Kabal of the Dark Night - Prologue

Deep in the darkest corners of the dark city Commoragh, the home of the “True Eldar”, lies “The Spire of the Dark Night” and the Kabal that dwells within its armoured walls. The spire stands no taller than most of the kabal bases in Commoragh and at a first glance would seem almost inoffensive in appearance, but little is truly known about the contents of this nefarious structure and even less is really known about the occupants, The Kabal of the Dark Night.

This kabal’s origins and history had been all but been wiped out during “The Fall”, the cataclysmic event that birthed “She Who Thirsts” and nearly extinguished the entire Eldar race. After what few Eldar that managed to survive had managed to escape into the web way, they soon split into factions as the Dark City grew around them  and to a degree the city shielded the remaining “True Eldar” from the ever hungry clutches of “She Who Thirsts”.

Little is known of the Archon of the Dark Night, what is known pointed to the Archon being part of a respected family before the fall, they had never truly given into the temptations of the other Eldar, they had merely been voyeurs of the fall rather than victims, however like the other Eldar eventually felt the gnawing of “She Who Thirsts” at their souls but had discipline enough not to indulge too much in the dark arts required to keep her at bay. The Dark Night was one of the few Kabal’s in the Dark City not to employ the services of a Haemonculi or any of their unnatural creations such as Wracks, Grotesques or Scourges, despite their wealth. The Archon believed them to be abominations and would never turn to them for aid or help regardless of how desperate they became.  The Archon’s love for heavy firepower was one of the only real pieces of information known about the mysterious Archon, little other evidence pointing towards their identity or heritage. What mystified the citizens of the Dark City more was how the Dark Night had survived the rise of the tyrant Asdrubael Vect as he became overlord of Commorragh and in doing so had all but wiped out the noble houses that commanded the Dark City during its infancy. This apparent overlook scared most and intrigued others, but no one would dare speak of it, in case of incurring the wrath of the Tyrant.

However it has been known rarely for forces from the Dark Night to join raids onto real space worlds, even if few in number they have aided by loaning their fleets of Ravager gunships and Razorwing jetfighters to sizeable raids with the most rewards. These forces disappear as quickly as they arrive back to the spire after taking the rewards owed for their services. It has even been noted that their forces have been seen allied with their craftworld cousins in defence of their borders from imperial forces, providing crucial heavy support to the crude weaponry of their craftworld brethren, no knowledge of how this alliance came to be is known and many have questioned the kabal’s actions to no avail.

Over the last few months the kabal has been the hot topic in Commorragh with more whispers being spread about their forces. These rumours have included many tales such as; the Kabal is preparing for a lone raid into real space to attack the imperium of man, they plan to attack the Tau empire, they intend to conquer the warp to destroy “She Who Thirsts”, the kabal is planning a coup against the tyrant and even that the kabal has formed a secret alliance with the tyrant’s forces in the Black Heart kabal to help give the Black Heart power absolute within Commorragh.

Many rumours are rife inside the eternal city with little to no fact being known, the only evidence of increased activity from the kabal at present is a mysterious signal that started being generated from the spire of the Dark Night, a signal so strong its been sent not only round the webway, into every facet of Commorragh but piercing the very fabric of the webway itself and being transmitted into real space itself.

Its message being short yet repeating over and over again …..

“We are the Dark Night & We Are Coming”.