Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-37.152.33.225-20131108174133/@comment-213.114.144.58-20131204224347

Yea it would. I once read a fanfic about a Fallen Angels space marine from the Horus heresy that was displaced in time and wound up in the current millennia. He pretty much said "Fuck it" and just became a wandering pilgrim that stopped caring about the war between the imperium and chaos. Instead he looked to learn as much as possible of the people and cultures who existed here in the future.

It would be interesting if Magnus became something similar. A wandering sage not aligned with anyone, who meddles in conflicts and the fates of people for his own purposes or amusement. That way he would become a much better character than what he is currently restrained to.

I think I recalled that Magnus was actually very fascinated by the cultures and societies that he and his legion conquered. And he tried to change them as little as possible when integrating them in to the Imperium. Or if that was impossible, at least record them and their histories and knowledge. I could see him doing the same thing now if he got free from a chaos possession. He surely would not join the loyalists. Nor would they be likely to want him.