Original Story
the Mavka’s Lament
PUBLISHED on Cold Open Stories Originals
Yakiv wants nothing more than to take the lovely Elena as his wife, but she has many suitors vying for her attention, including someone Yakiv had once called friend. In his bid to prove himself the better man, his desperate yearnings stirs a spirit of the forest, awakening a love corrupted by obsession.
Warhammer 40k
the young king
PUBLISHED on Cold Open Stories
War demanded sacrifice, but tradition sought worthy blood. The Ritual of Awakening had begun, and Exarch Rausdriel stood as the revered candidate. Not for duty or commitment. But betrayal and deception. Vengeance burned in Rausdriel’s veins, a song of retribution as he marched towards his fate.
Warhammer 40k
Changed Ways
PUBLISHED on Cold Open Stories
Warlock L’Adriath Eli’amaur and his kin have fallen into a capricious god’s web. By some cosmic error, their fate rested in the hands of one mon-keigh, the captain of 8th Company of the Sons of the Phoenix, Daincaz Kesaeal.
Warhammer 40k
Divination’s Spoils
Baron Ise’klosy’s desires were simple. Riches. Power. Then the barbarian Astartes came, seeking to interfere with his latest acquisition, but the mon-keigh would soon learn what it meant to engage with the voidscarred touched by fortune.
Warhammer 40k
Fatalistic embrace
Warlock Vhy’liethe believed he was destined to shape the fate of the aeldari. Devoted to the Ynnari, he believed the Whispering God was the true path to the aeldari’s salvation. There was nothing Vhy’liethe would not do to see Ynnead awakened, even forge a secret agreement with the Harlequin. Subsequently, he was offered an irresistible invitation within the Black Library itself. There, he would meet his destiny.
Warhammer 40k
Ensnared
Aimor Riztah, a low-class assembly laborer, was given the opportunity of a lifetime. An escape from the endless drudgery deep in Vostroya’s dark factories. A new planet had been discovered, filled with nature’s riches—and ripe for the picking. Thousands like Aimor were ferried across the vast galaxy. Their mission was simple, to satisfy the appetites of the elite. When it came time to return home with their bountiful harvest, the Astronomican went dark. Stranded, forced to survive on a foreign planet, Aimor learned that there were worse dangers than the primitive – and angry – natives.
Warhammer 40k
Fires of War
During the Indomitus Crusade, 8th Company Captain of the Primaris Chapter Sons of the Phoenix Kesaeal Daincaz’s ship was bombarded by warp storms, resulting in the deaths of his navigators. Location unknown, he sought to reestablish contact with the Imperium. Instead, he discovered an unidentified planet. Deploying scouts for reconnaissance, they reported sighting of a fortress-monastery before comms went dark. He deployed more of his brothers with the same result. Oppressive silence. Feeling the weight of responsibility, Kesaeal descended to the surface to learn what had become of his proud warriors. Or, to share in their fate.
The Musing of R. L. Frymire 