Editing Shakya Vardhana (section)

===The Great Crusade===
{{See also|Eyes of the Emperor}}

[[File:Desert_planet_j1.jpg|200px|thumb|The Death World Marusthali]]
Before taking command of the Eyes of the Emperor, Shakya Vardhana travelled to the '''Death World Marusthali''' and stayed in its wastes for a whole season.  He disclosed his purpose only to the Emperor, and it must be assumed that the Master of Mankind had no objection to his son's activity.

As he had on his homeworld, the Vardhana spurned a direct role in ruling his Legion.  Instead, he put his faith in the Council of Ten, the founders of the Acharya caste who had led the Eyes of the Emperor before the Primarch's rediscovery.  His reasons for this trust are obscure, but many believe that the Vardhana was more concerned with his visions and assembling his own cohort, the Disciples, than the broader operations of the Nineteenth Legion.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Legion's overall contribution to the Great Crusade was far exceeded by many of the other Legions.  On a visit to Ciban IV, Shakya offered an explanation for the Eyes' slow pace to his friend and brother Primarch [[Gaspard Lumey]]: ''"I have built a lighthouse but the sun still shines."''

Yet when the two met again on the eve of the [[Core Worlds Campaign]], Shakya saw darkness approaching.  The Primarch's vision became confused.  Although he was still sharp and insightful on the events of the next weeks, everything beyond that was clouded in darkness.  As the months stretched on, the Vardhana could not even be sure when the Adversary would strike, only that peril loomed.  He did all he could, preparing his Legion and striving to find a compromise at the [[Council of Nikaea (Hektor Heresy)|Council of Nikaea]].  Yet neither Shakya Vardhana nor his mighty Father could prevent the eruption of civil war and the opening of the [[Hektor Heresy]].