354. Hades is getting more confused, but Tzeentch is the only one who will have fun
Council of Nicaea.
Hades chewed on the word silently in his mind. He put on the black armor and allowed the servants to come over and wax his armor - usually Hades would refuse such behavior because it was unnecessary.
But now he was about to go to a meeting, and the emperor would obviously not be the only participant.
It took him too long to meet Angron, and the flow of time in the Maelstrom was even more chaotic. Hades did not expect that when he came out again, the history of the empire had already entered the time node of Nikea.
This meant that Hades missed Ullanor, and the coronation of the Warmaster.
Hades was not sure what the Emperor's intentions were. The Warmaster was still Horus, but from a practical point of view, it could only be Horus.
It would be difficult for other candidates to take on the leading role.
Even Hades didn't know what preparations the Emperor had made for Horus' possible fate.
Similarly, Hades was not clear about the Emperor's intentions in this Nikea Conference.
What is certain is that even in the original novel, the Emperor's intentions in Nikaea were not pure.
In the original book, the Council of Nicaea was actually a multi-party infighting and extremely chaotic meeting.
This conference was actually divided into an open and a dark side story. On the open side, people were debating, while on the dark side, undercurrents were surging.
First of all, the Primarchs and other mortal forces of the Empire discussed and voted on whether to ban the Think Tank.
Mortarion and Leman Russ are absolutely opposed to the think tank, while the rest have expressed their opinions. Angel, Fulgrim, Curze, Khan and others support the think tank.
In short, the Primarchs or their spokespersons would give a speech in the theater set up by the Emperor, trying to win votes for their own views.
But in fact... Magnus had no chance of winning this meeting. Even the Angels and Fulgrim who stood on Magnus' side were aware of this. The Emperor's attitude was ambiguous, but by no means impossible to see.
The essence of this meeting was to criticize Magnus. The think tank issue was just a small bait floating on the vast ocean of psychic topics.
but…
Hades blinked, he felt his black domain, this might be the purpose of the Emperor calling him here.
It would be simple if only the Empire participated in this meeting.
In fact, Tzeentch also showed his hand at the Council of Nikea.
First, on Magnus' side, during the halftime break when the debate was paused, Magnus experienced a strong prophecy that he did not initiate.
He foresaw the fall of Horus.
Hades wondered why Magnus's first step in foreknowing this story was to return to Prospero instead of telling the Emperor directly at the Council of Nicaea.
Maybe he realized that there was something wrong with his missing eye, and he might have done something that was not allowed by the Emperor, so he did not dare to face the Emperor.
But perhaps there is another possibility that the Emperor did not give Magnus the opportunity to talk to him at all. The Emperor directly called Magnus over and ruthlessly announced his fate, because behind the curtain, another thing happened -
The incident of the alien visitor.
But the Wild Wolves had already discovered that the alien's origins were not simple. In fact, the alien's memories of his past were distorted - he was a spy used by the Thousand Sons to spy on the Wild Wolves.
The Thousand Sons use psionic powers to warp the memories and personalities of mortals, then manipulate them to accomplish tasks they desire.
This is irrefutable evidence that the Thousand Sons have crossed the line. Once this is proven, Magnus will not be able to turn the tables at the Conference of Nikaea.
So after Wolf King Leman Russ brought the aliens to the stage, he hoped to prove that Magnus and the Thousand Sons had committed heinous crimes under the witness of Fulgrim, Chief of the Custodes Valdor, First Captain of the Death Guard Karas (Hades was not sure who Mortarion would send this time), and the Sisters of Silence.
But as expected, something unexpected happened.
As everyone went to the stage to argue with Magnus, Amon, the guard of the imperial guard who was guarding the alien Hausser, was controlled by Amon who claimed to be the attendant of the Thousand Sons Primarch.
Language has its own magic. The first name of the Guardian was Amon, and the Primarch's attendant of the Thousand Sons was also named Amon. The overlap of the names gave him the ability to temporarily control the Guardian.
Then Thousand Son Amon lied to the alien visitor Hauser and had a fight with the wild wolves and bears who discovered this. After that, the guards possessed by him fainted, and he successfully escaped from the pursuit of the guards.
First, Hades didn't know why the Guards could be controlled. Second, Hades didn't know why the Guards could let Amon escape. This incident was full of insults to the Guards. Hades said he knew nothing.
But what if the one possessing Amon the Custodian wasn't Amon the Thousand Sons? Instead, it was... a Tzeentch Daemon
Yes, Tzeentch struck again, and the Thousand Sons were really wronged this time.
The Emperor was extremely angry when he learned that the Custodians were possessed by the Thousand Sons. He finally chose to refute Magnus (who had predicted the fall of Horus with the help of Tzeentch) in front of everyone and announced a ban on the think tank.
So, then, here comes the question.
Hades sighed.
What is Tzeentch's purpose in appearing in Nikaea
The whole thing is full of strong irony, not to mention that there was Tzeentch under the emperor's nose and the emperor didn't even realize it was Tzeentch.
Let's just say that Magnus predicted the fall of Horus in front of the Emperor, but the Emperor was furious because of the "Thousand Sons" possessing the Guards. In the end, Magnus was severely warned by the Emperor, who hoped that he would stay away from psychic power.
Magnus chose not to heed the Emperor's warnings, and upon returning to Prospero, he chose to prophesy once more to see if what he had seen of Horus's fall was true, and after realising that it was, he made the psychic phone call that started the whole story.
Webway, boom!
Couldn't they have told the Emperor directly at the Council of Nicaea?! Why wait until they got back to Prospero to try to call?!
Oh, by the way, the Emperor probably couldn't trust Magnus at that time because of the Custodes.
So why were the Imperial Guards unexpectedly possessed by Tzeentch? Emperor, can't you tell that it was Tzeentch
... The Emperor, this psychic giant, is not as omnipotent as Hades imagined, or... the psychic traces of the Thousand Sons are too similar to Tzeentch, so the Emperor can't tell them apart
In any case, Hades could imagine Tzeentch laughing so hard that he almost got a stitch in the side, even though Tzeentch might not have an organ called lungs.
And, one last question.
How much does the current Emperor know, and what can Hades do at this meeting
And knowing that Hades was heading to Nikea, would Tzeentch still appear
This chapter is free of charge, it is all summary, please just take a quick look at it, there may be omissions, I have just added the Council of Nicaea.
To be honest, the Conference of Nicaea was pretty fucked up. I don’t understand it. I really don’t understand it.
(End of this chapter)