The seventh figure occupied a different order of power. The White Scars understood that fate was against them. Things were now moving very quickly. The Khan strode down from the platform, his Keshig following him closely. Horus was a tactical prodigy, master diplomat, and strategic genius, employing other Space Marine Legions the way lesser commanders would deploy squads, utilizing the Primarchs' skills to the fullest and even encouraging their rivalries so they would try to outdo each other. As his brother was an unaugmented human, naturally, Perturabo would win every time with no effort. Warhammer 40k Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. If the Space Wolves had truly done this, then perhaps their power did match their boasts. Hasik gave the order to repel boarders. As with Horus, the behemoth was unable to batter down Mortarion's defences, but resisting it drove the Death Lord to his very knees. Some art depicts him with a single eye in the middle of his forehead like the, Finally, being red-skinned, one-eyed, and physically imposing despite being a cerebral villain first and foremost is how Islamic eschatology describes the. The Alpha Legion and its twin Primarchs, Alpharius Omegon, had long harboured deep grudges against the Space Wolves, and Leman Russ in particular, for his criticism of their reliance upon trickery, manipulation and subterfuge to win battles rather than engaging in what the Space Wolves Primarch saw as honourable, open combat. As more bolts exploded against the circlet of columns, she frantically punched in a series of codes, and the apparatus began to hum with building power. To the west of the Palatine's empire was the Empty Quarter, a barren grassland with few resources, and as such it was never invaded by the Palatine's armies. The Great Khan is a figure who stands apart from his Primarch brethren, never content to meekly follow his father's will like many of his siblings. The bridge was covered, locked down, utterly secure. Torghun informed him that the Brotherhood of the Storm's khan had been to see Jemulan Noyan-Khan. Curze spent months torturing Vulkan to try to break his will. His sword glowed with aetheric residue, as though dipped in molten iron. Jaghatai's own Legion ranged far and wide across the wastes of Drune, striking at concentrations of xenos power identified by his Stormseers. He commanded that the Primarchs were to close their Legions' Librarius departments forthwith and not to indulge the undoubted psychic talents of those Legionaries who possessed the gift. For more information, please see our Frankfurt is generally a safe city. Warriors looked up from their duels, seeing the ravaged armour of their Primarch again as he strode up to the throne, as if realising only then the depths to which they had sunk in his absence. All that returned of that band was one mutilated rider with the head of the son of the Palatine and a note saying that the people of the steppes were no longer his toys. He is content to contemplate the Primordial Truth from the daemon world of Sicarus, while his Word Bearers continue to preach the Word of Chaos and tear down the icons of the False Emperor. Horus, who appreciated talent above appearances, also showed some favour to the Khagan, as did Sanguinius who had ever been a statesman and diplomat among his often quarrelsome brothers. He ordered his Apothecaries to duplicate his implants and subject his legion to the same mental mutilation, and the World Eaters soon earned a reputation as an army of remorseless berserkers. On Chogoris, the ability to wield the power of the psyker was called the "Test of Heaven." Something in the upper atmosphere -- an aetheric field, a truly massive one -- was preventing the White Scars from sending landers or Drop Pods. Perhaps that had always been a foolish hope. Ranked #1,265 of 2,598 Restaurants in Frankfurt. Hasik Noyan-Khan and his co-conspirators had been blindsided by Shiban Khan's daring assault. More Traitor starships soon entered the system. The Psychneuein had not followed him down, but the absence of any movement beyond his own was chilling. Nearly four Terran years later, the White Scars had successfully waged a guerrilla war against the Traitors' supply lines deep in the void. The White Scars Legion had already been engaged for several standard years on the orders of the Warmaster Horus in a surprisingly punishing campaign against the Orks of the Chondax System where Jaghataihad recalled his entire Legion when the Heresy began. His prowess with the blade earns him their respect even as his waywardness causes them concern. Though Magnus was the figurehead, the most powerful and the most vocal in support of the use of psychic abilities, he was not the only voice. How could Hasik call those who opposed him faithless, when it was he who had caused such madness and betrayed his Primarch? Appointments 216.444.5725. It all made for a ferociously fast set of warships, from the largest behemoths to the most slender of system-runners. When it finally cleared, the scene on the bridge looked entirely different. His nomadic people had no wish to rule these new, settled lands, only to carry on living in their old ways. The White Scars coordinated to perform a standard zao (known in Low Gothic as "The Chisel") manoeuvre -- full-fleet, enacted on a single command from the Vth Legion's flagship Swordstorm. Neither side could be allowed to win their arguments if the Imperium was to prosper. They would take no one's word for the truth, for they were on their own, just as they had always been, and if there was truth to be found in this, then they would find it for themselves before acting. Though the Khan had doubts that it truly was his brother, the Magnus fragment explained that it was not the Crimson King -- at least not entirely -- but they did share a soul. Inter-fleet communications were shut down and incoming bursts blocked -- the enemy had had their chance to make themselves understood. The voidcraft that rose from low orbit to meet the sleek White Scars cruisers were sturdy vessels, no doubt hardened from centuries of warring against xenos raiders and corsairs, but they were too few to stand against the dozen Imperium warships that awaited them. Though the White Scars were not "executioners" like the Space Wolves or "world eaters" like Angron's berserk XIIth Legion's warriors or "the perfect" Astartes like Fulgrim's Emperor's Children, the White Scars were what they were. The Alpha Legion most likely had never witnessed such ship mastery. Everything was aimed at a single point: the flanks were discarded, surrendered to the enemy as every Vth Legion asset in the battlesphere shot into close formation and boomed up to top velocity. The Deathshroud lowered their scythes in a combat posture. Halfway up a staircase, on a colonnaded landing area, a line of White Scars waited. Psykers, the zadyin arga, were taught that if they strayed from this path, the Warp would eat away at their very souls. Jaghatai Khan had never taken sides. The Stormseer was forced to conclude that either Ahriman had been killed by the Space Wolves or had escaped into the Warp along with his master Magnus. Back aboard his ship, the Kaljian, Shiban Khan was unable to sit idly by. All around their Legion flagship, other White Scars warships launched forward-facing barrages, vomiting las-beams and plasma bolts and torpedo salvoes in a vast, intense column of pure destruction. Several White Scars Brotherhoods (companies) would often be seconded to fight alongside their cousins from the Luna Wolves. Just before the White Scars were sent on another campaign to continue prosecuting the Great Crusade, a great Imperial conclave was called upon the world of Nikaea. Jaghatai's contribution to the development of the Space Marines psychic arts was never known by the other Legions or the rest of the Imperium. The Khan had the strength of the Vth Legion arrayed before him, his ordu assembled and ready to strike, yet none could tell the Primarch who was the true enemy of the Imperium and all he held dear. The Khan merely smiled in retort -- a cold smile, imperious in its contempt. Despite this, Perturabo kept issuing the challenges well into his brother's middle age purely to publicly humiliate him. Though an accident had reduced the Third Legion to a mere two hundred warriors, Fulgrim gave such an inspiring speech to his soldiers that the Emperor immediately renamed them the Emperor's Children and gave them the unique honor of bearing the Imperial aquila on their armor. Everyone who ever trusted him got burned. At some point he switched targets to lawbreakers and corrupt officials, leaving their mutilated bodies as a warning to others. He ping-pongs, in a somewhat inscrutable way, between being proud of his distance from the rest of the Imperium and resentful of being "left . He slew his brother Sanguinius and mortally wounded his father, only to regain enough clarity to realize what he had done, begging the Emperor to destroy him once and for all. Magnus was one of the few Primarchs who actually treated Perturabo with respect and the two shared a love of learning and esoteric lore. As the White Scars' fleet passed through the Immaterium, it was assaulted by hordes of daemons. When the figure spoke, the voice dispelled any trace of doubt. They would engage the Death Guard, guang-cha formation, full burn. From high up on the terraces on either side of the bridge, many metres up between the pillars and suspended platforms, massed Bolter-fire tore up the floor in a cloud of debris. They were merciless and sometimes cruel on the attack and often seen as insolent or fractious, but such rumours were founded on misunderstanding. As the clouds above them began to glow, a vibrant shard of light speared down from the smog, crackling as it hit the stone below. But Magnus explained it did not work like this. The Khan looked up at the blade. The woman crawled free, darting into the relative safety of the chamber's inner mechanisms. Either way, there would be room for others to rise to power over the galaxy to come. Horus Lupercal was the first Primarch to be recovered, and for many years enjoyed a privileged position as the Emperor's only son. It became quickly evident that the Warrior Lodge faction of the Vth Legion had not truly understood what they had been working towards, for the Horus they venerated no longer existed. Those gates remained barred, and no reaction to the massing of three Legions before them was forthcoming. Only death will sever the strings.". During this time, Arvida had also begun to experience the mutational effects of his Legion's gene-curse, known as the "Flesh-Change.". The Khan recognised the vile creatures immediately -- Psychneuein -- vile Warp entities drawn to the mental emanations of unprotected, badly-injured or nascent psykers whose minds they attack for the obscene purpose of gestating their progeny. As for how long he had been there, he did not know, for his Power Armour's internal chronometre had been blown in battle. People automatically assumed that they were savages, and were no better than the barbarous warriors of Leman Russ that hailed from the Death World of Fenris. The Thousand Sons Astartes Arvida remained with the White Scars Legion and was given quarters on board the Swordstorm. In stark contrast, the Vth Legion seemed to have a very poor relationship with many of the other Space Marine Legions, most of all with the Death Guard and their equally mysterious Primarch Mortarion. These conquests were complete but slow, and the Emperor harshly rebuked the Word Bearers for their unwanted worship, destroying the temple-city of Monarchia, forcing Lorgar and his soldiers to kneel in its ashes, and ordering them to follow the Ultramarines' more secular example. Shiban felt his blood run hot. As Shiban and his men launched a lightning assault upon the massive flagship, the Swordstorm's weapon batteries buffeted them in a flurry of las-fire. Skidding to a halt, Shiban crouched down, just as the hurricane hit. Despite these objections, whose foresight was to prove unfortunate, the full authority of Legion Master of the Vth Legion was invested in Jaghatai, known among his brothers as "the Khan" and among his own as the Khagan, the Khan of Khans. Like Guilliman, Perturabo was raised as a. Ahead of him, the command hall remained swamped in combat. Turning away, rage still pulsed through the Khan's veins, laced with the heavy grief of betrayal. Qin Xa faced him, unblooded but for his blades. Maybe Horus resented the way the Emperor claimed credit for his victories, or was worried about the fate of the Space Marines after the Great Crusade was over. The Keshig master replied that unfortunately they did not. Clear search Dozens of sharp-shooters were stationed above them on the terraces, holding fire for now but still primed. Jaghatai Khan directing his fleet from his flagship, the Swordstorm, during the Great Crusade. The Psychneuein came after them. The grand gathering of Primarchs and commanders and Battleships and officials at the Triumph of Ullanor dispersed, setting course for a thousand destinations and making the Warp light up with the trails of their passage. Many Imperial savants now wonder how different later ages might be had only Jaghatai stayed his final strike or but delayed it long enough for the behemoth to press its assault upon his brothers. He cost himself thousands of veteran fighters and demolishing morale of an already worn down legion before doing anything of value just because he didn't think they were good enough for him. Their gene-sire could fight the Psychneuein, for he was made to fight them. In truth, there may be no single cause of the bad blood between the two present-day Chapters, but the mere mentioning of several battles are sure to raise the ire of Raven Guard and White Scar alike. With such an elite cadre of trained psychic specialists utterly loyal to the Emperor, the galaxy could be brought into the Imperial fold with ease. By the time Swordstorm reached geostationary orbit over the world's capital city of Tizca, there was no longer room for doubt. Just as he had on the vast plains of Chogoris, the Great Khan sought to build a conquering army from insular nomadic bands, and he began in the same fashion. . Now that the true shape of the treachery against the Imperium was known, it would not be long before the Brotherhoods were ordered to war, unified once more and thirsting for vengeance. Once more, Kulek Senn offered his master his warning as the party moved through the streets, this time with increasingly strident concern. Where other Legions might have met them head-on, the White Scars vanguard, mounted on Scimitar Pattern Jetbikes, outflanked and harried their foe, marking weak points in armour joints and power transfer cables as they raced to and fro across the battlefield. As a result, pretty much nobody other than Magnus and Horus actually knew about his architectural skills. Yet, as the Great Crusade moved into its final throes in the first years of the 31st Millennium, the White Scars found themselves called upon less and less. Wishing his brother the best of luck, Jaghatai decided to seek his answers elsewhere. Somehow the Warp Storms around Chondax had been orchestrated by some mysterious outside force. They were more like one-man fighters than Jetbikes, and an armour-sealed White Scars Legionary could use them for short bursts in the void just as other Legions used their Land Speeders for atmospheric work. Stdel Museum: Visitors have been . Positioned in the centre of the Keshig, Arvida continued to unleash bolts of Warp-fire into the foul insectoids. The Khan prepared to settle their argument once and for all. Hasik ordered a Vox-link to be opened with the flotilla, and to prevent any of their vessels from opening fire on them. Who would have been there but was dismissed for trying to usurp Horus. Rogal Dorn on the other hand rebuilt one world after another and as a result his abilities as an artisan were known to all, so it's no mystery why one was given all the cool building jobs and the other was passed over. They had purposely kept the Vth Legion's fleet at Chondax until they could be sure the White Scars had picked up Dorn's message and call for aid. If anything, free of the need to maintain a barrage of las-fire, it accelerated. Jaghatai ordered his fleet to prepare for immediate departure from Chondax. It was known as Silence, the greatest of the XIVth Legion's infamous Manreapers. He had ever been more than a simple butcher and general, more a builder of empires than some among his kin. Though the Alpha Legion had presented no threat, these were not the actions of a friend. The Khan lurched away, stumbling, and Mortarion lumbered after him. Every stage of the escalation had brought the ruin of the Vth Legion closer -- weapons that had been made to turn upon enemies were now opening up at one another. Under Mortarion's leadership, the smaller XIVth Legion forces rallied enough to withdraw from the system intact, but they could match neither the speed nor the firepower of the reunited White Scars. Struggling to contain his anger at this response, Mortarion warned the Khan that he had come to give his brother a choice -- half of the White Scars Legion had already declared for Horus, and the others would follow wherever the Khagan ordered them. As the White Scars fleet moved into orbit, the Khagan instructed the fleet to blockade, then prepare for planetfall. All but one -- a grey-haired woman wearing a rumpled and torn Imperial Army general's uniform. As he stared grimly at the macabre surroundings around him, he suddenly felt a restless, gentle movement in the dust. Unfortunately, the White Scars were not able to make use of this Warp Gate, as their tactics and patterns had become predictable to the Traitors, and Lord Commander Eidolon correctly deduced that the White Scars would attempt to utilise the Kalium Gate to reach Terra. Of all the Primarchs, Jaghatai Khan found the Great Crusade most to his liking, as it was an endless hunt in the dark places of the galaxy. They went as warily as he, and their bone-white armour made them look like ghosts in the dark. The Death Guard Primarch attempted to sway the Khan to Horus' cause, to imagine for himself a galaxy of warriors, of hunters, where the strong were given their freedom to act as they would, unbound by the Emperor's demands. Their nature was untamed, but still bound by the chains of duty and honour as defined by the Chogorian code. In the brief moment after being struck with the Emperor's spear by Russ, Horus was freed from the influence of Chaos. Such was the ferocity of the attack by the Forces of Chaos that the besiegers forced the Imperial defenders back to the walls of the Imperial Palace, where thousands died slowing the assault. Such was the way of the old plains: grievances would be heard, penance would be meted, bonds restored. He now had the problems of ruling that empire, not something he had originally expected. Without their leader the gladiators lost all morale and were annihilated, and an embittered Angron only reluctantly took command of the XII Legion, renaming them from the War Hounds to the World Eaters. He lowered the shields on his flagship, daring the Emperor to teleport over and face him in battle. The White Scars went after them, harrying, strafing, hurling all their pent-up fury in a maelstrom of Lance-energy. Following on the heels of the Jetbike-mounted vanguard, the remaining White Scars warriors deployed heavy weapons and armoured vehicles to cripple individual enemy war engines as they were isolated from the main body. Sooner or later, the Khan would have to choose between the two sides, and that the next time they met they would either be allies or enemies. Aloof, secretive and subtle, Alpharius never revealed his homeworld (to say nothing of the existence of his twin brother Omegon), and had little interaction with other Imperial forces. Their only advantage was that the creatures were blind, yet they could still sense their prey. Their movements remained cagey, as if they wished to do nothing more than hold the impasse for as long as possible. In either case it seemed most likely that they would never meet again. The standard breakout response was a full-scale assault on the containment net, aiming to drive it back through a massed volume of concentrated ship-to-ship fire. The greater the soul, the greater the jeopardy. Arvida worked frantically, lighting up the skies with his sorcery, but it was not quick enough. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. He assured his warriors that this was the test. Russ offered to bring his brother back to Terra to stop this war. That was his crime, and the destruction of his Legion and his homeworld was his punishment. Scanning ahead, Shiban observed that Torghun's warriors had hunkered down in a long line across the Servitor pits bisecting the hall. He would also earn the distinction of being the one Primarch who could form a friendship with Konrad Curze. Well as of today when I checked earlier, the site is not only down but gone. Khan was caught by one of the Palatine's aristocratic hunting bands led by the son of that emperor. Though Mortarion had completed his great mission and the Emperor had handed down the Edicts of Nikaea forbidding the use of sorcery and the disbandment of the Legions' Librarius, there were now more sorcerers than ever amongst the ranks of the Traitors. His eyes were amber, glinting from under the deep shadow of a tattered cowl. Just as the arch of the observation deck soared away ahead of Shiban and his forces, Torghun had his forces fall back en masse. Magnus argued that it had kept his brother away. An opportunity soon presented itself when the White Scars discovered the Kalium Gate, an ancient Warp Gate that dated back to the Dark Age of Technology and had long been abandoned since the Age of Strife. His flesh was somehow bleaker, his stance a little more crabbed, and yet the aura of intimidation around him had been augmented. 3/13/2023. 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