Finis

Depiction of Finis, the Lord of Betrayal

**Finis** is the Chaos God of Justice, Treachery, Betrayal, and Vengeance. These four personalities would seem conflicting to many, but that is only to those who do not understand his essence. Rather than being a backstabber who is sneaky and immoral, looking for mindless pleasure from the suffering of others, the aspects of justice and vengeance have long tempered the worst of his nature, turning him into something other than an evil deity.

Indeed, he is characterized by a thirst for vengeance against those who do wrong, gaining justice from those who do evil by betraying them, and refusing to shield them with his power. He relentlessly peruses them, determined to avenge his followers, dealing treachery to those who dared to threaten his people. Any who face his wrath will find that he will chase them until they are finished, giving his followers both revenge and justice, giving them retribution for their wrongs.

For in truth, all these four aspects work as one, completing the image of the vengeful justice god. For those who are betrayed by others will turn and look to avenge themselves or in some cases, others close to them who were harmed. As they do it, they deal in treachery and betrayal by taking down their target. Perhaps it is for noble reasons such as freeing families of oppression, toppling tyrants, and defeating villains. Or it might be for selfish purposes, to get more power by taking down somebody in the way of their ascendance. But as they give the enemy what they deserve, justifying their means in their mind, they too betray those close to them, those who are loyal to the slaughtered. It is treachery as they get close and betrays the chances of friendship and peace. Thus is his nature.

In war, the actions and atrocities are often impersonal. The soldier may perhaps not have an emotional reason to fight, other than it comes down to kill or be killed, or they have been told to fight by their leaders. But vengeance is something personal, a burning passion to get to grips with the foe and personally see to their destruction and downfall for their appetite to be slated and their fiery hatred cooled in the icy concentration of complete focus honed to one extreme point. As such, Finis will often fight alongside his followers, taking on the appearance of the greatest traitors to his chosen ones. In the dark warp light of his eyes that crackle behind his silver Drukhari Hyperion armour, his enemies shiver in fear as they see their doom approach, watching his starlight waystones glitter in even the darkest times, a beacon for the hope of a fair trial ending in just punishment.

## Origins

Since the beginning of the ages, the start of time itself, Finis has stirred deep within the Warp, his essence slumbering patiently, drowsily awaiting the moment when he could break the chains of confining sleep that held his consciousness from fully emerging from the spiritual realm. Over time, his power grew stronger and his influence ever greater. From thousands of star systems, from all different species and races of the galaxy, betrayal poured into him, swelling his already furious hunger. However, all this energy was insignificant, as eternal as his aspects were. Instead, it was three main events that would empower him to rise at last.

The first of these events was the Fall of the Aeldari. As the noble race split into two factions, he laughed with pleasure, though he was still stuck in a dream-like phase of twilight existence. The cults of pleasure became traitors, ignoring several sound warnings, and betraying themselves as well by refusing to acknowledge the awareness that would soon flow through them. As they retreated into the Webway, however, they would soon find themselves hunted by those Aeldari who had already committed treachery by abandoning them to death within the decaying heart of the empire. These tangled strands ended with justice on both sides, sometimes the dark indulgences of the Drukhari, and other times the righteous light of the Asuryani who sought to preserve their integrity.

The second event was the Horus Heresy. To get justice, Horus had attempted to betray his own father and save the Imperium from what he saw as a darkened fate worse than death. In turn, once he had failed and all his traitorous wars completed, those with a like mind were the ones who would soon find themselves chased by vengeful loyalists, determined to avenge their fallen emperor. They, in turn, became turncoat to their own species by splitting a union of prosperity to one of damnation and destruction.

However, it was the Aeldari of the world Zav'gor who finally awoke him from his comma. Shortly after the Fall, they hunted down the Aeldari cults which had caused them to falter in their faith and chivalry, lose their honour, and lose everything they had been. Determined to avenge their own brethren who had been misled and bring judgment to those Dark Eldar, they planned their treachery, to backstab their own friends. In the end, it was successful, and as they massacred their enemies, butchering those cultists, they unleashed a weapon of immense Warp energy, so large that Finis would finally become fully aware and unconscious. With a cry that echoed through the Warp, he burst from the weapon's storm.

At that moment, he connected with the people of Zav'gor, who watched him in awe. Now, with them being part of his flesh and blood, his essence being in their souls and their souls being the tender fuel that gave him his personality and completed him, made him whole, his anger was at those who would mislead his own, now chosen ones. They were the source of his ascendants and a fundamental part of him. He may have been Chaos, but at the same time, he was now an Aeldari god, a new addition to the pantheon. With eager zeal, he attacked and killed the cultists. Grateful, the now Craftworld of Zav'gor pledged their loyalty to this new god, hopeful for his own blessing and favour.

As a part of the pantheon, he was now recognized as the defender of the Aeldari, one who would avenge their fallen glory and bring justice. First, to the other Chaos gods, Slaneesh in particular, who dared to harm their own creators, then to the lesser races who had betrayed their masters and turned their backs on them. But perhaps the strongest hatred was reserved to those who had committed the greatest sin; twisting the psyche of the Eldar into a hedonistic, perverse monstrosity that would destroy their people, all for the sake of their own pleasure.

## Followers

### Craftworld Zav'gor

These Aeldari are known as vengeful tricksters who will get close to their enemies, if possible, and then stab them in the back. They have targeted nearly every major faction, and their rage can be provoked at the slightest offense. This includes Orks who betray their makers by attacking other creations of the Old Ones, Drukhari whose mindset caused all this and feeds chaos, humans who hurt those who should have been their rulers, and Asuryani who help the lesser races.

There are many things that set these people aside from other Eldar, things other Craftworlds find disturbing. The most important is the fact that these Asuryani worship and hold Finis in special reverence, above even Asuryan and Khaine. Putting revenge and other such dark, reviled things above all else leads them to endless war. So great is their trust and love for Finis that they do not wear spirit stones, trusting that Finis will catch their souls before they can face an eternity of torture and suffering. Another source of the other Eldar's disgust is that these Aeldari fight alongside the forces of Chaos.

## Daemons

Strangely enough, Finis has a few daemons who fight for him. This stems from the fact that, in reality, people themselves are often their own daemons, with their souls being the greatest embodiment of his influence and living strength over them. With such hot flames driving them, ones that consume the spiritual world, it is their excess that burns brighter than that of any daemon. In addition, his servants are so many that he hardly needs any daemons in order to formulate his armies, the ones he leads himself. By sending them dreams and manipulating what they see, he sends them to fight his holy wars.