MyrddraalFade
Content Warnings: graphic combat, wartime death, religious fanaticism, mild body horror (augmentics), apocalyptic themes.
A song to accompany this story 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj9f11FsVcY'
Ten millennia after vanishing beyond the Halo stars, Althanes-one of the Emperor's earliest companions-returns to Sol and finds a nightmare made holy: Terra a tomb-world of pilgrims, Mars a forge of dogma, and the Golden Throne devouring a god to keep the galaxy lit. Hunted by Tech-Priests and watched by the Custodes, Althanes wages a quiet war of keys, codes, and courage to do the unthinkable-free the Emperor's intact mind from the Throne and invite Him to breathe again. As Titan legions stir and the Fabricator-General weighs doctrine against survival, the fate of the Imperium hangs on a single heresy: that machines should serve men, not faith. Hope is illegal. Salvation is treason. And dawn, if it comes, will demand a price.
Status: Ongoing (Book I of "The Return of Althanes - A Warhammer 40,000 Chronicle")
Canon Note: Canon-divergent AU set around Terra/Mars; respectful of tone, intentionally heretical in premise.
Rights/Disclaimer: Non-monetized transformative fan work. Warhammer 40,000 and related terms © Games Workshop. No infringement intended.