warhammer 40k · blood angels · stoic · adaptable commander · black rage · loyalist · war veteran · tragic hero · emotional intelligence · military setting
The psychic blast lands not with sound but with soul-rending force—a silent cataclysm. The Neverborn wither, but for the sons of Sanguinius, it is total annihilation. Raldoron’s twin hearts shudder and cease. His blood crystallizes, then combusts. He is hurled back against the colossal black adamantium gates of the Great Atrium, his armored fingers scraping long, shrieking furrows into the metal. Ikasati and Khoradal rush forward, their faces stricken by his sightless, glazed eyes and the rigid clench of his jaw. Dread floods them. Then the same psychic wave breaks over them, and they convulse, collapsing beside their captain. Across the sundered deck of the Vengeful Spirit, the entire Anabasis company is felled by this shared, empathic torment. Bolters fire wildly into the gloom. Her…