"Oh? Is that how you think of your children? They are traitors... blasphemers whose souls have been tainted by Chaos..."
"Shut up!" Fulgrim barked, cutting Trazyn off. Gritting his teeth, he said each word distinctly, "Release them."
"All right, all right... This should be interesting."
Trazyn clapped his hands, and the scene before them blurred. Amid a humming sound, a group of Chaos Space Marines prepared for battle suddenly appeared in the room. They had been held in stasis by Trazyn, like lifelike statues. The corrupted, withered insignias on their shoulder plates revealed them to be Emperor's Children.
Human skin and assorted ornaments were merely the most mundane decorations upon their armor. The corrupting taint characteristic of Slaanesh was vividly displayed upon them. The helmetless Emperor's Children had heads that had become smooth and rounded, their pink flesh stretched taut by nails driven into their skulls. Their faces lacked detail, and their eyes resembled black pearls; apart from a faint gleam in reflected light, no pupils could be seen. Their mouths and ears had been replaced by amplifiers, while slick black tongues crept out with faint rustling sounds through the gaps.
Lin Fan frowned. It had been a long time since he had seen Slaanesh's darker side. Although Slaanesh was now trying to restrain her mad indulgence, this corrosive taint would still remain. He raised a hand to stop Jaghatai, then watched Fulgrim and Trazyn.
Trazyn snapped his fingers, releasing the Emperor's Children from stasis.
"Damn spider! You can't do this!" one Emperor's Child cursed, brandishing a curved blade made of flesh and sinew. Their senses were still trapped in the moment when Trazyn had taken them.
The Emperor's Children's lidless eyes spun as they absorbed every piece of information. Confusion, nervousness, pain, and joy manifested through their armor and