Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-67.197.44.118-20130216115719/@comment-1657156-20130405002234

Subterfuge, misdirection, and obfuscation are the trademarks of the Alpha Legion.

From the very beginning, many of the Alpha Legionnaires went out of their way to mimic the appearance of Alpharius. It could well be that, even if Alpharius Omegon really are two twins, the Primarch(es) used body doubles.

Whose to say if Alpharius was truly slain by Roboute Guiliman? Since the Alpha Legion relies on multiple contingency plans in any given campaign, it's not unreasonable to think that Alpharius Omegon prepared a contingency plan for if Roboute Guiliman opted to NOT rely on the Codex Astartes battle tactics.

Ergo, the being that was slain by Roboute Guiliman -- the remains of whom were incinerated before the Ultramarines in a moment of vanity -- might have been a mere body double.

Ergo, Alpharius Omegon might both be at large.

Also consider what happens when you hit one twin in a larger-than-life fictional setting...

The other one feels the blow too.

So, invoking the absurdity of that logic, if Alpharius was truly killed, then that would have meant the end for Omegon too!

As for the 'true loyalties' of the Alpha Legion...

I think they've been relegated to two roles for the Warhammer 40k storylines:

1) the first being "generic enemies" (think, green-shelled koopa troops in Super Mario Brothers) that could be inserted into most any battle for the good guys to shoot at whenever a storyline needed such a role to be filled. The fact that the Alpha Legionnaires are mostly mobile makes them particularly suited to the role. Moreover, relegating them to "generic enemies" does little to interfere with their other role in the Warhammer 40k storyline.

2) the second being "the wildcards of Warhammer 40k" storyline. When the time comes that the storyline is actually moved forward (when this happens, you can expect Leman Russ, Lion ElJohnson, Roboute Guiliman, Vulkan and the other Primarches to return for a final super-battle), it is THEN that the true colors of the Alpha Legion will be made known!

