The Zealous Legions

The Imperial Fists Legion is thought to have also been subtly employed by the Emperor to combat Daemonology. The nature of the Imperial Fists is one of?stoic adherence to duty, a zealous loyalty engineered into the core of their genetic code, steeling them against corruption. Though they are known to be His consummate defenders, their purpose may have been to defend more than His walls, but also the soul of?the Imperium. For much of?the Great Crusade, the Emperor kept the VIIth Legion and their Primarch, Rogal Dorn, close to His side. Unlike his brother Magnus, Dorn could not be easily swayed to seek knowledge for its own sake, instead he was trusted to exercise restraint and caution in his studies. For this reason, it is rumoured that the Emperor, over a period of decades, shared secrets with Rogal Dorn which but a few individuals were privy to; allowing the Praetorian to better understand the need for the Imperial Truth and the urgency with which the true enemy must be combatted.

人們認(rèn)為帝皇也會(huì)巧妙地部署帝國之拳軍團(tuán)來對(duì)抗惡魔。帝國之拳的天性就是堅(jiān)韌不拔得堅(jiān)守職責(zé)，這種狂熱忠誠被設(shè)定在他們基因編碼的核心中，讓它們?cè)趯?duì)抗腐化時(shí)如同鋼鐵般堅(jiān)毅。盡管帝國之拳是作為帝國完美的防御者而著稱，但他們的目標(biāo)可能不僅僅是保衛(wèi)帝國外在的城墻，更是要保衛(wèi)帝國內(nèi)在的靈魂。在大遠(yuǎn)征的大多數(shù)時(shí)期，帝皇都能第七軍團(tuán)和他們的原體羅格 多恩緊靠在自己身邊。不同于自己的兄弟馬格努斯，多恩不會(huì)純粹為了收集知識(shí)本身而去訪求學(xué)識(shí)，恰恰相反，人們想象他在學(xué)習(xí)中保持了克制和謹(jǐn)慎。因此有傳言稱：帝皇在數(shù)十年的時(shí)間里與多恩分享了某些（只有）極少數(shù)人才有權(quán)知曉的秘密，這讓多恩——帝國的禁衛(wèi)總管明白了帝國真理的必要性和帝國必須與真正的大敵進(jìn)行作戰(zhàn)的緊迫性

During the Great Crusade, the Imperial Fists came to uphold the Imperial Truth?with a passionate zeal. As they encountered sorcerers and preachers of?the profane, they understood and were able to identify their enemy's weaknesses, pioneering the use of an arsenal of?psyarkana devices capable of combatting the influence of the Warp. Throughout the course of the Great Crusade, Rogal Dorn accumulated one of the Imperium's greatest repositories of?the arcane within the vast vaults of Phalanx, a valuable resource kept hidden from his brothers which, though he was reticent to employ it, was of great use during the Siege of?Terra.

在大遠(yuǎn)征時(shí)期，帝國之拳狂熱地堅(jiān)持帝國真理。當(dāng)他們?cè)庥龅轿讕熀蛪櫬浣塘x的傳播者時(shí)，他們明白敵人的弱點(diǎn)是什么，并且能夠?qū)⑵浞直娉?；他們開拓性地使用能夠?qū)箒喛臻g影響的靈能裝置秘寶來對(duì)付此類敵人。在整場大遠(yuǎn)征當(dāng)中，羅格 多恩在山陣號(hào)巨大的倉庫中積累起了帝國最強(qiáng)大的奧術(shù)（設(shè)備）庫存之一。多恩將這批寶貴的資源對(duì)兄弟們隱藏起來，盡管他并不愿意使用這些設(shè)備，但這些資源在泰拉圍城時(shí)期仍然非常有用。

The Death Guard too played a role in enforcing the Imperial Truth. Mortarion, in his hatred of?the Outsider and its sorcery, actively sought out worlds tainted by what he perceived to be the foul influence of?the Warp. On these worlds he acted not as the Liberator of Barbarus, but as a Reaper, the Death Lord come at the head of a host of the XIVth Legion's Destroyers to harvest the souls of those he saw as diseased. Mortarion's warriors were among the first to make widespread use of?the bale flamer and so called psyk-out or psi-reactive munitions. The taint of?warp magick was to Mortarion the most terminal and incurable of contagions, and was a sickening blight, relentlessly in need of?eradication.

死亡守衛(wèi)軍團(tuán)也承擔(dān)了強(qiáng)制推行帝國真理的職責(zé)。莫塔里安痛恨著異類者和他們的巫術(shù)，他積極地尋找著那些被他視為遭到了亞空間腐化影響污染的世界。在這些世界上，他所充當(dāng)?shù)牟辉偈前桶汪斔沟慕夥耪撸鞘崭钫摺劳鲱I(lǐng)主本人一馬當(dāng)先，率領(lǐng)第十四軍團(tuán)的毀滅者部隊(duì)收割著他眼中那些病態(tài)者們的靈魂。第一批廣泛使用災(zāi)厄火焰噴射器和所謂驅(qū)靈或靈能反應(yīng)彈藥的星際戰(zhàn)士中，就有莫塔里安麾下的戰(zhàn)士們。對(duì)莫塔里安而言，亞空間妖術(shù)的污染是病入膏肓且無法治愈的傳染病，而且這是一種令人作嘔的枯萎病，需要無情地加以根除。