Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6767898-20130227013545/@comment-6134883-20130407174111

Callummacdonald79 wrote: .....when they come back there's a distinct possibility they will be rendered ineffectual (physically, not counting the morale boost) through the bureacratic quagmire they would find themselves in.

the lords of terra will not see their return as welcome as they are likely to want to make big changes, and will feel threatened that their own positions of power may be lost to the primarchs.

the inquisition will question their motives for being m.i.a for 10 millenia, no-one will believe that russ spent so long in the realm of chaos without being tainted (the wolves will, obviously, but i personally doubt it), corax's loyalty will also probably be doubted as he disappeared into the eye - not to mention that they could simply be named traitors, one and all, for abandoning the empire, vulkan in particular.

as joyous as their return ought to be the bureacratic nightmare that is the administratum will most likely rain all over that parade. I find that scenario all too depressingly convincing. Never underestimate the force of Human Stupidity.