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Following the loyalist victory in the [[Siege of Terra]], the [[Emperor]] was unresponsive upon the [[Golden Throne]] and the Imperium was in a state of disarray and ruin. The old [[War Council]] and [[Council of Terra]] were subsequently reorganized by the remaining loyal Primarchs into the {{PAGENAME}} as a temporary body to oversee the stability and rebuilding of the Imperium as well as oversee the [[Great Scouring]]. The Council was formerly convened at the orders of [[Rogal Dorn]] and [[Roboute Guilliman]] almost immediately after traitor forces had fled Terra.{{Fn|1a}} It included all of the remaining loyal Primarchs save [[Corvus Corax]] of the [[Raven Guard]], who set himself outside the Imperial command structure.{{Fn|1b}}
The exact membership and power dynamic of the Grand Council was controversial. Many [[Human]]s in the Imperium blamed the Primarchs and their [[Legiones Astartes|Legions]] for the bloodshed of the Heresy and wished to lessen their role in the new Imperium. Unlike the old War Council, where the Primarchs had reigned absolute, Imperial baseline humans ultimately would have far more power within the {{PAGENAME}} in the form of members of the [[Senatorum Imperialis]].{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|1c}} The countering of Astartes influence would ultimately would be expressed by [[Khalid Hassan]], master of the [[Chosen of Malcador]] and new [[Grand Master of Assassins]] after the [[Malcador the Sigillite|Sigillite]]'s death, who only gained a set seat on the Council through threatening [[Master of the Administratum]] [[Simion Pentasian ]] with a [[Callidus Assassin]].{{Fn|1d}}
Another early controversy in the Council was how to pursue the Scouring, with Rogal Dorn leading a faction that included [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], [[Lion El'Jonson]], the badly wounded [[Jaghatai Khan]], and [[Blood Angels]] [[First Captain]] [[Raldoron]] that wished for a [[Crusade]] of vengeance against the fleeing Traitors. Meanwhile, those led by Guilliman and the Human [[High Lords]] advised for a more cautious strategy based around securing their powerbase and retaking strategically vital worlds. Vulkan only reluctantly supported Dorn’s position while [[Constantin Valdor]] said nothing for either side.{{Fn|1c}}{{Fn|1g}}
