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Fond as he was of his family - well, some of them - there were some parts of his life that Angron didn't tend to share with them. It wasn't that they were particularly secret, merely the topics that didn't arise often in conversation between his brother Primarchs or that the Senshi presumed wouldn't interest him. Thus, occasional tidbits of information had a way of surprising them.
"YOU SHOULD WEAR A HEADDRESS," he advised Serenity on hearing that she would be visiting Seishin II on a state tour.
Fulgrim, Mortarion, Persephone and Ira were present and all directed bemused looks at him. Angron was not usually a font of fashion advice.
"Oh?" Serenity asked. "Ahhh! Seishin was one of your first conquests, wasn't it? Are headdresses a local custom?"
Angron nodded. "IT SHOWS YOU ARE AN UNMARRIED MAIDEN. DON'T LET IT FALL OFF."
"Oh by the Emperor," Kharn moaned. "I'd almost suppressed all memory of that."
Ira's eyes narrowed. "Of what?"
"MY FIRST MARRIAGE."
Fulgrim, having just sipped on a cup of tea proved that even a Primarch's mighty constitution was not well suited to pouring scalding liquid down his windpipe. Persephone's eyes crossed and she went very red in the face.
Mortarion looked at his hulking brother and sighed wearily. "No, don't tell me, let me guess. Removing a maiden's headdress is the local marriage ceremony. You did so by accident and Kharn persuaded you to play along so as not to cause a scene."
Angron nodded. "AMAZING. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. HOW DID YOU GUESS?"
"It was worse than that," Kharn muttered.
"Go on," Serenity ordered when it was clear that the equerry was sinking into melancholy silence.
He groaned. "For one thing, she was the local potentate's daughter. Both her brothers were killed in the invasion and she tried to assassinate Lord Angron at the surrender ceremony with a small calibre stubpistol. We -" he broke off, wrestled with honesty and lost "- I thought that killing her might prevent her father from surrendering and prolong the war so I suggested just restraining her."
Angron picked up Ira - who squawked indignantly - and pinned her casually under his arm. "SO I DID THAT, A BIT LIKE THIS." Ira started trying to kick him. "YES, SHE DID THAT TOO. SO I GAVE HER A SWAT -" a look from Serenity persuaded him not to do that to Ira "- AND HER HEADDRESS FELL OFF."
"You accidentally married someone who tried to assassinate you?"
Angron nodded and looked over at Kharn. "WHAT HAPPENED TO HER AFTER THAT?"
"We assigned her quarters at the other end of the battlebarge, Lord Angron. I believe she had four children by way of one of the crewmen and one of her grandchildren was recruited into the Legion."
Serenity removed her shoe, for lack of a less lethal projectile, and threw it at Angron. "That's terrible!" Then she glared at him. "And didn't you say first marriage. Implying a second?"
Kharn started to weep.
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AN: And back to the Lovehammer verse, just what mischief can Angron get to next, this archivist wonders.