*Slight Addendum* : So I was wrong in that Cyrene was _not_ the sole survivor of Monarchia's destruction, but one of only a handful. My mistake. Also apologies if my voice sounds slightly off, I was dealing with a throat infection at the time. Also, turns out she turns up within the novel "Mortis". Bugger.

I think this in a way proves marines are still human when they literally have a confessor to just let it all out

Another possibility is that Cyrene is a Dark Council member, or is the only soul to be in the presence of Lorgar during his self imposed isolation after the events with Corax and Guilliman.

The Emperor at Monarchia: “Better a thousand innocents die, than to let a single religious man escape.” Not-Inquisitors: “You said it, My God-Emp- I mean, Man-Emperor!”

I think that in a few years time, this question will be asked at a black library open day and the response will be " Shit, forgot about her!"

2:19 Going off the account of the destruction of Monarchia as set out in _The First Heretic,_ the Smurfs gave the inhabitants of the city a week to evacuate before destroying it, so Cyrene was _not_ the sole survivor

I think she ended up in Trazyn the Infinite's shenanigans.

My head canon is that Cyrene and Argel Tal are, currently, hanging out with Sanguinius and Celestine in the Emperor's Palace in the Warp, feasting and drinking with them and their fallen captains, chapter masters, sisters superior, and cannonesses, while they watch the events of the galaxy unfold. As for the Cabal thing, she's probably dead.

She was also pretty close to Kharne so that's a possibility though my gut tells me she's just the sort of thing Trayzn would love to add to his collection.

Cyrene is Kara Swole. She spent millennia being the carefree young woman she missed out on being, making a living as an acrobat, moving from planet to planet so as not to arouse suspicion and to see the galaxy. Over the years she started to come to terms with what the Emperor did at Monarchia and to see how evil the forces of Chaos were. Nine thousand years or so after the events of the Horus Heresy she feels like it's time to do something meaningful with her life and joins up with the Inquisition when the opportunity comes along. Being 10,000 years old she's still cynical and lukewarm about the Imperium and the Emperor, which is why she joins up with the WORST. INQUISITOR. EVER. Gregor "Perry Mason" Eisenhorn and then Gideon "Wheels" Ravenor.

Cool another crazy lady that some Chaos boys like. My favorite one is the World Eater's ship captain

She was given the emperor’s blessing.

The Blood ravens acquired her

I don't know lord inquisitor. But that seems strange to know about her fate...

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Amazing video! I read the first heretic and got obsessed with the word bearers for some time, so it's nice to learn more about Cyrene

During the Novel Slaves to Darkness there was a cultist leader who spoke to Lliac during the novel eventually pushing him against Lorgar and warned Horus of Lorgar’s attempted coup. I have a feeling it was Cyrene mainly due to both characters providing council to important members of the Word Bearers and the cult leader did remind me of Cyrene. It’s never stated in the novel who the cultist actually was as she faked her identity when she first met Lliac in the novel.

My biggest issue with this theory is that Malcador supposedly selected the first 4 Inquisitors that stood in the throne room before The Emperor at the siege of Terra. If she had been a major advisor of the Word Bearers and a Chaos cultist why would Malcador choose her to be a loyal Inquisitor, especially since in the story so far she has no indication of redeeming herself to The Emperor's side?

Orders the unnecessary destruction of the prosperous and peaceful world of Monarchia just because he wants to send a message against those he deems dissidents of his Empire, which only fuels outright rebellion and civil war against him... has the Emperor been taking lessons from Grand Moff Tarkin?

Last time I was this early there weren't Sanguinalia in calendar yet

I've Never opened my codex astartes as fast before!

Or she has been taken captive by Trayzan the infinite as part of his diorama collections.

Honestly, I think a regular, human, confessor, might have been a good idea! They could be trusted with an Astartes secrets and give them counsel, where they'd be too afraid or prideful to talk to chaplain or other Astartes

She was not the only survivor, there were 7 others, but she was the only female that was young and good looking (it is implied she was an escort) She was not accidentally killed by the AC while getting out, they wanted to talk to her and kidnap her as a source of information

I believe she influenced the word bearers who remained loyal and became the blood ravens in some way, even if she stayed chaos affiliated....and yes I believe the blood ravens are loyalist word bearers

Word Bearers be like "CYRENE LIVES!" *STOMP STOMP*

Despite her suffering at the hands of Chaos Cyrene still allowed herself to be regarded as an avatar of Chaos by the Word Bearers after her resurrection. I assume therefore that she was tortured into being a full-on Chaos worshipper and would be rejected by the Cabal.

She's fine with me. Oh btwMe and Mirael we're wondering if we should start an onlyfans what are your suggestions

I like to think she’s a Canoness in the Sisters of Battle.

Other than walking abomination Spear, are there any instances of Chaos using Blanks? And if they have no souls, why do they fight for the Emperor?

Failbaddon the Armless asking a blindseer for help is hilarious! How many Black Crusades does it take for Failbaddon the Armless to reach Terra? OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!

Hey can you please let the text stand longer is hard to read it in 10 seconds thanks 😊📖📖😊

I thought cyrene "was my home"

She is alpharius.

What ever happened to Cyrene? Who knows? Though..she being morianna cannot be discarded due to appearance. She may well be projecting an illusion . Nothing is impossible in the warp. If your will is strong enough, there are no limits. Corax learned this and is using it to great effect.

Cyrene reappears in the Novel Mortis. She is in fact alive and is accompanied by "Alpharius" I wont say more to avoid spoilers but her story does continue...

Hey what books were Cyrene in post First Hetetics?

_"God was real... and he hated us."_

dusky will love that~

Anyone else really annoyed by the stupidity displayed by The Emperor, the Ultramarines, and the Custodes in _The First Heretic_ ? The freakin' _Ultramarines_ break into a mindless bloody rampage because of a bit of civilian panic and outrage about the forced evacuation of Monarchia. The city needs to be evacuated within a week, but the Word Bearers won't arrive for another month, so why so short a timetable?

Fun fact Monarchia is the Greek word for monarchy

A theory I have that others might share... The Emperor wants Abaddon to get to him, When the Emperor fought that super powerful daemon guy who I forget but had to do with murder, he got stabbed the said daemon, and the daemon became a sword, a strangely ornate sword, that was then "given" to a Custodes for safe keeping, Abaddon would then have to fight through a literal fuck ton of daemons to get the sword, almost as if they didn't want him to have it, and ever since he got it he has "failed" just about every Black Crusade he started. My theory is that the Emperor could not destroy or kill the Murder-Daemon, but he could've "reprogrammed" it, by imbuing apart of himself into it. I believe that Abaddon has become an unwitting pawn for the Emperor, and should he reach and "slay" the Emperor, this is the part where I stretch things a little too much, the reprogrammed super powerful OP Murder-Daemon would instead rejuvenate the Emperor in a sense. With how the warp works, if enough people believe something to be true, than it becomes true, at least in the Warp, so with the uncountable population of humanity all believing that the Emperor is a God, he has essentially become one, whether he likes it or not, and with the final kick from failbaddon I believe he will achieve full God Status and give those Chaos boys a stern talking to. Fill in whatever gaps in logic I have with your own crazy spin I'm interested in seeing if this conversation goes anywhere.

Damon Prytanis is an Orlock Ganger?

Can the sigilite. Malcador...had been working against the emperor? Not against humanity mind you. But against the emperor. He. Like, the emperor shown great interest in being helpful to humanity and being quite mercyless (like the emperor himself) but malcador did lots of things which... turned the emperium in what it is. The exact opposite of the place of reason and logic the emperor envisioned.

And 3 years later we have near confirmation

Hahahaha.. If only this video waited another year or so before being released (yeah, sound like the video itself decided to be released early I know), we could've had the entire answer of what became of her.. Then I guess the video would've been redundant then.. But oh well, still fun to watch & enjoy the speculations even though we now know.. And yeah, she did in fact become an extremely potent pysker.. Though I feel like she became far too powerful far too quickly. Perhaps the effects of having your soul shredded over & over again by the denizens of the warp

What if Vulkan led the Imperium after the War of the Beast?

I think this was good

What happened to Mersadie Oliton

She could have become Celestine, the Living Saint. As the book ( by the Same Name) apparently mentions how "her earliest known form she was a citizen of Terra during the Horus Heresy. She was killed during the orbital bombardment of Terra during the Siege of the Emperor's Palace." while a bit of a stretch, but it could be possible that she somehow got the Terra after the destruction of the Fidelitas Lex. That along with her ability to have been "aware" of her soul/self while in the warp and the tortured by Demons, reminds me of "Celestine's Trials" that would lead to her resurrection. As for her Perpetual nature, as a Repentia she was able to heal her wounds fast enough that would have seemed "miraculous", However that might have been, in the end, "overwritten" by her ascension to Living Sainthood after entering the hidden crypt on Sanctus Lys and donning the Armour of Saint Katherine.

I haven't even watched the video yet but she's Moriana! Take that!

If I remember rightly, you may have mis pronounced her name slightly

Simple, she just used plot stealth suits made by the tau and merged in mechanius technology.

She became saint celestine

Are there any Perpetuals that have been corrupted by Chaos? So far I've not heard of a single Perpetual that has, so Cyrene couldn't be the Crone of that's true.

Being a serf on a WB ship and having the balls to steal her bones is crazy, like, need a wheelbarrow to carry them levels of balls 🤯😅

The Kabbal

Vows of the Black Templars: Suffer Not the Unclean to Live ☑️ Uphold the Honour of the Emperor☑️ Abhor the Witch. Destroy the Witch☑️ Accept Any Challenge, No Matter the Odds☑️ Yep this is a Black Templar issue.

Obligatory comment for the KZfaq Algorithm gods

This video might need an update

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Huh imterrsting, I didnt know people who arent psychers can still do magick, but I gues when thats the case its the chaos gods doing all the work.

Perpetuals were a huge mistake in the lore

WHAT HERESY IS THIS?!?

5:47 she is beautiful

Most likely ship explodes Perpetual meat popsicle.

And you're a perpetual now, and you're a perpetual now, EVERYBODY IS A PERPETUAL NOW! Especially Ciaphas Cain

Something wrong dude? Your voice seems seriously off your normal kilter.

A cur from Curr, how quaint.

Like damn tho she bad

The Emperor was trash from the beginning.

Such a Beautiful Humanistic Character to Represent The Contrast of Innocent Woman and Astartes Lots of Bad Lore; Fake Lore; Horrible Writing Most Important Lore to Remember: Survivor of Monarchia Argel Tal’s Cute Little Innocent Girlfriend Died to… Yeah, None of This Is Good Enough Custodian Had a Funni Moment and Accidentally Instakilled Her Veri Big “Uhoh” Then Deaded on Moment Maybe Even Reborn and ET- Nah, Just End It There, Bad Writing Perhaps You Could Ingeniously Write Valdor’s Centricy, The Anchorite and-orThe Primarch Mother into a Narrative of Valdor’s Centricy The New Wordbears Narrative Otherwise: Meh

Is this that blind chick?

OK, I;ll be *that* asshole and ask *that* question: what happened with you accenting some words weird especially ath the ends of sentences?

Unburdened themselves? 😏