Nimrod hurried to the Alpha. Although William Wood, relying on his three great marionettes, could contend with a Primarch for a time, there was still a gap in the end.
The Marionettist brought the newly replaced third marionette before Nimrod, the Black Emperor.
"My lord, I captured the man disguised as Omega, but I cannot confirm his identity."
Nimrod's breathing eased. Light and shadow flickered in his eyes as he looked down at "Omega" from a higher level.
Under Warp Vision, "Omega's" appearance peeled away layer by layer, revealing his true face.
"He is Inger Peck, the First Company Captain of Alpha."
[Peck, who killed Dynas Chayne, has instead become William's marionette.]
Nimrod remembered that after Alpharius and Omega were persuaded by the Cabal, they had launched a devastating attack on the 670th Expeditionary Fleet to prevent the secret from leaking.
Peck had appeared in Alpharius's likeness, and when he killed the Expeditionary Fleet's commander-in-chief, Ten Namatejira, he was blocked by the Lucifer Blacks.
Dynas's superhuman swordsmanship had wounded the First Company Captain, who possessed the blood of a Primarch, but in the end, he had still been killed.
[Hmm—Peck's death isn't entirely a good thing either.
If Ollanius runs into Herzog, without Peck to help him, can he still get through it?]
Nimrod remembered Ollanius Person's team: they had set out on the journey to Terra, encountering all manner of monsters and demons along the way.
They had returned to the ancient era and encountered the Iron Men.
They had been ambushed by Daemons in the warp.
One of their dangerous enemies had been Mathias Herzog, Second Company Captain of "Alpha."
Just as they were about to be killed, Peck had suddenly appeared.
Peck and Herzog's ideas had been completely opposed, and "Alpha's" First Company Captain had killed the