Yvraine had originally believed that the Imperium of Man should be chosen as an ally.
But after Malcador took power, she temporarily abandoned that idea.
In her view, everyone had been deceived by that old fox Malcador, including the primarchs. The one who had imposed the harshest restrictions on the primarchs was not the primarchs themselves, but Malcador, a human.
He truly was the person The Emperor trusted most, as well as the first Regent at The Emperor's side. Yet everything this man did was for humanity's future, for humanity itself. His attitude toward the primarchs was almost identical to The Emperor's. Nearly all the primarchs and the Legions beneath them were merely pieces in humanity's restoration.
And one decision by that old man had nearly brought about the division of the entire Imperium.
Malcador had used some secret technique to directly erase every trace connected to two Space Marine Legions.
And that was also what sparked the other primarchs' fury, leading to the eventual Horus Heresy.
Now that Malcador had returned, he was like a ticking bomb. To the Imperium, he was an extremely dangerous ticking bomb. Chaos had used this to trigger one Horus Heresy, so it could use it to trigger another.
So on the surface, the Imperium had become united and tightly knit because of Malcador's return.
But Malcador himself probably understood perfectly well that whatever his reasons had been, the fact that he had personally erased two Space Marine Legions could never be washed away.
And this would inevitably breed dissatisfaction among the Chapters, perhaps even causing conflict and distrust to erupt between them once more.
These Astartes warriors believed Malcador stood on their side, which was why they had praised his return and supported his becoming Regent of the Imperium. But once they learned