Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-112.207.229.75-20160517103444/@comment-24037808-20160520112754

The Emperor took his risks. Sorry to be crude, but things are more or less like this:

"I have to build up a way to use the webway. It would be game-changing for humans. So i don't give a damn about anything else. Horus, you will be warmaster. EVERYTHING you order to more than a million Space Marines is Law. I don't give a damn, just leave me alone, doing secretive stuff i did not speak to anyone".

He gave all power to the Warmaster. He knows that. All Primarch know that.

Then, (lol) he supposed to give sporadic orders, without boring himself to follow the situations. He's just contraddicting himself...seems like he though.."Yes a made a Warmaster, but in the end, i still give orders".

If you make someone Warmaster (Emp, you know what "master" mean in english, right?) then it is supposed that follow the Warmaster is to follow  the will of the Emperor.

It was too easy to Horus to do as he pleased, going against pivotal orders like the one about bringing Magnus in a peaceful way, knowing that the Emperor will not care at all to check evolving events.

One thing i did not understand: It looks like the Emperor had a very urgent deadline to make the entrance to the webway. Like he had a very short amount of time to finish his work before it will be not possible anymore. I did not recall in the lore any fact regarding absolute urgency to make the Webway entrance.

My theory is that:

Consider the magnificence of the project, the absolute value, and gamechanging importance once finished. Consider his absolute isolation during the making of the project. Consider the absolute lack of trust of the Emperor about any of his 18 sons about the project.

Result? The Emperor become obsessed my his project. He lose any connection with reality while in his lab. just like a mad scientist.

Just one question: could the Emperor put "on Hold" his damned webway project, and deal with the real world from time to time?