The purple-and-gold Aquila Shuttle slowly descended toward the open flight deck of the Shadow of the Throne under the flight controller's direction.
Inside the cabin, Callion Zaven had a blade hanging at his waist that looked exceptionally broad.
While the blade remained sheathed, its most striking adornment was the eagle's claw carved from ebony at the hilt.
It was not a reflection of the Palatine Aquila upon his chest, but the Claw of the Aether-Spirit from the battle of Jupiter, where enemy warriors had pierced his heart.
This led the Warrior, who had taken part in the Great Crusade before the rebel Primarch's return, to be sent back to the crusading fellowship on Terra.
This dueling sword had also been reforged from the Claw of the Aether-Spirit.
Callion held his head high. "Lord Vespasian, will Lord Nimrod really accept us?"
"Dorn has never trusted us much. During the time I served the Sigillite, his agents were always watching us."
"Tarvitz suffered through countless hardships before he passed the test."
After civil war broke out on Mars, Callion heard that Vespasian and Lucius had dealt the rebels a heavy blow. He left the Knights-Errant and chose to follow Lord Vespasian into battle.
After returning to the Emperor's Children, Callion was soon promoted to captain of the Lord Commander's Honor Guard.
"Lord Dorn is meticulous to a fault, while Lord Nimrod is far more flexible."
"You saw it too. Lord Nimrod even gifted a powerful Abyss-class battleship to Nathaniel."
A moment later, Vespasian and Nathaniel Garro of the "Dusk Raiders" arrived together before the Primarch's office.
They stopped before the great doors and looked toward the Warrior carrying the Spear of Dionysus on his back.
It was the first time they had seen this person, yet an instinctive sense of revulsion rose