"Greetings, members of the Round Table Council. Greetings, Protector of the Realm. Greetings, Grand Master. For our lord, for humanity." Lin Yun quickly offered his respectful salute.
Tachi Bro followed close behind.
The Templar Knights all had different faiths, so it was a little disappointing that they hadn't explicitly said "For Sigmar," but nobody had any real objections.
"Very good, knights. Now, please begin your reports." Volkmar tapped the scepter in his hand. It was topped with a griffon-like statue holding a small hammer.
This was the Command Scepter. According to legend, it held Sigmar's divine power and was the symbol of the High Pontiff of the Sigmar Church.
Volkmar wore something a little like a spacesuit, with ripples like the sun spreading behind him. On his chest was a jade statue that looked like a griffon. These were two of Volkmar's most important accoutrements: the High Priest's Robes and the Jade Statue.
According to legend, the robes had once been ordinary clothes, but the prayers of devout followers of Sigmar had imbued them with miraculous power, allowing them to protect whoever wore them.
To put it another way, they were a "mobile church."
As for the Jade Statue, rumors claimed it had the special ability to grant its bearer regenerative powers.
It was worth noting that the Jade Statue was, in fact, a divine artifact, just like the Command Scepter.
Unfortunately, this Bald Head had been pretty fierce in the first half of his life, but had fallen off later on.
Volkmar had once been captured in battle and brutally tortured. The Four Gods of Chaos had hoped to break him through torment and make him submit.
But he refused. And during one of the many large-scale Chaos invasions Lin Yun had lost count of, the man even made