"Leave this place and head seven kilometers east. Wait for me in that valley."
"Your commander will surely have you gather in the valley after the other forces assigned to destroy the Ritual Nodes have completed their missions. Then you'll attack the Orks and other xenos blocking the strategic route."
"But no matter what strategic objectives your commander has, if the armored forces and Titan Legions can't get down here, this war is already lost."
Lion walked away from a pile of corpses, sword in hand, and headed toward the Star Knight Chapter Master.
The Star Knights quickly assembled and, upon receiving their Chapter Master's orders, headed east.
The Chapter Master scrutinized Lion again, his heart tangled with conflicting emotions. Unable to hold back, he asked, "Are you—"
"Lion El'Jonson," the Primarch replied. "Master of the First Legion, Primarch of the Dark Angels."
The Star Knights' officers were first stunned by his answer, then shook their heads and stepped back warily.
"We're a successor Chapter of the Dark Angels."
The Chapter Master reached for the melta at his waist.
"The Primarch is asleep in the Rock Fortress."
"The Rock Fortress is who knows how many light-years from the edge of the Maelstrom. The Dark Angels haven't joined this war, and they aren't even in the Imperium's Dark Side. How could they have brought the Primarch to the battlefield?"
The Star Knights had once experienced a Primarch's return before.
They had been fighting near the Eye of Terror when, one day, a Primarch suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
They had tried to take the Primarch back to their parent Chapter, but he suddenly went berserk, killed over a hundred people, seized the Legion Relic, and left.
Because of that, the Star Knights were secretly investigated by the Dark Angels, and later