Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-37.152.33.225-20131111163502/@comment-192.138.62.36-20131218170828

I'm having a hard time with people questioning the loyalty of the Lion. It was a Fallen Angel that (under interrogation) confessed his views of why the Legion was attacked over Caliban after Horus was killed, which cannot be taken as gospel.

Looking at some facts:

Fact: El'Jonson engaged Luther in the DA Fortress-Monastery on Caliban where he was injured.

Supposition: In order for Luther to injure a Primarch so severely he would have needed the assistance of the Ruinous Powers (Horus never would have been able to go toe-to-toe with Emps without his boost from Chaos).

Fact: Following the destruction of Caliban, the remaining "Fallen Angels" were caught in a warp storm and scattered to the far winds save for Luther who was gibbering about El'Jonson being taken by the Watchers in the Dark.

Supposition: The Ruinous Powers realised their sway over Luther had broken and sent the storm to gather what remained of the corrupted legionnaires. Which is why Luther remained.

Fact: Luther, every time he is interrogated, keeps mentioning that he is waiting for El'Jonson to forgive him his sins.

Supposition: If the Lion was in fact corrupted, why would Luther want to beg his forgivness instead of defend his decision to attack the returning fleet?

Fact: Primarch Lion El'Jonson is currently being held in stasis in a secret chamber at the heart of The Rock. He is currently (according to Codex: Angels of Death) only known to the Watchers in the Dark and the Emporer himself.

Supposition: Was it merely fluff that the Emporer was mentioned as being the only person (besides the Watchers) to know of the Lion's whereabouts. At this point the Emporer would have been intered within the Golden Throne, so could he still sense El'Jonson's psychic signature despite being in stasis or did he psychically observe the events of the betrayal at Caliban?

I'm leaning towards El'Jonson still being wholly loyal to The Emporer.