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Raven Guard Marine

#1. They joke bitterly that their Blood rituals are "based on Codex Astartes". (I'm almost positive this is like their internal meme at this point.)

He is the embodiment of "I'm just a girl 😳", like everything he does serves two purposes:

1. Achieving his larger goals by any means necessary

2. Ensuring nobody thinks he's the piece of shit behind the "by any means necessary" part

At first I wasn't crazy about Erebus as a character; I dislike it when an author portrays a manipulative person as nakedly duplicitous. That's not how manipulators work, they succeed because they maintain an innocent public image so that their schemes largely fly under the radar. Like yeah right the least trustworthy guy in every room is pulling the wool over people's eyes.

Then you realize that Lorgar is the ultimate manipulator and he is maintaining an innocent public image by hiding behind Erebus as his slimy scapegoat. He's such a good guy, he's just trying to do the right thing, it's not his fault if two scummy lil goons talked him into doing something reprehensible. It works so well.

He's practically sitting there, Erebus and Kor Phaeron whispering in his ears, like "Ah jeez I dunno, I mean I guess I'll do the fucked up thing if you insist, gosh, I'm just a little pawn whose hand is being forced, don't be mad at me nooo"

The majority of the time, Lorgar is actively playing this role as a manipulated, subservient son blinded by misplaced devotion to his abusive foster father, like he'll encourage that power dynamic by telling Kor Phaeron to never call him "sire"