The Sundering
With Horus broken upon the Vengeful Spirit and her father broken upon the throne, Sgáthach and her Legion were faced with the uncertain future such a pyrrhic victory brought. In many ways, it is said, it would have been better - cleaner at least - had the legion perished in some great and glorious last stand, giving their lives so that the Imperium might be born anew. Instead, they survived, the ragged and bloodied legion diminished but still very present and with a reckoning to be made. Their reception was somewhat mixed. While Russ and the Khan welcomed their sister and her Legion with open arms, the Krakenborn became a thorn in the side of the forces that forged the new vision of the Imperium. Guilliman particularly disliked his rediscovered sister, his feelings born of guilt at his failure to reach Terra. For her part, Sgáthach thought her most aquiline brother pretentious and power-hungry. When Guilliman attempted to impose his Codex Astartes, she outright refused to accept it, ca...
