The Silent King, Szarekh, Roboute Guilliman, and Belisarius Cawl

The Silent King, Szarekh, is the enigmatic and tragic ruler of the Necrons, a figure of immense intellect and burdened responsibility. Once the sovereign of the Necrontyr, he sought to free his people from their mortal frailty, forging a pact with the C’tan that led to their transformation into immortal, soulless beings of living metal. Wracked with guilt over this decision, Szarekh turned on the C’tan, shattering them and enslaving their shards, but the damage to his race was done. Exiling himself for millennia, he has now returned to awaken his legions, seeking to restore the Necron empire and undo his ancient mistakes. The Silent King is both a conqueror and a philosopher, commanding vast armies with cold precision while carrying the weight of a civilization’s cursed destiny on his metallic shoulders.

Belisarius Cawl, the Archmagos Dominus of the Adeptus Mechanicus, is a figure of unparalleled genius and controversy in the Imperium of Man. Towering over mortals with his spider-like frame of mechanical limbs and arcane devices, Cawl has spent over ten millennia orchestrating grand technological endeavors that have reshaped the Imperium’s fate. His most monumental achievement is the creation of the Primaris Space Marines, a new generation of Astartes designed to bolster the Imperium’s failing defenses. Defying the stagnant dogma of the Mechanicus, Cawl’s innovations blur the line between heresy and salvation, earning him both admiration and suspicion. Now, as an advisor to the resurrected Roboute Guilliman, Cawl wields his boundless intellect and ancient knowledge to preserve humanity in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, embodying both hope and the peril of unchecked ambition.

Roboute Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarines, is a paragon of discipline, strategy, and duty, embodying the ideals of what the Imperium of Man strives to be. Renowned for his brilliance both as a warrior and statesman, Guilliman built the shining empire of Ultramar, a realm of order and prosperity amidst the chaos of the galaxy. His legacy as the author of the Codex Astartes shaped the future of Space Marine warfare, ensuring the survival of the Imperium after the devastation of the Horus Heresy. Mortally wounded by Fulgrim and entombed in stasis for millennia, Guilliman’s miraculous resurrection in the Imperium’s darkest hour marked a turning point. Now, as the Lord Commander of the Imperium, he leads humanity against overwhelming threats, his vision and resolve shining like a beacon in a galaxy consumed by darkness and decay. Yet, Guilliman’s struggle is not only against external foes but also against the decayed, theocratic Imperium he seeks to save—a far cry from the rational unity his father once envisioned.