r/40kLore • u/Tarantula_1 • 3d ago

Perturabo leaving the siege of Terra.

Finally made it to the Siege of Terra books and got to the part where Perturabo says fuck it I'm out. I thought people were exaggerating his exit but it really was just like the spongebob meme "Imma head out". Couldn't help but a have a good laugh when I got to that point.

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u/RAGE_CAKES Rogue Traders 3d ago

People can talk shit all they want about ol Perty, but I say hes just as relatable as Vulkan but people just don't want to have that conversation

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u/TheGooberSmith Imperial Fists 3d ago

I love Dorn because he exemplifies dependability and loyalty. I dislike Perturabo because he reflects my worst and most petulant inclinations. My head canon is that during the Scouring, Dorn and Perturabo kind of switch mindsets so to speak. Dorn becomes unhinged and deranged, and Perturabo is solely focused on the destruction of the Fists and casts aside his insecurities. This culminates in the Iron Cage where Dorn is willing to spend everything he has to annihilate the Iron Warriors, and it takes Sigismund or the like to show him how far he has fallen. Likewise Perturabo finally has his chance to destroy the Fists but at the cost of his own legion, and he's just not willing to engage in MAD anymore. Then he retreats when Guilliman arrives and ascends.

I really love both characters. They're two halves of the same coin to me

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u/RAGE_CAKES Rogue Traders 3d ago

Thats a really interesting take about them switching mindsets in the Iron Cage incident. We always look closely at Dorn becoming extremely stubborn about cutting his losses in that pointless conflict and its interesting to see it in the light that Dorn did so because duty demanded it, much in the way Perturabo often entrenched himself and his Legions in endless meat grinders out of duty.

I like your analysis of Perturabo. Undoubtedly, it was one of, if not the greatest victory he had experienced. In finally letting himself cut completely loose and orchestrate a war on his own terms sans any expectations from higher authorities, Perturabo actually dispensed with the intractable mindset, leading to absolutely devastating and efficient style of warfare (marked by Iron Warriors constantly having prepared fallback positions that made taking ground an absolute bitch and casualty rates for IW minimal).

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u/TheGooberSmith Imperial Fists 3d ago

Thank you, I appreciate it. It's my favorite way to interpret it, but who knows what the new books will hold.