The Boy King brings his hammer down and Beast-Earth trembles.

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Nine hundred times nine and then again. Brave men stand shoulder to shoulder, eyes focused on the horizon. The red banners of the Serpent are flying. They wait.

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Trainlords scheme at the Outer Reaches near the mandibles of the Gravestar. They too, wait.

* * *

In the end, it has been written, the Boy King will set the world aflame for the third and last time.

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In the end, the Heralds of Machine World will soar high overhead. Their wings shall cut through the clouds like shining razors. Their trumpets will roar and their eyes will flash with night-fire.

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Look upon the corpse of the world and despair, O sons and daughters. Now, the Final Days of Man.