Given Mortarion's vehement hatred of psykers, sorcerers and the arcane, it would appear to be contrary to his own interests to have joined Horus and the forces of the Ruinstorm in bringing disorder to the Imperium, let alone make use of such powers to further his own ends. Little can be known of Mortarion's personal feelings about this perceived hypocrisy during the Age of Darkness, though voices have been raised in speculation and condemnation both. His estranged sons however, denying Mortarion could have fallen so far so fast, continued to display a weary loyalty.

考慮到莫塔里安對靈能者、巫師和玄奧現(xiàn)象懷有強烈的仇恨，加入荷魯斯陣營、與給帝國帶來無序的毀滅風(fēng)暴勢力為伍似乎與他本人的利益相背，更不用說使用這種力量來進一步達成他自己的目的。至于莫塔里安在黑暗年代中對這份被感知到的虛偽有怎樣的個人感受，盡管猜測和譴責(zé)的聲浪越來越高，但我們?nèi)詭缀醪坏枚５?，那些與他疏遠的子嗣們不認(rèn)為莫塔里安墮落得會如此之快，而且程度還是如此之深，他們持續(xù)表現(xiàn)出一種令人厭倦的忠誠。

Later accounts by Captain Garro, formerly of the Death Guard, suggests there surely must have been some internal struggle at the Death Lord's core, for by throwing in his lot with the Warmaster he had allied himself with all that he despised. It is possible, claimed Garro, that Mortarion could have had a hand in undermining the dark powers of the Ruinstorm while in his position as the Warmaster's closest and most faithful ally. Perhaps Mortarion continued to act in the Imperium's favour, dulling the edge of the Warp-borne blade which Horus sought to wield.

死亡守衛(wèi)軍團曾經(jīng)的連長——伽羅在之后所作的報告中聲稱：死亡之主的心中一定有某些內(nèi)在的掙扎，因為他投靠了戰(zhàn)帥，就要與自己所鄙視的一切結(jié)為盟友。伽羅聲稱：在作為戰(zhàn)帥最為親近和最受信任的盟友的同時，莫塔里安可能已經(jīng)參與到了破壞毀滅風(fēng)暴黑暗之力的行動中。也許莫塔里安仍在按照對帝國有利的方向行動，阻礙荷魯斯對于亞空間力量的圖謀利用。

Captain Morturg, a reliable voice in matters of his Primarch, suggested hopefully that Mortarion would have experienced remorse in siding with Horus, wishing instead for the purer and heady days of the Great Crusade where he fought alongside his vaunted brother Ferrus Manus. However, if the string of travesties committed by the Death Guard in these past dark years is to be the evidence they are judged by, Mortarion's Legion were a dangerous enough foe to the Imperium without the added menace of the Daemon.

莫爾托格連長也曾對自己原體做出過可靠的評價，他聲稱或許莫塔里安會為加入荷魯斯陣營而感到懊悔，相反，他會希望回到更純粹也更令人興奮的大遠征時代，那時他曾和他引以為豪的兄弟費魯斯·馬努斯并肩作戰(zhàn)。然而，如果死亡守衛(wèi)在過去的黑暗歲月里犯下的一系列暴行會被帝國作為審判他們的證據(jù)，那么即使沒有惡魔的威脅，莫塔里安的軍團對帝國來說也是一個足夠危險的敵人。