Guilliman's actions swept across the entire Imperium of Man like a storm.
Countless people were shaken.
Those families and factions that had intended to test the Primarch all fell silent.
No one dared challenge a Primarch's wrath—at least, no one dared do so openly.
A brand-new Penal Legion departed from the Natal System and would be sent to the Imperium's most brutal battlefields.
Every member of the Penal Legion was a noble's child judged guilty. They would wash away their fathers' sins in blood and fire.
The downfall of the Natal System's noble factions and the purge of its bureaucratic institutions did not cause any unrest.
Well prepared, Guilliman ordered Yashiri's team to take over the Natal System's governance and keep its government functioning normally.
After dealing with all this, he set out.
He planned to head for the Konor System, join forces with the other Loyalist factions, and begin the next phase of the expedition.
The Konor System was an important Industrial World of Ultramar and also a frontier system among Ultramar's Five Hundred Worlds.
The Loyalists departed from Macragge along different routes, eventually converging on the Konor System to purge the non-human forces from Ultramar's Five Hundred Worlds and establish a secure rear area.
It was worth noting that Konor was also the name of Guilliman's foster father.
Compared to the unhappy childhoods of the other Primarchs, Guilliman had been adopted by Konor, the planetary governor of Macragge, from a young age.
Konor governed Macragge well.
His advocacy of public welfare and active promotion of reforms such as meritocracy had a profound influence on the Primarch. Those ideas remained with Guilliman throughout his life.
Guilliman was the only Primarch who had grown up with both parents alive.
His father did not die in a rebellion until after Guilliman