Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130318203252/@comment-24.53.172.81-20130406041457

Marshall Silverman wrote: Please do not let this discussion turn to Men vs Women type of thing. Just don`t. Lol. Ahhh.... Now you're being a killjoy.

But, yah... the premise that if even one of the Primarches were to re-emerge,

(errr... one of the LOYALIST Primarches)

then the fortunes of the Imperium might well be salvaged.

They ARE the princes of mankind, after all. That means, at their peak, they might be able to churn as much influence as The Emperor was able to. Incidentally, they might even know the Emperor's actual name.

In fact... LordLucan wrote a rather outstanding fan-fiction that explores just that notion; the return of a hero Primarch and his quest to rebuild the Imperium:

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Story:The_Shape_Of_The_Nightmare_To_Come_50k