Six Treasures of Chaos

The Six Treasures of Chaos are six magical items that a champion of Chaos is required to collect in order to be crowned The Everchosen. Each is guarded by a formidible task that the aspirant must overcome. So insurmountable are these tasks that only those personally chosen by all four of the Dark Gods have any hope of success. The Six Treasures are as follows:

The Eternally Burning Mark of Chaos

A unique Mark of Chaos, and the blessing of all four powers in unison. Archaon gained this mark at the Altar of Ultimate Darkness in Naggaroth

The Armour of Morkar

The Armour of Morkar belonged to Morkar, the first Everchosen. It makes the wearer invulnerable to all but the most powerful of attacks.^{1 p69}

After leaving Naggaroth on a stolen ship made of black metal and pulled by a sea-drake, Archaon took leadership of a seafairing warband. They sailed to a mysterious land populated with savage half-humans. Neither sun nor moon had ever touched their pallid skin. After six days and six nights of battle, the city of these creatures had been reduced to rubble.^{1 p34}

Archaon delved deep into their necropolis until he found the Tomb of Morkar. Within lay the Armour of Morkar. However, as Archaon reached out to take it, the spirit of Morkar animated the armour and attacked him. It lay down a relentless flurry of blows until Archaon cursed it in the language of the Unberogen tribe. The attack ceased for a moment, and Archaon smashed it aside, banishing the spirit of Morkar and allowing him to claim the armour as his own.^{1 p34-35}

The Eye of Sheerian

The Eye of Sheerian is named after the Tzeentchian Sorcerer who discovered it. Although on its own it grants the bearer prophetic powers, when placed in the Crown of Domination its prophetic powers can be used to their true ability to allow the bearer to predict and avoid the attacks of the enemy.^{1 p69}

After claiming the Armour of Morkar, Archaon set out to retrieve the Eye of Sheerian. At that time it lay in the lair of the Chaos Dragon Flamefang, and the ancient drake valued the Eye above all of it's other treasures. Archaon placed his claim for the Eye by smashing his axe into Flamefang's head.^{1 p35}

Long did man and monster battle at the base of the Cliff of Beasts. Flamefang breathed fire and even swallowed Archaon, but the Armour of Morkar protected him. Archaon hacked his way out of the Dragon's gullet with the ferocity of a Flesh Hound, until Flamefang's throat was hacked to shreds and it died of exhaustion and blood loss. Archaon plucked the Eye of Sheerian from its place on the belly of the Dragon and hung it around his neck.^{1 p35}

The Steed of the Apocalypse

The Daemon steed Dorghar, from the stables of the Daemon Lord Agrammon.

The Slayer of Kings

The Slayer of Kings was the sacred blade of Vangel, the second Everchosen.^{1 p35} He bound the Greater Daemon U'zuhl into the blade, and the millennia of imprisonment have sent it insane with rage and fury. ^{1 p69}

It was said to rest at the top of the Chimera Plateau, near the top of the world, so this is where Archaon went after stealing Dorghar from Agrammon.^{1 p35} The warriors battling around the plateau saw the determination and destiny of Archaon, and he quickly gathered a huge horde of followers. They swiftly defeated the Chimeras guarding the higher passes and Archaon and his three companions climbed to the top of the plateau.^{1 p36}

From the top, Archaon looked down on the world, swearing that he would one day rule over it all. Suddenly, what he had taken for a mountain behind him turned over in its sleep, causing a series of earthquakes in the lands below. Archaon realised that the mountain was actually the father of the Dragon Ogre race, Krakanrok the Black. Even he could not defeat this foe, so instead he and his companions sneaked past the titanic monster, only to find that the Slayer of Kings was clasped to its chest.^{1 p36}

Prince Ograx the Great, the strongest of Archaon's companions, was able to lift up one of Krakanrok's talons high enough for Archaon to retrieve the Daemonsword. However, the Daemon bound inside began to shriek with deafening volume. As Krakanrok began to stir, Archaon thought fast and plunged the Slayer of Kings into Prince Ograx's chest. With the blade's thirst quenched with royal blood, Archaon was able to sheath it and return from the plateau to the cheers of his followers.^{1 p36}

Now Archaon carries the blade with him into battle. Although the blade is potent enough already, he can unleash the power of U'zuhl to become a lethal killing machine - although sometimes it will try to attack him or his companions in it's fury. Once U'zuhl has been unleased it cannot be rebound until the end of the battle.^{1 p69}

The Crown of Domination

The final Treasure of Chaos, an ancient helm within which sits the Eye of Sheerian. Once in possession of the Crown of Domination, the champion will be honoured as the Everchosen, The Lord of the End Times.

Sources

• ¹ Warhammer Armies: Warriors of Chaos (7th Edition) p34-36 p69