eunited with the Emperor, and at the head of the Word Bearers Legion, Lorgar Aurelian conquered not simply through strategy, overmatching power, or simple brute violence, but by the subtle craft of exaltation, liberation and example. In his literal interpretation of the meaning of the Great Crusade, however, he and his Legion strayed from the path that had been laid for them.

For his failings, Lorgar received disdain, contempt, and censure from his siblings and father. His greatest success, the city of Monarchia, built as a shrine to the Emperor, was rendered to dust and ashes at