Number 5.

[[TA]Typher]

All this talk about Champions fight each other really got me thinking. As we all know Black Libraries writing goes from bad to good.. to bad again. I'm hoping that with the climax of the Siege of Terra that a more thought out story will evolve. I really liked the William King story from the old fluff and hope that they remain semi-true to it.

 

Anyway I wrote a bit of fan fic about one of those confrontations...

 

 

I want to see something like this.............

 

 

The Opening... The Ruined Imperial Palace. Grand marble columns cast down to form barricades in the middle of a large room that once had held banners from ancient Imperial victories. One lonely corridor guarded by a large squad of Dorn's sons waited, ahead another wave of Traitors come.

 

 

 

 

 

 

******* Number 5 *******

 

 

They were back again, this time something was different. They had charged the Fist's defensive line before but never as hard. The Sergeant voxed the presence of a noted champion among their ranks as the horde of axe wielding World Eaters charged. Gunfire was effective but it was clear that they would reach the Sergeants gun line this time.

 

His name was Khârn and he had finally come.

 

He broke into the Imperial fists lines like a thundering hammer. blood flew from his axe as he wrecked all those before him. Behind him his brother World Eaters flood in, chain axes spinning and thirsting for blood. With in seconds, bloody Imperial Fists bodies litter the area around the 1st Captain of the XII Legion. The Sgt of the Imperial Fist stepped up to try to stop the crazed axeman from killing his men, but he knew its was useless endeavor. In only a few swings he is thrown back, tripping of a severed limb that was still encased in it's yellow armor. With a blood gurgling howl the maniac leaped forward, death screaming from his spinning axe. The Sergeant watched as if his death was happening in slow motion. A life time of service ended. He whispered, "Dorn, forgive me I have failed you", as the executioners axe fell.

 

Just as the Imperial Fist Sgt there is about to be hacked down a sword appeared in front of him and blocking the gore filled axe of Khârn, denying it it's deathblow.

 

Sigismund had arrived.

 

The two Legion champions stare at each other in the middle of the melee. Locked in a battle of wills, they remain unmoving, weapons still wedged together, sparks and a hazy power field glowing between them.

 

His eyes drawn to the two beings above him the Sergeant couldn't turn away. It's as if the elemental forces of nature themselves had collided. Then, as if pulled back to his senses, a voice comes. It was impossibly clear and calm amidst the chaotic battle that surrounded him.

 

"Sergeant, you have not failed our father yet, help your brothers, They need you".

 

He blinked, pride filled his chest and he scrambled to his feet, thankful for the intervention. Above him the golden armor of Dorn's Champion, battered and dented, still shined.

 

The Moment reached it's climax and a guttural voice finally came from the red covered beast. As if it was almost struggling to retain it's rage the broken and raspy sound was birthed. "...I..I.. will bbbreak .. you.. ch.Champion". The last word coming with a notable tone of disdain.

 

Without waiting for a response he Struck. His axe moving in a grand arc, blood and gore spinning from it's teeth. Parry after parry spared Dorn's chosen from a blow what would tear him in half if completed. The red Champion's assault hammered his defenses and Sigismund is pushed back unable to respond. The high whine of Khârn's Axe flowed up and down as the heavy weapon swung with a fluid grace that shouldn't have been possible. It struck again and again only to be turned be the shimmering field of Sigismund 's Power Sword.

 

After careful positioning he was able to find space for a counter blow. His sword cut hard through the Monsters leg, but the effect seems lost on the Bezerker. With no time to find reason in the event, Sigismund was forced to parry another kill strike. Another followed that, but this time his shoulder pauldron paid the price and was ripped from him. It was with only several more parries and some quick back peddling that Dorn's Champion remained alive. The beasts onslaught was brutal and it was clear to see that the Imperial Fist was slowly losing.

 

With a last minute duck the Golden Champion avoided a decapitation strike, as rockcrete exploded from the pillar above him. This time Khârn seemed to be expecting it, and connected a hard knee to Sigismund s head, sending him reeling. Without hesitation Angron's Champion followed up his assault with a wide swing that took the Imperial fist across the stomach. Rending the ceramite and metal of is armor, sending a shower of sparks and blood, as the weapon did it's job. The Deadly arc continued past Sigismund and raised up high to defeat the last of his defenses. Ignoring the pain Sigismund kicked hard striking the World Eater in the face giving him a second to regroup. The flow of his blood was already slowing but any pain-chem's in the suits automated system had long since been used up.

 

The pain from the wound is great, but he refused to fall. Willing his body to stay Conscious. The Imperial Fists could not allow him to fall. Dorn would not allow it. Raising up to his full height the Champion of the 7th Legion waved the Red Monster forward.

 

Drawn here by the demand of his duty this would be his end. How many others had the Red Monster taken. Perritos from the 5th company, Captains Orrin and Hellios, Marshall Tyrros. No more.

 

Like a giant raging beast from some ancient story he came. Heavy armored feet pounding the ground as his charge drove him closer to his prey. The spinning chainaxe in his hand screamed at full speed, it's red stained teeth begging for more blood. The moment seems to slow down, and even those fighting in the swirling melee paused to witness the breaking of the Golden Champion. His armor torn and rent, Sigismund stood stoically immobile. He almost seemed Serene to the event that is about to happen. Like two grand cosmic bodies locked in destiny of destruction.

 

Then it happened. But not in the foreseen way that one watching the event would think. At the last minute Sigismund , Dorn's outcast champion stepped forward under the heavy swinging arc of Khârn. Perhaps it was the blood lust in the monster, perhaps it was that no one had actually closed toward him, I don't know. But, what ever the reason it was the opening the Imperial Fist needed. Driving his sword up in a uppercut like strike, the blade pierced the World Eaters chest and emerged out of his spine almost lifting the Traitor Astartes from his feet.

 

Locked together for a moment in a strange symbiosis the two again stared at each other, face to face. A slow transition seemed to happen and the beasts body untensed, as if the blood flowing from his chest was drawing away the coiled up rage held within him.

 

"Gghhh goood" came the voice of the dying champion. This voice now replaced with a calmness it had not had before. For a moment Sigismund thought Khârn was actually smiling under his helmed head. Then his body went slack and the full wieght of him now rested on Sigismund .

 

He methodically retracted his sword, letting the gore covered body slump to the ground. He looked at the World Eater for a moment, laying there, before looking up. It was then that for the first time he noticed that it was quiet. Imperial Fist and World Eaters alike looked at him. Seconds passed and finally the Traitor Astartes withdrew, without further action. Backing away quietly into the darkness in which they came. Sigismund watched them go, sword still clutched in his hand. They would be back, but not now.

 

The Imperial Fist Sergeant looked on as Sigismund turned and started to walk away.

 

"Sir?" he began to speak, his voice a strange mixture of awe and thankfulness.

 

Sigismund stopped, but didn't turn. "I am needed elsewhere Sergeant. Hold your post" And with that the Golden Champion disappeared leaving only the broken body the World Eater as a sign of his passing.

 

 

 

Fade to black.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wrote this kinda fast so don't be too harsh. But, something like this would be awesome! Of course if iwould have to be fleshed out better. Making some fights epic, instead of having the same dog and pony show of mismatches would make for really good reading.

 

Anyway what do you guys think?

[Blacksad]

I think Khârn survived the battle for Terra.

[[TA]Typher]

 

I think Khârn survived the battle for Terra.

Nope the old fluff had him die, but brought back by Khorne.

 

 

"It was here, in the desperate and close fighting in the breaches that a Marine named Khârn became a bloody legend, butchering and carving his way toward the Emperor's inner sanctums. They moved into the corridors running through the mile thick walls, and the tunnels and chambers swam with blood. Even as the Emperor fought Horus above the ruins of Terra, Khârn fell at last before the Eternity Gate, atop a great pile of corpses.

As the World Eaters withdrew with the other Legions after Horus's fall, some dark impulse or whispering from the gods bade them take the bloodied carcass of Khârn with them, alone out of the millions of corpses left around the Palace."

[Blacksad]

yeah, as I was posting that, sparks of memory flared to life. I was just rereading that ;)

[Arachnid99]

Khârn does have a tendency to die and bounce back, look at Istvaan 3. In a way he's a more awesome Lucius. 

[Reyner]

Khârn does have a tendency to die and bounce back, look at Istvaan 3. In a way he's a more awesome Lucius. 

Khârn is more awesome than Lucius in every way possible.

[Jehoel]

I thought Sigmund's armor was the only black armor in the Imerpial Fists Legion as a mark of him being Dorn's champion?

[Wulfkry]

Wasnt it more to honor is personal heraldry?  Or perhaps they will twist it into a mark of shame like they did the red stripe for UMs.

[Brother_Thorus]

Imperial fists, :cuss yeah!

[[TA]Typher]

Reading about the Sigmund appearing out of no where defeating a enemy champion in an epic battle and just as quickly disappearing would be AWWWWSOME!!

[Arachnid99]

 

Khârn does have a tendency to die and bounce back, look at Istvaan 3. In a way he's a more awesome Lucius. 

Khârn is more awesome than Lucius in every way possible.

 

Obviously, not least because he is a Champion who actually wins fights rather than a "champion" who talks about how awesome he is and gets beaten up by every named character he meets. 

[Captain Idaho]

I thought Sigmund's armor was the only black armor in the Imerpial Fists Legion as a mark of him being Dorn's champion?

Originally his armour was painted black to indicate he served the Emperor directly. But things change so who knows what the BL will do with it.

[Visitor13]

Who is this Sigmund person everyone keeps talking about

[Durfast Spiritwolf]

Who is this Sigmund person everyone keeps talking about

He's something to do with the LotR knock off Citadel do called Warhammer?

I think there's a character the Imperial Fists called Sigismund though ;-)

[Conn Eremon]

I think Sigismund's latest description in the Horus Heresy series is of Imperial Fist armor, black uh . . . surcoat? What the hell is it that the Black Templars wear over their armor? Not Dark Angel robes, but gah the word is escaping me. But it's black. And one of his shoulder pads shows his personal heraldry, the other being the Legion's. So golden armored, black templar cross opposite Dorn's raised fist, with black cloth over the armor.

[Pavel Araghast]

I think Sigismund's latest description in the Horus Heresy series is of Imperial Fist armor, black uh . . . surcoat? What the hell is it that the Black Templars wear over their armor? Not Dark Angel robes, but gah the word is escaping me. But it's black. And one of his shoulder pads shows his personal heraldry, the other being the Legion's. So golden armored, black templar cross opposite Dorn's raised fist, with black cloth over the armor.

 

You mean tabard?

[Conn Eremon]

Yes. Tabard. Thank you. Gold armor, black tabard, personal heraldry on one shoulder that later becomes a Chapter symbol, Legion heraldry on the other. That's how he's described in one of the Horus Heresy books.

[Cerbero666]

When I read Crimson Fist I imagined Sigismund's armor as that of High Marshal Helbrecht, maybe it's the same armor. 

[[TA]Typher]

LOL. this thread has gotten sooo side tracked.

 

 

the point was to emphasize the epicness of the siege, instead of sidetracking these events to sidenotes or just changing them. The old fluff was great how it was, it just needed to be fleshed out, instead of changed.

[Conn Eremon]

When I read Crimson Fist I imagined Sigismund's armor as that of High Marshal Helbrecht, maybe it's the same armor. 

 

If I remember correctly, the original armor and sword of Sigismund is now lost. All those items declared such are instead the best of what they have used as placeholders. That would imply that Helbrecht's armor was not Sigismund's. Either way, if it was then it could still have been repainted.