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"marius! Antioch, grab him! We can't stop now, we must press on!" he roared, as he slew another Eldar warrior. He had had enough of these vermin! With a roar akin to an animal in pain, he charged forward, shield held out like like a battering ram, smashing all before him in an unstoppable rampage. Thosde Eldar who had the sense to flee did so, and did so quickly indeed!

The group entered the room Rephosus had mentioned. Itb was full of high grade explosives the eldar used, called "Haywire." t was primarily designed as a shoprt circuit to be used on enemy equipment, but right not it was unprocessed, and voilotile. There was enough ere to destroy the entire base. All it needed ws a spark to ignite it.

"Rephosus, pass me that datapad and bomb." The devastator did as he was told. "can you link these, so the pad acts as a detonator?" Rephosus took the datapad, did some things and handed it back.
"That should be it sergeant."

Hectoris placed the melta bomb in a canister filled with the explosives.

"Come, we must get out of here!"

the Kill team sprintd otside, having no resistence to their departure. Once they were outside, Hectoris pressed the detonation button on the datapad. Nothing happened. he did it again, with no results. He began smashing his finger into the pad untill the screen cracked and he hurled it away.




"One of us will have to detonate it by hand"

The stunned silence was more than enough answer. They all knew it was a suicide mission.None of them were afraid of death, for they were space marines and they knew no fear. But none them was willing to die. Several volunteered.

"I will do it." said Hectoris, quietly, which was unusual for him. He answered the silence by repetition. "I will do it."

Before they had a chance to argue he had turned and was sprining back towards the base. He activated the vox system, to ay his final goodbyes.

"Rephosus, I am sorry I treated you like a scout and a novice. You are no such thing. You are a Devastator of the Rayven, of the brotherhood of Orion, 9th company of the Emperor's children and a son of Fulgrim. Forgive me."
"Sergeant, I... "
"You have more than earned the right to call me Caecilius. I have already made recommendations for you to travel to mars to train in the art of the Techmarine. You can thank your sergeant there."

"Antioch, I have not had much contact with you recently, but it was an honour to have you fight at my side."

"Marius, my friend, if you can here this, I wish to say I am sorry, for my recent spree of rashness. I was blinded by anger at the death of the wopmen, and the almost failure of the mission, I took it out on you, when it happened. I shouldn't have asked that much of you."

He contacted Captain kalar, Magnus, Markus and Faberon, including them in the conversation.

"Hectoris, " came the captain's voice, "how goes the mission?"

"Captain, our plan was to detonate a melta bomb from range in an area of high grade explosives. The remnote failed. I have to detonate by hand. I have ordered my squad to flee and I will do this alone. Kalar, Dreph, I know I am breaking protocal by refering to you by name, but I am on my last legs. You were my greastest Captain. I have been here since the legion left Terra. I watched Captains come and go, but was never awarded it myself. I weas jealous and hateful by the tiome you came and I wish to be forgiven."

"of coarse, Hectoris."

"Magnus, I hope you will lead the watch as I did. Remember, the punishment for negligence is 27 cracks of the chain upon the chest. The plasteel chain can be found in my quarters aboard our strike cruiser." Magnus chuckled his comprehension.

"Markus, Feberon, Nero. Play nice with the orks. I hear fire is their favourite thing this weather!"


He had reached the room where he had stored the meltabomb.

"Segari," he said, recognising his being for the first time in days, " I have treated you unjustly. You should have told me me, but that does not excuse my actions. Forgive me, please!"

There was no answer.

"Segari, please!"

Still, the vox was silent.

"Please, Apollus..."

" I forgive you," came the voice of Segari.


With his concious clear, he prepared to detonate the bomb, his thumb already on the trigger. Segari shouted for him to wait. "I should have told you Caecilius! I am the one who is sorry!"














"No one's perfect."

He detonated the bomb.

There was nothing, nothing but the emptiness and the pain. Marius stood and looked around, but there was only desert stretching out for miles around, an endless sea of sand. He called out for his brothers, but there was no reply. He was alone.

A wind blew up out of nowhere, whipping the sand into the air. With nowhere to shelter and no idea where to go he struck out blindly through the sand, forging a path to nowhere, walking for hours. He climbed a rise in the land and came to a plateau of rock inscribed with an eightfold star. Stepping onto the rock the wind dropped, as the sand fell to the ground a figure began to form, building up and becoming solid. Marius reached for his bolter, but it was not there, his only weapon was his combat blade, sheathed at his hip. The creature had a serpentine body, and one hand has shaped like a crab's claw, and yet for all its deformities it seemed beautiful, perfect even.

"Mariusss Aloysssusss" it hissed "My massster bade me sssspeak with you." Marius eyed the creature warily. "I know you, you are the thing that was in Segari, that killed the Eldar witch. Why should I speak with you?" he snarled. "Becausssse" it said "I can offer you perfection. Perfection in war, perfection in art, perfection in leadership even. You want to be a leader, don't you Mariusss?". Aloysus was uncomfortable, the creature seemed to see into him, to see his deepest desires. "And how would you do that?" he asked. "It isss ssssimple, yesss it issss! All you have to do is bend your knee to my massster and casst out your Emperor." The snake thing said, voice dripping disgust. "My god Slaanesh will improve you and grant your innermost desires." Marius smiled a wolf's smile. "You are tempted, yesss I see!" The beast giggled. "Join usss!"

Marius went for his blade, tearing it from its scabbard and launching a furious assault on the creature, which shrieked in fury. blocking his strikes with its claw. "What are you doing?" it hissed "Why do you not join usss?" "You made a mistake, creature." Maruis said "Perfection cannot be given, it must be earned. The Emperor gave us bodies capabe of being the perfect warriors, but we cannot be such without the work and the blood and the sweat that we put in to attaining our perfection of skill at arms." Marius yelled, pushing the creature back and slashing its arm. "I desire to lead, but I will learn how in fire and blood, or die in the attempt." He dodged a swing from the beast, and slipped behind it, dragging his blade across its back, drawing forth a screech of pain. "Perfection may be the goal, but it is the journey to achieve it that is the most important part." Aloysus lectured. He caught the creature's claw in his free hand and drove his blade through its heart. The beast dropped to its knees before him. "Tell your master that." Aloysus said, and with one mighty swing of the combat blade he cut its head off.

Marius slumped, tired from the fight. The pain in his side was back again. As he watched, the corpse of the snake-creature crumbled back into dust that seemed to hiss "You haven't won yet!" with the beast's voice. The pain grew more intense and Marius collapsed....

....and woke with a cry to the sound of a thunderous detonation.

Antioch set down Marius as the detonation went off, he had woken up just in time. "Marius" He called, "Are you alright?" The seemingly dazed Sergent stood up. Antioch briefed him on the situation, and then voxed the captain, informing him of the situation.

OOC: P-gray seems to be off so now I am going to go ahead and post.

IC: Nero looked at his captain. He hadn't heard the vox message that had so sincerely shocked him, but he knew something was very wrong. He had heard the explosion and checked the team vitals signs until he found one that seemed out of the ordinary.
"Oh god sir, did Hectoris just.." Nero let his sentance trail off, not wanting to say it.

OOC:I am posting cuz no one has, after me it is still Blaps turn.

Antioch opened his box channel to Nero, "Hectoris is MIA Nero, we are enroute to your position, keep Dreph alive." As Antioch was about to close the channel, he stopped and spoke silently and reverently, "Hectoris was a damn good soldier, he will be missed, but sacrifices must be made.." then he shouted, Children of the Emperor!" "Death to hi foes!" Nero replied.

"There is nothing we can do for Hectoris and the orks will flock to such an explosion, do not let his death be in vain."

Segari grabbed Marius by the back of his armoured collar dragging him through the sand. He was clutching his stomach, holding his guts inside his belly.
"Lead on Antioch"

Aloysus took a quiet moment to mourn his friend. "Farewell, Caecilius Hectoris. You shall not be forgotten."

Segari grabbed him by the back of his armour, pulling him along. "I can walk, Segari. Where's my bolter? You will be better served keeping watch for orks." Aloysus climbed to his feet. His side ached, but the Larraman cells had sealed the wound and he could feel his flesh beginning to knit itself back together. Rephosus handed him his combi-melta. "Thank you, brother." Aloysus said.

He opened a vox link to Dreph, Antioch and Segari. "Captain, I too have seen the creature. It came to me while I was unconcious with a wound, offering temptation. I drove it away, but I fear I have not slain it. It is best that we be wary."

He fell in beside Segari as they marched. "I wish to apologise, brother. I too have seen the temptation that thing offers, and I know it was not your fault. I have behaved badly towards you in a manner ill befitting brothers and warriors. Will you accept my apology?" he asked.

Antioch led the 4 kill team members to the Storm Eagle, they mounted up, entering the coordinates, he flew the Eagle to the fortress. With its military virtually all dead, The AA guns on the walls were not operational. He saw the cultists engaged with his squad in the courtyard, "Take cover, Brothers." Antioch loosed the missles slightly forward of the melee in which the marines were engaged. The cluster of missles devastated the unarmored cultists, but the mighty Power Armour of his brothers held against the blast. He flew around, firing at the cultists, "Should we attempt to land captain, or shall I provide air support?"

"Antioch? We've reached a point where this planet has become irretrievable. I suggest we begin an evac immediately. Provide transport and take us to the others. We must complete the mission, then be taken to the Pride of the Emperor."

Dreph calmly placed another bolt through the head of a cultist.

"Aloysus, do not fret. If we fear, it grows stronger. We must be vigilant. We are currently headed to Hectoris in the Stormbird. Prepare for evac. This planet is to be placed under Exterminatus."

Dreph turned to the lowering Stormbird.

"For Orion! For Fulgrim! For the Emperor of Mankind!

In those moments, Dreph and his company heard a sound from the vox that chilled them to their very core.



"Can I hitch a ride, Captain?"

I screamed into the vox.'' Caecilius is it really you?''
I said to sergeant antioch.'' Sergeant could you drop me a 100 metres from the base along with a locator beacon, while you load in the captain. I will extract sergeant Caecilius and with the locator beacons help teleport inside the ship.''

''Caecilius you must try to get outside the base i will extract you there.''

I received static ''damn it''

Okay i will go inside the base and get him out anyone volunteering to save him i know it isn't my position but this is important.

Aloysus' heart leapt as he heard Hectoris' voice, but there was smething strange about it. He was worried, Hectoris sounded strained, like he was severly injured. "Captain, we must turn the Stormeagla around and rescue Hectoris immediately. Can you call for another bird to extract you?"

"I am not leaving my leader, and my Squad behind." Antioch landed the Storm Eagle, Firing off Stormbolter rounds, Dreph was the last man to step into the ship before Antioch immediately took off towards Hectoris's position. He opened all vox channels as he flew, "The Basilisks have already been evacuated, along with what was left of the Stormbirds crew and supplies, and a transport has picked up our rhino, 2 minutes out from Hectoris's position. "Nero, take the controls." Antioch hopped out of the cockpit and drew his blade and bolter. "Rephosus and I will get Hectoris."

"May the Emperor be with you."

As the two marines deployed on the surface, a great blast shook the Stormbird. Dreph flung himself into the cockpit.

"What was that?!"

"It appears that we are taking fire from a group of Eldar fighters."

Another mighty impact rolled the Stormbird.

"Sir, our automatic turrets have been disabled. If we canot use them, we are doomed."

Within the second, Dreph was bolting to the turrets.

"Battle brothers, the pilots require you to operate a turret."

As the other marines scrambled into the gunner's seats, the Stormbird began evasive maneuvers.

Dreph blasted his Autocannon at the streamlined craft, bringing one down in a great plume of flame.

I moved out with sergeant antioch to the eldar base i saw eldar guardians scrambling along with a shuriken cannon. In pure anger i took out a frag grenade and threw it 3 of them where killed. After that i killed another 4 with full auto. And sergeant antioch destroyed the shuriken cannon with a stroke of his sword and killed the squad leader and the rest of the guardians. After that we rushed inside and found huge ruins and there in the distance there he laid sergeant Caecilius, his arm severed from his shoulder huge blasts of his armor and part of it was melted. I shouted to sergeant antioch sir cover me while i bring him to the extraction zone here are my last grenades and he catched them and nodded.

As he caught the grenade, an ear piercing scream was let out through the rubble, "Go back to the extraction zone!" He shouted. He tossed Hectoris his bolter, "Go!" He shouted.
Then they came. The full squad of Banshees burst through the rubble, Antioch pulled the pin on the frag Rephosus had given to him and threw it, 4 Banshees dropped to the ground, lacerated and full of shrapnel. He pulled out his bolt pistol and dropped another, but then the ear piercing scream went out again. Without his autosenses Antioch relied purely on reflex to fight the Banshees in front of him. He holstered his pistol and wielded his blade with 2 hands. He impaled the first Banshee, the next fired a shuiriken at him. His helmet took a hit, and autosenses went completely offline. He ripped the helmet from his head and threw it into the next Eldar, catching her in the chest and sending her to the ground, she was not fast enough to dodge the heavy foot which came down, crushing her skull moments later. He felt a searing pain in his hip, and threw his hand back to catch another Banshee in the helmet, and a moment later her head rolled on the ground. The last 2 came at the same time, he stabbed one, but the other cut his left arm. He swiveled and headbutted her, before picking her up with both hands and smashing her against a spike of rubble sticking up from the ground. He retrieved his blade from the corpse of a fallen Eldar, when he realized there was only 9 corpses. Another shriek was let out, and he turned to see the Exarch jump toward him. The was holding a massive blade for an Eldar, and swung it at an extreme speed he could barely match. He parried blow after blow, but she was fresh, and he was tired. His left arm stung, then the 2 blades met in midair. Antioch pushed as hard as he could, but he felt the Eldar pushing him back, he could not win this fight, then he thought. As the Eldar slowly overpowered him, he slowly reached down with one hand, she laughed at him through her amplified helmet and then he laughed softly back. A puzzled murmur came from the Banshee as the felt something press against her stomach, she looked down, and saw the bolt pistol pointed directly at it. "Don't need autosenses to make this shot." Antioch murmured as he pulled the trigger. The banshee staggered back, a 2 inch wide hole gaped in her stomach. Although the bolt had not activated at point blank range, it had done its job. Antioch shoved he to the ground, he stood up and executed her, her head exploding from the bolt round. Wiping the blood from his mouth, Antioch turned and walked back to the extraction zone. He did not want to spend another minute on this damned planet.

Manning another turret Aloysus blazed away. He had downed 2 and was closing on a third when the vox crackled "Stormbird, this is Antioch. We have Hectoris, requesting extraction. We'll need Aloysus on hand immediately, he's badly wounded."

Passing the turret to one of the Basilisk marines, Aloysus hurried to the rear bay. The Stormbird touched down, and the ramp fell. Rephosus and Antioch ran up the ramp dragging Hectoris between them. "We have them, lets go!" Aloysus voxed. As the Stormbird took off he rushed to Hectoris' side. He was in a sorry way, his armour was barely recognisable, it was badly melted and scarred and he was missing an arm below the elbow. Aloysus quickly stripped his armour off and tended his wounds, spraying them with synth-skin. The lost arm was a clean cut, and would be able to recieve an augmetic replacement. With Caecilius stabilised he had him taken to the medical bay, ready to be taken to the Apothecarium once they were in orbit.

I entered the ship and handed sergeant Caecilius to sergeant aloysus. After that i rushed to the largest turret and took control Of the twin linked lascannon. I fired at the enemy nightwing fighters i took one out with a large explosion. I shouted to sergeant antioch we need to get to the flagship ASAP sir.

Antioch flew the Storm Eagle through space to the docking bay of the "Draconi" Hectoris was transferred to the med bay, Segari wandered off, probably to get some sleep. The rest of the team moved to other quarters. Their fight was over, they could not contribute to the battle in the void.

Hectoris had been handed off to Fabius Bile and the Apothecarium. They would do their best for him. Once the apothecaries had patches up Aloysus' side he was allowed some time to himself. Finally freed from the burden of looking after the Company's wounded, Aloysus retired to his cell. He cleaned his weaponsand stored them, and had his armour taken to the Techmarines for repairs. His mind was uneasy after the trials he had faced on the surface and he made his way to the Reclusiam to meditate and clear his mind.

Dreph found Fulgrim.

"Why did you leave the planet, Dreph? You had orders to save the citizens."

"My lord, the citizens had turned away from the Emperor, the Orks were overrunning the walls and as you are aware, the Eldar were hiding. I've come to request an Exterminatus on the planet."

Fulgrim turned to the Captain.

"You do not have the authority to make such demands, Captain! You're little more than a juvenile in this Legion, a little boy playing with his toy soldiers! It is our duty to aspire to be the greatest space marines at any cost!"

Fulgrim looked down on Dreph.

"Until you can learn to treat the men under your command as their rank states, you will not advance. You must learn that we, the Children of the Emperor, must know our place in the chapter. You called out Bile for one of your Sergeants. Fabius Bile, the master apothecary, to heal one of your lowly Sergeants! Your perspective is twisted and warped."

Fulgrim stepped away.

"However, by the sound of things, it is best to use Exterminatus. I shall call the Master of Ordinance at once."

Dreph bowed.

"Thank you, my lord."

He turned out the door and went to find his brother marines, Fulgrim's words still embedded in his mind.

I was walking to the master of the forge i thought about how i haven't seen him for a long while and smiled because i remembered to bring the data slate of the eldar for examination the tech could be counteracted by the use of a Specialized EMP device.

I arrived in the room and the master of the forge was working on a piece of artificer armor for one of the lord commanders i knocked and the master said come in.

I made the sign off the ommnisiah and after that of the aquila, And bowed down to him i said. ''My lord i have arrived with a present and a request'' I took out the data slate and handed it to the master off the forge and informed him about the technological advances that could be made.

Then i made my request. ''My lord i wanted to ask if you could assign one of the artificers to hand craft a piece of artificer armor for sergeant appolus segari.''
(deadshot you need to finish this )


I walked to techmarine sehiratu and greeted him. '' Good day brother sehiratu it is good to see you again.''
Sehiratu looked at my armor and with a grim look on his face said.'' Brother your armor is pretty torn up strip it off i'll fix it for you.''

I said before i stripped of my armor'' Sehiratu i want to speak to you. You are one of my closest friends and i think i can trust you with this.''
Sehiratu nodded and i continued.'' I have been having nightmares terrible nightmares they have been troubling me i see a monster in my dreams it attacks my brothers and promises me perfection.
Sehiratu you as my friend as a member of the mechanicum please you must help me.
I am afraid to face my sergeant after what happend could you please help me talk to him?''

Aloysus found the peace in the temple calming. He spent a long time meditating and ordering his thoughts, but they kept coming back to the vision of the beast. He could not explain why it had followed the Brotherhood, and why it was so interested in them. He was certain that it was far from finished with them.

He heard footsteps approaching him and a deep gravelly voice said "I wish to speak with you, brother."

Antioch followed Dreph into the room where Aloysus was sitting, probably meditating. He had decided to tell them of his dreams. They sat near Aloysus, and then Antioch spoke, "Brothers, the beast which slew our guide has haunted my dreams with tales of perfection, I do not know what to make of this, can the ethereal creature really access our minds, or am I simply corrupt?"

Dreph turned and stared at Antioch.

"I thought I slayed the beast on the planet. How is it still haunting you, brother?"

Dreph stared into his eyes. He felt unusually at ease in his presence.

The Master of the Forge turned to Rephosus. "Where do you get this?" he asked, a look of disbelief upon his face. To most, his raspy voice, which he did not like to use, was an ear splitting wirring, that sounded rather like machines. Rephosus did not mind, and niether did his Techmarines.. "We haven't seen this kind of technology before. I will have it sent to Mars immediately! This could be the start of a new era! Meltabombs will die off completely!

As for that armour, I cannot say. I am in the middle of crafting a suit for Commander vaspien. For what purpose do you make this request? Oh, it doesn't matter, I would need to consult with Lord Fulgrim before making such a prized suit! Run along Rephosus, I shall contact you later."

Ther Master of the Forge watched as Rephosus walked over to one of his subordinates. He saw Rephosus strip off his armour and hand it over. He placed the datapad on a table, and picked up a smelting hammer with his servo arm. He turned back to the suit of armour for the Lord Commander, flame projector primed to heat the ceramite. he was startled, which was rare for the emotionless servants of the Omnissiah, when he saw the face of a beautiful women reflected in the armour. He spun quickly, fearing attack from behind. There was nothing. When he turned back, she had vanished.

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Fulgrim, Primarch of the Emperor's children sat in his quarters. On his table sat his blade, Fireblade, crafted by his brother Ferrus Manus of the Iron Hnads, even as Fulgrim had crafted Forgebreaker for Ferrus. OBuckled to his hip was the silver blade he had taken from Laeran. He was marvelling at a statuette of the Emperor he had crafted. Perfection. His thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the dorr.

"Enter!" he commanded. The door opened and Vaspasien stepped forward, dressed in pristine white cerimonial toga.
"My liege."

"Vaspasien, something troubling you? Wait, before you answer, what do you think of this?" he said, indicating the statue.
"Marvellous! Perfection as always my lord, " came the reply. In truth, Vaspasien thought it was revolting. It ws all out of proportions and mishapen. Fulgrim did not notice.

"Now, what did you wish to tell me??"
"The 9th Comapny, the Brotherhood of Orion, has returned. They are on board the Pride getting repairs and medical attention."
"Very good. Have them debriefed once they have recovered."

"There is another thing, my lord."

"Yes?"

"One of their number was severely wounded. Sergeant Caecilius Hectoris of the Jaded Watch Terminator Assault Squad. He led that special mission sir."



Fulgrim stopped dead,, and slowly turned around, removing the chisel from where he had been about to strike.

"Show me where! Now!"

Antioch's confession left him uneasy. "I too confronted the beast in a dream when I was wounded in the assault on the Eldar HQ. I slew it in the dream, but I still feel like it is nearby. I do not like it. I came here to try and figure out what this could mean. I have seen it, Segari saw it, and now Antioch tells us he has seen it! What do you think we should do Captain?"

"I must consider this further", Dreph replied to Antioch and Aloysus. "I shall be in my quarters... Do not disturb me."

Antioch nodded a goodbye to Aloysus, and stood up to walk out of the room.

Nero was been standing with the Master of the Forge, who was praising him for something he could not remember. After the speech, Nero was gifted with a flamer. Then he noticed something very strange. On it were Dark eldar runes that held him in place. He looked to the Master of the Forge for help but before he could speak a blade exploded from his chest and tossed him aside. It belonged to a lithe warrior from the webway, one of the dreaded Archons of the dark city.
"Nero, Nero, Nero." The eldar said in the voice of Nero's true gene-father.
"You could have everything you want if you gave in to that fire that burns inside you but you keep it in check. Nobody ever manned such a holy weapon as the flamer whilst acting like a meek little rodent. You are different than the rest of them arent you? You can feel it burning inside you, a wolf-like instinct to be amongst people like you. You pass it off as cowardice, but deep down you know that you are right and there is something flawed with you. And while you stay with this legion of perfectionist bastards it will only grow. You must branch out, find true brothers." It said in a voice of rolling thunder that reminded him of a great wolf, but not a savage wild one, a tamed intelligent one.
"What are you talking about vile alien? I am with my brothers here, we are all linked by our gene-seed." Nero shouted back, feeling an acidic taste in his mouth as he said the word brothers.
"Oh yes that gene-seed in you, you are convinced it links you to those others. Very well, wake." The Archon said.

Nero sat bolt upright in his bed, panting heavily and sweating. He felt both of his hearts beating until he relaxed that it was just a dream. He still felt a sense of wrongness and sought out a Chaplain to talk to. He found one ten minutes later, admiring some sculpture of Horus made by a remembrancer after some battle against Orks.
"Sir Chaplain, I am sorry to disturb you, but I have confessions to make." Nero said. The chaplain turned away from the statue and looked at Nero. He was an old man even amongst space marines and Nero himself was no whippersnapper.
"How may I help you boy?" The chaplain asked.
"I worry for my purity sir, I had a dream. In it things were said that are more than vile, they are outright heretical. The Archon in the dream kept alluding to me being a false brother of the Emperors Children and a disconnected outsider. But how could that be? I have faithfully served this legion for centuries, and I know that I am brothers with my squad." Nero said, pouring out his distress onto the chaplain.
"Now now boy, you needn't fret over such things, dreams are nothing but fantasies created in our minds that keep our bodies prepared for when we are awake, this dream was probably just trying to keep you ready to face disappointment and come through it. My best advice to you is to go to the practice cages and work off the stress, but I know that you are a brother of this legion, and all of your squad-mates know that you are a brother of this legion, and Fulgrim himself knows you are a brother of this legion, so rest easy." The chaplain said.
"Thank you sir, you have helped me greatly." Nero said and began to walk away.
"Oh and boy," the chaplain said, halting Nero midstep, "if you really want something, prove yourself to the Master of the Forge and it won't be hard to get." Nero nodded and strode off towards the practice cages, intent on getting his flamer.