Eliphas the Inheritor - Dark Crusade: Later, during the opening phases of the Dark Crusade for control of Kronus in the 41st Millennium, Eliphas and the Word Bearers were summoned back to that world by a Chaos Cult at the Third Temple of Black Succession in the tropical south of Kronus' Deimos Peninsula.This cabal had turned to Chaos to save them from the red harvest of the Necrons who had recently been reawakened on Kronus, and Eliphas had answered their plea to the Dark Gods.Using the knowledge gained from the Epistles of Lorgar, the cultists' leader Virgilius had planned to bring Eliphas to Kronus. On the eighth night of their visit to the temple, Virgilius led the cultists to the great chamber at the temple's heart, where he and eight of his cultists were sacrificed atop the eight-pointed Star of Chaos.The Warp opened between the points of the eight-pointed star and Eliphas stepped forth, heralding the beginning of the Ninth Inheritance. Eliphas came to Kronus to turn the planet into a Daemon World and gain enough favour from the Ruinous Powers to become a Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided. Eliphas would lead his Word Bearers warband against the other six factions all vying for supremacy on the planet.He began his conquest at the Demon Gate situated in the Deimos Peninsula on the tropical southern coast of Kronus. He was armed with an Accursed Crozius and over the course of the conflict, gained new equipment to enhance his powers, such as Daemonic Armour and the same helm worn by the Word Bearers Primarch Lorgar 10,000 years previously during the Horus Heresy.Of all the factions on Kronus, save for the Blood Ravens of the Adeptus Astartes, Eliphas despised the Necrons the most as they had no souls left to be devoured by Chaos.Throughout the Dark Crusade, Eliphas was given ample opportunities to gain favour with the Ruinous Powers and other Chaos figures through the defeat of his enemies.He can gain Khorne's favour by offering to him the skull of Lord Crull, a Champion of the Blood God slain by the Ork Warboss Gorgutz on the winter world of Lorn V.He can gain the favour of Slaanesh by cracking open all the Aeldari Spirit Stones left behind when the Aeldari fled Tyrea, and offering the souls within to the Prince of Pleasure.The favour of Nurgle can be gained by freeing the Plague Daemon imprisoned within the Hellstorm Cannon in Victory Bay, using the rotting corpses of the Imperial Guardsmen as sacrifice.The favour of Tzeentch can be gained by defeating the Necron army beneath the Thur'Abis plateau.Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler, leader of the Black Legion Chaos Marines, can be pleased by defeating the Blood Ravens Space Marines in North Vandea, although it is unknown why the defeat of a Chapter whose history is unknown would be especially pleasing to Abaddon.The Word Bearers' Daemon Primarch Lorgar can be pleased by defeating the T'au forces in Or'es Tash'n, for Lorgar is said to hate the irreligious above all others.Unfortunately for Eliphas, the Blood Ravens ultimately proved victorious in the Dark Crusade and succeeded in cleansing Kronus of the taint of Chaos, xenos and Necrons alike. The Word Bearers' forward base in the Deimos Peninsula was eventually conquered by the Blood Ravens. Eliphas was last seen conversing with an unnamed Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided inside a rapidly collapsing Warp Gate and attempting to explain his failure to seize the world. The Daemon Prince declared that Eliphas is past redemption and refused to send him to the Basilica of Torments again, opting to destroy him outright instead, claiming that "It is a poor shepherd that blames his flock, Apostle. This failure is yours and yours alone." Eliphas attacked the Daemon Prince, but was lifted into the air by the Prince's power, and exploded in a huge gush of blood. However, the souls of the Damned belong to the Chaos Gods alone and what they unmake can be made whole once more.In the non-canonical ending of the Dark Crusade PC game, if the Word Bearers finish off the other seven factions in the game, Kronus itself is transformed into a Daemon World.Most of the world's population is converted to the worship of Chaos or simply killed off. Eliphas finally ascends to daemonhood as a reward from the Chaos Gods and rules over the planet. He intends to use it as a stepping stone to launch further attacks against the Imperium of Man.