Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-112.207.224.117-20160114023716/@comment-37.152.33.225-20160421142644

^^ Interesting. I think if the Lion had made it to Terra in time, many scenarios are possible. For instance he woudln't neccessarily have joined The Emperor, Dorn and Sanguinius in boarding Horus' flagship as he would have been instrumental in the battle of Terra alongside Khan.

If he did board with his father the whole state of the Galaxy would have been very different. Horus couldn't have defeated Sanguinius and the Lion so together they could have defeated him and prevented the battle between Horus and the Emperor from even happening. Or he could have arrived to meet Horus with his father and maybe convince him a lot sooner that Horus was gone so that the Emperor obliterated him before allowing Horus to badly injure him.

But the one thing that wouldn't have changed would be the need for the Golden throne, and without any psyker strong enough to sit in it, maybe the Emperor would have done it anyway.