History Characters / HorusHeresyLoyalistLegions

The Primarch of the Salamanders Legion. Considered the most compassionate of the Primarchs, he sides with the Emperor, but is feared lost in the Drop Site Massacre.

** Played with in Deathfire. Vulkan outright banned the use of Destroyers and their terror weapons in his legion, saying that they had no right to be used on a field of war as they were unnecessary and cruel. Ferrus Manus then pointed out that the burning enemies to death with flamers, melters, and volkites was pretty cruel too. Vulkan was nice, but was still a mono-dominant warlord.
* {{Immortal}}

* [[ScrewYouElves Screw You, Dark Eldar!]]: He fought back an entire planetary invasion army of these guys with nothing but a pair of blacksmith hammers. And this was BEFORE he even knew that he was a Primarch!
* UltimateBlacksmith: The weapons/relics that he created are amongst the most powerful and sought after that the Imperium has ever had. Unlike Perturabo and Ferrus Manus, who put more emphasis on function, Vulkan could also create beautiful artefacts that were as much symbols as objects.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Last seen commanding the ''Macragge's Honor'' in pursuit of the ''Infidus Imperator'', in what is described being the most infamous naval battle in the Heresy. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome It's not described in the novel]].]]
** His story is continued in the spinoff graphic novel, ''Macragge's Honor''. [[spoiler: He successfully destroys the ''Imperator'', but the wounded Ultramarines' flagship is stranded in the Warp with no way to get back home.]]

A Battle Brother of the 13th Legion's 21st Company and a former Librarian of the Ultramarines Legion forced to resign his position after the Council of Nikaea, Rubio was recruited by Nathaniel Garro during the Battle of Calth to become one of the first Knight-Errants of Malcador, the basis of the future Grey Knights and the Inquisition.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Rubio delivers one of these in ''Sword of Truth'' when he reveals to Garro that [[spoiler: Captain Hakim of the White Scars]] is the traitor in their midst. While Garro is incredulous at this, pointing out that [[spoiler: the White Scars have always been loyal]] to the Emperor, Rubio retorts by asking why it is so impossible to believe that [[spoiler: if members of the Traitor Legions can stay loyal to the Emperor, then members of the Loyalists could be in league with Horus]].

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: How the rest of the Ultramarines 21st Company see Rubio's actions at the end of ''Oath of Moment''. Although [[spoiler: he saved their lives, and denied the Word Bearers access to Calth's capital city, in doing so, Rubio broke the Emperor's Edict of Nikaea prohibiting the use of psychic powers, leading the company to shun him and leaving Rubio no recourse but to go with Garro]].

** In ''Know No Fear'', Rubio and several other former Librarians felt a gathering of Warp energy in the Calth system. Not realising [[spoiler: that the Word Bearers had turned traitor and what they were sensing was preperations for rituals to summon daemons for the coming battle]] and not wanting to look like they were defying the Decree of Nikaea, Rubio and his fellow psykers dismissed it as just a fatigue-induced headache. Rubio regrets later that they didn't inform the Ultramarine command structure of what they were sensing, as had they done so, it might have given the rest of the Legion some warning of what was about to happen.
** In ''Oath of Moment'', Rubio feels this way about the deaths of two of his comrades; [[spoiler: an Apothecary killed by a cultist suicide bomber, and the company captain, Erikon Gaius, killed by a Chaos war machine. Rubio believes that had he been free to use his powers, he could have brought down the suicide bomber and warned Gaius of what was going to happen]].

** In the wake of another Word Bearer attack, Garro urges Rubio to come with him while they can still withdraw, but Rubio refuses to abandon his battle brothers.

** As the Word Bearers launch their final attack on the 21st Company's position, headed by a [[spoiler: squad of Terminators]] who gun down everything in their path, Rubio, realising his battle brothers have no chance of defeating their enemies [[spoiler: reluctantly uses his psychic powers to collapse the roof of the tunnel they are fighting in]], cutting off the enemy and saving his comrades.

A sergeant of the 13th Chapter, 135th Company, who was marked for censured moments before the Mark of Calth, he quickly becomes one of the most effective anti-daemon specialists among the Ultramarines.

* CombatPragmatist:The reason for being censured. The Ultramarines make theoreticals on how to defeat all of their enemies, thing is, Thiel reached the conclusion that only the Astartes had no full analysis, so he began those. Because of this he would be punished for his trangressions, but instead he was one of the few ready to fight the Word Bearers and the first to raise to action against the demons that infested the flagship Maccrage's Honour.

* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:Is not entirely sure what happened, but an Alpha Legionaire used Thiel's armor to attack Guilliman. It was later shown that he was still on Calth at the time.]]
* PetTheDog: He made a friendship with Raud, a soldier from Calth. [[spoiler: He and the soldier saved each others lives through the story 'Censure'. He almost cries when Raud died during the Underworld War.]]
* SergeantRock: Somewhat subversion. He wasn't a hardass with others, but he certainly wasn't a by the book soldier being quite rough around the edges and very pragmatic.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: The most awesome one of all!
* BaldOfAwesome
* DropTheHammer: He wielded thunder hammers. His original hammer was Thunderhead. During the Drop Site Massacre, he wielded Dawnbringer, which was originally a gift for Horus, [[spoiler: which lets him Telespam his attacks and get around teleportation blocks]].

A sergeant of the 13th Chapter, 135th company that was marked for censured moments before the Mark of Calth.

* [[HumanNotepad Armor Notepad]]: During the Underground war he ran out of space on his datepad and had to write new theories and practicals he came up with on his armor [[spoiler: these later became the groundwork for the Codex]].

* DemonSlaying: He developed a theory that blunt and [[KillItWithFire flame]] weapons were the best tool against demons. Turns out, he was more or less right about it.

* PetTheDog: He made a friendship with Raud, a soldier from Calth. [[spoiler: He and the soldier saved each others lives through the story 'Censure'. He almost cried when Raud died during the Underworld War.]]

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* AwesomeByAnalysis: The basis of Guilliman's military philosophy was "war as a science", and it showed with six simple words: "Information is power. Information is victory."

* HumbleHero: Well, as humble as one could get while still being a genetically-engineered semi-divine posthuman superman. For instance, he kept his old nanny around as his counselor, and to tell him the things he didn't want to hear. Another instance was when he thought the Emperor was dead and the Imperium on the verge of collapsing, Rather than take control himself, he elected to name another Primarch as the Emperor's successor, and eventually settled on Sanguinius.
* JackOfAllStats: Unlike many of his brother Primarchs, Guilliman did not dedicate himself to a single style of warfare; as such, the Ultramarines were generally seen as a very universal force, able to be inserted into nearly any situation and perform with aplomb.
* JerkAss: He didn't get along with many of his other Primarchs, making it pretty clear he considered said Primarchs untrustworthy. His anal-retentive tendencies led to him to ignore others' feelings, most notably his mandating the Primarchs split their legions into 1000-men Chapters under the Codex Astartes, which was not taken well among his fellow Primarchs - probably both for demanding them to split their brothers-in-arms up and openly airing paranoia toward his brothers in the tumultuous times just after the Horus Heresy (Limiting Space Marine organizations to 1000-man Chapters would prevent a single treasonous uprising from corrupting as large of a Space Marine force as easily again).
** Not forgetting that some of his JerkAss tendencies were often seen as this by people who imagined it so. Lorgar thought for years that Roboute despised him, even though the only thing the Ultramarines primarch did was follow the orders of his father when his forces destroyed Monarchia. With Alpharius, what many thought was him being prone to othordoxy, was actually a good point, his brother's way of war while effective, often caused months of unrest in the planets conquered. In the Heresy novels he even said that he didn't want the Throne because of how people often thought that he was so ambitious to the point of opportunism. Not only that, but everytime he felt that he should stop being an overachiever because others were feeling inadaquate.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Roboute Guilliman was an ass but he actually cared about the people and believed that anyone can rise to greatness through merit regardless of class. His efforts led the Ultramarines' mini-empire to becoming one of the least corrupt (and nicest) places to live in the Imperium.
* LawfulStupid: He had issues with resorting to less conventional tactics in warfare. That being said, the man did not play it entirely straight and the Age of Darkness book in the Literature/HorusHeresy series has him state that he is entirely certain his Codex Astartes text is imperfect and not a holy writ to adhere to.
** He founded a second Imperium because he could not be practically certain that the Emperor was alive.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Treated average individuals perfectly respectfully and clearly cared about them in his decisions of statecraft.
* PetTheDog: Guilliman was humble and kind to normal people. [[JerkAss His infamous rudeness]] was to individuals he considered chaotic or not proven worthy of their station.

* TheSmartGuy: Outside of the man's requisite BadAss-ery like the other Primarchs, Guilliman's talents laid in statecraft and logistics.

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The Primarch of the Iron Hands Legion. Though Horus believed that Ferrus would side with him, Ferrus chose the Emperor instead.

* BareFistedMonk: Ferrus Manus was known to use his titular iron hands as lethal weapons in their own right. He preferred his hammer, though.
* DroptheHammer: Forge Breaker, his thunder hammer, and originally a gift from Fulgrim. Horus later made it a gift to Perturabo.
* FleshVersusSteel: Ironically, Ferrus Manus is on the former's side, reasoning that while the cybernetics do make the marines stronger, it also weakens their willpower. He planned to abolish the practice of cybernization after the Great Crusade was finished, but then Fulgrim cut his head off.
* MadeOfIron: [[MeaningfulName Well,]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin duh.]]

* OffWithHisHead: Suffered this fate at the hands of Fulgrim.
* RoaringRampageofRevenge: Ferrus goes on one [[spoiler: after Fulgrim tries to tempt him to turn on the Emperor and join Horus. Ferrus is so deeply offended by Fulgrim's treachery that he tries to kill him on the spot (he fails only because Fulgrim reluctantly beats him unconcious and the Emperor's Children fleet opens fire on the Iron Hands flagship to cover Fulgrim's escape), and after the escape, Ferrus becomes so obsessed with killing Fulgrim that he keeps pressing the attack against the Traitors on Istvaan V, even when Corax and Vulkan urge him to pull back, resupply and wait for the second wave of reinforcements.]]

* ToBeAMaster: Ferrus Manus' life goal was to never stop improving himself, trying to share the same goal with all of humanity. Unlike what you'd expect, especially considering 40K, he never quite approached EvilutionaryBiologist or CyberneticsEatYourSoul-levels from this.

* WillNotTellALie: Like his progenitor, he's always blunt and to the point, to ire of Ultramarines he's supposed to be advising.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: But he was loyal to Sanguinius and his beliefs. No one would ever doubt that.

* {{Badass}}: He was considered to be one the best fighters within the Legions, comparable to Abaddon and Sigismund.
* TheConsigliere: Served as Sanguinius's equerry.
* NumberTwo: As First Captain and Chapter Master of the First Chapter, despite what Azkaellon has convinced himself.
* OnlySaneMan: In comparison to other First Captains (and some more...colourful members of the Legions), he was quite reasonable, calm and serious. He was not prone to choler like Abaddon, nor was he hotblooded in the same way as Sigismund, he never displayed the same malice of Sevatar (then again, even his own legion had difficult matching it). This is actually a feat, considering how the Blood Angels would eventually turn out.
* TheStoic: By Blood Angel standards Raldoron was the calmest of people. Kano noted that as they were about to board an Ork kruiser, he leaned back and closed his eyes, almost looking like he was about to take a nap right before a life or death boarding action.

* RightHandMan: For Luther during their exile on Caliban.

* BadassBiker: A jetbike is pretty much his SignatureWeapon.

* EmbarassingNickname: Bjorn is rather embarassed about the moniker "Fell-Handed".

* RightHandMan: The second-in-command to Rogal Dorn.

* AngelicBeauty: He is said to be rather attractive.
* TheAce: The Primarchs are all impossibly strong and capable of learning among human beings, but even so Sanguinius was TheAce above all of them - as a result, absolutely everyone liked and respected him, and Horus felt it was Sanguinius who truly should have been Warmaster when he was at risk of dying.
** So much so than when Guilliman thought that the Emperor was dead and the Horus Heresy lost, he convinced Sanguinius to take the Emperor's place as leader of the remnants of the Imperium, since Sanguinius was seen by many to be the most capable of ruling.
* {{Badass}}: Don't let his looks fool you. He was awesome enough to fight Horus evenly, even when his heretical brother had been blessed by the Gods of Chaos themselves.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness
* CainAndAbel: It's hammered in pretty well that Horus was the Cain to his Abel.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

* HeroicSacrifice: Though he died in battle against Horus during the [[Literature/HorusHeresy Heresy]], he managed to damage his armor enough for the Emperor to exploit this weakness during the final battle.

* PrettyBoy

* WingedHumanoid

The Primarch of the Imperial Fists Legion. Unquestionably loyal to the Emperor, he is made commander of the loyalist Imperial military and Protector of Terra after the fall of Horus.

* Determinator: Even more so than other Primarchs. His skill in sieges comes partially from to his incredible will to ''never'' give up. Scholars assume that his inheritance of the Emperor's countenance is the liege's discipline in the eternal quest for his ideals.

The First Captain of the Imperial Fists, and right hand man to Rogal Dorn. Known within the future founder and first High Marshal of the Black Templars.

* KnightTemplar: The first one.

* MasterSwordsman: With a BFS no less.

* FieldPromotion: His commanders and mentors died when the Retribution Fleet got to Istvaan. If it wasn't for him assuming command, most likely they would have lost.

* TheRival: To Leman Russ, and the two are often knocking heads. One episode from the backstory has them fighting for two years, accidentally setting up a tradition between their two Legions. It's unsure what Lion thinks about the rivalry, but Leman seems to consider them VitrolicBestBuds.

* ThickerThanBlood: Inverted; he has no problem killing or planning to kill his own brothers, and is so at ease with the concept that when he proclaims his aim to kill Horus, Loken is convinced he's misheard.

* VitrolicBestBuds: How he sees his relationship with Lion - they fight every time they have a chance, but it's mostly good-natured on Leman's side and Russ trusts El'Jonson.

* BrutalHonesty: He would never sugarcoat ANYTHING, hell he would most likely throw away any coat and be as blunt he could.
** But whenever he praised someone, he meant it. Loken was taken aback by this.
* ChainsawGood: Used a Chain Sword known as the Teeth of Terra.
* CannotTellALie: Rogal Dorn would not lie under any circumstances, even if it helped his cause. This really pissed off Perturabo.
* Determinator: Even more so than other Primarchs. His skill in sieges was partially due to his incredible will to NEVER give up. Scholars assumed that his inheritance of the Emperor's countenance was the liege discipline in the eternal quest for his ideals.
** The Imperium was so aware of this, that one of his titles is 'The Unyielding One'.

The Primarch of the Wolves of Fenris Legion, aka the Space Wolves. He is unquestionably loyal to the Emperor.

* BladeOnAStick: The Spear of Russ

** Leman himself was on the receiving end of one at the hands of Angron in a duel. Which was exactly what Russ wanted, he would lose, but his warriors would kill Angron in return. Lorgar was baffled that Angron never understood the lesson the Wolves primarch was trying to teach.
* DeathWorld: His home of Fenris.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Mjalnar.

A human scholar from Terra, he became Skald of the Space Wolves Third Great Company

* AccidentalMisnaming: The Astartes name that shot his ship down wasn't really Bear. [[spoiler: It was Bjorn.]]
* TheBard: What he was turned into by the Wolves. He would follow them in battle and recite good stories for them.

* SmartGuy: He was an academic of great renown, to a point that Fulgrim knew of his work. And the Sigilite shown interest in his work.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After he was saved from the barbarian tribes in Fenris, Kasper body was reconstructed by the Wolf Priests. He was faster and stronger to a point he broke a human hand just by stopping it's punch.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Switches sides due to frustration and jealousy.

* BadassBiker

* BloodKnight: Jaghatai Khan's [[InTheBlood piece of the Emperor in him]] is his love of battle. Not killing but warfare as an artform. In particular, he joined the Emperor to unite all of the stars into one empire and unlike other Primarchs, after succeeding in conquering his homeworld, he had no interest in actually ruling it.

* ThePhilosopher: He believes that warriors should do more than just train their bodies for war. From caligraphy to poetry, he instill the belief in his Astartes to develop their minds. As an example, he explains to Ilya the importance of Go, and how it hones the White Scars in such a way that they will always try to see combat in a bigger picture.
** This is also the reason he is often distant from the Imperium. His own beliefs sometimes clashed with those of his father and his followers. The most glaring example is the treatment of Psykers amongst the Legiones Astartes.
* TheQuietOne: He was one of the more reclusive Primarchs. While he wasn't rude and was very polite, he was very private, and he eschewed bragging. His love of battle over statesmanship lead him to be far more independent from the rest of the Imperium, and far less engaged in the political controversy, intrigue and turmoil that went on prior to and during the Horus Heresy. The Emperor even regretfully admits to Horus that he was made to be that way. He was also a man who liked to hold his cards close to his chest and rarely revealed his secrets to others. This caused many people to overlook him and the White Scars, which allowed the White Scars a great deal of independence (which is what they preferred anyway). Secretly, the Khan chafed at the lack of recognition.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jaghatai delivers a stinging one to [[spoiler: Mortarion in ''Scars''. Having listened to Mortarion's ResistanceisFutile monologue about why he should join Horus, the Khan rips into the Death Guard's Primarch on several points. He first figures out that Mortarion has come looking for him on his own initiative and not Horus's orders, then mocks Mortarion for the fact that his life's work (to corrall and contain psykers) is in ruins; though Mortarion succeeded in getting the Librarius disbanded at Nikea, he now finds himself part of an army where sorcerers and witches have been given free reign to make use of their power, and the other Traitor Primarchs either condone and even encourage such practices (such as Magnus, Lorgar and Horus) or don't give enough of a damn about it (i.e., Angron and Curze) to help Mortarion with his personal vendetta. The Khan then concludes that Mortarion has only come looking for him because he's in over his head and is looking for a way to back out, which Jaghatai mocks because (as one of the few who understood the dangers of dabbling with the Warp) he know that now, like the other Traitor Legions, the Death Guard have tasted of the power of Chaos, there is no going back. He finally concludes by mocking Mortarion's plans to become the DragonAscendant with Jaghatai at his side should Horus perish in the campaign to reach Terra, pointing out that neither of their legions were empire-builders, and thus Mortarion would be grossly unsuited to take Horus's place]].

** Finally, once the Khan is done, [[spoiler: Mortarion, who has steadily been suffering a VillainousBreakdown as Jaghatai verbally eviscerates him, angrily give the Khan a JoinorDie ultimatum. The Khan's response is to laugh in the Death Lord's face, draw his sword and essentially tell his fellow Primarch to [[BringIt bring it on]], and the pair hurl themselves into the novel's FinalBattle.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He actually allowed the Warrior Lodges to meet, which as the series shows, is very disliked by most primarchs since it instill too many disparate thoughts from the interest of the Imperium.
---> "I let them meet. I am not a tyrant."
** Also ties into his reputation as TheQuietOne. Whilst he valued his independence, he was more than happy to accept outside advice on things that he knew that his legion was not good at, such as organisation.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Or at least smart. He recognized the value of psykers, and quietly campaigned for their acceptance in the Imperium as a whole. When the Emperor basically banned the use of Librarians (Space Marines with psychic powers) at the Edict of Nikaea, Khan ordered his legion to ignore the ban and continue using psykers. This meant they were better prepared to face the daemons during the Horus Heresy.
* SpeedFreak: His personal military philosophy emphasized speed and maneuverability, and he had all his vehicles modified for increased speed.
* VictoryIsBoring: Khan found ruling your planet to be nowhere near as entertaining as conquering it.

** In addition Magnus himself noted that if he was part of the Thousand Sons he would be amongst the best of the legion.
* TheHeart: He was this for many; Shiban, Ilya and even Jaghatai have shown missing his presence, since he would give good counsel, be it with how a White Scars is supposed to be, how to deal with the Legion, or with anything the Primarch desired to discuss.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Acknowledged to be one in-universe. For all his tactical brilliance, El'Jonson was horrible at reading people and discerning if they could be trusted or not. He relied on Luther to make those judgements for him until Luther was "exiled" back to Caliban.

* TheRival: To Leman Russ.

* TranquilFury: In direct contrast to Leman Russ. It wasn't easy to get Johnson riled up, but it was even harder to calm him back down.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Rubio delivers one of these in ''Sword of Truth'' when he reveals to Garro that [[spoiler: Captain Hakim of the White Scars]] is the traitor in their midst. While Garro is incredulous at this, pointing out that [[spoiler: the White Scars have always been loyal]] to the Emperor, Rubio retorts why it is so impossible to believe that [[spoiler: if members of the Traitor Legions can stay loyal to the Emperor, then members of the Loyalists could be loyal to Horus]].

!!Brother Tylos Rubio

* JerkAss: He would never sugarcoat ANYTHING, hell he would most likely throw away any coat and be as blunt he could.
** But whenever he praised someone, he meant it. Loken was taken aback by this.

A Battle Brother of the XIIIth Legion's 21st Company and a former Librarian of the Ultramarines Legion forced to resign his position after the Council of Nikaea, Rubio was recruited by Nathaniel Garro during the Battle of Calth to become one of the first Knight-Errants of Malcador, the basis of the future Grey Knights and the Inquisition.

* ScrewTheRulesI'mDoingWhat'sRight: Rubio evokes this twice in ''Oath of Moment'':
** In the wake of another Word Bearer attack, Garro urges Rubio to come with him while they can still withdraw, but Rubio refuses to abandon his battle brothers in their darkest hour.

* RoaringRampageofRevenge: Ferrus goes on one [[spoiler: after Fulgrim tries to tempt him to turn on the Emperor and join Horus. Ferrus is so deeply offended by Fulgrim's treachery that he tries to kill him on the spot (surviving only because Fulgrim reluctantly beats him unconcious and the Emperor's Children fleet opens fire on the Iron Hands flagship to cover Fulgrim's escape), and after the escape, Ferrus becomes so obsessed with killing Fulgrim he keeps pressing the attack against the Traitors on Istvaan V, even when Corax and Vulkan urge him to pull back, resupply and wait for the second wave of reinforcements.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jaghatai delivers a stinging one to [[spoiler: Mortarion in ''Scars''. Having listened to Mortarion's ResistanceisFutile monologue about why he should join Horus, the Khan rips into the Death Primarch on several points. He first figures out that Mortarion has come looking for him on his own initiative and not Horus's orders, then mocks Mortarion for the fact that his life's work (to corrall and contain psykers) is in ruins; though Mortarion succeeded in getting the Librarius disbanded at Nikea, he now finds himself part of an army where sorcerers and witches have been given free reign to make use of their power, and the other Traitor Primarchs either condone and even encourage such practices (such as Magnus, Lorgar and Horus) or don't give enough of a damn about it (i.e., Angron and Curze) to help Mortarion with his personal vendetta. The Khan then concludes that Mortarion has only come looking for him because he's in over his head and is looking for a way to back out, which Jaghatai mocks because (as one of the few who understood the dangers of dabbling with the Warp) he know that now, like the other Traitor Legions, the Death Guard have tasted of the power of Chaos, there is no going back. He finally concludes by mocking Mortarion's plans to become the DragonAscendant should Horus perish in the campaign to reach Terra, pointing out that neither of them were empire-builders, and thus Mortarion would be grossly unsuited to take Horus's place]].
-->'''Jaghatai Khan''': You've tasted the fruits of treachery and found them bitter. Don't drag me into your ruin. You are on your own brother.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jaghatai delivers a stinging one to [[spoiler: Mortarion in ''Scars''. Having listened to Mortarion's ResistanceisFutile monologue about why he should join Horus, the Khan rips into the Death Primarch on several points. He first figures out that Mortarion has come looking for him on his own initiative and not Horus's orders, then mocks Mortarion for the fact that his life's work (to corrall and contain psykers) is in ruins; though Mortarion succeeded in getting the Librarius disbanded at Nikea, he now finds himself part of an army where sorcerers and witches have been given free reign to make use of their power, and the other Traitor Primarchs either condone and even encourage such practices (such as Magnus, Lorgar and Horus) or don't give enough of a damn about it (i.e., Angron and Curze) to help Mortarion with his personal vendetta. The Khan then concludes that Mortarion has only come looking for him because he's in over his head and is looking for a way to back out, which Jaghatai mocks because (as one of the few who understood the dangers of dabbling with the Warp) now, like the other Traitor Legions, the Death Guard have tasted of the power of Chaos, there is no going back. He finally concludes by mocking Mortarion's plans to become the DragonAscendant should Horus perish in the campaign to reach Terra, pointing out that neither of them were empire-builders, and thus Mortarion would be grossly unsuited to take Horus's place]].

** Not forgetting that some of his JerkAss tendencies were often seen as this by people who imagined it so. Lorgar thought for years that Roboute despised him, even though the only thing the Ultramarines primarch did was follow the orders of his father when his forces destroyed Monarchia. With Alpharius, what many thought was him being prone to othordoxy, was actually a good point, his brother way of war while effective, often caused months of unrest in the planets conquered. In the Heresy novels he even said that he didn't want the Throne because of how people often thought that he was so ambitious to the point of opportunism. Not only that, but everytime he felt that he should stop being an overachiever because others were feeling inadaquate.

** Played with in Deathfire. Vulkan outright banned the use of Destroyers and their terror weapons in his legion, saying that they had no right to be used on a field of war as they were unnecessary and cruel. Ferrus Manus then pointed out that the burning enemies to death with flamers, melters, and volkites, wasn't especially nice either. Vulkan was nicer, but was still a mono-dominant warlord.

* UltimateBlacksmith: The weapons/relics that he created are amongst the most powerful and sought after that the Imperium has ever had. Unlike Perturabo and Ferrus Manus, who put more emphasis on function, Vulkan could also create beautiful artifacts that were as much symbols as objects.

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