The Thousand Sons were the Astartes Legion most proficient in psychic powers. Nearly every Thousand Son was a powerful psyker, and Ahriman was one of the strongest among them.
Not only was he deeply versed in the prophetic knowledge of the Black Raven Cult, but he also possessed an exceptionally profound understanding of the other Thousand Sons cults.
Whether it was the Fire Phoenix Cult, most skilled at controlling psychic flames, creating fire shields, and launching firebolts, or the Bright Feather Cult, adept at controlling others' bodies and wielding psychic lightning, the leaders of those cults believed Ahriman's strength far surpassed their own.
Ahriman was equally proficient in the mind control and telepathy of the Sky Owl Cult, as well as the force-field manipulation of the Falcon Cult. This nearly omnipotent Chief Sorcerer had always been a son Magnus took pride in, and he truly displayed an unmatched dominance.
The Thousand Sons sorcerer's staff communed with the power of The Empyrean. He could draw upon aetheric energy at will, condensing it into flames, lightning, or psychic shields.
By himself, Ahriman firmly held back the bombardment of dozens of war-pattern Iron Men. His psychic shield was unbelievably sturdy. Even a Knight would have been scrapped under the Iron Men's concentrated fire, yet the Chief Sorcerer did not budge in the slightest.
His psychic reserves seemed limitless. He could maintain his shield while simultaneously summoning psychic lightning to obliterate the incoming arcs and Gauss beams.
"Necron technology? Not only abominable Iron Men, but xenos technology as well?"
"Who exactly is the heretic here?"
The well-traveled Ahriman recognized the origins of those ghostly green lethal weapons. In truth, the Adeptus Mechanicus were not the only ones fond of raiding tombs; the Thousand Sons were equally enthusiastic about excavating buried ancient knowledge.
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