Inside the palace, Nimrod sat upon The Throne and looked at the two warriors in amber armor walking toward him. Their shoulder plates were green.
Their most obvious feature was the strange ash-like substance smeared across their faces, making them look like ghosts.
Standing within the palace, the Shadow of Order chosen from the various Chapters to serve as the Honor Guard could not distinguish their faces even with their superhuman senses.
Naturally, the mysterious ash-like substance could not block a Primarch's perception.
Nimrod keenly noticed that their cheekbones had slightly grown outward, that there were signs of swelling where the forehead met the parietal bone, and most notably, that the muscle fibers from their temples to the angles of their jaws showed clear signs of calcification.
He lightly tapped the back of his chair with his fingers, silently thinking.
Smearing themselves with ash-like material... so this is why they call themselves the Faceless Ones.
Is it to hide facial mutations?
Hmm, calcified muscle fibers. What connection does that have to the Second Primarch's traits, and to the records the Imperium would erase in the future?
Nimrod thought for a moment, but came up with nothing. What he had seen so far was not enough for him to draw a conclusion.
At that moment, the two Faceless Ones arrived before The Throne and bowed in salute.
The Faceless One standing on the left, a Power Sword and Bolt Pistol hanging at his waist, opened his mouth to reveal a set of sharp, tiger-like fangs.
"Primarch above, I am Suarez, First Company Captain of the Second Legion. I have been ordered to report to you."
The Faceless One on the right, long-haired and carrying a Bolter on his back, followed.
"My lord, I am Erlin, Second Company Captain of the Second