Agamemnon’s Conversion
After several failed attempts by the Imperium to bring the world of Eden into compliance, including failed exterminatus attempts, Lord Caustus of the Grey Knights is called upon by an inquisitor of Ordo Malleus to join him on an expedition to Eden where it is said that a daemon prince has suddenly appeared.
Structure
Exposition
After arriving on Eden, the inquisitors of Ordo Malleus set about repairing key structures at the abandoned outpost, including its turrets & factories. After much preparation, they set out with an army to cross the land bridge into Eden proper where they encounter the daemon prince. It declares itself to not be a daemon, but an angel & guardian sent to stop their advance. It entreats with Abram, telling him many things about him, his past & his destiny, which begins to anger Abram as the angel’s words claim that he will betray the Imperium that he serves.
Conflict
Angered by the angel’s words, Agamemnon draws his sword & leaps at the creature. In an instant, Agamemnon finds himself punched in the gut, midair, causing him to drop his sword & shield, his armor broken by the angel’s fist. The attack was so fast nobody even saw the Angel move at all! It gently lowers Agamemnon to the ground, where he doubles over in pain from the unseen attack.
Rising Action
After about a minute of silence, an inquisitor calls everyone to open fire on the angel. The soldiers unload on it, but even though every bolt, las, plasma, melta, etc. hits the creature, it doesn’t flinch. Eventually an artillery strike is ordered, but as the shells are fired the angel extends its many wings, protecting the city behind it as the bombs & shells explode against its wings!
Climax
Finally, the angel lifts its sword, which begins to burn with a golden fire, it readies itself & performs a horizontal slash which strikes everyone before it! Those touched begin to glow an ethereal white, freezing in place, until the angel strikes it sword back into the earth in front of it, at which point everyone glowing “explodes” in a brilliant flash of light!
Falling Action
As the light dimmed, Agamemnon looked upon the aftermath. Less than a third of his army were left standing. The rest were seemingly reduced to dust, only their weapons & armor remaining, which now looked as though they had been left to rust for thousands of years. The tanks & artillery had rusted & were covered in foliage, as though the hadn’t been used in millennia! Astonished, Agamemnon kneeled to the angel, but it told him to rise as it was to take him to the true lord.
Resolution
Agamemnon stepped through the gate & found himself in a strange hall with an ordinary looking human male. The man speaks to Agamemnon in a voice that is both authoritative & loving, telling Agamemnon that he is to be the harbinger of the Light’s return. Agamemnon is told to return to Terra, speak to his wife, Sarai & consummate with her & she would bear him a son. Agamemnon did not understand, as he was Astartes & Sarai was barren meaning neither were capable of having children, but the man told Agamemnon to have faith & it would be done. Agamemnon did as he was commanded & just as he had been told, nine months after laying with his wife, she bore a son.
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