019.M33-
The Ascension of Sanguinius: Led by Sanguinius, Angron, Roboute Guilliman and the Custodes, they attempt to awaken the God-Emperor.
The ceremony was held at nine o'clock in the morning, accompanied by the slowly rising sun. During the ceremony, all those present and those watching the live broadcast of the ceremony saw the figure of the archangel who was about to be sanctified.
Faintly, golden figures were looming around the altar, and many people recognized that among them were human heroes who had returned to the God-Emperor during the Great Crusade and the Great Heresy.
The believers of the state religion are full of hope and awaiting the arrival of a new era.
However, as the ceremony was about to end, Sanguinius suddenly showed signs of abnormality.
The broadcast was cut off immediately, but most of the people staring at the projection saw Sanguinius with black feathers on his back in the last frame.
At the same time, along with the change of Sanguinius, there was also the sudden madness of the Blood Angels and their successors. About half of the Blood Angels fell into extreme anger and bloodthirstiness on the day of Sanguinius's Ascension.
These insane warriors began to attack everyone they could see.
On the day of the Ascension of Saint Guillemin, most of these once glorious battle angels were invited by famous interstellar governors in nearby star fields to celebrate the festival with religious priests, local nobles, or civilians.
On those fortunate planets, those Blood Angels who had not yet fallen into madness would kill their comrades with their own hands, or commit suicide in advance before they were completely overcome by rage and bloodlust.
And on those unfortunate planets...
However, the Storm Sector, including other star regions garrisoned by the Death Guard, survived. The mad Blood Angels tried to open the cage and fight with the imprisoned Death Guard, but with the help of the Mechanicus in the nearby star region, the Death Guard controlled the Blood Angels.
Next to the Blood Angels' main fleet near the solar system, a Death Guard fleet rushed out from an unknown area. Without any hesitation, this suddenly appearing Death Guard fleet began to attack the Blood Angels.
At the same time, other legions also received warnings from the Death Guard. The Space Wolves and the White Scars were the first to respond to the Death Guard's warning and began to immediately support the star field where the Blood Angels were stationed.
On the other side, on Terra, all data related to that day was deleted, hundreds of millions of people were forced to undergo amnesia, tens of millions were executed, and three-quarters of the ships that came to make pilgrimage to Terra sank forever over Terra.
At the same time, the Bible written by Sanguinius was completely abolished.
In the next fifty years, all information about Sanguinius and the Blood Angels was erased as quickly as possible, and official prohibitions were placed on people mentioning the matter.
There is no mention of this incident on any page of information, and later historians and conspiracy theorists could only obtain sporadic information from rare rumors and the mouths of the Mechanicus or the elders of the Death Guard.
Based on Terra's response in later times, scholars have inferred that:
These brief pieces of information pieced together reveal that Sanguinius himself fell into a state of great rage and bestiality during the ceremony.
Mortarion, who was imprisoned on Terra, appeared on the altar in time, and together with Guilliman and Angron, the three Primarchs suppressed Sanguinius.
Mortarion was seriously injured - After the Ascension of Sanguinius, the ceremony of summoning the Primarch was rarely performed within the Death Guard.
Roboute Guilliman severely wounded - In the third Terran year after the Ascension of Sanguinius, the Imperial Regent died on Macragge.
The whereabouts of Angron and Sanguinius are unknown.
Assassin Court Sevatar is missing.
But according to the records of the Navigator family that month, after the Ascension Day of Sanguinius, Terra unilaterally organized a one-way fleet to Baal, and the Primarch Angron and Sanguinius may have been on that ship.
Further supporting this inference is the fact that in 021.M33, Robert Guilliman visited Baal.
From a long and macro perspective, what happened on Terra completely reversed the situation of the Human Empire, but for the humans at that time, the Blood Angels who were slaughtering crazily around them were the real source of fear.
Many star regions fell into panic as a result. Amid the silence of Terra and the sudden madness of the Blood Angels, people began to question the legitimacy of the state religion, question Sanguinius, question the other primarchs, and question the Space Marines.
At the same time, the Black Legion led by Abaddon set out from the Misty Star Region and plundered the empire.
Those Chaos Space Marines came from a more distant, darker time, reminding Mankind of the forgotten Heresy.
Originally, under the deliberate guidance of the Imperial Regent Roboute Guilliman, all records of the Heresy had been burned, except for the confidential archives on Terra.
But during this period, blasphemous materials have re-emerged like mushrooms after rain.
During this period, countless planets declared independence, either out of the need to resist the crazy Blood Angels, or because they no longer trusted the Empire, or because their devotion to the state religion was shattered.
On Terra, after hastily dealing with government affairs, the Imperial Regent Robert Guilliman immediately announced a wanted order for the Blood Angels and their successors. The army across the Empire was mobilized to wipe out the maddened angel offspring and fight against the Chaos Legion.
However, on Terra, those who witnessed Sanguinius' "ascension" began to question Guilliman's orders.
Sanguinius' "ascension" made people realize that the Primarchs were not perfect demigods, and they could become even more terrifying beings.
A huge empire is definitely not something that can be commanded and dispatched by the Primarch alone. Countless complex war notifications, logistics systems, government departments, commercial ships... these are all parts that the Primarch cannot control.
Robert Guilliman had done his best to work on this endless mountain of government affairs, but this was by no means a scale that a single Primarch could shake. Moreover, the Primarch was unaware that there were players with a higher level of skill joining the game in the corner.
Roboute Guilliman was aware of the distrust from the people, but now, the most important thing was to stop the Blood Angels from wreaking havoc within the Imperium and resist the attacks of the Chaos Legions.
020.M33-
The Final Speech: After summoning all of Terra's high-ranking officials, Imperial Regent Roberto Guilliman, despite his illness, delivered an impassioned speech intended to unite the people and take the lead in overcoming the current difficulties.
Despite the political chaos, Robert Guilliman's ability and reputation remain unquestionable, and the Imperial Regent firmly holds military power.
The objection was temporarily suppressed.
After leaving a number of Ultramarines to guard Terra, Robouti Guilliman ordered Sigismund to lead the Terran army to repel the Chaos Legion that emerged from the Segmentum Obscurus.
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Strategic Retreat: The Ecclesiarchy's army in the Storm Segmentum was still carrying out Terra's orders. After realizing the great changes on Terra, at the instruction of Vandire, the fleet retreated to the Pacific Segmentum to avoid the counterattack from the Storm Segmentum.
021.M33-
Condition: After finding out the truth about what happened in 019.M33, Robert Guilliman's physical condition deteriorated further. The heavy workload, the suspicion and distrust from mortals, and the huge self-blame were about to overwhelm the Son of God who had been working hard for thousands of years.
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Journey to Baal: In his spare time, Roboute Guilliman, along with the Custodes, took a trip to Baal. On the return journey, the Imperial Regent even received a warning from the accompanying apothecary about his health.
However, the evil hidden in the darkness finally showed its claws after Robert Guilliman arrived on Terra.
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True Impeachment: Standing beneath the shattered statue of the God-Emperor, Inquisitor Vincent, along with the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Arbitration, the Assassins' Chamber, and the Mechanicum, launches the impeachment of Roboute Guilliman.
All the high lords present used their own methods to broadcast the scene as much as possible - so that more people could see it.
Since there are too many articles of impeachment, only the ones that have the greatest impact on the Imperial Regent Robert Guilliman are excerpted here.
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Interference with the Mechanicus: The Imperium and the Mechanicus of Mars were originally in a cooperative position, but due to the interference of Roboute Guilliman and a group of Primarchs, the Mechanicus of Mars was maliciously restricted.
The Martian Fabricator-General spoke, facing Robert Guilliman, and personally tore up the religious content that he had negotiated with the Primarch Sanguinius. He questioned why the Empire interfered with the beliefs of the Mechanicus and led it astray.
Roboute Guilliman was unable to respond, as Sanguinius had indeed fallen astray.
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In order to expand the power of the Ultramarines, the resources of other legions were maliciously reduced: Based on the evidence provided by the United Assassins' Court, Vincent pointed out that over the past five hundred years, the Dark Angels had their resources cut by the Imperial Regent Guilliman for various reasons and were transferred to battlefields with intense fighting.
Roboute Guilliman was unable to respond due to his agreement with Cypher concerning his brother Lion Jonson.
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Sheltering the Death Guard: Over the past two thousand years, the taxes owed by the Death Guard in the area under their jurisdiction in the Storm Star Region have reached an alarming amount, but all of the Inquisition's accusations against the Death Guard were dismissed by Robert Guilliman.
Roboute Guilliman had given up speaking. The Primarch stood there, staring at the High Lords in front of him, with whom he had worked and discussed countless times.
Guilliman didn't understand why the High Lords came here. Did they hope to bring down a demigod? But given that he held most of the military power in the empire, this was tantamount to self-destruction.
It has nothing to do with the interests of these families or power. What exactly are they trying to do
The Primarch thought for a long time, and he just felt it was completely absurd. He sorted out every interest line and the image of every person, but he still couldn't understand why.
But at this moment, Robert Guilliman was still able to think and was not consumed by anger.
The High Lords cited countless evidences to illustrate the atrocities committed by the Primarchs.
And when the shadow of Sanguinius' Ascension Day has not yet dissipated, this kind of evidence is more like a question that people across the Empire are asking Robert Guilliman.
Finally, after the Mars Forging General withdrew and refused to testify for the high lords, the remaining high lords produced the last piece of evidence.
They rolled out a huge, ancient metal machine, and at the moment this machine was rolled out, Robert Guilliman suddenly felt something extremely uneasy.
As the servitor demonstrated, after a horn sounded, a panel on the machine fell out, and it was a very simple electronic screen.
"This is the blasphemous artifact we found in the wreckage of the fugitive Belisarius Cawl's ship."
The servant read loudly and calmly,
"We have examined the machine and found that it is a blasphemous creation simulating the personalities of Roboute Guilliman and his adoptive mother, Talasha Udon."
"We have strong evidence that Roboute Guilliman was involved in the creation of some blasphemous technology, and hoped to exploit this machine..."
For the rest, Roboute Guilliman could no longer hear anything.
He stared at the high lords and spoke slowly, interrupting the servitor's words and demonstration.
Unexpectedly, it was a rather calm, highly infectious and inspiring speech. Robert Guilliman refuted the accusations of the High Lords one by one - although a lot of language art was used in it. At the same time, Robert Guilliman accurately pointed out the intentions and interests of every High Lord present. The Imperial Regent stated calmly, questioning everyone present, why humans could not unite at such a critical time, but were still fighting each other for personal and family interests, and even fabricating false evidence for personal gain.
In fact, Robert Guilliman's words were not directed to the high lords.
He was speaking to the people who were watching the High Lords' broadcast.
At the same time, the Ultramarines under Roboute Guilliman found and cut off all signals from Terra.
Just after the last signal was cut off, Robert Guilliman, who had been speaking passionately just now, fell silent in an instant, without even finishing his words.
Roboute Guilliman felt only anger.
Boundless anger.
He looked at those people. Once upon a time, he even personally taught them how to govern. He talked with them about how to lead an empire to glory. He allowed some of their selfish desires and even thought that some of them had great potential.
The anger of being betrayed, the anger of being fooled.
Robert Guilliman didn't understand, he didn't understand, no matter why, these people standing in front of him had no reason to do so - unless they really hated the Primarch to their core - but compared to them, perhaps those whose families were killed by the Blood Angels should hate the Primarchs more.
And his soul was almost engulfed by anger.
Perhaps Sevatar had glimpsed the truth, but with Sevatar's disappearance, the last and only person who had ever seen it clearly disappeared.
Moreover, with the disappearance of Sevatar, the power of the Inquisition has already infiltrated the Assassin's Court.
But having come to this point, Guilliman no longer wanted to say anything more.
He stared at the ugly faces of the High Lords. In Roboute Guilliman's thousand-year reign, Roboute Guilliman chose to allow himself to be consumed by anger for only once.
[kill.]
Roboute Guilliman said calmly.
Beside him, the Ever-Victorious Army rushed out with swords drawn.
Roboute Guilliman drew his sword and calmly stepped forward, hacking the machine apart with his blade.
At the side, the blood from the high-collar owner's head spun and splashed on the original body's face.
A raging flame ignited in the sky above Terra.
022.M33-
Unexpected Visit: Roboute Guilliman visits Sigismund as he is slaying the Chaos Legions, handing over overall command of the Legion to the ruthless and tearless son of Dorne.
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Death: After a brief visit to the Crusade, Roboute Guilliman returned to Macragge and died on the day of his arrival beside the grave of his adoptive mother, Euden.
It should be noted that the Emperor's Thirteenth Son, Lord of Ultramar, and Imperial Regent Robert Guilliman's contribution to the Imperium of Man is indelible.
While his brothers were fighting on the battlefield, gaining the admiration and merit of the masses; while his brothers were silent in a corner, not caring about the affairs of the empire, it was Robert Guilliman who stood up and tried to run the entire huge empire on his own.
Perhaps the image of the Imperial Regent has been tarnished over the millennium, perhaps the image of the Imperial Regent is not as shining as that of his brother, perhaps the High Lord's accusation against him is not groundless,
However, without Robert Guilliman, the Imperium of Mankind would not have been able to quickly emerge from the shadow of the Great Heresy, let alone win the Beast War. Without Robert Guilliman's dispatch and command of logistics, the greenskins from the Beast War could have directly torn the Imperium apart.
If it weren't for Roboute Guilliman, the behemoth called the Empire might have already been riddled with problems.
It is also because of Robert Guilliman that, in the years when the war subsided, countless people of the Empire could enjoy the most comfortable treatment possible in their short lives - unlike his father and his father's assistant Malcador, Robert Guilliman tried his best to improve the quality of life for the children of the Empire.
And now, those who could weep for the Imperial Regent may have died in the darkness of Sanguinius' Ascension.
The fall of the last of the Emperor's children also marked the complete entry of the Age of Apostasy into the stage of mortals.
Here, heroes and villains are on the same stage, treacherous and loyal people are on the same side, and foreigners and heretics coexist.
In the long dark night, the people who had completely lost the leadership of their primarchs began to stumble around in search of their own future like newborns.
The monsters that had been hiding behind the scenes, fearing the brilliance of the demigods, also bared their fangs at the empire.
No more, yay!
Don't worry, Guilliman will definitely win the resurrection match. Maybe he is not dead. Who knows
(End of this chapter)