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Read more about the article Twin Souls of Destiny

Twin Souls of Destiny

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Bray Primus burned.From the armaglass viewport on the battlebarge Kyd’s Revenge, Chief Librarian and Master of Philosophy, Thomus More watched as the battle for the system came to its end.…

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Inner Daemons

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I coughed up blood while staring up at Darleah as she applied pressure to the bullet wound in my abdomen. The firelight glistened in her concerned, amber eyes. Above the…

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Tinnitus

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The jungle spewed the stench of wet loam, burning ozone, and freshly spilt blood. The Tyranid swarm's cacophony was absolute, a relentless tide of alien shrieks tearing through the canopy.…

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Across the Vast and Lonely Void

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Of the four beings present at your birth, none were fully cognizant of it. For your mother’s part, the drug-induced stupefaction was administered against her will. The fraying attention of…

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Failsafe

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‘Subject: Malach. Determine loyalty.’The sanctioned psyker murmured the words to himself before lifting his gaze to the figure restrained within the chamber. The Astartes stood motionless, dark armour heavy with…

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Sausages

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The smell of frying grox-sausage drifted through the observation post. Fat, herbs, and grease hung thick in the air, strangely comforting in a silent city.Bill Brighteyes, BB to his mates,…

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Speaker for the Dead

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Here she comes now; my ruin, my ruination. She comes in the midst of night. She comes for me in dark, empty hours where voices still and draw quiet, and…

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The Voice that Never Lies

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They are coming, it whispers in Vaij Echmed’s ear, intimately close, like someone sharing a secret.The gift of Hearing awakened in him many years ago, on a world with a…

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Vermillion

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A thundering bow wave in the Warp jerks Astropath Secundus Calchas awake. He rattles in his choir-cradle fearfully. A missive is coming. His withered arms press gently against restraints as…

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Unmaking

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She couldn't remember the last time she had seen sunlight. Chaedi had too much time for such thoughts. Stifled as she was in the deep cold vaults of the Librarius, her…

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