...Why do I still live?... 

...What more do you want from me?... 

...I gave everything I had to you, to them... 

...Look what they've made of our dream... 

...This bloated, rotting carcass of an empire is driven not by reason and hope but by fear, 

...hate and ignorance... 

...Better that we had all burned in the fires of Horus' ambition than live to see this...

* * * *

...They shall be pure of heart and strong of body, 

...untainted by doubt and unsullied by self-aggrandisement... 

...They will be bright stars upon the firmament of battle, 

...angels of death whose shining wings bring swift annihilation to the enemies of Man... 

...So it shall be for a thousand times a thousand years, 

unto the very end of eternity and the extinction of mortal flesh...

...The warrior who acts out of honour cannot fail... 

...His duty is honour itself... 

...Even his death -- if it is honourable -- is a reward and can be no failure, 

...for it has come through duty... 

...Seek honour as you act, therefore, and you will know no fear...

...Each of you will become a leader, 

...a ruler, 

...the master of your world... 

...and when there is no more fighting to be done,

...you will bend your talents to order, 

...governance and culture...

...so that the Imperium will stand eternal...

- Roboute Guilliman -