Carium Gate void domain, Shadow of the Throne, Primarch's office.
Nimrod leaned back against The Throne, watching as Third Legion Lord Bukayo Arshavin led First Company Captain Oleksandr, Second Company Captain Mikhailovsky, Third Company Captain Grzegorz, and fifteen other Requiemists into the office.
The Shadows of Order, clad in Tartaros-pattern Terminator armor, almost filled the Primarch's spacious office.
"My lord." Bukayo was the first to remove his helmet, and Oleksandr saluted as well.
Nimrod nodded and gave his orders. "Your next mission is to travel with the earls of the 5th Legion and prepare for a journey through the Warp."
"During this journey, you will receive the new power I bestow upon you and be promoted to Court Earls."
The advancement ritual for Sequence 5, "Spirit Witch," of the "Darkness" pathway required one to find a way to enter the Warp in physical form rather than as a soul, merge with the key information projected into the Warp from oneself, and then consume the potion.
The Sequence 5 "Travelers" of the "Door" pathway had marked four special coordinates in the Warp. Among them, the ones that overlapped were the Hraf Origin Space and the Psyker Dragonet's homeland, both special pocket dimensions that could not meet their requirements.
The Requiemists needed to enter the Sea of Souls and fuse with their own projections there, and the Travelers would take them through the journey.
At those words, Bukayo's obsidian eyes shone.
Although he was a Chapter Master, his position in the Inner Court had stagnated for a long time, remaining at the level of Viscount.
The Black Emperor's favor had not diminished, but as the other Chapter Masters became Court Earls, and even within his own legion, the number of Inner Circle members kept growing.
Now, he had finally welcomed his chance