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While the 63rd Fleet is en route to Murder, Loken must deal with several disturbing revelations. Going through Sgt. Jubal's meagre possessions after his death, he finds a medallion showing Jubal's membership in the secret [[Warrior Lodges]] that have spread through several of the Legions. Loken forbade his own men to have anything to do with them, and is furious to find out that not only Jubal, but his own trusted second, [[Nero Vipus]], are members.{{fn|3n}}
Aximand placates Loken by bringing him as a guest to one of the lodge meetings aboard the ''Vengeful Spirit''. Loken is surprised to find that Torgaddon is also a member. Observing the meeting, Loken sees no heathen rituals or seditious plotting; Torgaddon explains that the lodge is simply a place where the men of the Legion can gather as equals and speak their minds, without regards to rank or unit; they may be [[Astartes]], but fraternity is one very [[human]] need that their creators did not breed out of them. Torgaddon and Aximand believe that, if anything, the lodges strengthen the Legion, creating bonds of loyalty between men from different [[Space Marine Company|companies]] that might not otherwise exist. Loken is somewhat assuaged, but still has his doubts; the lodges may be benevolent, but they are still secret, and secrecy is anathema to a military organizationorganisation.{{fn|3p}}
Loken finds Kyril Sindermann obsessively browsing the ship's data library for any reading material related to "[[Daemons]]." The iterator, a much reduced man since the events on 63-19, confesses that he has had difficulty focusing on the Imperial Truth he is supposed to be spreading.{{fn|3q}}
