Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141119150740/@comment-25895989-20141219205843

I agree with Callum in that the Emperor is not a 'traditional' Perpetual, but a polyglot entity. I see him more as a Chaos God, in that he too was a conglomeration of the essence/powers/dreams of a host of people throughout time.

I get the sense that 'Emperor as a Chaos Entity' isn't highly regarded here, though.

Let's assume that a Primarch returns, though, the identity is not particularly relevant, other than the fact that Roboute would think with his quill, and Leman with his sword first and foremost.

This primarch is long out of time, and the galaxy is an alien place. However, the real constant is the Primarch himself. He was gene-wrought to immediately and hyper-accurately assess all nature of situations. The perfect engine for walking out of a legend into some weird post-apocalyptic galaxy as we have now.

The real sticking point willbe the utter deification of his gene father, a man he has spent time around personally, who has repeatedly and emphatically denied such grandeur. What will the primarch do in a galaxy that is hingent if not outright reliant upon it.

Forget the Lords of Terra. a false saint can corrupt an entire sector. What could an ACTUAL PRIMARCH do if he arrives and decides that the galaxy needs a 10,000 year reset? Vulkan and Guilliman are our best bets;  they will want to be the shepherds and leaders of men they always were. I think the Lion might rather enjoy being the son of God.