Editing Quest:The Long Night:Volume Two:The Rise (section)

==Bold Plans==

It appears Abaddon is now fully aware of the Tyranid threat, and has dispatched task forces to deal with every Splinter Fleet not headed for his enemies. That's good on the galactic scale, but means trouble for you, since it means a huge Black Imperium fleet headed your way.

After some thought, you come up with your craziest plan ever. If Vlad had managed to spend centuries undiscovered as an Imperium Commissar, surely he can spend a few more years pretending to be a Chaos Lord.

And so, him and He-Who-Walks-Obliquely massacre the leaders of that task force, with Vlad pretending to be a survivor and now in charge.

Saint Lin, meanwhile, continues talks with the Lizardmen, hoping to turn the ceasefire into actual peace. The Krork have agreed to send an emissary to help him.

At the same time, he works on another plan. Knowing he doesn't have long, the Saint intends to go out in a truly spectacular fashion. For years now, you've been asking everyone on Avernus and beyond if they can help him with one final ritual.

To heal Primarch Guilliman.

Meanwhile, the Tyranids, despite your efforts, have reached the Chaos polity. While they are much weaker now, they are expected to be back at their old strength or near so by the time they chew through. That gives you a couple of decades to prepare. 

Vlad does manage to infiltrate the fleet and steer it away. The target is a large WAAAGH! chosen by the Eldar, so hopefully, should the plot be discovered, they're the ones who will be blamed.

Peace talks, likewise, are surprisingly successful. Hopefully, it will last. Lin even gets a Paragon trait.

Before the final plan can be carried out, however, there is one final problem.