#A lot of this is based off of my local Vigilus campaign

[shield-of-souls-blog]

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For every 📝 I get, I'll write and post a random entry from my muse's diary!

Azrael looked at the verdant leather cover of the tome in his hands, snickering at the golden letters masterfully dug into it. 

- MEMOIRS OF THE GRAND MASTER

DO NOT ALLOW CONTENTS TO MEET YOUR EYES

ON PAIN OF DEATH -

M42.001 - 8/2

Dear Diary,

Might I say that I’ve been simply having the time of my life on Vigilus? This place really does have everything, I have to say. We have rampant cults of Genestealers, a bunch of elves flying around trying to shank one another with fanciful instruments. Orks. Cannot forget those, now can we? 

Oh, but my favorite part of Vigilus... It may just have to be the Death Guard that have been keeping us busy for the past couple of months. If it weren’t for our allies from the Ten Thousand, I feel like they’d actually be making any sort of progress. The new Knight from House Hawkshroud (the one who calls themself ‘The Winged Death’) that has devoted themself to our cause has worked wonders as well, though their Titan needed repairs during our last rumble... Not like we could’ve had the big robot stomping around in such tight corridors, anyway. We recently recaptured the local Prometheum Pipelines after our battle, though we’ve been waiting for a real long time to hear back from the Servitors we deployed there. The enemy contains forces from the Death Guard and the Emperor’s Children- It’s a damn mess over there. 

The last attack had carried over to our base on the surface, and it’s probably been our worst encounter with the lovely Vigilus locals yet. Ezekiel and Primaris Lieutenant Kodden both had an extremely close call with a pack of Deathshrouds that had deepstruck behind our lines. We saw around 70 to 80 casualties overall and the Talons Aggressor had lost 4 of their men. That’s not accounting for the wargear and machinery destroyed or in need of repairs, or all of the new wallpaper we’ll need after the stench of Nurgle began to make it peel. However, I’d say it was well worth it, considering how many of their numbers we took in exchange. Estimates say somewhere around 300 Heretic Astartes alone were felled- That’s a hell of a haul, if you ask me.

Speaking of the Talons Aggressor, Carolus Rex seems to be displeased with me after our last encounter. He was dueling with the enemy’s Daemon Prince that looked like he was about to bisect the poor Custodian, so I used the Lion’s Roar to blow it’s head off. Now, Carolus is all upset about ‘what if you missed’ or ‘what if you hit me’, just stupid and petty things like that. He should know by now that I don’t miss and that he just sometimes doesn’t agree with where I put my targets. Too bad for him, I guess. Perhaps I’ll just let him get hacked to pieces next time and see if he still has something to complain about. 

Anyway, I’ve been up for nearly two weeks straight and this bodyglove is starting to chafe again. Tomorrow is a big day, for my force has a certain Relic in sight... and I’m going to need to think of a good alibi for Kodden to blurt at Calgar after we’re done. I feel like Carolus is only going to get more displeased with me as this goes on.