Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130423145616/@comment-6134883-20130427135929

I'm inclined to agree with you. In justice to Empy he can be very kind and caring and he may have done an excellent job of nurturing Horus who he found first and apparently quite young. Of course seeing as it was Horus who turned against him maybe it really wouldn't have made any difference in the long run.

Empy's critical mistakes in chronological order seem to have been; 1) the Damnatio Memoriae of the Lost Primarchs which made the rest feel insecure of Daddy's love and fearful of him. 2) His extremely harsh rebuke of Lorgar which sent him searching for other gods. 3) MASSIVE failure to communicate!!! If he had just EXPLAINED why he was returning to earth and something of his hopes for his Golden Throne project his sons may have felt less abandoned.