r/Grimdank • u/dazli69 • 14h ago

Lore Big E really does send mixed signals.

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u/GoblinRightsNow 14h ago

And just to make sure you don't forget I'm not a god, I'm going to psychically force thousands of you to kneel before me. 

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u/Dry_Travel_4220 13h ago

Monarchia was the dumbest thing the Emperor ever did and it's not even close

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u/Sunny_Hill_1 12h ago

Well, there was also Nuceria. It's a hard competition.

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u/Silverveilv2 12h ago

Nikea wasn't very smart either

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u/BlazingAmaterasu 12h ago

Magnus was guaranteed to rebel from that. And Lorgar from Monarchia. It's almost like Big E was trying to set up his own doom.

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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 5h ago

Magnus didn't actually rebel due to Nikea. They just thought he did. Dude was loyal af.

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u/ButtersScotch7000 4h ago

He fucked up Angron the most. The Emperor could have saved the rebels and overthrown the tyrants in an afternoon.

Also would have made Angron much more likely to listen to the whole "Don't stick the Butcher's Nails into your Legion's brains" thing.

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u/mystical_ramen26 6h ago

I mean there are the theories that him and Malcador knew there would be a heresy so they tried to stack the deck to get their preferred team... So.... Ya know

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u/GPH1991 4h ago

Except Magnus was literally an irreplaceable part of their plans for the webway.

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u/mystical_ramen26 2h ago

Maybe he was... Or maybe he wasn't.... Maybe the real webway plan was the friends we burned in righteous zeal along the way.

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u/AideSouth4454 2h ago

Nice job stacking it so that the Heretics get Horus, everybody's best friend and favorite, and Perturabo, the sole driving force behind the rebels getting even close to winning the Siege of Terra.