Crimson Path
The Crimson Path is part of a strategy that Abaddon the Despoiler plans to accomplish with his Thirteenth Black Crusade.[1]
His goal is to conduct a massive campaign to breach the barriers of the Cadian Gate in order to shatter the protective fields projected by the Pylons that hold back the tides of the Eye of Terror. Once destroyed, Abaddon's Daemonic allies would be able to manifest into realspace as the Warp spread outwards, across a trail known as the Crimson Path. The expansion of the region of Chaos space would eventually spread into the Segmentum Solar and in time would engulf Terra itself. Once accomplished, even the Daemon Primarchs would be able to enter into realspace. Several Traitor Legions as well as Renegade Chapters are working to accomplish Abaddon's ultimate goal.[1]
In truth, the Crimson Path has been Abaddon's ultimate objective. Every Black Crusade has in part been launched in order to destroy various Pylons across the Galaxy, but Abaddon has been very careful to conceal his true purpose from the Imperium at large.[2] Roboute Guilliman speculated after his revival that Abaddon had strategically destroyed worlds rich in Blackstone over the Millennia and used the destruction of Cadia as a trigger to split the galaxy in two with the Great Rift. Guilliman is unsure if Abaddon intends to eventually rule the Galaxy as Emperor or simply send it entirely into the depths of the Warp.[3]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 20
- 2: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition) pg.16
- 3: Avenging Son (Novel) Chapter 26
