Mark IV the other side did not have
Nimrod's gaze swept over the long table. One enormous chair had been removed, and a new figure had appeared.
His long black hair fell over pitch-black battleplate, and a pair of wings also spread from his back.
They were steel wings, shaped like a raven's.
His gaunt face was as pale as snow, while his eyes were black as night.
As Nimrod studied him, a hearty laugh rang out. Horus Lupercal wore a smile and spoke as he always had.
"Nimrod, we have welcomed back our final brother, the Master of Ravens of Deliverance..."
The pale-faced figure spoke in a low voice. "Corvas Corax."
Horus, interrupted, seemed to sense something and glanced at Corax.
Nimrod saw Corax ignore Horus's gaze.
[Because he is dissatisfied that his Terran-born sons were too brutally used under Horus's command.]
[He was also the only primarch during the Great Crusade to openly express dissatisfaction with Horus.]
[Even Jaghatai, who drifted beyond the Imperium, the gloomy Mortarion, and the violent Angron were closer to Horus than to The Old Man in Yellow.]
Nimrod's eyes deepened, and he glanced at Horus almost imperceptibly.
[No wonder that after Horus became Warmaster, he used Corax to make an example, forcing the Raven Guard, who were not skilled at frontal warfare, to charge head-on in the battle of Gate 42.]
[Only Horus had not expected that after Corax's Legion suffered heavy casualties and became the smallest Legion, he would publicly declare that he would no longer obey his orders.]
[In that case, Nerath Kirin's Ashen Claws should still be exiled. I've gained another hidden piece.]
As Nimrod thought, he smiled and said, "Corax, welcome back."
After he took his seat in the enormous chair, he leaned back against The Throne.
The palace