A Peaceful Transfer of Power
Eminence Reaves looked out his window at the plaza below, the glasscrete pane reflecting his age-worn, but not unkindly, visage over the assembled. They’d packed in every space at the…
One Last Push
One last push for atonement, one last push for Vostroya, one last push for the Emperor. The smog is thinner than it once was, the manufactories still roar with the strike…
Ashes of the Faithless
More artillery shells screamed in, and their impact was echoed by the cries of the fallen.Sorvane crouched behind the scorched remains of a Predator tank. The vox was full of…
Is Rogal Dorn the One with Wings?
‘Rogal Dorn is absolutely the one with the wings,’ said Dmitri.Howls of protest erupted from Governor Lorenzo and his entourage as though they had been struck by an overseer’s electrolash.…
Never Going Back
Sulun Ro took in the lantern-lit town of Gasakai from his hilltop perch and was content. He had fled, screaming into the void of space after the fire of Horus’…
Duty’s Burden
++ Do not look to us for kindness. Do not look to us for hope. We are not the kind children of this new age. We are the rocks of…
The End of Truth
Amadeus stared at the blank parchment, unused ink and quill beside it. He felt his stomach tighten, ever-familiar anxiousness filling him. The emptiness of the page threatened to swallow him.…
Articles of Faith
Weira Axelle>Notes>Fifth of Secondus 004.M31>Aqualiculum Catella Arnaud is late for my interview. I really should spend more time in the Aqualiculum. It smells like stale ale and grease but the people-watching…
Thrice Damned
‘Accursed Devil, thrice damned is all thy race’ - Johannes Miltonus, M2The shuttle descends out of the sun, its slab sides resolving from dark shadow into the familiar blue and…
The Next Chapter
Living on an agri-world located on the far western edge of the galaxy had never been easy. Not only was the sector the scene of much conflict throughout The Great…