Tech-imps and the God in the Machine!

Tech-imps, Gremblins.

They existed only in the ancient legends of the Adeptus Mechanicus or in secret archives that the Inquisition could not locate.

They were one of the Warp imps that sabotaged machines themselves or controlled them to commit evil.

However, compared to the nearly infinite Chaos Demons within the Warp, the harm these imps could inflict upon the material universe was truly limited. They could not even use the power of Chaos to corrupt many things.

Thus, most of the time, tech-imps acting as eyes and ears were regarded by the grease monkeys as some sort of ill-tempered, unidentified machine spirit.

Yet the Gremblins scattered across nearly the entire material universe also had a master.

But the master of these little creatures was neither a Daemon Prince nor born of the four great Dark Gods.

It possessed its own sphere of influence within the Warp, and its nearly unique abilities and position allowed it to stand apart among the gods of the Warp.

At the same time, it was the maker and owner of all soul forges, the embodiment of all dark technology, intense curiosity, and ambition born of the desire to innovate.

It and its traders generously signed utterly fair and impartial slave contracts with every Chaos Demon who came seeking power and technology, or wished to escape the shackles of their faction and the shame of exile—contracts that merely used their many terms to willingly lure demons into the trap.

It was the arms dealer of this Great Game, yet also an ally whose relationship with every Dark God remained unstable.

It was the Master of Forges, the God in the Machine.

It was The Maker, Vashtorr.

At that moment, Rorschach, his expression grave, drove his Vibranium Power Armor to one knee.

He carefully controlled a