Dramatis Personae: Ancient Waldekk

[//Ancient Waldekk+]

[//Allegiance: Wormwood Sons/Partisan+]


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[INDUSTRIAL NOISE]

VOX1: HNNNH….?

VOX2: Ancient Waldekk? Can you hear me?

VOX1: WALDEKK SLEEPS.

VOX2: I know, brother, I know... but you can sleep no more. The Spear has been cast, and it is War. 


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VOX2: Ancient Waldekk…? 

VOX2: [aside] He’s not responding. Increase the flow and introduce the epinephrine boost.

[MACHINE-SCREAM+WHITENOISE+STATIC]

VOX1: GNNNAAARHH! YOU WAKE WALDEKK WITH PAIN?! WALDEKK WILL KILL YOU MOST LIKELY!

VOX2: I am truly sorry, honoured Waldekk. But by the Wurm, we have little time. The enemy is upon us and the Chapter readies for the War. Please, honoured Ancient. I have to open your casing and activate your motive powerplant. You must let me near you.

VOX1: HNNNNH….HNNNH…GO AWAY. WALDEKK WISHES TO SLEEP. SO WALDEKK WILL SAY GOODNIGHT.

VOX2: [aside] Hoist him from the cradle, this is getting us nowhere. He must wake, or Krone will have our hides… Watch it there, you cretins! This is no bag of bolts you are handling: it is an honoured warrior of the Chapter, a Son of the Wurm!

VOX1: WHAT BLOODY RACKET IS THIS! BE GONE! AWAY NOW! 

VOX2: Give him another boost. Add the mixture this time.

[MACHINE-SCREAM+WHITENOISE+STATIC]

VOX1: HAAAAAHR…HOW... HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

VOX2: A century, honoured Waldekk, since you last walked for the Chapter and unleashed the power of Atom. The bones of Master Devrushka lies in the the catacombs. Kurst is Chapter Master now.

VOX1: KURST…KURST…

VOX1: I DO NOT RECALL HIM. 

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VOX1: [aside] TIME PASSES, AND SO DOES THE PARADE OF FACES…

VOX1: TELL WALDEKK WHY THE SPEAR HAS BEEN CAST…

VOX2: The Red Fish have been slighted, the Delphurnean League laid bare and their people in flight. We fight an enemy, which is both insidious and brutal in their way of War. The Imperium is turning on itself and its children. It is time we act. And so Kurst has cast the Spear.

VOX1: IF THIS IS SO, THEN WALDEKK WILL WALK ONCE MORE. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE ENEMY WALDEKK MUST KILL?

VOX2: They are like us, honoured Waldekk, but they bear the mark of a bloody rose. Within their ranks you will find everything from the secretive to the boisterous, from the bloodless to the bloodied. They are as varied as they were in your War, but we must face them nonetheless. It is time for ruin of His foes…

VOX1: … IT IS TIME TO BRING HIS SCOURING LIGHT. 

VOX2: Yes, honoured Waldekk. It is time.

VOX1: SO IT IS WRITTEN. AND SO IT WILL BE DONE.

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