Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-37.152.33.225-20131111163502/@comment-37.152.33.225-20131204074802

Don't think we're going to entirely agree on this but I know what you mean. However, just because the Primarchs were bred for war and conquest doesn't mean they could not rule, they have the most brilliant minds, the strongest wills and are the most physically perfect.

Yes their style and ability to rule would be affected by the previous experiences that have shaped their nature, but not to the extent that they could not do what was expected of them, they are better than humans in every single way, thus they lie outside the natural order of things to an extent, such as the social behavior you mentioned.

No returned loyalist Primarch would be the 'ideal' ruler; if anyone that would be the Emperor. But being a son of the Emperor and being superior to any human candidate for rule would give them a good chance.

Finally, if a loyalist did return and the story did go down this road, that they effectively ruled the Imperium, they would still be mostly focused on war and conquest anyway you would think, with the curent state of the Imperium. Either that, or they would be spending all their time trying to locate or cure their loyalist brothers, or looking to cure the Emperor himself, not dealing with administration, even if officially the 'ruler' of the Imperium.