After the siege of the Palace of Thorns began.
The scout named Krogar was at the rear of the battle line, beneath the Void Shield of a Raider-class Titan.
This was a war beyond anything Krogar had imagined.
He was no legend who could slay a Titan Legion or a warship single-handedly, nor was he a master strategist capable of commanding countless troops. He was merely one of the many who could be turned into cannon fodder at any moment in a war.
Krogar had once thought that when the Fierce Angels and the other Chapters of the Alliance gathered together and reached the size of a Legion, they would be invincible, able to conquer anything in their path.
Until now.
Krogar saw a man who appeared to be a Primarch charging at the forefront, holding aloft a greatsword set with Emperor Armor.
The Space Marines were packed shoulder to shoulder beneath the Void Shield, like Imperial Army infantry in a trench.
Kao was surrounded by Gold Mark veterans of the First Company. Maintaining his charge, he looked toward the Titan and raised a hand to point at the enemy Titans emerging through a breach in the wall.
The towering Firstborn Space Marines had been deployed in a small-scale battle, where their physical prowess alone would have been enough to crush veteran Chaos Space Marines. But now they could only hide beneath the Void Shield with their Bolters in hand, running forward with the Titans until an enemy came within range.
The blue-armored Star Rangers Chapter was mixed in among the infantry of the Eldar Death Cult, as if they were Eldar warriors. An Eldar Prophet hovering in midair raised a shield like a Void Shield with one hand, protecting the Eldar war machines.
Krogar also saw his mentor, Seventh