Editing Uriel Salazar (section)

==The Heresy==
{{Topquote|All of your life, you have been taught that you '''do''' things. What does this mean? We do not say that inanimate objects '''do''' anything, even when they are connected to the event. '''Doing''', it seems, is a matter of making the world closer to your will. But this way of looking at the world is an illusion. When you follow the commands of another, you are not '''doing''' - it is the commander who '''does''' through you. Follow that chain all the way to its point of origin.|Uriel Salazar, ''Confessions''}}

{{SeeAlso|Hektor Heresy}}

Allegations that [[the Voidwatcher]] had used sorcery to attack Terra were enough to pull the Lord of the Justiciars from his secret project. Uriel Salazar obeyed Hektor Cincinnatus' call for a Tribunal to investigate the claims and took his retinue to the world of Olmer to hear both sides of it. However, the Tribunal turned out to be a failure as an instrument of justice. Only seven of the Primarchs attended, and Tiran Osoros and Rogerius Merrill departed after the first day. As a means of enlightenment, however, Olmer was a great success. Aubrey the Grey revealed to Uriel Salazar a secret collection of Xenos artefacts from the world of Caria that shed new light on the mysterious logic of corruption that the Justiciars Primarch had obsessed over for so many years. Hektor Cincinnatus' resolution that the extraordinary proclamations coming from Alexandri of Rosskar and Malcador the Sigilite were signs of a coup on Terra was a small thing by comparison. The Justiciars would support the Warmaster's war, but their real aim was seeking the Truth.

During the Traitors' lightning campaign toward Terra, Uriel Salazar carefully studied the relics Aubrey had provided him. The inhuman texts were difficult to decipher but a Primarch's intellect is easily capable of such feats. As his translation grew more profound, Uriel Salazar learned that the nameless Xenos writer grappled with the same mysteries of creation. If the primitive alien mind was flawed in seeing such mysteries as a conscious entity - "The Architect of Fate" - many of its insights were striking. When Hektor suffered his setback at Kuniat and dispatched the Traitor Legions to gather new forces for a second campaign, Uriel Salazar was quietly exultant. He would take the opportunity to seek out more Xenos lore at Caria and solve the mystery once and for all. Such wisdom would make squabbles between Malcador and Hektor easily solved - or render the petty dispute irrelevant.

Searching Caria posed certain risks. The world was located close to the Homeworld of [[the Entombed]] and despite the enthusiasm of their emissary to Olmer the sons of [[Golgothos]] had not thrown in with Hektor. Uriel Salazar had little wish to fight the Loyalist Legion and hoped to simply talk his way out of a conflict - but he had to take precautions. Before the Traitors divided their fleet, Johannes Vrach had been good enough to provide the Justiciars with samples of a bioweapon developed from samples of Golgothos' genetic material. According to the Lifebringers Primarch, this weapon would weaken any Entombed warriors and be harmless to other life forms. Although Uriel Salazar was doubtful that Vrach's weapon would entirely thwart any Loyalist interlopers he felt that an instrument of limited lethality would help to avoid a battle that might destroy irreplaceable texts. Such hopes were only partially fulfilled. When the Entombed arrived at the Caria system they ignored Uriel Salazar's polite greeting and warning not to interfere and carried out a landing in force. However, the Life Bringers' weapon worked far better than expected. Of the Entombed host that landed on Caria, only those warriors protected by Dreadnoughts or advanced Terminator armour survived, and these were too few to do anything but withdraw. Uriel Salazar broadcast his regrets for the incident and returned to his investigations.

Careful study of the Carian mysteries revealed a recurring pattern. The hero set out to struggle against the Architect of Fate but in the course of their struggles undid themselves and furthered the plans of the god. So enlightened, the hero matched their will with that of the Architect and began a new life as a conscious servant of the god, rather than a mere pawn in its schemes. Uriel Salazar could not help but see a certain parallel to his own situation. He had sought to unravel the mystery, fought against it, made sacrifices to hunt it, and yet, in looking back - what had been achieved? Brushfire rebellions across the face of the Imperium were no longer a problem because they had been subsumed into Hektor's revolt. The same revolt that the Justiciars had joined. Such thoughts might have troubled Uriel Salazar in the past, but now he only felt excitement.

Uriel Salazar took the final step, and became something else.

Now truly understanding his place in the plans of the Architect - the Chaos God Tzeentch - Uriel once more took his place at the head of the Justiciars. The Thirteenth Legion was called on to assist Hektor's campaigns at Destoona, where [[Johannes Vrach]] found the enlightenment of Nurgle, and down the Pathorum stream to Sol itself where they fought in the final battle against the Emperor's Legions. At Terra, Uriel displayed new talents as a sorcerer though he was personally vexed by [[Shakya Vardhana]], and he was present to see Hektor struck down by the Emperor. But throughout this campaign, the daemon-primarch knew that his role was only to ensure a partial victory for the Traitor Legions and see the Imperium of Mankind crippled. Triumph at Terra would only have led to stagnation and the ascendancy of Nurgle's rot. For Tzeentch's plans to be fulfilled, human souls must still be stirred by hope.