The Iron Lords didn't Ascend in the sword logic as we did. They didn't kill like four gods before confronting Rasputin and his Robots and SIVA. If they had then they would have kicked ass and completely destroyed all of Rasputin's toys. There was a reason why Saladface chose us to go on this mission, it's because we did all of the cool stuff. Cause you know, we killed Oryx and dismantled mines.