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Some believe that it will summon forth some ancient and terrible force to battle and defeat the enemies of mankind. Others think it will purge the [[warp]] of the [[Chaos Gods]] and their minions, and bring about a new age for mankind, free of their daemonic influence.
Still others believe that once read aloud by the Supreme Grand Master, it will perform its rite and bring to a halt the ancient and arcane machinations of the [[Golden Throne]], ceasing its life-giving support of the Emperor's long dead body and freeing his soul to be reborn anew. (This is {{Fn|1}} Other sources state that the most "likely" theory as it is said Terminus Decree states that the golden seal which rests upon Emperor can never be allowed to leave the box containing Golden Throne or be reborn, and that it is the decree is one duty of a matched pair, its partner found only in one place: on the Golden Throne itself)Grey Knights to return him to the arcane device should this occur.{{Fn|14}}
According to the [[Horus Heresy Series]], the File Terminus concerns the anti-astartes virus developed by the mad scientist [[Basilio Fo]]. The information was gathered by [[Malcador the Sigillite]] and telepathically passed onto his [[Malcador's Chosen|Chosen]], [[Khalid Hassan]].{{Fn|3}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (8th Edition)]], pg. 25
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]] - 4:iv
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (10th Edition)]], pg. 12
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