Having first entered Beastgrave in pursuit of visions of their missing deity, Slaanesh, the depraved mortals known as the Dread Pageant were soon gripped by a new obsession: the tormenting of the sentient mountain itself. Like all Slaaneshi Hedonites, the Dread Pageant are slaves to sensation, and when they first tasted Beastgrave’s anguish at being denied its usual feast of flesh, they began to goad the mountain by withholding its succour, torturing their victims to the point of death while imbibing Beastgrave’s despair. In the claustrophobic depths of Direchasm, the mountain’s raw emotions are at their most tangible, sending the Dread Pageant into a euphoric state.
