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I have been reading the Horus Heresy novels for a while and having read The Flight of The Eisenstein I still do not understand where people get the idea that Garro and his remaining Death Guard cronies become Grey Knights?

Sure, it could possibly be implied that they have a new important role within the Imperium but isn't it a stretch to imagine that The Grey Knights would be formed with such suspect geneseed?

I may be becoming far too jaded and cynical in my old age but there seem to be a lot of people stating this position as fact then throwing their dummies out of the pram when it is challenged.

They don't become the GKs.



The GKs are a bit later afaik.

Aren't the Ordo Malleus reletivley recent? or is that Ordo Xenos well one of them is quite recent.

Xca|iber wrote:They don't become the GKs.

Spoiler:

Garro, along with Amendera and Iacton Qruze form the basis of the Inquisition. Malcador the Sigilite tells them that the Emperor has tasked him with finding "individuals of inquisitive mind" or something similar, to root out traitors and other enemies of the Imperium. This marks the start of the Inquisition, with Garro (probably) starting the Ordo Malleus, Amendera (given her skillset) starting the Ordo Hereticus, and Qruze starting Ordo Xenos. However that last bit is just speculation.

The GKs are a bit later afaik.

Thanks.

I understand that its is loosely hinted at that they form the basis of the inquisition (loosely in the loosest possible way)but how has these hints become 'common knowledge' amongst gamers i.e. a hard and fast explanation of the founding of the ordos?

Well there's very little other information about the founding of the Inquisition, so most gamers have simply put the pieces together from what was written in the HH novels.

I'd imagine the Inquisition would've initially been focused solely on rooting out "heretics" (although 'heretics' may not have been a term they'd have used initially), as the entirety of the crusade's forces are focused on dealing with Xenos and Chaos was just starting to be recognized as a threat.

But, like Xca|iber said, pure speculation outside of the hint that they are at least founding members of what is now the Inquisition.