(General POV)
Location the Chaos Wastes/Monolith of Kjarl Deathaxe Battlefield Dark Legion of the Damned vs. The Blood-Drinker Norscan Tribe/Khornate Norscans
As the slaughterbrute, rampages across the battlefield and the Nurgle aligned forces of the Dark Legion were causing the most destruction and kills in the whole battle.
The shadow hunters have lost nine of their pack, but were still reaping and tearing into the bloodreavers and warriors, in a vicious and bloody melee contined between those units, true that the carnage daemons have lost a dozen finis daemons, but were still fighting and killing the khornate berserkers.
Another part of the battle, the Blood-Drinker marauders were charging at the main Shi'lanorai force, but were being pinned down by the Crystal Wraiths' ice needle arrows shot at them, several of their fellow tribesmen were riddled with ice made sharp-needles on the volcanic land.
With their mutation of gaining more eyes, the crystal wraiths are deadlier archers that rarely miss, they were supported by their fellow shi'lanorai a hundred ice warriors ready to slaughter all the come near their archery force.
Speaking of the Ice Warriors the rest of them were fighting against some khornate warriors within the Blood-Drinkers' campsite, as the Carnage-touched heavy ice armored frost eldar, were clashing with khornate knights a vicious and brutal exchange of strength and endurance as their cut each other into pieces.
As both side were brutally and savagely butchering each other scattered around the "even more" bloody camp from hacked, limbless, and even headless bodies of both ice warriors and khornate knights littered the place.
All the while Enzium was still launching on onslaught of death heads across the battlefield, making more difficult for the Blood-Drinkers as they either being poisoned or cut off from various points of the battlefield.
Enraged especially since he lost control of his greatest beast the slaughterbrute, Kruger Vaal Deathaxe, was just beheading another shi'lanorai ice warrior, as he was fighting in the Blood-Drinkers' camp.
He turned towards the said slaughterbrute, which has already killed more then a hundred of his warriors, but what happened next shocked the OW-Khorne favored warrior as the slaughterbrute finally made its way to the Nurgle Chaos Lord, he originally expected the out of control beast to kill the maggot-filth but the slaughterbrute, kneeled before a...Crow favored...a khornate beast...showing reverence and fealty to an opposing God it was unbelievable...and an insult to the Blood God!!!!
Kruger Vaal's rage pleased the Blood God in the Realm of Chaos, while the one inside the avatar was only seeing a potential...grunt, in comparison to true warriors.
But the one most pleased of the Four Chaos Gods, was OW-Nurgle all the carrion and pestilence occurring all throughout the entire territory of the Blood-Drinkers, of course he wanted the rotted head bombs for his own and has tried to claim this daemon Enzium...him and the other, as it was the ultimate weapon and transport but nothing has affected the Living Daemon Fortress, it seems to be completely bound to Ixion Daemonhart alone.
As the Grandfather watched as this soul of Ixion possessed unbelievable power and infections, worthy of becoming not only his chosen Champion, but a Daemon Prince as well, the Plague God could sense the same thoughts from his rivals, as he watched eagerly the outcome of this battle...
Khorne within Ixion was pleased as he absorbed partly the essence of the slaughterbrute within him.
Officially claiming the Slaughterbrute, for his own as he felt the beast's fealty and bounded completely to him, as it expressed loyalty and submission to the Blood God.
As the Blood God, commanded the new daemonic beast of blood, to obey him and the Warp Gods while on the conquest the beast let out a small snarl before, Nurgle/Ixion ordered the slaughterbrute to join the squad of khornate daemons and kill all their enemies, smashing its massive arms onto the ground and roaring, before the slaughterbrute left to join the rest of the Khorne units.
Both Khorne and Laharl were very impressed, they knew their younger brother was a powerful fighter, but he has shown to be a skilled leader/commander in battle as well.
As Ixion/Nurgle gave a psychic command to the crystal wraiths to join with the bloodletters and slaughterbrute to eradicate the enemies on the rear, while the flesh hounds flank behind their enemies chariots which have caused some trouble amongst their Norscan Raiders.
They've lost fifty of their mortal tribesmen, from the Gorebeast Chariots assaults many were vicerated by the monsters and their riders.
But it was still clear, which side held the advantage over the other...
Some Blood-Drinkers, perceiving Enzium being the litteral largest threat, and greatest price aside Ixion Daemonhart himself, rush at the titanic sized daemon to claim its skull for the Blood God.
Only for Enzium, to unleash all it other defenses and weapons upon the blood crazed berserkers, as they were crushed, slashed, ripped, poisoned, melted, burned and soo much more by all the armaments installed on Enzium.
Nurgle and his brothers saw this slaughter through the eyes of their avatar and they couldn't help but laugh!!!
As another axe was smashed and broken against Nurgle/Ixion's armor.
Sighing he spoke, "Soo...eager...to meet...your God, now? Allow me...to...hasten...that...reunion. Hahahaahah!!!" as Nurgle decided to use the skill [Daemon Cleave] with only his ruinous power fueling the skill/attack.
Sensing what what their younger brother was about to do, has peaked both Khorne and Laharl's curiousity as they only used that skill in their Undivided state, now all three of them were about to witnessed what that attack can wrought in a aligned force of Chaos.
Nurgle made Ixion get into a wide stance as foul, putrid, dark green miasma started emenating from the avatar's entire form.
The khornate ground was starting to blight, and twist to such a level that shouldn't be possible (imagine the scene Festus, tossing the vail on the ground, but in a expanding, spreading fashion around Ixion) is as the Chaos Lord was summoning the Garden, itself unto the mortal realm.
As the Hellbane, started to ooze with thick yellowish puss and acid, pouring down the daemonic greatsword, as foul vapors started to emenate from the blade signaling to the Grandfather that the attack...the skill, [Daemon Cleave] was ready.
Laughing with a wet sickly voice, Ixion/Nurgle was eager to unleash the attack and almost by instinct instead of wide horizontal slash like they did against Ud'ghar's forces sometime ago, Ixion rise his Hellbane above his head and swung it down with all the force the Plague God could muster through the avatar.
Upon the [Daemon Cleave] striking the already infected ground, a massive pustile explosion occurred, sending a wave of bactirial infected puss all around, all caught in the wave-radius were immediately infected with hundred of illnesses, parasites and more, eating and decaying away at all their bodies and souls, as they try to swim out the puss or escape it only to reveal their fast rotting bodies and rusting khornate armors.
All three brother looking at the havoc unleashed on a level 2 skill, from a possibly level 3 state avatar, confirmed one thing for all of them..."I'm definitely adding that, to my arsenal." this attack has actually caused the Blood-Drinkers...fear and started backing away from the clearly favored and powerful champion of the Plague God.
Both his brothers told him they were impressed by his massacre, and were eager to see more Nurgle operating Ixion was not about to disappoint his older brothers.
So instructing Ixion to stand up, and walk through the vile and disgust without any issues, stepping and crushing with little resistance the rotted skulls of the dead now feading the delightful bacteria and fungus sprouted by Ixion/Nurgle's attack.
Meanwhile...
Location the Realm of Chaos/The Plague Garden-The Blighted Mansion of Nurgle
The Crow (OW-Nurgle) was ecstatic with the carrion, decay, and disease he was wroughting upon his rival, the Blood God's brutes.
From his withered and rotted throne, he was beaming with joy and happiness of what he is witnessing, as from whatever origins, and soul this is within Ixion Daemonhart it was clear to be a great champion of Pestilence and Decay.
It was obvious he has more than earned his mark and much more interest from OW-Nurgle, he has doubled his efforts in fully claiming Ixion and all souls within them as his sole champion, especially when their capable of commanding and possibly infecting his enemies daemons into submission.
That when at the midst the time Ixion Daemonhart was about to continue slaughtering and contaminating in his name, the Grandfather felt a familiar...and aggravating call, from his mortal enemy and rival, Tzeentch, the Chaos God of Change.
He knew that the only reason why any of them would call the other was for the fate of Chaos itself...and since now they, the Gods of Chaos are favoring and plying for another aside Archeon, begrudgingly OW-Nurgle had to answer Tzeentch's call...
Location the Realm of Chaos/Neutral Space
The Four Chaos Gods of the Old World, gathered answering begrudgingly the call from the Architect of Fate.
All of them were their OW-Khorne, Slaanesh, OW-Nurgle, and finally Tzeentch once again back at full health after being attacked by the unknown casket daemon, (Iron Maiden 666) it was clear he was fuming as all his mouths, including his two main one on his head and crotch were grinding their various teeth together.
All his shifting and morphing faces were clearly showing annoyance, which surprised both OW-Khorne and Slaanesh, while making OW-Nurgle quite happy and pleased, he was even smiling at Tzeentch's clear discomfort.
Tzeentch did summon them to speak about their latest aspiring champion Ixion, but his thoughts were also on the daemon that has gowl to not just attack him but did so a couple of times!!!
Never has he the God of A Thousand and One Schemes, has been overloaded with soo much information that it caused soo much agony, and migraines.
But that wasn't the only reason he was angered to such an extend, it was also because he couldn't access or recall any of the information dump into his mind!!!
If it wasn't for the Blood God screaming at him, Tzeentch would have still be on the casket daemon, and the knowledge that he is given and deprived everytime he is attack.
Rising one of his several long arms, specifically one of the pair with a eye in the palm looked at OW-Khorne, excusing himself as he told the others the current events in the Old World, specifically the events involving the multi-souled, alternative world champion that they're all craving.
Not only have they've seen a khornate champion, but also a laharlish and now a nurglish champion as well.
All claiming to be brothers, under the leadership of Laharl's Champion, which is something none of them want or will accept which they all agree with Tzeentch, this unknown Chaos entity is a threat to them but the value of Ixion Daemonhart, was not only great for them or individually but only increased as time pass.
Especially for OW-Nurgle that is witnessing the true power and potential of the Plague Champion inside Ixion, while OW-Khorne only saw a smeage of the Blood Champion power on his battle against Ud'ghar Baine, none of them have seen the true power of their respected champion or of them combined fully unleashed.
So in the end after discussing and arguing with each other the Four Chaos Gods decided to send a envoy of them to test them, with four trails one shall a test in the a pocket of the Realm of Chaos, (Think Thorgar's trail in Mark of Chaos) that trail will serve for them to see this laharlish champion's power.
Another one which involves facing and overcoming Kholek Suneater and his forces, and only upon completing the trail shall they have their envoy reveal the other two to Ixion...
With all set they return to watching the battle on the mortal realm outside their domain, with not only Ixion and his plague forces continuing to slaughter the enemy but the daemons of the Blood God were dominating against his mortal berserkers, cutting down mortals and beheading the skulls of their victims, but the added power of the fully daemonized Slaughterbrute, which originally shocked all them for a mortal being able to turn creatures into daemons shouldn't be possible...but they rationalized that this most be the work of this unknown rival, the Dark Harbinger...plus in all honesty, OW-Nurgle, Tzeentch, and Slaanesh were more annoyed that OW-Khorne was gaining more favor and power than them...