Scattering of Serenity

''Ave, Serenitas! ''

Princess of the Moon

Ave, Serenitas!

Living Heart of the Imperium

The Scattering of Serenity is a fanfic by Charles Bhepin set in the Lovehammer universe. It starts off similarly as most continuities, with the Emperor finding an infant Serenity at the conclusion of his Reunification of Terra. It deals with the distant past and distant future of the Imperium story; such as Serenity's childhood and the wars of the 42nd millenium as perceived by the Penitent Black Legion Chapter of the Space Marines. The main difference with other continuities is that the other Senshi were not reborn alongside Serenity, and thus there was far less tempering influence upon the strong personalities of the Emperor, the Primarchs, and their allies.

She was the core that kept them all reasonably sane and their trolling of each other to a useful minimum, but when forcibly removed everything went to hell as the Cabal intended.

The Scattering refers to Serenity's 'death' at the conclusion of the Horus Heresy and the subsequent quests to have her be reborn to heal the Emperor. To this end, the Imperium seks out Eldar soulstones, to be emptied and studied, which naturally leads to a state of open hostility between Eldar and Mankind; eclipsed only by their hatred of Chaos. The Imperium blames the Eldar too for the Heresy, as it was their attempted assassination of Serenity during the Interex negotiations that led to the Emperor declaring extermination on all Eldar at the later stages of the Great Crusade. This split the Legions, with half pursuing the Eldar Craftworlds to the edges of the galaxy while the other continued the Crusade. Horus as Warmaster remained behind, in his resentment and worry was manipulated onto the road of rebellion against his father.

The 42nd millenium of man is a dark place, oddly improved in some areas (such as acceptance of the spread of technology, friendly coexistance with the Squats) and forced to become more stringent in others (the sizable forces of the Dark Mechanicus and the awakened Necrons requiring triply blessed machinery). In many ways more dangerous, but in the darkest of night there is the moon to cast that weak but much-needed light.

Serenity has been reborn into Usagi Tsukino, in another dimension unknown to anyone in the Imperium, and should she return she will bring her Senshi with her.