[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

[Alardem]

Mandus' logic is flawed and unsound. Why is this a problem?

EDIT: Why did he kill his children? To preserve their innocence. Growing up and becoming soldiers would imply the loss of that - Mandus killed them because he couldn't stand the thought of them becoming no different than the rest of humans. They would have become pigs to the slaughter, killing for the empire and ground up by the war machine. He killed them so they could remain as children.