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 Psienesis wrote:

 Jimsolo wrote:
Is there any fluff, anywhere, indicating there was any actual demonic corruption in the guardsmen who survived? I've never seen any fluff source of any kind present the situation as anything other than the Inquisition killing them because hey, why take a chance?

None survived the purge, so evidence of that sort is unlikely to ever be found.

But that is exactly the point of the story, it's to illustrate the ruthlessness of the Inquisition and the condition by which the 40K setting operates.

HAH! Space.wolves saved about 20% of the guardsman at least. Sorry, it explicitly states the wolves out maneuvered the Inquisition and the lost track of some.

Yes, but those 20% were then hunted down and the planets they landed on hit with Exterminatus without an Inquisition - 20% may have escaped the planet, but none escaped the purge.

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Yes, but those 20% were then hunted down and the planets they landed on hit with Exterminatus without an Inquisition - 20% may have escaped the planet, but none escaped the purge.

That's actually not true at all, if you actually read the book there is a discussion I believe with the Fenrisian Inquisitor and Hyperion that admits to the fact they they did indeed loose track of a number of escaped ships and that they were never discovered, as such thousands of guardsman and whoever else did indeed escape the purge on who knows what planets.

And then later the Imperium experiences the "Night of 1000 Rebellions" and other such acts of Heresy. How many of those events descend from corruption in those who may have escaped?

That's Imperial blood on the hands of the Space Wolves.

 Psienesis wrote:
That's Imperial blood on the hands of the Space Wolves.

Claws, you mean. That is blood on the claws of the space wolves. Hence bloodclaws.

Pedants aren't just things you hang on your neck.

I was being facetious, not pedantic.

What about the Battle of Mordian? As far I know the survivors weren't mind wiped or anything like that, and because of the battle the Iron Guard renown grew.

...Didn't the Iron Guard pretty much repel the invasion themselves? I never heard of GK being referenced.

I mentioned it because none of the surviving Mordian Iron guard were mind wiped or sent to the labour camps for fighting daemons.

Hell, what about Cadia? Daemons would most certainly have been present during the Black Crusades, why aren't the Inquisition mind wiping the populace or sending them to labour camps after each Crusade?

Point is, Armageddon is the only incident were the Inquisition are adamant about not letting normal humans have knowledge of the servants of the Ruinous powers.

Cadians don't really mingle much outside of their circles, and actual daemonic interactions are very, very rare. It's not like there's a Bloodthirster busting out of some cultist's face every thirty minutes on Cadia.

Cults are common, yes, as are signs of mortal veneration of the Ruinous Powers... but actual Daemonic attacks are exceptionally rare, as they are throughout the Imperium.