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Following the narrow victory of the [[Imperium]] in the [[War of the Beast]], [[Grand Master of Assassins]] [[Drakan Vangorich]] was named Lord Protector by [[Lord Commander of the Imperium]] [[Maximus Thane]], in effect acting as his proxy in absence. While Thane and the newly rechristened [[Imperial Fists]] swept away the last of [[The Beast]]'s [[Ork]]s Vangorich was left to oversee the ineffectual [[High Lords of Terra]]. Vangorich however had grown highly contemptuous of the High Lords over the conflict, but was committed with working with them and having [[Inquisitorial Representative]] [[Veritus]] take his place. However when Vangorich learned that [[Fabricator-General]] [[Kubik]] had secretly teleporated the [[Ork]] capital of [[Ullanor]] instead of enacting [[Exterminatus]] as Thane had demanded in order to plunder their technology, Vangorich snapped. He realized that the High Lords would never put aside their personal ambition to protect Humanity. Faced with this depressing truth, Vangorich committed himself to destroying the High Lords and placing himself as ruler of the Imperium]].{{Fn|3a}}