Primaris, Can It Be This Beautiful Too?!

The instant the Thallax appeared, every Son of the Phoenix felt as though they had been struck by lightning, utterly shaken to their core.

This species, so similar in appearance to the Daemon Primarch Fulgrim, had marked the beginning of the Sons of the Emperor's fall.

The Sons of the Emperor had annihilated this species with thunderous speed within a month, adding another gemstone of hard-won glory to Fulgrim's crown. But what they did not know was that the Thallax worshipped Slaanesh.

Fulgrim had drawn the Thallax Sword from a temple where the Thallax offered worship to Slaanesh, only to be possessed and corrupted by the Slaanesh Daemon dwelling within it. Fabius Bile, too, had drawn inspiration from the Thallax and begun modifying the warriors of the Sons of the Emperor. It could be said that the fall of the entire Legion had begun with the destruction of the Thallax.

Or rather, the Thallax themselves had been a trap laid by the Lord of Thirst for the Sons of the Emperor, for Fulgrim.

And now Fabius Bile had actually revived the Thallax and unleashed them before the Sons of the Phoenix. In an instant, rage erupted from Saul's heart, roaring into a blazing fire he could not endure. He charged forward in a single stride, swinging his phase court sword at the nearest Thallax.

The Thallax raised its lower pair of arms, firing streams of emerald molten plasma at Saul. In an instant, electric light illuminated the shadowed battlefield.

With a flick of his wrist, Saul drew a perfect arc with the phase court sword gifted by the Necron Overlord Zandrek, holding it before himself as its blade collided with the Thallax's plasma.

Plasma scattered everywhere, emerald light enveloping Saul completely. Then, in the blink of an eye, Saul leapt