As Nimrod watched the mighty tribal chief Aetsak be defeated among the Sobo Tribe, a thought stirred in his mind.
A layer of black mist rose from his palm, then turned into an unassuming banner one meter forty tall.
Nimrod planted it on his left shoulder. The Spear of Dionysus that had been on his right shoulder had been left behind on the weapon rack in the Primarch's office aboard the Shadow of the Throne.
The "Mentor of Chaos" felt that his "majesty" had little obvious effect on the strong-willed Vespid.
He decided to use the Red Priest's Uniqueness, amplifying "majesty" with the authority of charm, to conquer the Sobo Tribe.
Authority was a god's or high-sequence Beyonder's control over the rules of a specific domain—in other words, the key to the underlying rules.
The Burning One's control over flame, the Void Dragon's dominion over the mechanical domain...
But unlike the C'tan, authority was not limited to the material realm.
A Uniqueness acted upon a specific domain, and was not based on the soul like The Four Ruinous Powers, so it worked even on Pariahs.
Whether it produced an effect, and how great that effect was, depended on factors such as will.
Charm and the authority of conquest existed in symbiosis.
Every "Red Priest" was the most charismatic male, including the charm that made others want to submit and pledge loyalty, as well as the "charm" that drove them to extreme loathing and the desire to kill him as quickly as possible.
Nimrod planted the banner, flecked with blood and fixed to an iron-black pole, into his shoulder.
The Uniqueness sensed that he was the destined lord of the "Kingdom of Disorder," and obediently released a scalding current.
He felt warmth covering his whole body, no longer confined to his