User blog comment:BioChimes/Whisper Dragons in the firing line?/@comment-33731050-20140617224302/@comment-33731050-20140617232151

Ok, so the Whisper Dragons and Crimson Blades take center stage for the first section, followed by the Pantheon who see the conflict as a ripe opportunity for test subjects, and later the xenos to pick up the pieces.

Hmmm, I had a thought. The Cinder Kin are those afflicted with the chapters gene-seed flaw which causes the body to turn to ash while keeping the marine alive (barely). Maybe, these fellows could be manipulated by the Pantheon, believing them to wish to help them with a cure, but instead are just harvested.