Having spread the Great Crusade from edge to edge of the galaxy, the Emperor suddenly decides to severely punish the legion of Word Bearers - for too slow bringing new worlds to Consent and religious worship to it. The Emperor of Mankind . For the greater persuasiveness, he orders that the city, which was the pride of the Word-bearers, be wiped out. The humiliation of the legion seriously shaken the spiritual balance of the mayor of Lorgar and directed his spiritual quest to the very edge of the material universe, where the warp seeps into the real world, where the voices of the gods are heard and you can touch the truth. This truth, unsightly and painful, will become the cradle of the Great Heresy.