Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-37.152.33.225-20151214132539/@comment-176.25.248.74-20151225213431

The Lion is just the loyalist counterpart to Alpharius. Nobody knew why Alpharius turned traitor, and nobody who worked with him against the Emperor ever got what he thought he would.

The Chaos Gods were almost certain that Lion El'Jonson was going to side with them. They'd corrupted him (or so they thought) in the dark woods of Caliban early in his life. When the Lion turned out to be loyal, and that surprised everyone - even the Emperor himself.

And now anyone who works with the Dark Angels gets what they think. Maybe they will stay and held you survive an Ork invasion. Or maybe they will hear about a Cypher sighting in the next sector and instantly leave you all to die. Or maybe they will kill you for finding out about the Fallen.