Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130318203252/@comment-6134883-20130401151127

I'd call that a big clue. ;-)

Horus was a supreme syncretist capable of adopting and adapting other ways and traditions. Unfortunately this came back to bite him big time with the Lodge. He is a classic tragic hero, in that his strength also encompasses his fatal flaw.

Magnus' fatal flaw is even more classic; hubris. Something Emps is also guilty of along with 'lack of communication kills'. If he'd been honest about the Chaos gods, at least with his sons, Horus would have known exactly what he was getting into on Davin's moon and his men would have known better than to trust in 'Deceased things'. I suspect Emps habit of keeping things to himself is rooted in the long centuries of working in secret. He's NEVER confided in anybody and doesn't see why he should start even after coming out into the open.