Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-37.152.33.225-20131108174133/@comment-213.114.144.58-20131204151345

Well, think of it! You say that Magnus did well taking revenge on Leman Russ? But why would he even need to? He would have known if he had two brain cells to rub together that Leman was only manipulated in to doing what he did by Horus, who was manipulated by Tzeench, so that Magnus in turn would have to take a deal from Tzeench that he could not refuse.

In fact, Magnu knew that Russ was about to attack, but innitially considered it to be his pennance for his foolishness. Which is why he sent away the fleets from his world and left the orbital defences unmanned and his men uninformed. He could have prevented the scouring simply by fighting back to the best of his ability. He chose not to for some unknown reason. (Tzeenchian lobotomy? Other reason?)

Now, my theory is this: Magnus knew that he was becomming corrupted by chaos and that his actions would soon no longer be his own and that he and his legion would become puppets dancing on Tzeenchs strings. Thus, with his last ounc of will-power, he sent away all the non-tainted members of of his legion and made sure that he himself and his remaning troops would perish by Lemans hands. He did not expect Tzeench to interveen in person however and things happened as he feared anyhow.

The untainted members of the legion fled to the edge of the galaxy and eventually reintegrated themselves by changeing their name to the Blood Ravens.