Editing Eyes of the Emperor (section)

==Recruitment and training==
''None of you will fail.  Each of you will give to the Legion the whole of your being.''

- Nilam Tamboli


As a secretive and highly ritualised Legion, the Eyes preferred to gather their Aspirants at a very young age.  By the time that Shakya Vardhana was rediscovered, the age of induction had dropped to 6, with the boys gathered up and given religious and physical instruction ahead of final physical, psychological and genetic screening.  Those that failed at this stage were inducted into one of the various meditant orders that provided the Eyes with their support staff.  The successful aspirants undertook a final ordeal to test their spiritual purity.  The precise details of the ordeal were a closely-guarded secret, with failed aspirants and neophytes converted into Servitors.  It is clear that there were many degrees of achievement in the final aspirant trial, allowing the Eyes of the Emperor to separate the recruits into different castes.  

Spiritual indoctrination accompanied the process of an aspirant becoming one of the Legion.  There were seven vows of purity that each neophyte must take to become a full fledged space marine. Each vow was the result of a long period of spiritual education and meditation and precedes the implantation of new Space Marine organs.  Ahead of the first surgeries, the neophyte took the vow of '''Rapture''', affirming his joy at undertaking the path of the Emperor.  Once the ''Secondary Heart, Ossmodula,'' and ''Biscopea'' have been successfully implanted, a vow of '''Determination''' corresponded to the ''Haemastanen'' and ''Larraman's Organ''.  The third vow of '''Concentration''' commenced the Neophyte's hypnotherapy courses and the implantation of the ''Catalepsean Node, Preomnor, Omaphagea,'' and ''Multi-Lung''.  Next, the vow of '''Investigation''' came with the enhanced perception of the ''Occulobe'' and ''Lyman's Ear''.  Neophytes who survived to the next stage took a vow of '''Tranquility''', finally setting the disturbances of their past life behind them as they accepted the ''Sus-an Membrance, Melanchroma,'' and ''Oolotic Kidney'' into their bodies.  In what would typically be the Neophyte's tenth year in the care of the Legion, he must take a Vow of '''Mindfullness''' ahead of the implantation of the ''Neuroglottis, Mucranoid,'' and ''Betcher's Gland''.  The final vow of '''Equanimity''' is a declaration of the Neophyte's dedication to the Legion and the Emperor and his indifference to his own singular fate.  Following this vow, the ''Progenoid Glands'' and later the ''Black Carapace'' are implanted.

Once the implantation process is complete, the new member of the Legion is granted the rank of ''Shishya'', or disciple.  He is paired up with an experienced battle brother of the same caste, his ''Guru'', who will train and monitor him for seven years before the ''Shishya'' is considered a regular battle brother.  During this time, ''Shishya'' are not exempt from battle duties, but accompany their ''Guru'' in the campaigns of the Imperium.  As a sign of his wisdom, a ''Guru'' bears a veteran bolt implanted in his forehead for each ''Shishya'' he has trained.