The Terminus Decree

THE TERMINUS DECREE Held in a simple wooden box that only the Supreme Grand Master may open, the Terminus Decree details the Emperor’s final command to the Grey Knights Chapter. The Master of Mankind can never be allowed to leave the Golden Throne — either returned to life, reborn in another’s body or ascend as some kind of Warp entity — and if he does, the Grey Knights must return him to his terrible duty. Indeed, they were created with the possibility of this event in mind, a task beyond the abilities of any other force in the Imperium. The Decree offers no guidance on how such feats might be achieved, for it is neither a weapon nor a magic formula. Rather, the Grey Knights would themselves be the weapon on such a desperate day, one that would likely have to cut a path through the ranks of the Custodian Guard and many others to see its duty done.

A page from Warhammer 40,000 describes the Terminus Decree, a secret order kept in a wooden box for the Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights. It states that if the Emperor ever leaves the Golden Throne, the Grey Knights must kill or return him to his duty, even if that means fighting through the Custodian Guard. The joke is the absurdly extreme contingency plan and the grim implication that the Emperor’s own elite defenders may have to destroy him. EN: A page from Warhammer 40,000 describes the Terminus Decree, a secret order kept in a wooden box for the Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights. It states that if the Emperor ever leaves the Golden Throne, the Grey Knights must kill or return him to his duty, even if that means fighting through the Custodian Guard. The joke is the absurdly extreme contingency plan and the grim implication that the Emperor’s own elite defenders may have to destroy him.

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