Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-88.114.255.138-20130111160957/@comment-24037808-20150818222809

@Rapper256

The Emperor did not want to face Horus. He was his favouritre son and till the end he hoped to save him. Only after taking the devastating blows from Horus he decided to fight, and he erased even his soul without much problem. If he would fight from the beginning of the encounter, Horus probably could not even scratch his armour before being cancelled from existance.