#valiantart

Three marines govern the Chapter in place of a singular Chapter Master. Upon ascension to their position, they are granted the names of Primus, Ultimum, and Alter, collectively referred to as the High Triad. The current incumbents are rumored to have held their ranks for the past six hundred years.

Primus, first among equals, serves as stability and represents the neutral ideals of the Chapter. Though they speak with one voice, it is he who most often serves as the mouthpiece of the High Triad. Ultimum, the naysmith, serves as dissent and represents the paranoid aspect of the Chapter. Any action taken by the High Triad must be unanimous, and so it is he who acts as the final test for any course they seek to follow. Alter, the mercurial, serves as maverick and represents the shifting face of the Chapter. An inverted uniform marks him as having served as Infiltrator before his ascension, and the experience wrought by wearing a dozen other faces grants him a fluidity of self that fills the cracks between his brothers' stability and dissent.