It was to begin here. Here and now, the beginnings of a new army. An army of superbly genetically enhanced humans, the Imperium�s finest: the Space Marines. One of twenty; a legion would rise to serve and protect the Emperor of man and all the Imperium. Here in the genetics lab of the Emperor�s throne, the Golden Palace of Terra, the twins arose from their stasis chambers. At full stature both stood over two and a half metres. While one stood taller than the other, both giants were thick boned and extremely muscular. They wore dismal, grey faces topped with untamed, black hair. Crimson red eyes sat high, while pairs of long fangs cut their grim lips. Omri Russ and Aesir Russ; brothers for an eternity to come.

Hours later, after numerous trial tests, the duo set out into the great halls of the Golden Palace in search for their father, master and primarch. Through what seemed a maze of corridors and to last an eternity, the brothers reached a set of magnificently adorned chamber doors. Spanning seven metres to the ceiling and four metres wide, the doors stood guard. Past the doors and inside the large, cool hall a hulking figure approached the pair. A long, white robe adorned the hooded figure�s lean face and partly concealed his sky grey armour. The presence of Leman Russ was fiercely commanding. With his massive arms raised high the hooded figure declared,

�My sons!� The warrior spoke in a low, commanding tone, �It is time.�

It was time, time indeed. It was time to begin their legion�s creation.