The twelve True Words were the legacy left behind when Bai Huan smashed the Fundamental God to pieces. Merely reciting a True Word aloud allowed its user to wield the nearly ungovernable power of laws.
The Necrontyr had always been searching for the True Words, sealing them away in their treasuries to prevent mortals from using them while also preparing them as secret weapons.
After searching for many years, the dynasties had only barely recovered a few of them.
"Recede," which turned back time.
"Delete," which erased contained space.
"Advance," which traveled into the future.
"Move," which created motive force from nothing.
"Stop," which brought about absolute stillness.
"Matter," which generated inorganic objects from nothing.
These six True Words had been sealed away by the Silent King and stored in his treasury. The others had fallen into the hands of Amalaga and The Deceiver, then been branded into Horus's twisted body.
"Life," which generated organic matter from nothing.
"Death," which erased the thing being borne.
"Create," which formed an independent space.
"Thought," which bestowed thoughts upon soulless things.
"Possess," which seized control of another's mind.
"Nothing," the nonexistence corresponding to existence.
These six True Words lay far apart within Horus's body. The fluctuations and light they emitted could not reach one another at all.
Under the disturbance of The Deceiver's power, the True Words unexpectedly stirred and moved toward each other.
Their speed grew faster and faster. The six True Words collided, and amid the violent explosion and upheaval, the form of the Fundamental God spread outward from within.
Horus's outer shell was like tough yet pliant rubber. Driven by that power, it shifted in shape until it ultimately took on half the appearance of the Fundamental God.
The Emperor and the God-Emperor knew little of this ancient and powerful