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===The Blighted Planet===

The way to Khaine's sacred planet was a long and tumultuous one. It was situated on the southern fringe of the Galaxy, in what we today refer to as the Veiled Region. Many sections of the Webway were blocked off by the Imperial fleet, so Aenarion's advance was fairly slow. On the positive side of things, his forces grew considerably in size on his way south, since several admirals deserted the Imperial fleet and joined the rebels after hearing tales of Aenarion's exploits. And the Autarch could certainly use reinforcements, for his fleet was constantly under attack by the traitors, the Slaugth and even the Krork, who always rush to join the fun whenever there's bloodshed. But, no matter how long a journey takes, each one of them has an ending, and the expedition to the Blighted Planet ended exactly one year after its start. 

Finally, the planet's grim visage was right in front of Aenarion, who studied it melancholically from his command bridge. A lifeless obsidian orb lit up by turbulent oceans of lava, it convulsed in tectonic spasms and belched clouds of molten rock into space, threatening to fall apart any second. A single pin held this chaotic mess together, and Aenarion was about to pull it out. The scarred khainite advised that any champion wishing to attempt the trial of Khaine needed to descend upon the planet alone, and so the Autarch was the only Eldar aboard the shuttle that left his flagship for the Blighted Planet. Landing it was no trivial task, for the planet was plagued by constant earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

After a hard landing, Aenarion got out of his spacecraft and went in the first direction he saw. He remembered the advice of the scarred officer who told him that direction did not matter on the Blighted Planet and the challenges of Khaine would find a willing champion themselves. It wasn't long before the Autarch found himself in the middle of a vast field with scores of swords of all sizes and designs imaginable sticking out of the ground. As soon as he approached them, an unknown force pulled the swords out. Before he could as much as blink, the swords attacked him, as if wielded by invisible hands. Aenarion fought alone against no less than fifty opponents, but his fencing skills were impeccable, and most of the swords barely left a couple of scratches on his armour. Eventually he managed to break all of them with mighty strikes of his own weapon and proceeded onwards. 

Soon he came across a giant Eldar head, chiselled roughly from a solitary piece of basalt. Streams of lava were running like tears from its eyes, forming a pool in front of the sculpture. Suddenly the lava in the pool rose up and assumed a grotesque, vaguely humanoid shape. With speed and agility unusual for such a brutish creature, the lava golem attacked Aenarion with its huge scorching fists. The Autarch threw his weapon to the side, for he realised that no blade could ever harm a monster made of lava. Another way of dealing with the creature needed to be found as quickly as possible, but Aenarion was good at thinking on his feet. Dodging the enemy strikes, he grabbed his Warp Spider teleportation device, quickly changed some settings, turned it on and threw it at the lava golem. One bright spark, and the monster was teleported into the solid ground.