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“Malcador.” TalOS said the name of the man next to him as he looked upon the throne, “I understand that my Father does not seek to become a God. I have learned of the times where he destroyed the cults that desired to worship him during the Unification Wars. My question then is, why does he need the power of a God and to what ends does it lead?”
Those were heavy words for TalOS to speak, and in a chamber like this that affected his Blackstone Amulet it was easy to let the Psyker know of TalOS’s thoughts on the matter. That TalOS was always wary of the Warp, but also knows of the geniuses that were at work with it.
They were the ones who created him after all. As the Creation, TalOS should give his respect just as a Machine Spirit would to the Priest who smithed it.
The man who was ages old began to move around the chair as if inspecting it. Each of his steps carried the years he had, a wisdom shown through the articulate gaze he gave to the chair that was the greatest piece of psychic technology in this universe.
“Your Father found this device here, when these mountains were only named by those who roamed them.” Malcador first said as he got that little bit closer to it, “He told me that it was something old, even older than what we know as the Aldari are. It was likely used as a focus for some great creature when the stars were still forming in a time when this planet, Terra, was covered in lizard-beasts.”
“So it is old. From a time that maybe even the Machine God walked the universe.” TalOS suggested as he looked upon its intricate golden structure.
“He found it in one of his many adventures during the first eras of man when they were ruled by God Kings and the King of Kings.” Malcador said while ignoring what TalOS said about the Machine God, “Since then he has kept it here and worked on it. Using thousands of years of developing psychic knowledge and might to modify it for the uses of mankind.”
In that moment Malcador walked to it, but he dared not touch the chair. TalOS would have to agree with such an assessment if he can easily feel the presence of his father now.
“This Throne’s primary use is to power the Astronomicon. I understand that mankind used to have Machines that would guide them through the Warp using a similar light, but when Long Night came all of these lights were blotted out.”
“I… I have heard rumors of such machines. They are referenced in many archives but no STC has been found of them.” TalOS said as he glanced upon the device, “So by mimicking a god in the Warp, the Emperor seeks to light the way for mankind. As it is the Warp, it is true.”
“That is correct. The Warp interprets his presence using this machine as a beacon of gold. Through this process, it is strong enough to pierce the shadows of humanity's damnation.”
