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Would be quite the turn of events if Grendyl was actually Wolfer and Morrow turns to Chaos, disillusioned by the Imperium. Grendyl/Wolfer uses the knowledge of the collected Grims to create a plague that wipes out the 53rd, and the event weakens the divide between the materium and the warp on Atoma Prime enough for demonic infestation en masse. Rot Flies, Nurglings and Plaguebearers become new enemies.
He isnât known as âSaint Abnettâ for nothing. Erda notwithstanding.
Another reason Iâm glad for the return of the loyalist primarch(s) 
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I hope so. I was hoping the Arbitrator would put a bullet in him in the cinematic instead of just saying âweâre hereâ.
Hopefully soon. Then Howlette.
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So the whole involvement of the Moebian 53rd, and of the Arbites may seem strange if you look at face value to the lore of the Inquisition in their Codexes.
But if you look at many of the books, or better yet, at the various Rpg systems that are set on the Inquisition, you start to accept it.
Inquisitor are âoutsideâ of the power structure of the Adeptus Terra, and while very few person are outright out of their jurisdiction (Mostly Custodes, and even then, doesnât stop a maddened Inquisitor from trying), their job hinge on being able to convince the surrounding factions from submitting to their gaze.
Additionally, the Inquisition even when working on sites of corruption doesnât have the capacity to field many troops, where upon they may call upon previous relations, allies, or people they have blackmail materials on. From the Penal Guard, up to Chapter of the Space Marines or even some Admech Explorator fleets. And depending on the style of the Inquisitor may leave them to their own device, with only small directives meant to guard the actual troops of the Inquisitor while they do their stuff.
Finally, Grendyl, the Inquisitor, isnât here. Thatâs a quite obvious weakness, weakness that the Magrave is utilising, first with the Moebian 53rd, and maybe now with the Arbites.
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Itâs not that black and white.
If Grendyl isnât there in person to project their soft/hard power, then the other factions are going to push the boundaries on what is acceptable until Grendyl shows up in person and gives them a visible reprimand.
They still havenât technically encroached on Grendylâs authority because they arenât directly interfacing with the faction leaders as far as we have seen. Rannick isnât enough authority on his own, especially if Grendyl hasnât told the other factions âhe speaks for meâ. The factions can make up their own excuses for why they do what they do and turn it into a he said/she said situation. Blah blah politics.
This is also ignoring the possibility that everything thus far is going âaccording to planâ in order to root out high level traitors or something.
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Everyone, donât forget that there is no canon in WH40k anyways, just different degrees of malleable truth . 
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If Grendyl did feel that either the Commissar or the Marshall was a threat, then pulling in both of them, to where they can be easily played off each other, might be both useful for maintaining control and for motivating all his nominal underlings. And to keep the political waters muddy.
If you think thatâs the sort of thing a shadowy, secretive, berserker-voiced Inquisitor might do.
Thatâs all well and good, but Grendyl isnât actually here. His authority is only as good as his ability to enforce it, and other Imperial forces in the warzone have smelled enough weakness to know that it wonât be.
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The Grand Marshall of the Adeptus Arbites has a permanent seat amongst the High Lords of Terra. The Inquisition doesnât. Now Iâm sure more than a few inquisitors believe that means theyâre above even the Senatorum - and maybe they are? - but officially the Arbites have more authority.
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People seem to forget an Inquisitorâs only as powerful as the amount of political and martial might they can bring to bear at any given moment; itâs not uncommon for a lone Inquisitor to accidentally trip and fall over the railing.
Grendylâs on his back foot. He hasnât found what heâs looking for. Heâs hiding from all the local powers-that-be. His Warband isnât making the expected progress. His âarmyâ is supplied by battlefield looting and his most powerful asset is a single Rogue Traderâs ship a long ways from home, and said Rogue Trader doesnât want to be there. The Sector Lord Moebian is pissed enough to call in a favor from his buddies at Departmento Munitorum to redirect a specific guard regiment to take over. And now the Arbrites are accusing him of incompetence and Grendyl has nothing to say except to blame his apprentice. At this point hive scum has more political and martial power than he does.
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Its mentioned multiple times in the new cinematics that Rannick has âgrendyls voiceâ and the sister has âRannicks voice.â Rannick has not flashed a seal as far as Iâve seen.
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âIâm open to people thinking that canon and redcons are a thing in 40k. If that helps you sleep at night, knock yourself out.â
âLuetin 
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Did we watch the same cinematic? It is implied that Rannick has failed to restore order so the arbites have been called in, not sent in.
Also, law and tithes are not suspended just because there are a few traitors on Atoma, everyone has their duty.
Stay strong, do not believe their lies. It is the children that are wrong.
TBH, I feel all the female characters in game except for Zola have very demeaner sexist remarks that really turn me away from the game. Hadron also can get testy, but that is how tech-priests are. Also there is 8 female Npcâs while only being 5 male Npcâs that we interact with, even as an Arbite you still feel and get treated like the rest of the rejects which I am very disappointed in FS for not fixing the in-game correspondence.
The males arenât less âdemeanerâ for the most part.
Other than Morrow none really act like theyâre caring for us.
Heck one even call for Servitorisation of out characters.
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it seems they made up their own nonsense world, probably backed up by GW aswell
those who cared about the lore got driven off by GW, thats what we get for playing stupid games i suppose
now its just a corporate business, the world of real men
and lady bosses, lots of lady bosses
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Ok, what the hell
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Yep game Npc equality at itâs best in 2025.
good writers are out there, donât get me wrong, they just donât get the job
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