A cloud of particulate dust falls over the heavily fortified spire of the Silent Sisterhood on Gassima. It is soon followed by a more destructive storm as suits of armour bearing the sigil of the Blades of Magnus fall from the sky like meteors, smashing through vaulted ceilings and cratering the courtyards, As the Silent Sisters reel from the bombardment, sheets of lightning crack through the atmosphere and the dust cloud coalesces around the lifeless suits of armour. The dust - which is in fact the essence of Thousand Sons warriors - pours into the armour, and one by one the rubricae stand up and raise their weapons. The spire is obliterated in the battle, and every Silent Sister slaughtered, though even faced with death not one allows herself to scream.
- Codex: Thousand Sons (8th Edition, image Ahmokhat the Cruel of the Third Order of Blades)
Blades of Magnus
The Blades of Magnus were the first of Prospero’s sorcerers to devote themselves wholly to their primarch’s salvation, working in secret to break the bonds between the Crimson King and the eldritch powers he had embraced. The Blades adopted the colours of Magnus’ royal court, the Rehati, but wore them in reverse to demonstrate their intent to save Magnus despite himself. For long years they toiled in secret, slaying those daemons with which Magnus had made his devil’s bargains. When the daemon-primarch learned of their works, he did not reward them, but annihilated their minds with an overwhelming psychic blast. Now they are some of his most loyal thralls, each but a vessel for Magnus’ will.
The One Who Was Nytep is inhabited by a portion of Magnus’ mind that seeks enlightenment from death.
The One Who Was Daor Haak is a vessel for the part of Magnus that seeks wisdom from the heavens.
The flames that adorn The One Who Was Laorath echo the pyromaniacal part of Magnus that lies within.
The One Who Was Tarutap is part of a composite mind, his squad animated by the fires of bitterness.
The One Who Was Throsis is said never to miss, for he bears the all-seeing eye of Magnus.
The rubricae known as the Ones Who Stood Resolute were formerly the loyal guards of Magnus’ tower on Prospero. Their stoicism in life has been replaced by the predictability of the automaton - those who approach Magnus with the intent to harm him will find squad after squad of these killers converging fire upon them.
