Tzeentch Deserved to Be Torn to Pieces!!!

The Lord Inquisitor swept his gaze over every high-backed chair. His face was cold, his voice calm as he recited the statutes:

"Treason is an absolute crime. Anyone who takes up arms against the Imperium's rule, or turns from the Emperor's light to join xenos, heretics, or rebels, commits treason. There is no pardon for treason. The sentence is Excommunicate Traitoris: the destruction of the body and Gene-seed, the permanent erasure of the Chapter's designation, the sealing of its archives, and its removal from history."

These were explicit provisions of Imperial law, not his personal desires.

Somewhere beyond his understanding, a voice told him that only by doing this could he save the Imperium, give its future hope, and redeem its sins.

He firmly believed he had received a revelation from the Emperor.

Wasn't it obvious? The Emperor wanted traitors dead.

"Whether they were deceived or rebelled of their own will, the two Chapters caused casualties among loyal Imperial soldiers and civilians. That is an objective fact. Subjective intent cannot erase it."

"If we leave them unpunished and set a precedent for offsetting crimes with merit, other Astartes will follow their example. Rebellion will become something they can survive, and the Imperium will descend into chaos."

"Therefore, the Inquisition proposes this sentence: the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors shall be declared Excommunicate Traitoris. Every member shall be killed, their Gene-seed destroyed, and their Chapter designations permanently erased. None shall be spared."

"—!!!"

A few stifled gasps rose from below.

After that declaration, today's High Lords Council meeting was unlikely to reach any other conclusion.

If the punishment for treason could be reduced,

then Imperial law had room for compromise.

That could never be allowed.

They could not set a precedent for pardoning treason. If its punishment could be lightened, the next