Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-58.179.157.107-20140511083958/@comment-28917471-20160303170854

80.114.134.112 wrote: I think a better question would be; why did the emperor chose a warmaster at all? He would've been aware of the trival squables between his sons, placing one above all others would surely fuel jealosy and envy. In retrospect this has surely fuelled much of the chaos and conflict of the Horus heresy. How could it be that a being such as the Emperor still chose this course of action?

Are his Primarchs, genius and superhuman, not capable of leading the great crusade as a well-oiled unit? I can't say that this is a good question, since it is pretty obvious.

The Emperor needed someone to continue his Great Crusade while he would return to Terra to begin his Webway project. His human generals were out of question (for Primarch to take an order frim human will be below the Primarch's dignity). So he had to name one of his gene-sons a Warmaster.

Horus was the perfect candidate because he was the most experienced one, while he also had a good connection with most of the Primarchs. Thus he was given the title of the Warmaster.

The Primarch's had to be led by one leader. If every Primarch would make war the way he wanted, then the Great Crusade would be a complete mess. Remember, the Primarchs are genius and superhuman, but they are human nonetheless.