Lorgar was dead.
This Primarch, who had been among the first to rebel and had led his Legion into Chaos, had committed countless crimes against humanity and the Imperium.
He had personally orchestrated numerous major events, including corrupting Horus, betraying Guilliman during the Battle of Calth, using the Shadow Crusade to prevent the Ultramarines, Dark Angels, and Blood Angels from returning to Terra, and ambushing Vulkan during the Ork Wars.
The Imperium regarded Lorgar and his Word Bearers as a grave threat. Yet although Lorgar had suffered several setbacks, he had always managed to rise again and remain active on every front.
Setting aside Lorgar's other abilities, his tireless resilience in disgustingly tormenting the Imperium of Man was unquestionably unmatched among all the traitor Primarchs.
Coupled with this Daemon Primarch's consistently cowardly and cautious style, truly stamping out this threat had been nearly impossible for the Imperium.
Not even Russ had expected an enemy as stubborn as chewing gum to die so hastily at the hands of Be'lakor, blessed by all four gods.
Had Lorgar not been gravely wounded in his battle with Leman Russ, had he been more wary and cautious toward Be'lakor, even one chosen by all four gods might not have been able to keep the great Word Bearer, renowned for his means of survival.
But unfortunately, reality had no ifs. No one could rewrite what had already happened.
Lorgar could have followed Abaddon and Omegon through the inter-universal passage and ventured into a new world, but he had chosen to remain behind and disgust the Imperium of Man. Thus, he had earned this outcome.
Lorgar's complete death brought Leman Russ not the satisfaction he had imagined, but an indescribably complicated emotion.
Seeing his deeply hated traitor brother meet such an utterly humiliating end stirred an inexplicable