The Great Necromancer, Nagash, initiates an all-out war to end all life in the Mortal Realms, but in order to complete his monumental task he needs access to them. And so he turns his gaze to the Eightpoints, ruled over by none other than Archaon Everchosen, Exalted Grand Marshall of the Apocalypse.
The vast armies of the dead, led by Nagash’s chief lieutenant, Katakros, march for the nigh-impenetrable fortress of Chaos – the Varanspire. Archaon does not take this challenge lightly, and seeks aid from a powerful force, long believed to be lost… But will it be enough to halt the legions of the dead?
