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===The First Heretic===
[[The First Heretic (Novel)]] sheds more light on the subject of the two unknown Primarchs:
*The Lost Primarchs were erased from Imperial records at least 43 years prior to the events of Isstvan V, as only eighteen Legions are referenced during the events at [[Monarchia]]. This could be a precursor to the Horus Heresy, the belligerents serving the chaos gods. However, this seems unlikely as the primarchs would be aware of chaos, yet are easily seduced by it.<sup>18</sup>
*Its implied that the Emperor personally cast aside the two lost Primarchs: "I fear the Emperor will break the Word Bearers - and break me. We would be cast alongside the brothers we no longer speak of."<sup>19</sup>
*Throughout the remainder of the Great Crusade, the remaining Primarchs were oathed not to even talk about the lost Primarchs.<sup>20</sup>
*The lost Primarchs/Legions are referred to as 'the forgotten and the purged'.This could simply be a way of describing traitors, or they are references to the individual legions (i.e.-one legion "the forgotten" and the other "the purged")<sup>20</sup>
*[[Magnus the Red]] confirms that the Emperor personally purged the two lost Primarchs/Legions from history.<sup>21</sup>
*During the vision of the [[Gal Vorbak]], the eleventh Primarch is referenced as still being innocent and pure prior to the scattering of the Primarchs. This implies that the eleventh Primarch either becomes corrupted or is guilty of some degree of transgression against the Emperor/Imperium, or both.<sup>22</sup>
*Both lost Legions are said to have been expunged from Imperial records for 'good reason'. They are said to have in some way acted shamefully.<sup>23</sup>
*A rumour is revealed that could explain what ultimately became of the II and XI Legions. Around the time that the II and XI Legions were expunged from Imperial records, the Ultramarines Legion swelled in Astartes numbers to eclipse all other Legions. It could merely be a rumour, or it could actually be the case that the II and XI Legion's Astartes were inducted into the XIII Legion after they were officially expunged from Imperial records. If this were true, it would suggest that the legionnaires of the II and/or the XI haven't committed any offence; the crime lies with the primarch, and possibly a minority of the legion. This rumour however still doesn't explain what actually happened to the II and XI Primarchs.<sup>23</sup>
===Prospero Burns===
