Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7232811-20130506192751/@comment-6134883-20130512150207

Faith by another name. The reaction to Horus' near death among his fleet clearly demonstrates that the Primarchs were AT LEAST demi-gods in the eyes of the normal humans who followed them - and the Astartes too.

What this non-deistic faith distinctly FAILED to do was give the strength to banish a chaos creature. Kiril was helpless, the Astropath tested to her limits but Euphrati got rid of the thing by invoking her 'god' the Emperor.

What interests me is the source of the power that the Faithful access through their belief; I do NOT believe it is Empy himself - certainly it wasn't for Euphrati - then what? Perhaps the power of the 'pure' warp that Russ went to seek?