Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-37.152.33.225-20131111163502/@comment-8881468-20131219004339

Did  chaotic monsters prey upon Sanguinius or did he live and was he raiused among ortals and made one of them, instead of being alone and fighting off chaotic predators. we are talking alighnment and socialisation here, not just pre birth change.

(sidenote. even seen a toddler keep a lion at bay?)

@ force sent back with luther:  sounds a bit like the cleansing of the traitor legions, only that in this case, those that are from terra or more loyal to the emperor/terra instead of the Lion, are not killed but swallowed up by a warpstorm and dispersed throughout the Imperium and then  being seen as traitors to the LION and not the Imperium, and hunted down for Millenia... (sidenote: the existence of the Fallen Angels is not even known in the Imperium /kept hidden from most institutions and groups.. yeah the Dark Angels have their secrets).

The problem is: you have veterans also form calibanite nights and just a s a quesiton: would you send your most hardened troops away, severly hampering youre battle abilities, ust to train some rookies? if we look at the methods for teaching and drills and the likes, you can do that with less than 100 veterans, instead of sending away most of your hardened troops and longest campaigners. I could understand it if many of them were severly wounded as f.e. the Death Guard does it with those that are unfit for combat duty, or if we look at examples like Warsmith Dantioch. but  500 Astartes,  those are enough to train 5000-1000 initiates at once ( 1 man supervising 10 to 20) and the Dark Angels did not have such a high attirition rate as Death Guard or World Eaters)

Why haven#t the fallen slandered the Lion or the Imperium

1. lack of proof

2. cult of emperor and Primarchs

3. position of the Dark Angels/influence

4. their influence would first of all have to be big enough to reach those goals.. and we know what ahppens when the "Angels" find a "Fallen"...

examples hmm how about angron and his figting, forcing the implants upon him (I mean he had them implanted when he was big and tall  enough to fight  in the Arena right.. and hammering that shit into his skull is, without a doubt, a severe wound.)

woudl the wound be neccessary? just a hint, if your opponent knows that after a parry, you turn left or that you have certain series of blows that you rely on/constantly use, which is normal or most beings, as all have strategies and what not, could he not be able to see those coming and know the counters, it might be a bbattle of endurance or luck or perception but both sides were able and well versed in those actions.