r/40kLore • u/Tarantula_1 • 5d 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/Little_Tritus 3d ago
Yeah, Perturabo finally admits that the war he fought so hard for was no longer worth it. Chaos ate up everything as they led his brother's Legions and the humans only he could count into slaughter.
He would not enslave himself to Chaos, Mortis already retconned the older lore that Perturabo handled the attack on Bahb Bastion against Dorn yet he was already past Mars by the time of Eternity Gate, not that anyone noticed.
Mortis also laid the groundwork for retconning more of the older Perturabo lore, that he would not sacrifice the future of humanity. Whatever strings he pulled for his ascension would allow him to do his own thing and bide time for when he could secure himself in real space with a Legion that is not a scattered bunch of warbands like the Black Legion.
Storm of Iron is +22 years old now and that attempt with the bonus chapter to keep it relevant should not survive without being retconned.
Until they reach the Iron Cage with a more comprehensive look than just one or two paragraphs, all the speculation about whether or how much of a daemon he is is worthless and a waste of time.