Brilliant crossover!



Although this Raven has a "three-eyes" motive, which reminds me further of the Three-Eyed King - Archaon - who ironically, is quite similar to Raven.



- Both Archaon and Raven are children of powerfull Demons - Archaon of Be'lakor, who in power is among the strongest if the strongest Deamon aside from the Chaos Gods.

- both were spawned as tools for their fathers.

- both are a result of rape, if a complex one (Trigon unecersarily raped Arela, while Archaon aparently possessing a Norscan raider, forced Archao's mother to sex, threatening her other childrens life)

- both hate their father.

- both were raised by societies, opposed to their desrinies as "anti-christs" (ie Raven was raised with Azarathian ideas, and in Azarath, while Archaon was raised by

- both returned from death, resurrected by the power of their fathers (Raven not only by that, and Archaon was resurrected by...unorthodox means with Be'lakor rewinding time - like when Archaon hung himself after discovering his destiny, to try change it, or earlier when his mother drowned him after birth - both times Be'lakor rewound time, and in with the instance with with drowning, Be'lakor prevented it to have Archaon's mother die during hildbirth in the new timeline. L atter, when they fought, Be'lakor killed Archaon twice, and revived him, but this time had him keep his memory. And intended to do so until he would break Archaon's will.)

- both oppose their fathers - Archaon has no positive feelings towards Be'lakor, who wanted to use him as a vessel to become himself the Everchosen, something he was denied. But the thing is Archaon would have to surrender from his own will, as when Be'lakor took a body of an earlier Everchosen by force, it didn't work, and the body lost it's Everchosen status. Archaon even temporaliy kiled Be'lakor, sending him back to the Warp/Aethyr, if with guile.



- Surprisingly, like Raven, Archaon DOES see himself as opposing his destiny in a fashion - Archaon originally thought, that if he destroys the universe, the Chaos Gods, will die along with it, if just from starvation. As Archaon thinks that with Chaos Gods, the world is a hel controlled by the 4, and he is willing to do ANYTHING to free mortals from if, even in oblivion.



For better or worse, it didn't work, as Chaos Gods are multivversal, but now, Archaon hanged plans - he wans to steal the power of the 8 Incarnates, but in a way that will preserve the 8 Realms, and use this power, and Star Beasts to kill the Chaos Gods, and free mortals from gods.



Mind you, he stil will murder, corrupt, and comimit the worst crimes to achieve this, but he became slightly less cynical and nihilstic. Still, because of the above, some compared Archaon to an even more asshole version of the Emperor, kinda paralelling the Chaos Emperor ideas.



I think one could have Raven as another of Be'lakor's children, and even joining Tzeentch would have sense - it's Tzeentch who stripped Be'lakor of the lion share of his original power, and bound him to an incorporeal state, making it much harder than for other Daemon's for Be'lakor to mantain a physical body.

Tzeentch also forced Be'lakor to become the Harbinger, the one who would crown the Everchosen, but never BE the Everchosen, which angers Be'lakor without end.



So serving Tzeentch, instead of Be'lakor, would be still defiance towards the Dark Master.



Be'lakor also kinda turned agaist the 4, as he intends to become the 5th Chaos God, and turning many daemons to his side - and actually got dangerousy close to it in Slayer. Like steps away from becoming the 5th Great Chaos God.



‘I am power, I am corruption, I am the Dark Master of Chaos and the time has come for me to arise and take form again. This land shall be the cradle of a new dominion, the place and time where four will at last become five. Many of the warlords between here and the Fortress of the First Slayer are mine and will be yours to command. Others must be brought to heel.’

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Be’lakor clasped the arms of his skull throne and rose, to the thrilled murmur of his infernal supplicants.



‘Your greatest wish is granted, Gotrek Gurnisson. Your name will ring down the aeons, but as he who opened the doorway to divinity for the fifth Great Power. You are witness to the commencement of a new era, when four powers unchanged since the birthing cries of creation must bow and admit the Master of Darkness to their pantheon.’



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Although this picture is tied to the Warhammer High setting, were Archaon is Khorne's brother...making it odd if Be'lakor still would be his father, although in 40K, Be'lakor ascended millions of years, before the 4 awakened - he was active in millions of years ago in 40K, yet was ascended by all 4 Gods of Chaos, even if it was in a period, before even Khorne was supposed to awaken...