Editing Morathi (section)

===Age of Sigmar===
In [[Age of Sigmar]], Morathi really did make a return. During the Age of Myth, [[Malekith]] awoke alone within the Realm of Shadow without any memories. He took on the name Malerion and attempted to find others of his kind. Eventually he found Morathi, who had escaped up from Slaanesh's belly and out her mouth while he was in a food coma digesting all the aelf souls she had consumed. But Morathi was "changed" by the experience. She now had two forms: The first is her normal aelf form, whilst the winged, coiling, serpentine Grecian Medusa is her true form (which she transforms into by her own will or whenever she loses her cool). As she regained her memories, Morathi formed beings of pure shadow who celebrated around her. She met up with her son Malerion, and though there was a lot of bad blood between them, they worked together to find more aelves.

[[Sigmar]] eventually found them, and they joined his pantheon made from an assembly of gods and other powers of the Mortal Realms. Morathi stayed with Sigmar and rest of the pantheon, trying to feel Sigmar's "Stormhammer" outside of battle. When Sigmar proved immune to her charms, she moved on to [[Nagash]]. With a cry of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FL_eXQb4C0|"BEGONE THOT!"] Nagash struck Morathi, hurting and upsetting her enough that her true serpentine form was revealed (say what you will about Nagash, he keeps his pimp hand strong). Humiliated, Morathi fled. During this time [[Tyrion]], [[Teclis]] and Malerion learned that [[Slaanesh]] had the aelf souls and sought to trap him. They approached Morathi and, with the promise of the share of the bounty, they used her as bait and managed to capture and imprison [[Slaanesh]] somewhere between the realms of Hysh and Ulgu, siphoning souls from him in increments (too many at once would draw the attention of Slaanesh's followers or fellow Chaos Gods, or allow Slaanesh to break free). Morathi took her share of the aelven souls Slaanesh had consumed and made aelves from them who would go on to become the [[Daughters of Khaine]].

She claims to be the Oracle of [[Khaine]] on account of having recovered his heart and leads the Daughters of Khaine, but in truth she is siphoning the prayer-power meant for the war god (stopping his potential rebirth in the process) in the hope of becoming a goddess herself- after that she plans to exact revenge on everyone who ever wronged her. Her war against the forces of Chaos and her bringing civilization to the Mortal Realms is mentioned, suggesting that she heavily influenced the Mortal Realms before the Age of Chaos.She has also since had another falling out with Malekith/Malerion and is said to be working as a part of Order only because she finds the other three Grand Alliances even less appealing to her tastes; she has become a sworn enemy to the forces of Chaos, the forces of Destruction are too uncivilized for her liking and the forces of Death too static and unappealing to someone whose people were nearly extinct (she probably also remembers the taste of Nagash's pimp hand).

As part of her transformation, she has not only bound the Bloodwrack Medusae to her will as her high priests, but also created two new species of [[monstergirls|monstrous yet beautiful female elf-kin]]; the [[lamia]]-like [[Medusa|Melusai]], and the Khinerai, who resemble either bat-winged [[Avariel]] or a less-monstrous take on the [[Harpy|Harpies]] of old Warhammer.

Ironically, Morathi's new fluff as having mutated into a [[lamia]]-like form as a result of exposure to the [[daemon]]ic powers of [[Slaanesh]] makes her kind of similar to the now-lost Slaaneshi champion, [[Dechala]] (that said, Slaanesh maybe holding her back to release later when its time for escapemurderfuckeatrevenge).

==== Broken Realms ====

Soon she was ready for the final stages of her gambit to ascend to godhood. First she had to steal an artifact from the [[Idoneth Deepkin]], the Ocarian Lantern; an object made by Teclis to retrieve elven souls from Slaanesh's belly, stolen by the Idoneth who feared Teclis would use it to track them down. Naturally, this was kept under heavy guard. So, sixty Khainites went into <s>the water</s> the temple. One Khainite came out, the <s>sharks</s> Idoneth took the rest (keeping one alive for interrogation). That one Khainite, although left blind and half-mad by the ordeal, had the lantern.

Then, Morathi had to secure some of the realmstone of the [[Warcry|Eightpoints, called Varanite]], having learned about it during the Age of Sigmar. She convinced Sigmar and [[Alarielle]] of the coming threat (please ignore the plot hole of Alarielle trusting Morathi given their history in the World-That-Was), getting Stormcast reinforcements from the former and getting the later to re-open the Genesis Gate and sweep aside the forces of Chaos guarding it. Morathi even sent a secret delegation to [[Katakros]], providing tonnes of bones imbued with the magic of Ulgu in exchange for a Bonereaper assault on Archaon's holdings. After acquiring the Varanite, Morathi and her Daughters of Khaine left their Stormcast allies to die.

This culminated in the ultimate ritual. Combining various sources of power, Morathi opened [[/d/#Vore|a portal directly into Slaanesh's belly]]. While she carried out this ritual, her capital city was attacked by both a massive Idoneth army led by [[Idoneth Deepkin|High King Volturnos]] seeking to retrieve the lantern, and the followers of Slaanesh following a prophecy that could lead to the freeing of their deity. Once in the Chaos God's guts, using her weapon and the lantern as a guide, Morathi found the souls of the Cythai and the souls of the Phoenix Kings from the World-Thas-Was. She trapped the Cythai souls and consumed the Phoenix King souls until she reached the strongest - her former husband [[Aenarion]] (yes, THE Aenarion, sucks that after everything he did he got consumed by Slaanesh). She hesitated to absorb him, reluctant to erase what was the only man she ever genuinely loved. Enraged by Morathi's actions, Aenarion used this moment of weakness to launch a counterattack that split her soul and left her with two bodies - the elegant Morathi-Khaine (formerly the High Oracle) and the monstrous Shadow Queen.

But her ambition might come back to haunt her in the form of the Newborn - the offspring of Slaanesh spawned from his/her drool (yes, really) when Morathi's ritual gave Slaanesh a seizure. The Newborn followed her back into the Mortal Realms then flew away, the light of its passage making the followers of Slaanesh immediately break off the attack and seek it out. It eventually landed and coalesced into a beautiful and terrifying form that spoke to the assembled Hedonites, who then set about guarding it until eventually it gained enough strength and proceeded to split into two Daemonic entities: Dexcessa the Talon of Slaanesh and Synessa the voice of Slaanesh, who each represent Slaanesh's martial perfection-seeking aspect and Slaanesh's seductive magical side respectively.

Back to Morathi. She returned from Slaanesh's prison and, fused with the essence of Khaine, became a goddess and declared herself Morathi-Khaine, bringing her plan to fruition. From here, she quickly subdued Volturnos and made a bargain with him, giving the stolen lantern and the souls of the other Cythai to him in exchange for a binding alliance with the Idoneth. From there Morathi led her forces to [[Cities of Sigmar#Notable Cities|Anvilgard]] and - aided by an insurgent syndicate - conquered the city of Anvilgard, renamed it '''Har Kuron''' and marking the end of her alliance with Sigmar. To that end the Stormcast were imprisoned rather than killed so they can't return to Azyr and warn him.

Morathi's plan didn't go off without a few hitches. Apart from the aforementioned Newborn of Slaanesh, a resistance movement of men and elves still loyal to Sigmar remains in the city, and one of the captive Stormcast was eventually freed by a winged shadowy figure later revealed to be working for Be'lakor, who did this to ensure the forces of Order were too busy fighting each other to stop his own plans. As a result, Sigmar learned of Morathi's treachery and sent an army of Stormcast to take the city back. The Stormcast were winning until Morathi arrived at the head of an Idoneth army and started to turn the tide and would have slaughtered them all...but unexpectedly at that moment, the Celestant-Prime intervened. To the surprise of all, he called for a ceasefire and parley, which Morathi accepted. They parleyed for a whole night, with no one knowing what was said but them. The next day, the Celestant-Prime ordered the Stormcast to withdraw, ceding the city to Morathi. Morathi had to give something to them in return, but what it was isn't stated (maybe the release of the captured Stormcast Eternals).

During this time, Morathi's son Malerion paid a surprise visit while she was in the middle of dealing with the human's revolts after her newest conquest. She pours herself some spiced blood as he congratulates her ascension to godhood...before immediately calling her a short-sighted slut. Morathi promptly takes this in stride by cutting off one of his fingers and telling him he can't talk to her like that anymore. Malerion puts on a stern face and points out that on the contrary, he has every right to talk to her like this as thanks to her actions Sigmar's now gunning for her, even having his Stormcast train against magical copies of her Daughters of Khaine. Plus, in more dire news, he points out her actions have weakened Slaanesh's bonds, all of which is threatening their long term plans. Morathi waves him off saying Sigmar would rather have one of his cities fall to someone who will at least keep the place standing as she will and even if he doesn't think that way she has plans to stop him, not that she thinks it will come to that anytime soon as soon everyone will be too busy dealing with the rise of Alarielle and the forces of Life now that the Necroquake is receding (thanks to Nagash getting his ass kicked by Teclis). She also points out that he should be more worried about his own lands in Ulgu as apparently an emboldened Tyrion's forces have begun to prod at his borders and have been trying to make a stable path into Ulgu from the ruins of the chasm city of Cathartia in Hysh. Malerion responded that he has his own agents working on the matter both by undermining the twins from within their own forces and by collecting certain objects from places like Shyish to serve as bargaining chips for him. Upon hearing of his plans, Morathi is actually somewhat impressed and even manages to feel the embers of affection for her son that she thought were long extinguished even calling him her "little magpie" but moments after saying this she cuts the meeting short as she still has some killing to do if she's going to put her revolting human subjects in their place...

Morathi later appeared at the head of an elven fleet in the Battle of Excelsis (its never outright stated how or why she arrived but its heavily implied assisting Excelcius was part of her deal with the Celestant-Prime). Arriving on her personal Black Ark, they encounter 3 Kraken Eater Mega-Gargants allied to Kragnos attacking the docks of the city. The Black Ark's weapons and Morathi make short work of them before the Daughters of Khaine go ashore, effortlessly tearing through the invading Orruks and their forces like a bunch of dancing murder-blenders. Morathi's Serpentine second body attacked Kragnos while her elven body sought Lord Kroak, who was trying to help out the city with his magic powers. She found him just as Kragnos overpowered her serpent body and was about to kill her. Quickly realizing Kragnos is too powerful for any of them to kill, Morathi suggested Kroak send Kragnos away where he can be someone else's problem. Kroak replied by opening massive portal which Morathi cast an illusion on so he thought it led to the remanants of his sworn foes, the Draconith Empire.

Being about as dumb as he is big Kragnos falls for the illusion and goes through the portal which proceeds to drop his ass on the far side of Ghur. Without his presence in the city the Orruk lines begin to crumble allowing the defenders to force them into retreating. Once the battle in Excelsis has finally wrapped up Morathi finds herself in the throne room of the city's capital where she's confronted by the Celestant Prime. He called out her previous seizing of Anvilgard as treason, and she countered by saying the city was never Sigmar's exclusive property therefore nothing was stolen from him and she can't be a traitor as she's an independent goddess who never swore fealty to Sigmar. Just as they are about to come to blows their bickering is stopped by the arrival of the god Grungni, who proceeds to point out that they don't have time for this pointless nonsense as the shit has officially hit the fan between Be'lakor blowing up realm gates and Kragnos awakening. He also points out that while Morathi's plans to ascend to godhood had caused a mess if she hadn't done so they couldn't have held off Kragnos and he would have obliterated the city so, therefore, everyone should just let her have the damn city of Anvilgard and move on to focus on the next threat to which they agree.

==== Era of the Beast ====
Morathi has kept her place in the grand alliance though she realizes she will have to be wary of future retribution from both Sigmar and Lumineth. Though she is confident that they are both too distracted with other threats to worry about her and her machinations (for now anyway). As part of her agreement with the Celestant Prime all the Stormcast prisoners are released unharmed, though they have sworn to retake the city at a later date. Morathi still took the time to study their stormforged construction for potential weaknesses within them. In addition Morathi has allowed any citizens in the city freedom to leave to nearby Sigmarite settlements as per her agreement, though given how dangerous travel over the realms can be many are forced to take their chances in Har Kuron. However, Morathi is not without some level of accommodation. Putting on grand arena fights to entertain her new subjects while also trying to win over new converts from the people.

However this hasn't gone over smoothly. Insurgencies within the city and the surrounding lands has caused her no small amount of trouble (with the Blackscale coil ironically working against her now having aided her previously taking the city). To top this all off her now openly declaring godhood has caused a furvour from her rivals and enemies from within the Daughters of Khaine itself. With many finally wising up to the fact that she has no real interest in spreading the power of Khaine but simply trying to claim the mantle of Khaine herself. Open challenges to her rule were attempted but were put down swiftly. Though this shortsighted tactic only led to her enemies going underground and actively forming resistance movements against her; The Crone-Heralds, a sect of Khainite extremists are actively building forces to take on Morathi head on down the line. Though Morathi has been unable to uncover them, much to her annoyance.

In addition, all this pales in comparison to her own personal problems. Since her sundering within Slaaneshs stomach her Morathi-Khaine aspect has since displayed many odd behaviors. Her body guards have noticed her seemingly muttering to herself or seemingly arguing with apparently nobody while alone in her quarters. In addition her mood has become erratic and unpredictable, seemingly becoming enraged or tranquil at random moments. What Morathi wants no one to know is since her splitting she has been warring for dominance of her shared soul with her Shadow-Queen aspect as while Morathi-Khaine contains all her guile and charisma, her Shadow Queen aspect represents all her rage and bitterness of all the wrongs that have befell her and looks to become the dominant force. While she has in the past been able to keep her other aspect in line eventually her Shadow Queen aspect went berserk and destroyed her temple home before disappearing into the wilds of Ghur. Her Shadow Queen form no longer able to tolerate the shame of being bested so easily in combat by Kragnos at the Siege of Excelcis wishes to find the Destruction god for a rematch. Morathi-Khaine after hearing of this immediately makes haste with an army to chase down her other half and bring her back into line. Though she lets not even her closets attendants know how unnerved she is of this development as it appears her Shadow Queen aspect is developing a distinct will of its own (plus more than likely fears death herself if Kragnos kills her other half since they share a soul).

As if all that wasn’t bad enough though while Morathi was out dealing with that mess Nagash found out about all the souls she stole from him to ascend as well as all the ones she gave to the Idoneth to make peace with them. Enraged at the theft of what he saw as his property but too weakened still to deal with the matter himself Nagash decides to summon Kurdoss Valentian, the Craven King, since while he’s competent he’s not one of his more powerful generals which is good since he won’t try to usurp him upon learning of Nagash’s weakened state. He then tasks Kudross to reclaim some souls specifically from Morathi since Nagash still doesn’t know where most of the Idoneth are located. Kudross thus summons his crossbow-wielding Craventhrone Guard and sets out to attack Har Kuron to reclaim some souls alongside Vayon of the Withered Quill, one of the dreaded Scriptors Mortis, and a merciless Nighthaunt army. They wait until the Daughters of Khaine are distracted with some of their big arena fights and attack the city from below killing a whole bunch of civilians. Unfortunately for the Nighthaunt the reaping of souls is cut short when the Daughters realize what’s going on and retaliate faster than anticipated with High Gladiatrix Yelena and company chasing the Nighthaunt back into the underground catacombs and eventually pushing them out of the city. Still the Nighthaunt did manage to claim a bunch of civilian souls so the whole effort wasn’t a total loss, especially since the attack definitely would piss off Morathi once she learned of it.