PART ONE. THE BLINDED STAR
'If the sole trait these Astartes share in common with we mere mortal masses is their bond of brotherhood, then one must dare to ask the question - if that were lost to them, what would they become?'
- attributed to the remembrancer Ignace Karkasy
"We are the voice and the clarion call; We are tyrant's ruin and rival's fall.'
- from the battle mantra of the Dusk Raiders
'As with men so it is with silk; it is difficult to change their colours once they have been set!
- attributed to the ancient Terran warlord Mo Zi