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Lorgar and the [[XVII Legion]] rejoined the [[Great Crusade]] (following their reprimand at the hands of the [[Emperor]] on [[Monarchia]]) as a front for '''the Pilgrimage'''. The journey took Lorgar and the [[Expedition Fleet|301st Expedition Fleet]] across the galaxy and eventually to [[Cadia]], where they recieved validation for their theories that all of the Old Faiths across the galaxy shared similar origins, and thus shared a universal truth. [[Ingethel]], a native of [[Cadia]] was anointed by the [[Chaos Gods|gods]] as Lorgar's guide in revealing the [[Chaos|Primordial Truth]] and undertook a ritual to do so which elevated her to the ranks of the [[daemonic]] as Ingethel the Ascended.{{Fn|1c}}
Ingethel the Ascended led the Serrated Sun Chapter of the Word Bearers into the [[Eye of Terror|Great Eye]] where the failure of the [[Eldar]] Empire was witnessed first hand. Ingethel had lied and informed the Word Bearers that the Eldar failed and suffered [[the Fall]] because at the moment of their ascension they were unable to accept the Primordial Truth. They gave birth to a [[Slaanesh|god of pleasure and promise]], yet they felt no joy.{{Fn|1d}} Their new god awoke to find it's worshippers abandoning it out of ignorance and fear, thus was the endless storm of the Great Eye formed, an echo of the birth-cries of the Eldar's new god.{{Fn|1e}} The nature of the Primordial Truth was revealed to the Word Bearers in the ashes of the Eldar Empire, they learnt that in order for humanity as a species to survive they must not commit the same sins the Eldar did, they must instead accept [[Chaos]].
'''The Pilgrimage''' ultimately proved that the [[Emperor]]'s [[Imperial Truth]] was in fact a lie and that gods truly did exist. Lorgar and the [[Word Bearers]] spent the remaining years of the [[Great Crusade]] attempting to enlighten humanity about the universal truths of the universe, swaying several [[Primarchs]] to their cause, the most notable being [[Horus Lupercal]]. When it became clear that humanity could not be enlightened without bloodshed whilst it remained shackled to the lies of the Emperor, Lorgar helped orchestrate the massacre at [[Isstvan V]] and the [[Horus Heresy]] itself.{{Fn|1f}}