Every legion longs for its own Gene-Father. There is no doubt that only the legion with the return of Primarch can be called a complete legion.
But for Death Guard, the return of Primarch is a good thing, and it may also be a bad thing.
Don't think that in the grand ceremony just now, Dusk Raiders became Death Guard. This is all because Emperor and Hogg were present.
After all, this group of veterans from Terra have experienced countless wars and have been following Emperor in battles during Great Crusade. They can often see Master of Mankind who they are fighting for.
As the Space Marine regiment often commanded by Emperor, Dusk Raiders has achieved outstanding results. They have received too many honors. Some soldiers have even experienced nearly a hundred years of war and have already followed in Emperor's footsteps when they regained Terra.
Therefore, they who have been bathing in the glory of Emperor feel that it does not matter without Primarch. Even some extreme warriors believe that they will be better without Primarch.
For them, Primarch is just a genetic father. Even if the desire is real, it does not mean that they can accept him, just like his trumpet Plankton.
Only when Mortarion truly surrenders them, will Dusk Raiders truly become Death Guard and become a sharp sickle in his hands.
This is a reaction from some legion veterans to the return of Primarch.
The other is like Iron Warriors of Perturabo, and War Hounds of Angron, who have unconditional trust in Primarch of their own legion.
This is why, even if Plankton does Decimation to his own heirs; War Hounds voluntarily nails Butcher's Nails, this kind of weird operation will still happen.
Of course Blackwatch is special. This group of bastards have been fishing during Great Crusade. Although due to Hogg "Outworld Wanderer" their strength is not weak and they have fought many tough battles.
High-speed regeneration and Warp resistance, such good combat talents make them interested in picking up garbage and transporting supplies.
Therefore, even though most of the legions are familiar with them, for legionnaires whose lives are based on performance and glory, these little cousins who like to run around and have dirty little hands are not popular.
This made Hogg very doubtful whether they were his cubs. After all, he considered himself to be brave, elegant and easy-going.
So Blackwatch didn't have any dissatisfaction when welcoming Primarch's return, and rolled smoothly to Hogg's feet. At the same time, he was afraid that Hogg would not want them.
Now Mortarion, who has just returned, is facing this problem, but he is not fighting alone.
Having anticipated this situation for a long time, Hogg vaccinated him in advance. Let Blackwatch's soldiers play XIV Legion, and let Mortarion become familiar with the operation.
Blackwatch's soldiers lived up to expectations and made things difficult for him, which gave Mortarion sufficient plans.
At the same time, Hogg also improved his acting skills for his little brother who had little social experience. If he was not qualified, he would not be allowed to eat. He successfully allowed Mortarion to pretend to be a qualified Primarch.
After all, without the experience of building a team in Barbarus and fighting with his Xenos adoptive father for several years, young Mortarion really can't defeat those Terra veterans.
Feeling that it was my brother who had prepared everything for himself, Mortarion started his performance these days.
"Father? Father! Are you listening?"
"Well, I heard it, but I was thinking. Good job Garro."
On the first day after returning to the legion, Mortarion reassigned Space Marine within the legion and divided the entire legion into seven large companies. New company commanders are being selected these days.
He could clearly feel that most of the veterans were observing him, but he was not the same.
Mortarion looked at the legion report in his hand. It was all filled with the names of Terra veterans, and the seven candidates for company commander were all the names of former company commanders.
This is a test for themselves, they just want to see if they can control Death Guard.
Mortarion directly picked up the quill pen and crossed out 5 names, leaving only two fairly honest people, and the rest were directly assigned to the assault company.
As the saying goes, kindness does not control soldiers, Mortarion is not a pedantic person, he gave these thorny people a chance, as long as they bow to him, they can still become company commanders.
If they do not cherish this opportunity, they will enter the most brutal battlefield and make their final contribution to the legion.
At the same time, Mortarion also found a few young men within the legion to serve as new company commanders. He gathered the outstanding ones among them to form his own Primarch guard. He had already thought of a name and called it Deathshroud.
Facing the return of Primarch, Garro, who is the youngest and the most junior, was chosen to contact Mortarion. The good news is that according to his observation, Primarch is very capable, but the bad news is that he is a bit too skilled.
In this regard, Garro believed that this must be the power of Emperor. According to the data, Mortarion had been imprisoned by Xenos before and had just escaped not long ago.
It was impossible to have access to so much information during this period, and it was impossible to understand the legion's tricks so well, so this must have been taught to him by Emperor.
At the ceremony, Emperor also fully demonstrated the importance he attached to his son. In addition, the Blackwatch who had been gathering next to Endurance in the past few days also showed Hogg's support for his brother.
Garro feels that it is time to let Mortarion know his purpose. He does not want Primarch to be suspicious of him in the future. After all, Mortarion just crossed out all the candidates.
He Garro can be sacrificed for Imperium, but he should not be treated as a filler baby and become a meaningless consumable.
"Father, I have something to tell you. I..."
Mortarion directly interrupted Garro, took out the form he had just signed and handed it to him, in which the company commander of Seventh Company has not yet been determined.
Looking at the document in his hand, Garro understood that his previous tests were meaningless, and Primarch had already seen their little tricks.
Just when he was so nervous that he was about to sweat, Mortarion handed him a quill. What followed were Primarch's sincere words:
"Sign your name, Garro. You are a loyal enough person, but I hope your loyalty is to me. I am very satisfied to have you by my side these days.
I don't care about their little moves, it's meaningless, I just want to control my legion as soon as possible, after all, I still have a revenge to solve, make your choice, my heir."
A kind of shame rippled in Garro's heart. He understood that other people's tricks were meaningless. Even after being transformed into Superman, they were still children playing around in front of Primarch.
Picking up the quill, Garro simply signed his name on the document and became the company commander of the 7th company.
He respectfully called Mortarion "Father."
Mortarion, who has completed control of the legion, is no longer willing to wait any longer. He will start his revenge today.
A girl asked me to go hiking, but she was so lazy! Oh, I hope I can reach the top of the mountain before noon.