Despite all that he done to conquer both his own homeworld and the world of “Ice and Fire,” this next conquest would prove to be the hardest challenge he will ever face.

Walking side by side with Vorpal, his sorcerer and advisor, Roman Emperor Constantine discusses with him invasion plans for another universe.

“You have found it?” asked Daemon Prince Constantine

“Indeed my lord. Our cult has spread the true word of Chaos to the indigenous population. Though they lack any technological capability, their use of magic and flight may prove to be… problematic.”

“But the world does meet the requirements?”

“Yes, the world naturally has a warp field truly capable of transporting entire armies from one universe to another.”

“What is the current strength of our glorious armies?”

“Well sire, our army currently stands on twenty legions. Each legion numbers between forty thousand to over one million strong sire.”

The Legions of Rome are assembling outside the Imperial Palace for some important event. Hundreds of thousands of men march alongside their Land Raider tanks and Whirlwind artillery. Thousands of auxiliaries also assembled for this special event.

Despite being a Daemon Prince, the Roman Emperor retains his human form. Both Constantine and the Chosen Emperor are members of a second wave of mortals that ascended to daemonhood. To stay in a warp-less area for long period, these daemon princes have two different forms. The daemon prince can transformed into daemon form, but forces him to enter the warp to heal and recover his energy reserves.

“And what is the current status of our navy?”

“We only have one ship, the battleship Romulus stands ready for warp jump.”

Battlebarge Romulus. One of the first new battleships made after the Horus Heresy. Despite being obsolete, it is still a formidable spaceship. Combining human, demonic, and xeno technologies, this ship is a stepping-stone towards the development of a new powerful navy for the forces of Chaos!

“It’s… only been three years since I have pledged myself to the Primordial Gods.”

“Indeed, yet so much change in both our world and the entirety of the Chaos Imperium.”

The Horus Heresy and the fall of the Imperium of Man have rapidly swelled the forces of Chaos. Once their ‘curse’ was lifted, the Dark Eldar simply became another pawn for the Ruinous Powers to use, killing or converting their kin for Chaos.

The Orks who normally are too simple minded to be pawns of the Chaos Gods fell to the machinations of Emperor Nero. Even though the orks would only follow the strongest Warboss, nobody said that the Warboss has to be an Ork. Emperor Nero simply proclaimed himself Master of the Warbosses and simply killed all those that challenge his rule over the orks. Since none can match the brutality and cunning of the Chaos Emperor, the Black Legion’s leash on the Chaos Orks has never been broken. The Lost and the Damned features a large portion of the Orks as their meatshields.

The Tyranids and Necrons resisted the Chaos onslaught but are rapidly dwindling in number. Special biological weapons tainted with daemonic blood have infected a huge portion of the known Tyranid horde, causing some of the Hive fleets to splinter off and join the Chaos Imperium.

The Necrons were more difficult to sway towards the cause of Chaos but the foul Emperor of Chaos found the one true weakness of the Necrontyr.

The Necron dynasties, which rule over the Necrons since overthrowing their C’tan overlords, are disunited in both spirit and form. It was simple enough to drive the wedge between the dynasties much deeper but the diabolical mind of Nero thought of a more insidious plan to corruption the former soldiers of the Star Gods.

Using black magic and dark science, the most smartest and diabolical minds of the Dark Imperium found a way to convert the Necrons were reborn back into the Necrontyr race. Now no longer metallic husk, but retaining all their deathlike power, these beings now serves as some of the toughest and most dangerous soldiers in the Chaos Imperium.

Under the Chaos Imperium, Nero discovered the Tau xeno. This short live race was assigned tutelage and protection of the Dark Mechanicum. The Tau quickly advances the technological prowess of the Dark Mechanicum to new heights. Slowly but surely, the Chaos Imperium will reclaim the lost knowledge of the Dark Age of Technology and will conquer the MULTIVERSE!!!

Abaddon’s Sons of Horus, along with elements from the Word Bearers, Alpha Legion and Night Lords swiftly and brutally conquered the Star Wars universe in the 1st Dark Crusade. (Three months after this version of the  Horus Heresy)

Perturabo’s Iron Warriors along with elements of the World Eaters and Angels of Bloodshed ‘assisted’ the Dark Lord Morgoth in his enslavement of Arda. (Middle Earth)

The Sons of Malal, the Chaos God of Destruction and Anarchy, invaded the FTL universe, turning it into an utter hellhole.

Several other universes have fallen under the sway of Chaos, bolstering the minions of the Dark Gods to severe proportions!

However, the conquest of other universes proved to be slow and very dangerous. Warp travel to another universe proved to be time consuming and unpredictable. Most of the time the majority invading force would be stranded light years away from the main force, wasting time regrouping and allowing some of their prey to escape. Even in their own universe, they have failed to eradicate their enemies. Before his death, Primarch Corax rallied all those that resisted the forces of Chaos into exile, causing much grief for the Chaos Imperium.

Rome the capital itself was assaulted by the White Templars, the last remnants of Guardsmen and Astartes that were still loyal to the ideals of the Imperium of Man.

“I will personally lead the assault on this pathetic planet myself. I bring with me six of our finest legions!”

Chosen of Rome Strikeforce:

Four million Legionnaires

Forty thousand Champions (wearing Power Armor)

Eight hundred thousand Sentinels

One million bikes

Three thousand Land Raider Obliterators

Four hundred thousand Whirlwinds

???

Special Auxiliaries

(Classified Information)

Vorpal opened the door for his master. The Roman Emperor walks out to meet his soldiers. The entirety of the Roman army awaits the word of their emperor.

“Men of our glorious Empire! For time and time again, our powerful nation of Rome has to ponder the ultimate question for the ultimate empire. Have we done all that we could to raise the glory of Rome to new heights?”

“NO!”

“Time and time again we are assaulted by filth that dare tarnish the work we have done in the name of Rome and our glorious Gods! Do we bow down to the transgression of our enemy or see their souls burn in the blood pits of Khrone?”

“BURN THE HERETICS!!!”

“Have we fellow Romans shed enough blood and tears in the name of Chaos?”

“NEVER!!!”

“Then... we shall world after world... until the enemies of CHAOS ARE NO MORE!!!”

The Emperor’s speech has energized the will of his troops. Their morale unbreakable and their zeal rivaled only by the most fanatical of the Word Bearers. The Chosen of Rome will fight and die ‘till the end of Rome itself.

Chaos Roman Emperor Constantine and the Chosen of Rome board the flagship. The ship is regularly updated since ending up in the hands of Rome a year ago. The Battlebarge has more than enough weaponry to obliterate three of the rebels’ most powerful battleships!

Meanwhile in the Crystal Empire…

“So… you can give ME a new body?” said an ethereal black cloud of smoke

The dark Spirit of King Sombra meets the leader of the Chaos cult within the Crystal City. The local population, isolated from the world, was easily subverted by the preaching of the cult.

“Of course! Anything is possible with the power of the Dark Gods!” said the Cult Champion (Think of the cultist’s voice in Dawn of War I)

“Hmm… what is it that you want?”

“We are always looking more people that are… capable of seeing the Primordial Truth. The victory of our gods cannot be stopped… only delayed. Join us in subjugating this world and you will have power that would pale in comparison!”

Agreeing to the cult leader’s proposition, King Sombra’s spirit possesses a Pony version of a dreadnought. As the dark rites embedded on its metallic skin activate, the dark lord feels a surge of power overflowing him.

“Yes! YESSSS!!! With this power, I can enact my revenge against those petty princesses! LET EQUESTRIA BURN!!! HA! HA! HA! HAHAHA…”

Meanwhile on the planet Terra, capitol of the Chaos Imperium…

“Ah… what a glorious day it is for the Dark Gods…” said by Nero, Chosen Emperor of Chaos

The Chosen One admires his beautiful armor and mask, carefully created by the Primordial Gods themselves before he initiated the Horus Heresy alongside Horus and Lorgar.

“How the great have fallen. Truly the shock in False Emperor’s face in seeing my armor is… enjoying.”

Indeed, Nero’s armor is a perversion of what the God-Emperor wore.

Sitting in the Dark Throne, the de factor ruler of the Chaos Imperium smiles at the ignorance of… well everyone:

• The ignorance of the Alliance of Light as they rushed to the defense of Equestria, where they would meet their end,

• The ignorance of the Chosen of Rome for not realizing that they are simply the bait for the slaughter,

• Finally, the ignorance of the Chaos Gods for giving him full command over their forces thus allowing him to wage his war against the multiverse itself!

The Dark Emperor giggle under his mask for the great tragedy that he would befall on all!

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