Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

These two comments about Calvin are naturally mostly made up of jokes and should not be taken seriously.

Not to mention that the former's position as "Imperial Regent" has long been firmly established by Guilliman and countless Smurfs from the five hundred worlds of Ultramar;

Shan said that his identity was not even certified by the emperor, and he did not have the merits of the former. How could Gal's diploma qualify him to touch that position?

Taking a step back, is it really as glamorous as it appears on the surface, where one person seems to be subordinate to ten thousand people, and he is in charge of the overall situation and decides on all matters in the empire?

Not necessarily?

Otherwise, those primarchs back then. Before everyone left the center of the imperial political stage, why didn't anyone show interest in that position?

Even if it is not for their own ambitions, the Primarchs must at least regard themselves as masters and fight for their responsibilities and missions and their different views on the future of the empire, right?

No, it’s just that Volcan, the Lord of Fire Dragons, didn’t fight because of his own personality.

What about Dorne? As the Lord of the 7th Legion of the Emperor's Guards in addition to the Praetorian Guards, he is the genetic father of the Imperial Fists who defend the Emperor's will and defend Terra.

Dorn didn't argue either, which is very intriguing.

Calvin had his own understanding of this, and the powerful "Imperial Regent" had never been among his goals.

In his view, each Primarch possessed a plurality of excellences similar to those of the Emperor in some aspect, and these qualities could also be seen in their brothers;

And it is precisely these multiple characteristics each possessed within the Primarch that ultimately constitute the overall ability of each Primarch that cannot be copied.

For example, Lorgar and Magnus, although they also possess psychic powers, other characteristics distinguish the two;

The former also has operational capabilities second only to Guilliman, allowing the Word Bearers to have numbers and war potential second only to the Ultramarines before their rebellion;

The latter is similar to Angron before his complete collapse. He is the most talented general among all the Primarchs.

What about Faenus and Perturabo, two men who claim to be steel?

Such similar but different cases are numerous among the 18 known primarchs;

This was decided by the Emperor based on their different responsibilities during the Great Crusade.

And Calvin also came to the final conclusion through occasional thinking:

The special position of Imperial Regent must and can only be held by Guilliman.

Other Primarchs may be able to fulfill the basic functions of this position, but if you want to maximize the value of this position, it must be Guilliman himself.

Calvin naturally had his own mission, his own.

He knew that his birth was completely different from the 20 brothers before him in terms of historical background.

So in his case, after the Emperor lowered his bet, the victory he hoped to see would naturally be different.

What is he?

Or to be more precise, what is a Gray Knight?

Is it just the secret weapon of the Inquisition?

Or is it the Imperium's desperate resistance to the gods and demons of the Warp?

Or are they just a reflection of some of the Emperor's nostalgia for the Legion days?

neither!

The true value of the Gray Knights is that they are all crafted by the Emperor himself;

In that every one of their souls is confirmed pure;

The reason is that they are the emperor who has realized that it is impossible for humans to bypass the subspace and develop independently, and they are the last attempt to determine the fate of the human race!

They are much more than just the demonic guardians of the empire!

Like the Imperial Guards who have been personally trained by the Emperor himself, they are also a template for the Emperor's future human race, and naturally represent another direction of human evolution.

The difference between the two is that the former has been proven to have failed and has no real chance of promotion;

This is the reason why the Custodes Guards, who hated the Astartes because of the Great Rebellion, have a completely opposite attitude towards the Gray Knights;

This is also the reason why they have complicated feelings towards the Gray Knights as human templates created by the Emperor himself!

Calvin should not just focus on this. The Empire, a product that has been abandoned by the Emperor in a certain sense, is doomed to fail.

How to lead the Gray Knights out of the embarrassment of extinction and ensure the basic survival of mankind on the basis of expanding their numbers is his basic responsibility;

He has already accomplished this.

And put more energy into the Gray Knights' plate to explore, activate and fulfill the foundation left by the Emperor on the Gray Knights;

It is his mission to open up another path for the ascension of the entire human race!

This position of "regent" is left to Guilliman.

Calvin believed that his brother, who also had great ambitions and had many backup plans, would one day return to the imperial stage.

The foundation of the empire still needs his protection and operation. As for Calvin, he has his own way to go.

The above is the refutation of the second sentence of his evaluation of the work results of the all-pervasive agents of the Inquisition.

As for the evaluation of Calvin in the first sentence that he was “not lucky”, Calvin did not deny it.

Respecting the rules of the game and making good use of them is the foundation of the national culture where he was born in his previous life.

He has always been proud of this, and hopes to be like the country in his previous life, using his own wisdom to follow other people's rules, and ultimately achieve a victory that even the creators of the rules can hardly deny.

The foresight of the veterans in the Council of Grand Masters coincides with Calvin's views.

The convergence of values ​​represented by the two's acting styles can be regarded as a great surprise in the eyes of both parties;

Consider the negative examples from history, those Primarchs who did not recognize the style of their Legion and the tragic fate of their Legions.

Both the elders in the Council of Grand Masters and Calvin himself were extremely grateful for each other's existence.

A Primarch who has never participated in the establishment of the legion, but is consistent with the natural temperament of his legion;

I have to say that this is the luck of the Gray Knights and the great luck of the empire.

This is how they act, and the two sides of order are also fully reflected.

In the battle with demons, they burned away the filth like the fiercest flames;

And behind the patience of making full use of the rules within the system and playing steadily, there is the calmness of never leaving the situation to fate.

It was definitely not a coincidence. Calvin looked at these two words on the parchment and smiled silently.

And through his real-time link to the psychic network, all the Gray Knights saw this information immediately.

This kind of alternative "praise" made these Gray Knights feel happy, and also made other people near them feel a little clue.

But these eyes with hidden questions cannot stop them from happily "communicating".

Such is the case on the Revenant Redeemer, where activity lurks within the silence.

In the busy crowd of the headquarters, every time two or more Gray Knights meet again, their eyes and psychic abilities bypass those mortal senses. Under the seemingly serious silence, there is extremely lively internal communication:

"Hey! The boss has posted again, have you read it?"