Ark Cornucontagious
The Ark Cornucontagious is a relic of the Death Guard, which was given to them as a gift from the Great Unclean One Rotigus Rainmaker.
Though it seems to be simply a casket made of rotting wood and covered in the marks of Nurgle, the Ark gives off powerful waves of corruption. The corruption brings about such catastrophic mutations and such fast uncontrollable growth that the Ark could easily corrupt entire worlds within a matter of cycles. During the Psychic Awakening, the Primogenitor Fabius Bile sought to use the Ark's powers in his experiments and gathered a fleet to raid the Scourge Stars, where the relic was being kept. Under the command of the Chaos Lord Grarken Furith, the fleet succeeded in their raid and the Ark was taken aboard the Wretch, which served as Bile's command ship. The Death Guard pursued Bile's fleet, however, and they suffered heavy losses. Eventually, Bile and the others were able to close upon a Mandeville Point and made preparations to enter the Warp. Before they could do so, though, they were attacked by the Death Guard fleet of Typhus and Bile sabotaged the engines of his fleet, so that he could escape into the Warp with the Ark. Daemons, however, can smell the stench of the Ark and they told Typhus, that Bile was heading towards the Cadian Gate. The Death Guard are heading there both to reclaim the Ark and seek retribution against Bile.[1]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community: Psychic Awakening: A Traitor’s Trust (Posted on 13/04/2020) (Last accessed on 13 April 2020)
