Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150807010020/@comment-26603023-20160317200016

The gist I got from it was basically:

1. The Emperor was already supremely powerful, but had somehow managed to stay under the Chaos Gods' radar, showing enough power to be too tempting of a tool to pass up, while sitll hiding his true power to appear less of a threat.

2. He approached the Fearsome Four (Evil Eight?) as a petitioner/worshipper to gain knowledge/power to create the Primarchs & imbue them with psychic powers, thereby gaining by trickery what Horus gained by force, yadda yadda yadda. Assuming he would have claimed to need the powers for something benefitting the Pantheon, ie: warpspace melding with realspace, etc., or maybe claiming the Primarchs would serve the Chaos Powers. Also assuming that he had all that Great Cosmic Power, but not the knowledge/skill he would need for the amazing feats of genetic engineering required for the Primarch Project (and maybe even for the Webway Project!)

3. Once the Chaos Gods realized that he was actually creating beings to fight them (or maybe knew all along,  in a Tzeentchian "Just As Planned" way... ), the Pantheon manages to warp the Primarch Babies away, thereby stealing back the fruits of the power and knowledge stolen by the Emperor-In-Disguise.

4. Either through the Emperor's efforts to prevent this, or just typical Chaos dicking each other over, the mini-Primarchs end up on random planets (or, were they right where they were supposed to be? Damn, Tzeentch...), leading to the Heresy, and  ultimately  resulting in the cosmic stalemate we enjoy today (in game).

What do you think, does this sound plausible? Definitely fits with the rest of the Emperor's "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" morality, using the powers of the Chaos Gods & technology of the xenos (Eldar Webway), then banning the Imperium and Mechanicus from doing the same. Typical Dad... ;)