Time Passes Final Part: The Changer's Realization
(Tzeentch/Change God POV)
Location the Warp, the Neutral Space-The Infinity Fountain Resting Place
I'm still shocked that...my...brothers, called me here, let alone showed me this place, and let me use this Fountain to see these useful minions for my use, Kairos Fateweaver, the Changeling, and Vilitch from another world to enforce my will.
Plus they've also granted me access to a new daemon the Decarabia, to join the ranks of my armies...as I listen to Laharl's explanation on using the Fountain and Void Gate at their fullest, which lead me to ask, "And what is it going, to cost me in return, Dark Harbinger?" Laharl glanced at their other brothers, before telling me, that they want him to stop invading their daemonic territories in the Immaterium for a certain period of time, and for me to listen...truly listen to what their about to tell me?
Curious about whatever they wanted, I swore I listen and think about what they'll tell, knowing that Laharl's divinity over [Oaths] will bind me and most importantly them, to keep their word...this bind, at least insure me that they'll tell me the truth.
After a long talk, they told me the reason for Elder Daemons more powerful daemons and daemonized individuals which are tasked to enforce the will of a Dark God as a true General, plus they become truly loyal and devoted to their Chaos God...I'll admit it, there is great value in Elder Daemons...
Next why they're soo close, instead of each other's throats, was because the aftermath...should Laharl win and dominate everything it'll be destroyed and overwhelmed in darkness and endless ruin, if Khorne win it be utter bloodshed and massacres until only one warrior remains and the rest will be his daemons without challenges.
Lastly regretfully...hehehee...Nurgle, would suffer in a world of stagnation will he love it for a while, he would never be able to create new poxes and "gifts" cause everything will be already blessed soo they'll never actually experience the new gift...I laugh at Nurgle's situation should he dominate...but then I thought of myself, I'd suffer the opposite of him.
Should I win, everything will be soo constantly changing and everyone would be scheming against everyone else, that is will become predictable!!!
Me Predictable, Uncomplex, and worse Hopeless!!!!? (Yeah, if look at it logically should one of the Chaos God win and rule everything in 40k, they'll suffer their own personal Hell, cause they'll be trapped in a loop of their divine dominion, and would crave the opposite to have some entertainment.)
I was soo invested in winning this Great Game between us, I never saw what could come after.
So then I heard that my siblings, made sorta of a truce they'll wage wars and battles against and together for domination, and be together in the end...giving me some things to think about, and my curiosity got the best of me, so I have to ask, "So is this reason, you'll are married as well?" all three of them, nodded and I sensed their happiness on this decision of marriage.
Should, I get married in the future?
Let's see if a woman that's worthy of the Changer of Ways, hehehehahaa!!!
As we finished our discussion, I begin to call and bind Kairos, Vilitch and the Changeling to me.
They were in the middle of some campaign to the south of the Old World, to attack a powerful Chaos Lord, name Ixion Daemonhart.
While this "blank" of Chaos Champion, was interesting my focus was claiming my new servents, as the Void Gate opened and three essences filled with my ruinous power, came through belonging to Kairos, Changeling, and Vilitch which I quickly assimilate them...and taking the advise of my...brothers...I'll turn, Kairos and Vilitch into my first Elder Daemons.
Now I can focus on these daemons, that Laharl mentioned the Decarabia, while his descriptions were good, I would like to see their power and capacities for myself.
(General POV)
Location the Shin Megumi Tensei World-Neo Tokyo, Da'at: Tokyo Station Leyline in Chiyoda Ward
A large number of cyclopian, flying starfish daemons were running scared and frantically cause the Demon King, Arioch was furious.
Attacking and killing everyone including them, that have served him not from loyalty but fear and survival, while they the decarabia are powerful magic casting daemons, they're size and physical abilities make them easy prey for faster and stronger daemons.
So to avoid being completely massacred and having their magatsuchi devoured, they'll went to Arioch for protection from other daemons...but in the end, it was the same fate, should they fail any task from Arioch, their punished and offered up to his other underlings to be eaten.
Should they succeed, they wouldn't get as "badly" beaten, just enough for them to barely fly away and sometimes survive the wounds they've suffered from their master.
Now Lord Arioch was furious about the message he was told, that the Angels are about to attack his territory, which has caused the Demon King to ballistic and attack all his weaker minions, namely them.
To survive his wrath, the starfish daemons of Goetia, swarmed out "Demon King's Castle" and after running, they hid inside one of the delomished/ruined building.
They thought that they can have hope of a better fate, serving under Arioch, now they're just a sacrificial lambs for him and his other daemons, they'd would have left and search for another powerful daemon to serve and be safe under that new daemon lord servent, changing their fate to a prosperous one.
That's when they felt the building shaking, and frightening them, they were about to swarm again and run, when all the walls, windows, and broken parts were being covered in a blue and bluish purple mass, closing everything and sealing them inside.
The decarabia started casting agidyne, ziodyne, and even megido onto the eldritch masses, as all their spells were absorbed by this mass as daemon faces, arcane eldritch markings, azure and electric light blue eyes appeared everywhere around the decarabias.
As they were overwhelmed by the power of this unknown entity.
Then they heard a voice, a eldritch sounding, echoed voice, "Don't be afraid. I have come to answer, your hopes and prayers." they looked around erratically, as they were completely overwhelmed by this being, they thought it might be another of Arioch's daemons coming to punish them, when they started to hear mischievous, hysterical laughing from multiple points of the building.
The laughter continued, as the voice started speaking in various points of the building, and they also noticed the various shaped eyes started to look at the Goetia Daemons, as this being said to them, that he wasn't a minion, but a God that comes to answer their desire of Change and Hope...the eyes, flashed a intense blue light!!!
Blinded, and as they were blinking and restoring their sight and realized that their no longer in the sealed building...but instead they in a blue eldritch place with crystals, monoliths, and arcane conduits, they also noticed that the "magatsuchi" was completely different.
That's when they felt the presence again, as a giant eyeball appeared before the Goetia, starfish/pentagram daemons as the eyes started to split open into multiple sections, like a twisted eye/eldritch flower.
At the center, was Tzeentch sitting cross legged inside the eye-flower, like a makeshift throne, with a wicket smile on both his main face and crotch mouth.
The decarabia were in complete shock and awe at the presence of Tzeentch, it was like staring into the very presence of a Mayor Goetia, or even greater.
Tzeentch like their admiration, he sensed the magical power over debilitating others, fire, lightning, and "almighty" as Laharl called, in exchange for these new form of magic, he can't have the Garu, Bufu, Eiha, Kouha, Psio, and Frei variants of this world's magic...small price, for all these daemonic spell castors.
Tzeentch waved his left middle arm, and showed the Goetia Daemons the vastness of the Materium, completely different to the one they originate from.
Countless worlds to change, mutate, and conquer with endless souls and knowledge for them to collect and harvest, and the best offering true immortal...no longer must they fear been hunted and devoured by other daemons, they can grow in numbers and power under the will of Change, the will of Tzeentch.
They could tell this God, Tzeentch was promising all they've desired, that he was their hope for a better and greater fate than what they're forced to live in.
They immediately offered their service and loyalty solely to the God of Fate and Hope, making Tzeentch laugh and respond, "Excellent." as he marked their species as his own.
In a flash of blue tzeentchian light, all decarabias from Da'at and across the daemonic apocalyptic world of Neo Japan, answer the call of Tzeentch and banished completely, shocking and confusing several daemons across the land at the cause of this event, not only that they soon also discovered some time later that the Femme mermaids have also disappeared completely...
Location the Warp, the Neutral Space-The Infinity Fountain Resting Place
As the Void Gate gave the Changer the essence of the Decarabia, the symbol of Goetia belonging to the Decarabia, assimilating it into his being.
With that he has obtained his new daemons and two Elder Daemons to be...becoming silent for a moment, he expressed...gratitude and thanks...to them in a whispered tone.
Also he'll deeply considered their words and revelations to him...but not before saying these last words to the three older Dark Gods, "But regardless!! Don't expect mercy!!! I'll will be victorious in the end, for fate is mine to decide. I'll become the Chaos God of Chaos and the Warp, in the end. Be ready!!" laughing hysterically, as he faded away...a silence happened between them, with Nurgle killing said silence by saying, "I still...hate...that...annoying laugh..." this made Khorne and Laharl laugh, as they fully agree with him.
Location the Realm of the Sorceror-The Impossible Fortress, the Crystal Study of the Architech
Returning to his body, he immediately started by opening his mouths on what remains on his body spawning hundreds, and thousands of decarabias.
The thousands of cyclopian starfishs, started to swarm allover the Study, the Greater Daemons of Change were amazed by the number of new daemons emerging from Lord Tzeentch they could all tell by sensing these lesser daemons were magically powerful and possessed both magical and psychic abilities that none have witnessed before.
Once they stopped swarming they surrounded the Study, closing their singular eye and bended their upper-arm? (Is that what they call the starfish's appendages? Please someone tell/correct me) showing gratefulness, and reverence to their new God and true master, Tzeentch giggled maliciously as he commanded them to spread throughout the realm, opening their eye they'll left the Study, and in turn the Impossible Fortress to do Tzeentch's bidding.
Next he summoned fort his new herald, and cunning trickster, the Changeling.
Using a couple of his restored tentacles thanks, in part by assimilating the decarabia essence of Magatsuchi, (magatsuchi=soul/daemonic energy for Chaos God, in my opinion) and their new magics, he has been able to heal some of his lost tentacles.
Around 10% of their original total, and he used them as his arms to channel the Changeling's essence fort and summon him into his service.
In a burst of tzeentchian energy, came fort a blue hooded/faceless daemon with the blue robe having golden accents and some scroll-like sashes around him.
One humanoid clawed hand on his right side with a tzeentchian light blue glowing rune at the shoulder area and a golden band on his wrist said hand held a staff with a bird skull on the top, tied with some bluish purple feathers and some thin scrolls, this is his Trickster's Staff.
On the other side, on his left, the Changeling, he has three set of arms, the upper one resembling his right with a similar gold band and a ring on his finger, his middle arm is smaller still humanoid and wearing a serpentine like golden bracelet, and his lower arms end in a mouth breathing tzeentchian magic and fire, with a golden ring bracelet on that wrist.
The Changeling was confused on why he was summoned back to the Realm of Tzeentch, last thing he remembered was preparing to cause some chaos on the South, targeting the rising Champion of the Gods, Ixion Daemonhart when he suddenly was in Lord Tzeentch's sacred Study.
Then he realized that his dark master, was behind him and he turned quickly and saw his Lord Tzeentch...in such a horrible state!!!
He was bound to some eldritch tentacles, covered in healing cut, burns, and bruises but also was missing all his limbs and majority of his tentacles.
But at the sametime this Tzeentch was much more powerful than the Great Deceiver he knows, forced down on his knees in front of his Dark Master, Tzeentch giggled as he decided to psychically show and tell everything to his new little trickster.
The Changeling, spasmed and twitches as he was assaulted by all in this world about the First Chaos God, Laharl, the Warp, the Materium, and the races that have emerged, once done Changeling was excite no longer limited to one world and location, he can "prank" and "trick" entire civilizations worth of Worlds!!!
Plus he had a Dark God that he can provoke and cause chaos to, and a stronger and frankly more daring Tzeentch as his master, he was happy and quickly offered himself fully to this Tzeentch, making said Changer very pleased, sending him out immediately and the Changeling adAmbridge.
Next it was time to call fort his new favorite and quite frankly greater...grander Lord of Change, Kairo Fateweaver to become his first of many Elder Daemons.
Kairos like Changeling before him, was channeled through Tzeentch's essence and summon fort in the center of the Scheming God's Study. (Appearance referenced TWW-3)
Upon manifesting the Oracle of Tzeentch, roared out in fury, unleashing such levels of magical might that none of the Greater Daemons in the Study, have ever witnessed.
Regaining their bearings he realized that they weren't in the Silver Tower anymore, planing their campaign South, instead the Oracle was in Realm of the Sorceror before they could further assess their situation, Tzeentch not wanting to wait or directly explain did the same as he did with the Changeling, psychically transfered all the knowledge of his world...plus the offering to ascend as Lord Tzeentch's, first Elder Daemon of Change.
Falling down only supporting themselves with only their right hand to support them, so they don't hit the grown, they saw some possibilities of untold power and favor, along with plenty of rewards serving this Tzeentch over their old weaker one, so turning to their true master they've accepted and Tzeentch began to surge massive amounts of Warp, magical, and daemonic energies into Kairos Fateweaver ascending him, into a Elder Daemon.
Kairos shriek in power, as his body rejuvenated no longer looking like a ancient version of his former Lords of Change, along with the rejuvenation his body started to change from his wings became larger than before and each feather was etched with a tzeentchian rune, as well as sprouting another pair of wings a bit shorter then his first ones with a blue eye on each wing-joint.
Their upper neck grew blackish blue barbs, which trail down through his spine, and the biggest change was the right head's right eye and the left's left eye turning a glowing light blue and the brothers realized they can see through those eyes the "present"!!!
Finally they're one weakness corrected, the newly ascended Kairos thanked their dark master profusely for such a gift, and swear to drown countless world in blue flame and arcane in his honor, looking around all the gathered Lords of Change, immediately upon seeing and sensing Kairos' new power and position, they've kneel in reverence and fear to offend such a daemon.
Kairos asked to remind by his Dark God's side for now, until he is fully healed and Tzeentch allowed as Kairos flew to one of the upper levels of the Study, like a bird of prey perched up high, ready to strike at his dark master's enemies.
And finally, it was time to summon and ascend Vilitch, as his second Elder Daemon, the Elder Daemon of Changing Fates.
Again the same process of summoning Changeling and Kairos before them, in the center of the Study was a heavily blue armored five-eyed warrior of pale skin, holding a magical sword and flail, as a growth/tumor like conjoined eyeless, feathered being emerged from his back, these are the twins Thomin and Vilitch, or as many know them as the Curseling.
Vilitch was completely confused, they were in the middle of gathering souls in the name of Tzeentch to gain his favor, and quite possibly the Everchosen's as well as many believe that the End Times, were upon the Old World especially with two largest possible bringer of the Gods' will Archeon, and Ixion vying for glory.
That's when Thomin groaned in pain and discomfort, dropping his weapons and placing his large, muscular hand on his head, this shocked Vilitch as rarely Thomin did more than groan and fight but to do this something was wrong, at that moment he felt something invade his mind and flood it with information and knowledge, unlike anything he has heard from before.
Vilitch and Thomin, were being transferred the information of this new world, this greater Tzeentch, and the offer to not only obtain immortality through glorious daemonhood, but ascend above it and become a Elder Daemon, a Grand General of the daemonic legions of Tzeentch and bring ruin and mutation onto countless worlds!!!
The twins, they fell to their knees, both panting after the surge of psychic information entered their brains, Vilitch smiled but before he commanded his brother to stand, he did soo turning to Tzeentch and kneeling and speaking!!! (Remember in the End Times novels, it was stated that Thomin was as mindless as Vilitch thought, and as a final twist Tzeentch switched their fates again making Thomin, the commanding twin. So here they'll a duo in one, making them much more dangerous in battle.)
Thomin said in a gruff, masculine voice, "I accept the honor, I'll shall serve the Changer of Ways faithful as a Elder Daemon!!" Vilitch shocked at first, followed his brother example, crossing his right over his "chest" and "bowing" said, "I too accept this glory, my Dark God. We'll shall bring fort your will."
Vilitch and Thomin felt the power of Great Deceiver surge through them, and ascend them into greater daemonhood.
Thomin's short horns grew and sprouted into large and longer pair, with Vilitch also growing some curved, long, sharp, black horns as well, but his mouth tore wide with razor-sharp needle like teeth covering the extended mouth of his, and his tongue became a eye-tip snake tongue.
A pair of massive blue and black feathered wings sprouted from Thomin's back, while Vilitch's plumage grew and expanded on his body specifically on his back and wrists.
Thomin grew into a greater size and bulk, as his finger tips became blackish blue, talon like claws, his wrists up to his elbows sprouted blue feathers.
His armor grew as well to match his new body structure, with his feet becoming three toed claws covered in armor, (imagine Nightmare feet from SCIV) the eye on their waist guard burst with magical energy becoming a magical eye construct under their command.
Standing tall and strong, Thomin picked up his weapon...which he thought needed to be upgraded, Vilitch heard that thought of his brother, meanwhile Vilitch swung his staff and it burst with soo much magical energy that couldn't compare to before, believing and calling himself the greatest tzeentchian sorceror of them all, which Thomin heard...
They noticed/realized they can share thoughts and by looking at each other and seeing themselves they also realize they can share senses as well, this was perfect!!!
This made them the perfect duo for the Lord of Lies' schemes and commands.
Empowered to levels they could barely imagine, the second Elder Daemon of Change, has ascended and ready to serve the will of Tzeentch!!!