[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-216":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1511015,1962,"Chapter 216: The Investiture Ceremony","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-216",216,"\u003Cp>Throne of Shadow's Sovereignty, Primarch's Office, Nareth listened to Sanchez's briefing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, Lord Russ did not give me trouble. I have received my hunting prize, the Wolf Helm of Russ.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Sanchez spoke, he shifted the helmet slung on his left arm to his chest, then held it with both hands and presented it before the Primarch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth opened his Spirit Vision and glanced at it. The Wolf Helm carried no spiritual radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After gazing at it for a moment, he said approvingly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A fine helm. You have defended the Legion's honor and earned your reward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Russ's wolf cubs will surely come after you again. You may accept their challenges at your discretion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone hardened:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But make certain they put up a stake. A hunting contest without worthy prizes? Let them play that among themselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand. In fact, I am already looking forward to the next hunt,\" Sanchez replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth asked further: \"How is the Seventh Chapter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, before the campaign on the Seventh Planet, the Seventh Chapter numbered six thousand, nine hundred and fifty-four.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Battle of the Wheel of Fire, the Eleventh Legion had about eighty-five thousand warriors, but the twelve Chapters varied in size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Primarch designated Mordian and Catachan as the recruitment worlds for the Third and Seventh Chapters, new intake for those two units ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Third Chapter had been cut off first, leaving it the smallest with fewer than four thousand warriors. Once Mordian recruits joined, its numbers would rise again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Seventh Chapter only stopped recruitment after departing Fenris, so its numbers were higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First and Eleventh Chapters, drawing recruits from Vostroya, were the first to reach eleven thousand apiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth had divided the Eleventh Legion's development into two phases: first, each Chapter would form eleven companies of a thousand warriors each. Then in the second phase, each company would continue to expand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First and Second Chapters had already completed the first phase and entered the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Wheel of Fire campaign, the Seventh Chapter lost one thousand, four hundred and eighty-three.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Battle of the Attack Moon, five hundred and twelve.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the Seventh Planet, nine hundred and seventy-one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Sanchez spoke, his smile faded, grief spilling through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's eyes too brimmed with sorrow. He, Sanchez, and Arsené, who was recording nearby, fell silent for over ten seconds before Sanchez continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among the fallen, seventy-four veterans were interred into Dreadnought sarcophagi and will continue to fight for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of the five thousand, four hundred and seventy-one remaining, nine hundred and twenty-three have already gone to the Ninth Chapter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These nine hundred were Tyrant pathways beyonders, following Sczesny to aid the Storm Lord in consolidating command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded, then pushed a data crystal across the desk to Sanchez.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had used the Dice of Prophecy to divine Catachan's star chart, and input what he already knew into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the chart to the Catachan system. Its primary world is a death world, in some ways, even more dangerous than Fenris.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who survive its death-hunts are excellent hunters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Catachan shall be the future recruitment world of the Seventh Chapter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Sanchez had picked up the data-crystal,Nareth added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Chapter's mission in the Wheel of Fire is finished. After the investiture, you depart for Catachan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Techmarines have already designed and forged a medal commemorating the Wheel of Fire campaign. Tomorrow, aboard the flagship, I will confer it upon the Seventh Chapter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sanchez bowed slightly. \"Thank you, Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the honor you have earned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth steered the subject back to Catachan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mikael will go with you. He will aid in training the recruits and study Catachan's flora and fauna.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though regretful he could not follow the gene-father in war, Sanchez was still buoyed. To secure a Chapter's own recruitment world, and one suited to his tactical thinking, was no small prize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, I will carry out your will. I will make Catachan part of the Seventh Chapter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded, and with a mental pulse transmitted the ceremony's details into Sanchez's mind. Then he told him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Establish an altar aboard Void Hunter. Once you reach Catachan, perform the rite and report to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had decided to let Sanchez serve as an experiment, to see whether he could receive messages across star systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Sanchez departed, Arsena reported:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the Forge Lord has sent an astropathic message: many powers are showing interest in the Attack Moon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mars, the Forge World Mezoa, the Forge World Graia…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides these, exploratory fleets of the Mechanicum have also reached out to Mikael. Among them is the Magos Lian Ramilies\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the name, Nareth's attention sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered: Lian Ramilies had discovered the STC of the Ramilies-class star-fort. These colossal fortresses rivaled small moons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In voidscale comparison, a Gloriana-class battleship seemed no more than a frigate against one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next ten thousand years, more than twelve hundred Ramilies-class forts would be constructed, serving both as cores of system defenses and as repair, command, and resupply hubs for expeditionary fleets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Astartes Chapters would one day possess them:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death Guard's Watch-Fortress Erioch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Hawks' Monastery-Fortress Raptorus Rex…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing his mind back,Nareth asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are they offering?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The astropathic relay cannot convey details. The Forge Lord reports his Necromunda research has borne fruit. He has departed and will brief you personally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded, thinking privately:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If cross-system prayer succeeds, then I can attempt sacrifices as well. In such cases, Mikael could simply sacrifice a data slate or crystal to me, and I would receive the information quickly, and in full.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, the Shadows of Order warriors of the Seventh Chapter stood in formation upon the embarkation deck of Throne of Shadow's Sovereignty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth moved among them, pinning medals to their armor one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medal, called the Wheel of Fire Seventh Medallion, came in two grades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any warrior who slew more than ten orks in battle was eligible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every warrior of the Seventh had killed more than ten greenskins, thus every man received the honor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tyrant-pathway beyonders who had transferred to the Ninth Chapter also returned to take part, maintaining their bond to their old brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medal bore the image of seven red arrows piercing a green serpent, the serpent representing the Snakebite Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All recipients would also form the nucleus of the newly founded Ork Hunters' Lodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For each warrior decorated,Nareth would clap his son's shoulder and recite his deed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Klaus, with chainsword you slew twelve greenskins. Your skill is worthy of admiration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klaus straightened, pride blazing on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most elite earned the higher grade of the medal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its emblem: flames consuming a green serpent. Only those who had slain more than a thousand orks could bear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Affixed it to the new First Company Captain, the Provoker Thibault, and said with praise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You slew ten thousand, seven hundred and twenty-four greenskins. Your record inspires awe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Seventh Chapter, only Sanchez, and the two who had transferred, Sczesny and Jorginho, exceeded his tally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, I will uphold your will and slay the enemy without cease.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last,Nareth placed the medal upon Sanchez himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I await your good news.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, I will not fail your expectations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the ceremony complete, the Seventh Chapter's fleet made for the Mandeville Point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time,Nareth sent a newborn space-ape into the Third Layer of the Kingdom of Disorder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another, newly bonded to him, he brought back into realspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arsena,\" he ordered, \"give the word: prepare a frigate, with only the essential crew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later, he boarded it with the Jokaeros.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1286,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","4230360c3ad4bbc8dc538751d0661a5afb503b126fb6761f73537a0350204e40","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-217","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-215",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]