Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141119150740/@comment-24944355-20141219214744

The Emperor would be a god of order given his nature, not chaos. As for the primarch's shepherding humanity through gradual change, it will never happen - there wouldn't be enough time to do things gradually even if the inquisition let them. When the surviving primarchs return it will be in conjunction with the end times event I have heard is being prepped for 40k in the next few years. The primarchs will return either just before, during or towards the end of the end times event, so they won't have time to repair the empire but will be around to pick up the pieces afterward.