Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130130174042/@comment-80.80.146.46-20130219160724

I belive the `aging` question should have a discussion of its own. The Great Crusade lasted about 200 years, in that time not a single space marine got a wrinkle, so it looks like they do not age. The primarchs are a different story, i think they simply do not physically age, when the great crusade was completed the emperor had 20 apartments beneath the palace for them, and it was stated that leaving humanity to the whims of superhuman beings such as the primarchs was not what The Emperor wanted. The idea of them accepting such captivity was probably wishful thinking. Disposing of beings such as the primarchs would simply be a tremendous waste, they would always be needed. What if the emperor knew about the tyranids? Imagine Him killing the primarchs and astarter and some time later 100 trilion bugs arrive to eat everything.

The return of the primarchs is a question of time. It would be more interesting if just one returns, knowing where another is and leads the entire chapter on an epic rescue mission, or in the middle of a grand battle a primarch pops up and then a bloody victory for the astartes. The return of the primarchs could be in virtually in every situation, so we could only guess as to what it is. I belive that the Lion wil be found to end the 13th black crusadre, as has been stated i know a setup when i see one.

As for Guillman, i have every respect for him, he needs to rewrite the codex, something like `Every first or second founding chapter that has whistood the test of time and corruption shall be increased to 10 000 astartes`