Fresh from the slaughter of the Emperor's enemies in the north, Ludwig Schwarzhelm, Emperor's Champion, is sent to Averland to oversee the inauguration of a new elector count. Beset by greenskins, and hampered on all sides by the ambitions of rival magnates, he is soon fighting to keep the fractious province together. But the rot runs deep. Powerful forces in Altdorf seem determined to see him fail, and suspicion falls on even his most trusted allies. When all is at its bleakest, the mark of Chaos and the full horror of his task is finally revealed. Alone, doubted by those closest to him, this will be Schwarzhelm's greatest ever challenge, one on which the destiny of the Empire itself depends.
- ISBN10 184416876X
- ISBN13 9781844168767
- Publish Date 8 July 2010 (first published 29 June 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 May 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Games Workshop
- Imprint The Black Library
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 416
- Language English