Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

The concept of true names and related knowledge are probably the exclusive domain of the Gray Knights Chapter among the many departments of the Empire that involve subspace.

Naturally, other departments also have "lucky ones" who come into contact by chance, but really, the only ones who have consistently studied this concept for thousands of years are the Gray Knights.

These "lucky ones" are extremely happy with the knowledge they have acquired under various information asymmetry environments, but they do not know that this kind of knowledge that belongs to the gods is so vast that there is no end to it, and in a certain sense, it is alive. , itself a curse to all who know it.

They are destined to be unable to transform this knowledge into substantial power in their short lives, but due to the fragility of their souls, they are repeatedly contaminated by this forbidden knowledge, and they cannot repent until the end of their lives.

In contrast, the Gray Knights are much luckier. Their pure souls are innately capable of controlling psychic energy, and the Emperor's bloodline solidifies these souls, so that the thickness and strength of their souls are finally barely enough. Reach the lowest level of touching it.

Calvin does not yet know the mystery of the true name, but just like all subspace knowledge, some concepts are alive in themselves.

When Calvin recalled the appearance of the Sword of Oath in his mind, the concept of a true name spontaneously formed in his mind.

This anomaly immediately aroused Calvin's vigilance, and there was a clear explanation for this situation in the training he received:

When a concept itself has vitality, it will try to spread its existence all the time.

The fire of order ignited at Calvin's fingertips, and the psychic energy fluctuations that echoed throughout the dome hall swept through, but no trace of malice or pollution was detected.

Well, the concept of neutrality, not malicious contamination.

Calvin made a cautious evaluation of this, then looked at the members of the Honor Guard in the hall and said what he just said.

The Paladins who belong to the Victory Hall are the core members of the Gray Knights, and naturally have the authority to know some core secrets.

But this scope is limited to the Lord of the Victory Hall - the leader of all paladins who knows everything.

As for the other paladins guarding the Victory Hall, while they themselves are candidates for the true name holders of the past, they can only know the name of that power after actually passing the test.

Therefore, when Calvin asked them, the paladins looked confused, but the leader Gavins hesitated to speak.

"Well, I understand. You don't have to say it."

After casually saving Gavins from the embarrassment, Calvin was once again immersed in his own thoughts.

Yes, the Grand Master Council takes an extremely cautious attitude towards this kind of knowledge involving the nature of subspace.

After all, there were lessons learned from the fallen primarchs in the Great Rebellion. It is understandable that Calvin, a veteran, had a conservative attitude when growing up.

But Calvin also had his own thoughts. As another attempt by the Emperor, the Gray Knights themselves had the mission of racial dimension advancement.

Calvin accidentally became their Primarch, and this mission naturally fell on him.

The veterans of the Grand Master Council have their own reasons for keeping secrets, but Calvin also has his own little secrets.

His soul has no corresponding foundation in this universe, and naturally there is no corresponding true name.

And the new generation of Gray Knights trained by this special existence, in conjunction with the blood of the Emperor, is also a product that the veterans have never understood.

Yes, the relationship between the new Gray Knights and Calvin is far more than the relationship between the Astartes and the genetic blueprint that the veterans think can be described.

Between the particularity of Calvin's soul and the special positioning of the Gray Knight's psychic abilities, the souls of these new sons of Calvin are also closely connected with him beyond imagination.

This can be proven a lot from the Gray Knights whose souls were contained in their spiritual world after death in battle:

What Calvin and the new generation of Gray Knights can support each other in legion mode is the power of psionic energy and the sharing of the costs of using psionic energy.

However, during the battle with the Legion of Khorne on the planet Malus, Calvin also added his power to the psychic energy in desperation and delegated it to the psychic energy of the entire Legion.

This accidental attempt, in Calvin's current reflection, clearly has the possibility of operating in a more complex manner based on basic psychic energy sharing.

He had consulted some specific information on the ancestors in the battle group who had their real names.

The various descriptions of being incredibly powerful when fighting subspace are clearly an application of power in his eyes.

Although he doesn't know the principle, what Calvin can at least know is that these gray knights use this power called "true name" to achieve functions similar to the power he possesses in a sense!

The role of reciting the demon's true name is a training that every Gray Knight undergoes.

He also understood the effects of this exploration and capture of the foundation of the devil's power from past records.

So what's the Gray Knight's real name?

Is it also the embodiment of a concept like the devil?

Considering the power of order that Calvin possesses to purify the opposite force of chaos, is there the same principle behind it?

Is it possible to think that the so-called true name is to use the power of the corresponding concept to attack and offset the opposite concept?

Is this not a crude imitation of the power of order possessed by Calvin?

Yes, only this possibility is closest to the truth;

Only in this way can those demon princes and princes whose essence is at the conceptual level be completely annihilated.

But it is a pity that they are different from Calvin. The mortal nature of their souls prevents them from having the same uniqueness in the long river of time as Calvin. Therefore, after every demon is eliminated, it is left to the evil gods to resurrect them in the subspace. possible.

The doubts in Calvin's eyes gradually became clear. Once this inference was established, many puzzling things would have reasonable explanations.

His top priority at this time is to get a real name so that he can confirm whether his inference is correct.

And if this inference is confirmed to be true, then a crazy idea will immediately appear in his mind:

The true name is power, the true name is the source;

The true name of the same kind is complete enough, which is the prototype of the god's authority.

This is most likely the truth about the existence of the subspace gods, but what about the other way around?

If Calvin divided his power into sufficiently subtle and specific concepts, would these be the real names one by one?

And what if he goes one step further and transfers these powers, which are subtle enough to be carried by mortal souls, to every son of Calvin?

Is it possible that the new Gray Knight will be like the devil to the gods, a manifestation of a certain aspect of his authority?

Cognition is also a kind of power. When Calvin's mind reached a complete logical loop about the relationship between authority and true name, the power of destiny began to undergo a huge change invisibly.

This change did not immediately appear in reality, but both the ancient gods deep in the subspace and the being in the direction of Terra opened their closed eyes at this moment and looked towards the distant Or. Puss looked.

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