No quote pyramids please, for it supposedly angers the forum software which in turn summons the wrath of The Toad.
EDIT: in other news, a new 40K novel came out recently, and I heard somewhere that it contains some... ah,
surprising new lore. Didn't know what to make of it, so did a quick search, and, well...
The background on unification was neat. A brief summary of some of Malcador's claims, although bear in mind that they are not necessarily true:
Claims to be 6718 years old. Knows down to the second
Emperor wasn't known as the Emperor until he met Malcador. He was just the greatest of the warlords on Terra
the Sigillites were an order dedicated to remembering or preserving
Malcador's contribution to the Emperor was telling him why all other regimes/nations/etc had failed.
Claims the Emperor told him Unification would have been impossible without him
Fought at the Emperor's side many times
Claims to have manipulated the Primarchs to turn on each other and Big E from the moment of their rediscovery. Also says this was no harder than playing chess. Quote: “We wanted the Primarchs to turn against one another. Against their father. Be assured, we maneuvered each of them from the moment of their rediscovery, pitting them against one another, stoking their brotherly rivalries with His unequal favor.”
“Those who could not be managed- well, they would never reach the endgame.” Could be a nod to lost Primarchs? Who knows.
“The Imperium is not for the post-humans, but for mankind.”
Claims his failure was in underestimating the true enemy (Chaos) and that the war began before they were ready
Narrator states that he could remember the details of all the sunrises he's ever seen.
Speaking to the Aquila after Sibil's death: “You promised me it wouldn’t be like this. I lie to them to spare their sorrow, even as I envy their mortality, and it breaks my heart.”
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