"The Exterminatus Army has departed!" Many people in Ebonia watched as the divine astralships of legend rose into the sky. Nothing so grand had happened in quite a while. Even though not many people could see the ships themselves, the disturbance of their engines could be clearly felt.

It was the second expedition for the ebons. Their first had been one of arrogant injustice, which caused many people to root against them. This time, however, was different. Ebonians all over cheered the Exterminatus Army as they departed, which came as quite a surprise to the troops themselves.

"I didn't think that these minor clans we've oppressed for so long would come to sympathize with us after...