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*[[Index Astartes#Index Astartes III|Index Astartes III]]
*<sup>1</sup>[[A Thousand Sons#A Thousand Sons|A Thousand Sons]]
*[[Prospero Burns#Prospero Burns|Prospero Burns]]
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On one side: Witch hunters presented their case reciting a litany of human suffering inflicted upon the Emperor's own subjects by sorcerers enslaved by Chaos, of gibbering [[mutants]] who had lost all humanity, and of cults and power hungry men who turned their psychic gifts to dark purposes.
On the other: Magnus himself. His very presence frightened many, but he began to speak with great charisma. His argument was that no knowledge was tainted of itself, and no pursuit of knowledge was ever wrong so long as the seeker of that truth was master of what he learned. He spoke with finality that the Thousand Sons had mastered their knowledge and that there was no ways too labyrinthine for them to know.<sup>1</sup>
== Judgment ==
The end result was a compromise that offered both factions something. It was as if this was what the Emperor was waiting for, and he ruled it as law immediately without allowing any rebuttal from either side. The Edicts of Nikaea stand to this millennium as the Imperial policy regarding human psychic mutation. Magnus attempted to storm out of the hall in protest, but was barred by the Emperor himself. The confrontation between father and son is recorded in the ''Grimoire Hereticus''.
The Emperor ordered Magnus to cease the practice of sorcery and incantation, and the pursuit of all knowledge related to magic. Magnus of course did not like the idea, and it was said his face was brittle enough to crack. But in the end he bent his will to the Emperor and agreed to obey.<sup>1</sup>
== Sources ==
*<sup>1</sup>: [[A Thousand Son (Novel)]]
*<sup>2</sup>: [[Index Astartes#Index Astartes III|Index Astartes III]]
*<sup>3</sup>: [[Prospero Burns (Novel)]]
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