The March Of Doom by Chris Wraight

Author:Chris Wraight [Wraight, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: anthology, games day 11/12, wraight, warhammer
Publisher: Black Library
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

THE TENTH DAY after the battle on the ridge, the zealots reached their destination. They crested the summit of a low, bleak hill. Below them, the land stretched away in a maze of dreary marshes, broken by thickets of wiry grasses and glistening like tallow in the diffuse light.

A walled town burned on the horizon. The smoke of many fires rose up in columns, looking like the out stretched fingers of a vengeful god reaching down from the darkening heavens.

Huss looked at the vista coolly. For a long time, he said nothing. His dark eyes narrowed, peering out through the murk.

His zealots waited for the order. They struggled to restrain themselves, but waited for the word. Always, they would wait for the word.

Huss kept them waiting a little longer.

It was not dear to him that Kohlsdorf merited saving. The margrave's refusal to meet the beastmen before their blood-frenzy reached its peak had doomed dozens of out lying settlements to ruin. Now the horde had gorged deep on manflesh, and the stench of blood on the wind had drawn more gors from the deep forest. The fact that von Aachen's faith in his walls had proved misguided was no consolation.

It could have been different. So much could have been avoided.

So Huss weighed up the issue, knowing guidance would

be shown to him, seeking the truth as he always did in reverent, disciplined silence.

Once the decision had been made, he moved swiftly, taking up his warhammer and hefting it in both hands.

'Sons and daughters,’ he announced, his voice ringing out over the assembled ranks. 'For the sake of He who gathers the righteous to His side in glory.’

His thin lips broke into a cold smile.

'Kill them all.’

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