Subject: I do believe him though.
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Posted on: 2022-07-10 22:15:35 UTC

Certainly more than I would Abaddon, for example.

I mean, look at it! His plan for the Siege of Terra - and it was his plan, there's no way the Wolf King would let the Emperor come or be brought to him rather than hunting him down - left the Wolf and the Emperor both dead or nearly so, and 2/3 of the surviving Loyal Primarchs so guilt-ridden or otherwise broken that they ran off to be ineffective for the next ten millennia. Meanwhile Guilliman has his own pocket empire, the entire Eye of Terror at least nominally following him, and at least some of his Chaos opponents - his brothers - ineffective as opponents.

In fact, let's do a quick rundown of...

Bobby Gulls' Grand Plan

Assumption: from the moment the Wolf King brought Guilliman on board, all plans were Guilliman's work. Russ may have thought otherwise. Russ was wrong.

The Daemon Primarchs: Sanguinius is too charismatic; neutralise that by giving him to Nurgle. Drive several of the others (Vulkan, Ferrus Manus) into twisting themselves and their children far beyond sanity; give others (Corax, the Lion) personal vendettas to distract them. Keep Omegon sane - he will be necessary later.

The Loyal Primarchs: Find some way to put Magnus in a coma. This will involve pitting him against a more powerful psychic force: a God of Chaos or the Emperor. The latter is preferred. Ensure Alpharius remains loyal and functional.

The Siege of Terra: Engineer the maiming of the Lion. If he takes a Loyalist Primarchs down, so much the better. Prevent Russ from going out after the Emperor. Ensure the Emperor comes to Russ, and that he is accompanied by Lorgar. Eliminate Lorgar: his preaching could revitalise the Imperium, but without him it will stagnate. Ensure Russ and the Emperor eliminate each other (or nearly). Then get out - Terra is meaningless.

For ten thousand years: Harass the Imperium. Never let them stabilise. Exhaust the Loyalist Primarchs by forcing them to keep waking. Oh - and infiltrate Magnus' mind while the most powerful psyker in history is unconscious and unshielded from the Warp.

Now: When the time is ready for the Great Rift to open, allow Magnus to awaken. He will assume the Throne of Earth, despite the corruption seeded in him. His co-rulers will be two exhausted Primarchs (Perty and Mortarion), one who has spent ten millennia in the Warp (Night Haunter), one ridden with guilt (Horus), and Alpharius. Replace Alpharius with his brother. Since NH and Horus never signed off on the Chapters thing, have Magnus and "Alpharius" throw their weight behind re-assembling the Legions - as a one off, to deal with the unprecedented crisis.

Oh look. Now you've got everyone who can conceivably hurt him gathered in one place, under the command of someone who was bathing in the Warp for ten thousand years. Sounds like a fun toy.

... at least, that's my mind-read of a mad demonic post-mortal.

hS

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