Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130423145616/@comment-6078851-20130506212918

not sure about anyone double-crossing chaos, they've given everything they were to their servitude of them, although maybe alpharius (or omegon, whoever it is that's still alive) would be the best candidate for that scenario, but i'm not getting into that as there is already a huge thread about exactly that.

i've had this thought buzzing about for a while now - what if the primarchs, and by extension the astartes, before being thrown into a life of war and death as soon as possible, had to live a 'normal' life? say for a century or so (for astartes after their ascension to superhuman), they had to live as forge workers, farmers and such and also have at least one family in order to 'ground' them to the people they are supposed to be fighting for, so they know exactly what it is they are protecting.

obviously they are the best protectors of humanity but they have no true connection to humanity, so this would naturally lead to their arrogance over those they fight for.

thoughts?