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...The report that you're about to hear is but a small fraction of a greater hole, my colleges and I have decided to write this or better yet speak of this, despite what many would want to keep secret.
But the truth about what we bore witness to must be known.
Perhaps it was the Emperor's hand, that allowed us to meet.
...When the Imperium banished, the many alien raises of the universe cheered believing that their greatest threat had finally been defeated and so like wolves to an undefended child they attacked the now scattered worlds of humanity.
Few can ever truly say what horrors occurred back then, for many alien raises would learn, that even in their weakened state, humanities worlds would not fall so easily.
Perhaps they believed that it was their time to shine, unfortunately, they would soon learn that thought the Imperium was now gone, their rases time had come to an end.
It is said that through the warp, in a single day entire sectors of space screamed in horror, as all life within the region vanished without a trace, others were crushed under the stampeding hoards of the Orks.
How long did the madness last, one can never truly know, for it's said by some that the years that passed were hundreds of thousands, while others simply say it has only been a few hours, regardless our universe had suddenly become a much darker place.
It's said that the Tau empire began to spread rapidly during this time, so young and full of hope the race was, that it never truly stopped to ask itself, why the elder races of the universe, seemed to progress slowly, that is if they progressed at all.
It is said that upon a certain world, one now long forgotten, the young race found a massive set of gates, covered inwards, warnings, seals of all kinds and defenses both pointing outward and towards the massive set, of adamantium doors.
Whatever the Tau must have found there could only be imagined, for, after that fate full day, their race would never be the same again.
The artificial intelligence that the Tau race employed through their entire society had suddenly turned against them and the race found itself fighting against the very machines they had become reliant on.
Soon the fighting spread through their entire empire and the allied races joined in, attempting to help their comrades, that is until videos, written documents and physical evidence of the Tau, enslaving, castrating or destroying entire civilizations was shown to the Taus former allies.
The race soon found itself fighting alone, something it hadn't since the first age when they first escaped their cradle world.
Yet the mechanical abominations did not find victory, so easily given to them, like they would have in a time long ago.
No, for the warp had spread its corrupting influence upon real space and demons now roamed the universe, stories told from survivors of the wars fought between deranged machines and the demons of the warp, always ended with the demons overwhelming victory and a manifestation of the machine spirits, captured by said demons.
A single video report is the only proof of what happened to those manifestations, the video is no longer than a second long, buts is a second that lasts seemingly for eternity. The reason being is that the God of change has captured the machine spirits of logic and forced them to roam his labyrinth for all eternity.
As for the Tau, they were now a divided race, one part lived in service of the Etherials, a subspecies of Tau that can utilize the warp, after the machine pursuing, that still continues to this day.
This group has begun to worship a God that wants to spread the greater good to all, they do this by bringing other species to the fold and making them recreate the old Tau technology, thereby avoiding another machine interaction.
The Farsight Enclave is by far the most advanced of all the Tau factions and only managed to maintain that way by doing the unthinkable.
When the machine uprising began, this faction was also affected, but they had one keen difference that all of the other factions didn't, they still had living free Humans amongst them. A deal was struck, humanity would remain separate and free to do its own thing and any Human world encountered would be brought into the fold, in exchange, Humanity and its resources would help fend off the deranged machines of the Tau.
It's said that for this reason, Servitors can now be found within the Farsight Enclave and for every single Tau world one would find five Human ones surrounding it. Humanity had become a shield against the machines.
The last group is by far the most brutal, for this group understood that if they couldn't make machines and couldn't defend themselves then others would have to do it and so they began to capture and mind whip other species, beginning with basic animal life.
It's said that with every new race encountered by this group, is a race that will soon be lost, however, there are whispers that something, someone is controlling this faction and that the Tau themselves are enslaved to it.
To this day these three factions battle each other and it's only now that Robute Guilliman one of the Emperors Primarchs and loyal sons, has returned that the Tau have been pushed back, however, it's said that a deal was made with the Farsight Enclave and now Tau and Humans fight side by side.
The Eldar, the arrogant ancient rase is now almost completely gone, few craft worlds if any remain and no one will she a tear for them, not after what they have done.
The Eldar believed that Humanity was responsible for the horror that had fallen upon the universe, for both failing to stop the Thirteenth Black Crusade and for letting the light of the Emperor vanish.
So in retaliation, however, this narrator believes it was a simple sport, they began to kill every human they encountered, no one was spared, neither young nor old.
It's no wonder that by doing this the blood god would take notice and begin to join in, whatever happened can never be known for only the craft worlds remain, along with a few expedite worlds, that cling to life stubbornly.
The craft worlds themselves now drift together in a large fleet, something the Eldar themselves never did in life, the spirits still trapped within their soul stones, now watch over elderly, none combatants and what few children remain.
It's said that one can find Eldar living in Human worlds hiding from something, they would be assassins for hire, sex partners to a planetary or system ruler, or perhaps the royal family of some lost human world, whatever they may be doing, they do this out of fear, fear of something they have created.
The last words of a world that had been attacked revealed the reason why the Eldar hide amongst Humans, you see the Eldar had killed so many Humans over the years that the souls of humanity began to create something out of hate, hate for the Eldar.
Now if one remembers just how many beings the Eldar had wronged over the years and adds the blood gods interference, one would understand the sheer power if what was created.
For a being that is just known as the Rider was born, a being that avenges the innocent and punishes the wicked.
It's unknown what happened to the Dark Eldar, no one truly knows, what little is known, if that somehow something managed to connect both the warp and the web way for a few minutes, normally the demons and Gods would strike at all of the civilians feeding upon their would and they did.
That is they did only when they were done with the Dark Eldar, many many fleets, web way portals and teleporting devices were used and a wave of species spread through space, trying to escape the horrors of the warp.
It's said that whatever did this, now sits alone in the dark ruling over the shadow laughing.
When Cadia broke and the warp spread through space all hope was believed lost, however, it was within this moment that Jaghatai Khan another of the emperor's ones returned and it was he that began to gather the survivors of those worlds, he now stands as the defensive line that keeps the poor souls, within that region safe.
