Editing The End Times (section)

===[[Host of the Eternity King]] (formerly [[High Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|High Elves]], [[Dark Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|Dark Elves]], and [[Wood Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|Wood Elves]])===
* A fuckhuge army of Warriors of Chaos, led by Valkia the Bloody, launch an invasion of [[Naggaroth]]. The populace of Har Ganeth were excited as fuck. Valkia is defeated but it is unclear whether she is dead. Malekith kills Skarbrand
* Drycha sells the Fey Enchantress out to Mannfred, who then attempts to kill her and fails.
* [[Everqueen|Alarielle]] travels to Athel Loren, and in exchange for attempting to heal Ariel (who was injured during the Bretonnian civil war) and the Oak of Ages (which is rotting and full of maggots, caused by Lileath unbeknownst to anyone else) a Wood Elf force led by [[Araloth]] is dispatched to help save Aliathra. 
*[[Finubar the Seafarer]] locks himself in a tower to figure shit out, and came to the revelation that he and all the phoenix Kings are cursed by [[Asuryan]] for being impostors who cheated their way through the flames via magical protection.  Malekith projects his spirit form into Finubar's observatory and taunts him about everything that has come to pass. He then summons a Bloodletter and locks Finubar in the room, and Finubar lets the Bloodletter kill him as he sees suicide as the only option.
*[[Eltharion|Eltharion the Grim]] and Araloth fail to save Aliathra. Araloth escapes, Eltharion goes out like the grim hero he was by being aged to dust by Arkhan the Black. 
* Aliathra is revealed to be Tyrion's daughter, not Finubar's. She's used as the last sacrifice to resurrect Nagash, who is then afflicted with the Curse of Aenarion. Thanks to her behavior and composure during the ordeal however, Arkhan now thinks mortal Elves may be more badass than all his asshole coworkers (except Nef). 
* After several of the Northern Watchtowers, Karond Kar, Clar Karond, and Har Ganeth [Har Garneth is still populated, but the blood mad populace don't bother to repair the damage and keep slaughtering chaos warriors] have been destroyed the Druchii take everything of value from Naggaroth (leaving the slaves to die), destroy the remaining cities, salt the earth to leave no plunder for the forces of Chaos, and head to Ulthuan.
* Malekith turns his back on his mother, leaving her in her tower at Ghrond to pine after her long lost love Aenarion (a retcon, as in original fluff she was only manipulating him) in isolation awaiting the hordes of Chaos to come for her. 
* End Times retcons the Cult of Pleasure to have never been Slaaneshi, but instead simply behaved Slaaneshi and worshiped [[Atharti]] instead. 
* An army of Slaaneshi Daemons led by [[N'kari]] invade from the [[Ulthuan|Annuli]].
* [[Tyrion]] is still an emo brooding prick. But now he's an emo brooding prick that not only sired an illegitimate heir to Everqueen, but he also failed to rescue his daughter. Though pissed over Tyrion's literal fuck-up, [[Teclis]] arranges for him to lead the the High Elf armies in Finubar's absence.
* Teclis is revealed to be manipulating everyone like a mortal Be'lakor, all on the vague instructions left by the only remaining living god [[Lileath]]. 
* Ariel, revealed to be the avatar of [[Isha]] herself, is revealed to be dying while Isha herself lies in a state of dementia. Lileath has one last conversation with her before Alarielle absorbs the remainder of Isha into herself, the personality of the goddess being entirely lost in the process. The Wood Elves swear loyalty to Alarielle. 
*Lileath confirms that the Warhammer World gods are NOT aspects of Chaos as Vetok originally wrote ages ago, but in fact are the last survivors of the last universe. Warhammer Fantasy is in a permanent cycle of death and rebirth, as each time Chaos destroys one world survivors from the last escape and form a new one as the new reigning gods.
* Malekith and Teclis reveal that Malekith was the chosen Eternity King of [[Asuryan]], destined to take the throne after his father. By allowing a vote for king he defied Asuryan's will, and the corruption of the Chaos Gods made them not choose the half-brother of the queen to sire her heir (seriously not making this shit up). [[Wat|Malekith was supposed to kill Bel-Shanaar and test himself in the Pyre]]. But he was unable to withstand the pain, and failed Asuryan's test. Asuryan cursed every Phoenix King (a position not intended to have ever existed) with madness, and used what little remained of his strength to undo each of them and bring their achievements to woe. [[Derp|He then awaited the true chosen king to return to Ulthuan and test himself again.]]
** It should be noted that this particular tidbit has been retconned in AoS of all places; in Broken Realms: Morathi, the titular elf finds the souls of the past Phoenix Kings in the bowels of Slaanesh’s tummy, and they all still contained portions of Asuryan’s power/blessing...which Morathi then consumed to become a goddess but that’s not important.
* Imrik consults the spirit of Caledor the Dragontamer, who verifies Malekith's story.  The majority of the High Elves say 'Oh, that's alright then' and don't ask further questions.  Caledor pledges its loyalty to Malekith, having set itself aside as neutral after Finubar died and Tyrion dissed Imrik.  With the help of the Caledorian Dragons attacking the defenseless guardians from behind, the Eagle Gate is breached and a Dark Elf/High Elf force march into Ulthuan.
* Malekith walks through the Pyre of Asuryan a second time. The last of Asuryan's strength enters him.  The Shrine of Asuryan sinks beneath the waves, Asuryan dies forever, and Malekith awakens a demigod. 
* Tullaris accepts death at Tyrion's hands, being told by Khaine that his death would set Tyrion down the path to draw the Widowmaker. 
* Alarielle returns to Ulthuan via the magical "world root" transportation system of the Wood Elves and pledges her loyalty to Malekith as the one true king, and arranges a wedding between the two (guess she forgave him for the whole 'I crashed your wedding and sent a Keeper of Secrets to rape you' thing).  Tyrion, in an understandable rage at literally all of his friends, family and lover betraying him for the person who had been tormenting them for their entire lives, draws the [[Widowmaker]] and becomes the avatar of [[Khaine]]. The Dark, Wood, and High Elves divide between which they support; Phoenix King Malekith, or the Aestyrion. The former is joined by the former loyal servants of the Phoenix King, the latter by the Cult of Khaine. 
* Morathi leaves her tower in disguise and betrays Malekith to fight alongside Tyrion (who in her madness she really does think is Aenarion reborn) as his bride.  Morathi is revealed to be the avatar of the goddess Hekarti. 
* Imrik captures Tiranoc and Eataine, and sets the Eternity King fleet sail inside the Sea of Dreams where the Aestyrion fleet led by [[Sea Lord Aislinn]] is trapped. Aislinn's survival tendencies are revealed to be because he is the avatar of [[Mathlann]]. 
* Aislinn, realizing his mistake in allegiance, later wreaks Tyrion's fleet by summoning a tidal wave on the moment of his death.
* Nagarythe stays neutral, and becomes a site for refugees. Alith Anar kills any from any side who attempt to march through, including Kouran who is stabbed through the chest after a short and very one-sided fight. 
* Korhil leads the armies of Tyrion. As the two sides battle, most of western Ulthuan remains in Malekith's hands while eastern Ulthuan belongs to Tyrion. Saphery is destroyed, Yvresse becomes wholly depopulated without Eltharion to defend it. 
* Imrik damages Tyrion's armor, but is defeated after suffering non-fatal injuries. 
* Tyrion marches against Avelorn, burning it to the ground.  Morathi and Alarielle duel while Tyrion fights Orion.  Orion, and thus [[Kurnous]], is killed by Tyrion/Khaine but not before he stabs Tyrion in the rent Imrik created to keep the wound open.  Alarielle gets tired of being called a tree-hugging sissy and shows everyone up by painfully turning the invading elves into trees. 
* Korhil attempts to steal the Widowmaker from Tyrion with the help of a Sorceress and Shadowblade in order to get it to Hellebron.  Korhil and the White Lions, who have resisted the Curse of the Widowmaker in the past, travel to meet up with the Khainite host. Korhil kills an Elvish Prince who happens to be the Sorceress' brother. Before the ritual can be completed, Morathi hunts down Korhil and defeats Hellebron, bringing Korhil back to Tyrion. For a full night Tyrion tortures him with his bare hands, gouging out his eyes and smashing his legs into splinters. After much torment, Korhil is beheaded by the brother of the Prince he killed, his own axe used to cut his head from his shoulders (messily, at Morathi's request). 
* Malus's luck finally runs out as with the increase in the power of Chaos T'zarkan grew stronger, eventually destroying Malus's soul, killing Spite and almost immediately fighting and getting killed by Tyrion.
* Eltharion's spirit returns to grant his trademark necklace and sword to his niece and nephew.
* Malekith and Tyrion finally enter into a duel to the death on the Isle of the Dead while the spirits of dead Elven heroes battle around them on behalf of one or the other of the fighters (including Eltharion, whose spirit sides against Tyrion, Korhil who gets revenge, and the Phoenix Kings; their skeletons fight for Tyrion but their spirits fight for Malekith and are only granted reprieve from their damnation if they fight for him).  Tyrion defeats Malekith, but before he's able to deal the final blow Alith Anar pulls a Grimgor and shoots him in the back through the hole that Imrik created like he's fucking Smaug.  Alith Anar then shoots Malekith with a second arrow, landing next to his heart. Alith Anar claims if Malekith does not rule justly, the next arrow would go through. As a Nagarythe arrow, thorns sprout from it and cause immense pain to his Dark Elf body. In the Black Library novel Alarielle completely removes it, in the army book she only removes the threat to his life it causes and he must live with the excruciating pain which is worse than his original burns (Though the latter may be the case of an Unreliable Narrator).
*  Malekith sends the united Elf race through the World Roots to Athel Loren while he sends Teclis to free the Winds of Magic. Caledor the Dragontamer and Morathi are lost in the Warp as Teclis undoes the Vortex.  Morathi's madness reaches full and she attempts to reason with Slaanesh as an equal and he drags her into his realm.  As 8th edition retconned Morathi from being his high priestess to being a worshiper of an Elf god who was himself in every way but name, he's unlikely to be merciful. 
* The Wind of Light is bound to Teclis's magic staff, he intended to bind the Wind of Fire to Malekith but since it had escaped earlier he only able to bind Shadow to him.  Alarielle is made the embodiment of the Wind of Life, the other Winds escape.  Nagash has already bound the Wind of Death to Sylvania, and the Wind of Heavens resides within Karl Franz. The wind of fire binds itself the the dwarf slayer king Ungrim Ironfist. 
*  Without the Vortex keeping it afloat, Ulthuan sinks (many Elves refuse and stay to perish or don't make it to the World Roots time). 
* Malekith sets up court in Athel Loren and is crowned "Eternity King". Princes constantly grumble and plot against him, and only because it would cost him the loyalty of Imrik does he stay his hand from most. Any he DOES decide to kill, he wipes out their entire family as is his way. 
* The three races of Elves are forbidden from fighting each other. To satiate their murder-lust (which is lessened since most of the Khainites are now dead or were disappeared shortly after Malekith took the throne) the Dark Elves have taken to raiding Bretonnia. We are not going to elaborate on how [[skub]]by this sounds considering Elves are at least supposed to act remotely decent as somehow [[Drowtales|Dark Elves can enslave, murder and save the world in the name of a magical king]].
* All three races of Elves all but wipe out Beastmen in Athel Loren, mostly at the direction of the [[Sisters of Twilight]]. 
* After [[Tyrion]] slays [[Malus Darkblade]] at the battle of Reaver's Mark, and [[Nagash]] is reborn, [[Lileath]] sends [[Araloth]] and Kalara on a dangerous journey; deep into the Realm of Chaos, to seek out [[Nurgle]]'s mansion and rescue [[Shallya]] who says she is as vital to the survival of humanity as Isha is to the Elves. During their travels, they form an alliance with a somewhat crazed human scholar who has evidently been given free reign to roam the Realms of Chaos unmolested - possibly [[Richter Kless]], author of the Liber Chaotica. With his assistance, Araloth makes a brief foray into the Crystal Maze of [[Tzeentch]] and rescues an imprisoned sorcerer, who lends his sorcerous powers to their journey. Their group completes itself with the addition of a strangely accented giant-statured human, a knight in brilliant silver armor who can shoot blue fire from one of his hands and cannot be harmed by the forces of Chaos - this may be [[Kaldor Draigo]]. Together, they finally reach Nurgle's mansion, where the knight sacrifices himself by shouting for all to hear that "Nurgle is the paragon of cleanliness!" to distract the guardian daemons so that the others can sneak into Nurgle's pox-kitchen. There, they rescue Shallya, but only with a sacrifice; Kalara has to remain behind and serve as the Poxfulcrum, the daemon tester of Nurgle's plagues, or else Nurgle will realize that the goddess has been stolen from him. As the quartet leave, the sorcerer betrays Araloth, only to be swallowed whole by a beast of Nurgle that Araloth took pity on during their initial travels. The scholar deceives the daemonic beast into leaving without accidentally killing "its friend Araloth", bids the Wood Elf and the weakened deity adieu, then happily wanders off into the Realms of Chaos again, even as Araloth returns to Lileath's side. So Alice in Wonderland, Warhammer style. 
* Araloth then learns from [[Lileath]] that the world is doomed and she has other plans for him; to travel through a portal to a world untouched by Chaos, where he and their daughter together will eventually coax life into being again as part of the eternal cycle. Though initially outraged and seeing this as a betrayal, Araloth's familial loyalty wins out and he steps through, to be the [[Asuryan]] of that world. They will be accompanied by the Bretonnians that Lileath uplifted in her time as the Lady.
* From the fall of the Vortex, Slaanesh received more souls than he could take and Eldyra (who had become a Vampire) received some essence of Death making her a candidate to be the new Elf god of the afterlife in the next world. Lileath tutored her on godhood, and sent her to create an afterlife made of darkness to house the lucky Elf souls. One day Araloth will bring light to this afterlife, making it a pleasant place to be. 
* In End Times: Thanquol, Skaven fucking with an ancient device of the Old Ones accidentally contact [[Eldar]] (or some "Elvish-sounding alien voice"), though they promptly freak out and destroy it..
* Teclis steals the Flame of Ulric, and uses it to bind the Lore of Light to Tyrion's near-lifeless body, resurrecting him (causing the fall of Middenheim, something Teclis agonizes over). Tyrion no longer trusts Alarielle or Teclis, but is free of Khaine's influence. 
* Lileath is reduced to a mortal body, and without the immensity of her power feels mortal emotions again, primarily the soul-crushing guilt of how she fucked over the Bretonnians. This later comes back in a karmic way as the bulk of the surviving Bretonnians abandon the final battle, and sell out her newly created world and children to Chaos. She ominously loses contact with it before the world ends. 
* Malekith is ambushed by Chaos, but a whirling axe out of the darkness saves him. A voice comments "You never did learn to watch your back, boy." and the speaker leaves. Malekith is left realizing that the White Dwarf has forgiven him of causing all (or at least 99% of) the Dwarf/Elf conflict. 
* Dechala appears and throws Morathi's staff at Malekith's feet, taunting him about her fate. It isn't explicitly stated that Morathi is dead, although it's unlikely she'll be coming back for 9e (not like anyone else is either though). 
* Drycha joins Chaos, and is defeated. 
* Hellebron and the remainder of the Cult of Khaine swear allegiance to Khorne, and are defeated. 
* Be'lakor is captured in Athel Loren. His gambit fails when he is bound to the Chaos-repelling ruby in Alarielle's tiara, which is stated to be capable of surviving the End Times although it's unknown if he manages to escape after that. During the binding, Alarielle snubs Malekith with hesitation at calling him her husband. 
* After Gelt and Caradryan are slain, Teclis absorbs their Winds of Magic which causes him to explode. 
* During the final battle, Malekith stares into the Warp and swears that although defeat is inevitable, he will make the forces of Chaos suffer as mortals suffer, and promises that he will make sure they never forget the Warhammer World.
* As the world ends, Alarielle and Tyrion stay side, with a crippled Malekith lying behind them, as the three last living Elves helplessly watch as the Warp consumes the world.