see it, I'm guessing you already prepared a contingent?"

"Of course they're waiting for us outside so we go and check whatever it was"

"Then let's not waste time"

The King and his Champion were off neither knowing that on this day their future, the future of Azeroth and Galaxy itself would change in ways not even the Greatest and wisest of beings could have predicted or foreseen.

Author Notes:

Wow the chapter perfectly stopped at 1000 words. Anyway Hi I'm ArkNova and let me be clear this is a original of mine and not a translated fic. I really hope you enjoy it since it's my first Warhammer fic and a bit of a crossover to boot.

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