Prologue
Hello Initiates, and welcome
Space is a void that no training or warning can prepare you for, it is immense and completely unfathomable in that immensity, with the distances involved in even basic transportation almost an impossibility to understand for a mortal mind, with almost all humans that have existed barely traversing a tiny fraction of them in their short life spans.
and yet it has been my duty to travel these stars with my brothers for almost 300 years... and defend any of the systems that could potentially harbor human life in the name of a dying and sickened imperium.
no... I'm not a traitor or a heretic, I'm a crow's son and with that comes a rather... dysfunctional view on the imperium and emperor we serve... we do not fight out of a sense of loyalty or honor, we fight because it is right that we do so we are Astartes and as such our objective is simple: protect humanity.
now... we may not be as lauded or celebrated as those damn Ultramarines or Imperial fists and we may not be as loved and respected as the Salamanders and Crimson Fists but we are the shadows that protect the imperium from its most dangerous foe.
itself,
not in the old ways though, with the skinning pits and summary executions but with subtler more effective methods... methods that you will learn during your time as an initiate, first, however, you must learn our and your history, for how can we improve ourselves and fix mistakes if we do not remember them?
I am Brother Captain Lylen Bors of the 10th company and these are the tales of heroes, monsters and fools listen closely my young brothers for there are many lessons to learn and there will be many tests along the way.
Let us start with a simple Brother of the 4th Company... A brother name Lumos, he is well respected among his peers for his skill at arms, and his knowledge of void warfare. Many times initiate his skill has been called upon to help the chapter or other imperial forces in someway and despite being a mere brother Astartes his knowledge is highly valued among the higher command of the chapter... indeed even the great Crow himself valued his tactical insight in these matters...
but first and foremost he was my brother... and my closest friend.