Brilliantly bald.
The gray Aquila Shuttle landed on the Shadow of the Throne's docking platform.
Lorgar Aurelian stepped off the deck and looked toward the reception area.
Two rows of Shadow of Order warriors in armor stood on either side, holding Power Lances aloft.
Nimrod, clad in black armor with golden wings, strode over. "Lorgar, welcome."
He glanced around Lorgar's side but did not see his right-hand men—the Word Bearers' First Company Captain Kor Phaeron and Chief Chaplain Erebus.
However, beside him, Nimrod saw Zadkiel, now the Mentor of Chaos, wearing the Saturnine Terminator Prototype Nimrod had given him.
Because of me, Zadkiel was stronger than he had been originally. Especially after Lorgar became the High Priest of Chaos, Zadkiel received greater recognition during the expansion of the legion.
But he should not have been important enough for Lorgar to choose as a companion. This must be because of the friendly relationship between Zadkiel and me.
In Nimrod's memories, the Word Bearers fleet had possessed paper strength that surpassed even the Imperial Fists before the Great Birthday Celebration, making them the foremost of all the legions.
Aside from three Abyss-class warships and two Gloriana-class Battleships, they had more than a hundred capital ships, along with vast numbers of Frigates and Destroyers.
Yet just as their force of over two hundred thousand, second only to the Ultramarines, did not possess combat power comparable to the Ultramarines, the Word Bearers merely held a good hand of cards.
Even with the advantage of surprise attacks, they had failed to secure final victory.
But things were different now.
The Shadow of Order had the greatest numbers.
*As for naval strength, even without counting the at least one Abyss-class ship Zadkiel could bring in, the Shadow of Order possessed a Blackstone Fortress, four Gloriana-class Battleships,