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I also think the Emperor wanted to warn Gulliman in a sense, to show him what would happen if Gulliman disobeyed the Emperor. After all, Gulliman's big "flaw" is that he is concerned with the well-being of Macragge and will betray the Imperium to ensure his domain is safe. The Lion commented that he wasn't afraid Gulliman would fall to chaos as much as he was afraid Gulliman would do "something much worse" and it looked like he had already done it. That something would be succeeding from the Imperium and founding his own empire. I think it was Unremembered Empire where this exchange took place. This is something Gulliman struggles with in 42k as well.