![]() And if you listen to me, you will not either. ![]() In her mind, she would live forever and she would remake the world in her image. Now none of those people who had refused to believe her were alive as she was. They had been taken by surprise when the Daemons of Chaos came and the Old Ones had fled or been destroyed. Their world was golden and it was ending and they had wilfully blinded themselves to its coming destruction. No one had taken her warnings seriously, because they had not wanted to. She had prophesied, she had seduced, she had used her great beauty to get the attention of princes, of the Everqueen herself. She had tried everything to get their attention. Sometimes the very thought could still outrage her. She had seen the coming bloodbath and she tried to warn them. Long before the other elves had learned what the world was really like, she had known. The sun was shining, the grass was tender, and their alien masters looked after them and fed them well. They were cattle grazing in summer fields, unwilling to believe in slaughterhouses because they had not yet been inside one. Morathi had told them and they had not listened, simply because they were incapable of understanding. Their lives had been so sheltered during the long golden reign of the first Everqueen that they had no idea of just how dreadful the world could be. In time, Morathi felt the Elves had not believed her visions of destruction because they could not believe her. She was a prophetess whose gift it was to see and yet not be heard, or so it had seemed back then. Through them, she had seen the dark, daemon-haunted future yet no one had believed her. Indeed, such visions had begun when she was but eleven years of age, tormenting her with glimpses of the apocalypse to come. One such vision even bade her warn Aenarion that should he leave her side, he would die in battle. Morathi is able to see visions of the future within her dreams. She is capable of the most destructive magics possible, and there is little doubt that if Malekith is ever slain, she will use that knowledge to see the world destroyed rather than endure it in the hands of another. Morathi prefers to work behind the scenes, twisting events to her favour with a carefully chosen alliance or assassination, yet she is a terrifying force if roused to open conflict and can unleash the horrific powers of Chaos with barely a thought. Whenever the Witch King faltered, Morathi has always been ready to fan the embers of hatred in his heart when he was betrayed, none have fought so hard as she to restore his rule. She has spent millennia teaching Malekith all she knows of statecraft and magic, and worked tirelessly to maintain his grip on Naggaroth's throne. Since that day, Morathi has pursued that goal with supernatural determination. Heartbroken, Morathi swore that if her husband could no longer rule the Elves, her son would do so in his place. Yet for all her beauty, she was ultimately spurned by the Phoenix King. Who knows how many of Aenarion's darker deeds sprang from seeds she planted within his mind, or how the history of the Elves might have been different if he had not taken her as his wife. Morathi's entire existence has been one of scheming and manipulation. The colonies will burn and all that we hold dear will be cast upon the rocks and be for naught." I see fire and bloodshed sweeping Ulthuan again. I fear that only you can protect us against the dangers I have foreseen. Then return to Ulthuan and take up your place as ruler, to shield us against their unnatural thirst. Head into the chilling Wastes and confront the dark powers that hunger over our world. Go into the north and learn of the race of men. Protect her from enemies outside and within and she will embrace you in return. " Serve Ulthuan and you will be Phoenix King. She has struck daemonic pacts with many vile and disturbing forces, and can unleash the terrible power of Chaos upon those who displease her. Morathi is not only the lone Witch Elf allowed to use Dark Magic but is also one of the most powerful magic-users in the mortal world, rivalling perhaps even the Great Necromancer Nagash, the Lords of Change of Tzeentch and the High Elf Mage Teclis. Morathi, known as the " Hag Sorceress of Ghrond" and " First of the Hag Queens," is a powerful Dark Elven sorcerer and the mother of Malekith, the Witch King of the Dark Elves of Naggaroth and the one-time consort of the first Phoenix King Aenarion of Ulthuan, who rescued her from a warband of Slaanesh in the days of the first Chaos invasion of the Known World before the Sundering. Morathi, the Dark Elven Hag Sorceress of Ghrond and mother of Malekith But her soul glowed with an inner darkness that chilled my very core." " I shivered at the sight of her - her beauty far beyond that of mortal man.
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