Soul Drinkers - Endgame: The breakout of the Soul Drinkers from their holding cells was merely a distraction, as Daenyathos used this diversion to carry out the final phase of his meticulous plan. His most loyal follower, Chaplain Iktinos, kidnapped Captain N'Kalo of the Iron Knights, and brought him to his master.Using the blood of the battered Astartes, the genetic code of Rogal Dorn was the key to unlock an infamous Warp Gate known as the "Predator's Eye" that was actually hidden within the Imperial Fists' fortress-monastery.Unable to destroy it outright, the Primarch Rogal Dorn had sealed this Warp Gate nearly ten millennia before, and had vowed that one day, when the countless other threats had subsided, he and his Chapter's Librarians and other champions would finally destroy the Predator's Eye.The Warp Gate had originally been located in the Kravamesh System within the Veiled Region. Daenyathos had stolen it and hidden it within the confines of the Phalanx itself millennia before during the assault on Terra to topple the Renegade High Lord of Terra Goge Vandire at the end of the Age of Apostasy in the early 36th Millennium.From the newly opened Warp Gate emerged the various foul denizens of the Immaterium, including the master architect of the Soul Drinkers' fate, a Daemon Prince of Tzeentch, named Abraxes. Daenyathos intended to use Abraxes' power to travel the galaxy, with the Phalanx as his personal chariot, spreading the power of Chaos throughout the Emperor's realm.Now Abraxes would be able to use the Warp Gate as a doorway into the Empyrean from which would spill the legions of Daemons under his command. Daenyathos wanted to fundamentally transform the Imperium, freeing its people from the shackles of oppression and fear and installing himself as the new master of all Mankind. Abraxes was merely a tool, to be manipulated like everything else in the galaxy.In the meantime, Sarpedon had escaped from his captors and reunited with his remaining Battle-Brothers. Leaving them behind to face a glorious death in the Imperial Fists' Librarium, Sarpedon sought out the whereabouts of Daenyathos, but was waylaid by Iktinos' flock.The small squadron of Soul Drinkers that were with Sarpedon were killed in the carefully executed ambush. Enraged, Sarpedon slew all of Iktinos' followers and then sought to confront the Renegade Chaplain himself.As the remaining Soul Drinkers valiantly defended themselves within the ruins of the Phalanx's Librarium, they knew that it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out through attrition. At the height of the vicious battle, the encroaching forces of the Imperial Fists and their allies unexpectedly withdrew their forces.Sensing that something was awry, the Soul Drinkers' Captain Luko led the remainder of his Battle-Brothers out of the Librarium. Monitoring the Imperial Fists' Vox-traffic, they soon discovered that Abraxes was leading a massive Daemonic force that was assailing the Imperial Fists from within their own fortress-monastery.They bravely presented themselves before the Imperial Fists' Chapter Master Vladimir Pugh, and begged of him to be given the chance to fight and die by their side against a common enemy that threatened them all. Reluctantly, the Imperial Fists agreed to the Soul Drinkers' request to face the Daemons, as they understood that this was in itself a death sentence.In the meantime, Sarpedon discovered Iktinos and confronted him in a vicious hand-to-hand battle. Sarpedon was gravely wounded, but not before he managed to subdue the wayward Chaplain.Using his innate psychic ability known as "The Hell," Sarpedon brutally wrested the information from Iktinos' mind concerning Daenyathos' true intentions and learned to his dismay what Daenyathos had planned across the long millenia and how he had been but an unwitting pawn in that ancient game.His task completed, Sarpedon took the mortally wounded Chaplain, whose mind had been utterly shattered by his psychic assault, and launched him out of an airlock into the void of space. He then made his way towards the main bridge of the Phalanx to confront Daenyathos. Daenyathos confirmed Sarpedon's suspicions of what his grand scheme for the galaxy would entail.Daenyathos believed that the Imperium was utterly corrupt and that its people were damned. Six millennia earlier, Daenyathos had learned that the Imperium was a dark and savage place -- a breeding ground for the desperation that gave the forces of Chaos the chance to do their wickedness in the material universe.It was through suffering that the Imperium would be remade -- great suffering, on a scale beyond the imagining of lesser minds. Thanks to the plan crafted by him and executed by so many others he had manipulated across the bounds of space and time, including the Soul Drinkers, Sarpedon and Abraxes, the Phalanx would spread such suffering in its wake that the Imperium would be remade stronger and more just, with Daenyathos as the new ruler of the galaxy.Sarpedon bravely confronted the corrupt Dreadnought in combat, attempting to stop Daenyathos' mad ambitions from coming to fruition. During the combat that ensued, Sarpedon sustained multiple mortal wounds from the Dreadnought's missiles and Storm Bolter.The Dreadnought smugly plucked the mortally wounded Chapter Master from the floor with his Power Fist, intent on crushing Sarpedon to death. The Dreadnought brought the Chapter Master closer, so he could get a better view as he brought his victim's life to an end.Sarpedon suddenly enacted a desperate plan, reaching into an ammunition pouch that hung from his belt from which he pulled the Soulspear. He had reclaimed this ancient archeotech weapon from Iktinos during their confrontation in the Phalanx's hangar.Using the artefact's deadly vortex field-encased twin blades, Sarpedon whipped the Soulspear upwards through the heart of Daenyathos' cybernetic sarcophagus, separating it from the body of the Dreadnought.The pressure on Sarpedon relented as the Dreadnought's Power Fist fell inactive. Sarpedon freed himself from the Power Fist and stood before what remained of the Dreadnought's body.The front of the walker had been completely sheared away, revealing the life support cradle in which Daenyathos had spent the last six thousand years. Reaching inside, Sarpedon tore away the cabling and wiring and grasped Daenyathos around what remained of his scrawny neck, pulling him out of the sarcophagus. Sarpedon had a fate in mind that befitted the treachery enacted by Daenyathos.Meanwhile, Captain Luko and Sergeant Graevus of the Soul Drinkers, along with a small squad of Imperial Fists, Librarian Varnica of the Silver Skulls and a Battle-Sister of the Sororitas made their way towards the Predator's Eye in order to close the Warp Gate and confront Abraxes himself.Along the way they were waylaid by the Daemonic horrors of the Warp and many of their number were slain. In a final confrontation, the surviving Astartes and Sister Aescarion managed to overcome the savage Daemon Prince and cast him back through the Warp Gate. The Predator's Eye slowly sealed itself shut.At the height of the pitched battle between the beleaguered Imperial forces and the massive Daemonic host, the sudden closing of the Warp Gate dramatically affected the daemonic army. The daemons dropped to their knees or began to scream in pain as their link with Abraxes and the Immaterium itself was broken.The Imperial forces quickly took advantage and charged into the ranks of the bewildered Daemonic horde, cutting them down where they stood. The Imperial defenders drove the Daemons forward, through the Phalanx's forges and on towards the cargo bays where the heart of the Daemonic infestation had been planted.Librarian Varnica, Sister Aescarion and two Soul Drinkers were the only survivors of the great battle to seal the Warp Gate. When First Captain Lysander arrived to take custody of the Soul Drinkers the Soul Drinkers Captain hauled the gravely wounded Graevus over towards the closing portal. The two Soul Drinkers knew there was no place left in the galaxy for them.Not in the cells of the Phalanx, or in the grip of whatever punishment was decided for them. Not even in freedom. The whole galaxy had been set against them for so long that there was nowhere they could go and nothing they could do. They would not hand themselves over to the Imperial Fists' custody.The two surviving Soul Drinkers stepped through the portal, into the Warp, and into whatever fate awaited them there. The portal than closed completely, cutting off the madness of the Immaterium from realspace.As the Imperial Fists and Howling Griffons were killing off the last of the Daemons running loose on the vessel, Sarpedon made his presence known. The Chapter Master was near death, wounded, but not defeated. Sarpedon then held up the atrophied remains of Daenyathos before Chapter Master Pugh and the Imperial Fists and explained that it was he who had brought Abraxes forth from the Warp.Daenyathos had been the architect of the Soul Drinkers' damnation, manipulating the Soul Drinkers Chapter into the destiny he had foreseen. Sarpedon explained that it was because of men like Daenyathos that innocents suffered and that he had been a fool for not seeing that Daenyathos had manipulated him into the role he wanted him to play.He challenged the Imperial Fists to succeed where he had not and to help stem the suffering of Mankind, or else do nothing and watch the human race fall. Though moved by his words, Chapter Master Pugh still had to take Sarpedon into his custody, but the Soul Drinkers Chapter Master refused. Instead Sarpedon somehow managed to reopen the Warp Gate.As Sarpedon stepped towards the portal, Daenyathos grew fearful of his fate within the Realm of Chaos and screamed in terror, for the Dark Gods were unkind to those of their servants who failed. Sarpedon stepped over the threshold and into the portal, dragging the screaming Philosopher-Soldier into the Warp and out of reality. The portal then slammed shut behind them.Despite everything that had passed between them, the Imperial Fists recognised the sacrifice of the Soul Drinkers and had their names chiseled on vast stone columns within their Apothecarion. One column bore the names of the Imperial Fists who had died in the valiant defence of the Phalanx, whilst alongside it, another column bore the names of the Soul Drinkers, listing them as brothers in death.The Soul Drinkers Chapter was no more, but not their legacy, for their tale would serve as a caution to all those who do not see that the hand of Chaos is ever-present and ever ready to lead humanity to its unwitting damnation.