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TalOS took a few steps out of the vessel that carried them there and looked around at the numerous pieces of glacier that still dotted the landscape. It bore one of the remaining resources of water and was the vital lifeblood that actually allowed the Imperial Palace to stand where it was. Taking another moment he looked to see a massive trail which was fashioned from polished granite trailed around the mountain side towards the summit.
With the eyes of the Primarch TalOS could see the summit of a marble tower sitting at the very top of it, at an elevation that TalOS felt was the original summit of the mountain in which they stood.
“We will travel up the trail towards the Fields of Astartes, where we shall meet with the Lord Regent and your Apprentice.” Declared the Custodian as he walked before TalOS, “I ask all Astartes and Acillians with us to stay upon the stairs. There will be little chance we can recover your body if you were to meet such a fate.”
As they began to walk TalOS could only think of the one time such an occurrence happened. Was it the menials who lost their lives building this exquisite piece of art, or was that warning a ritual from the time before even the Imperium. It proved to TalOS though that always carrying his amulet was a good decision, for the Warp would always take its chance to kill TalOS.
What better way than to cause a perfectly adequate structure to break all of a sudden? To have one of TalOS’s own servants, or perhaps himself, to die upon the very planet their genome was born upon.
The whim of fickle gods aside they ascended the stairs with good pace. It was likely out of respect that the Custodians did not run upon the stars but instead kept to a fast walking pace seen many times within an Adept’s workshop.
Soon they arrived at what was a massive field sporting a massive tower. Upon the field stood thousands of Astartes each organized in their Legion ranks awaiting for the ceremony to start.
TalOS studied each and every one of them with an inquisitive eye, noting how few of the Astartes were nervous or excited to see their Primarch. TalOS knew that his sons suffered from the God Machine, but these were but regular Astartes.
He only had to think this for a moment as Constantin led TalOS to one of the few places those foreign to the Legion stood. A few humans of whom TalOS only recognized through Mar’s data records were there, but TalOS’s attention was taken up by both Malcador standing next to UZ1. The old man was the first to notice their approach, giving a small smile and a nod as UZ1 quickly noticed the Noopsheric signals that TalOS gave out to verify his credentials.
