Editing Plague of Unbelief (section)

==The ''Second'' Plague of Unbelief==
In the now semi-sorta-retconned [[The 13th Black Crusade|13th Black Crusade]], there was another, very different Plague of Unbelief. This one was an actual plague that killed people and turned them into [[Plague Zombies]]. When a guy calling himself the Voice of the Emperor declared that this was all the [[Ecclesiarchy]]'s fault, the great mass of faithful once again listened and started rebelling. And then the 13th Black Crusade started for real. Really makes you wonder how much people actually trust the Ecclesiarchy. Fanatically worshipful of the Emperor? Yes. Trusting the Ecclesiarchy’s claims to speak for him? Maybe not so much after all.

The Voice of the Emperor may or may not be <s>[[Cypher]]</s> A VILE TRAITOR. Either way, the [[Dark Angels]] suspect that he has connections to <s>the Fallen</s> OTHER VILE TRAITORS OF LESS LOYAL CHAPTERS WHO CERTAINLY INCLUDE NO SONS OF THE LION. Although they think that about everybody.

This plague also shows up in a Commissar Cain short story, which has the good Commissar fighting plague zombies. It's actually pretty good.

It appears that the Plague of Unbelief will be the plot hook for the new [[Vermintide]] 40k game [[Warhammer_40K:_Darktide|Darktide]]. At the very least, the trailer featured either plague zombies or [[Poxwalkers]].