Let's play "Online Psychiatrist" and diagnose the primarchs

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**Gwar!**

Except Dorn also has Daddy issues, in that he has "omfg I let daddy die" issues, that Rowboat exploited to the full to make sure Dorn went and killed half his own legion so he would be forced into accepting the Codex Astrates

**aka_tizz**

Oh yeah and Mortarion had the "Batmaniacal" syndrome

Most of the others suffered from severe jealousy

**Karon**

I feel Conrad Kurze (or Night Haunter) was seriously mis-judged.

Yes, he murdered, but he murdered the murderers, the rapists, the corrupt.

Yeah, he did it like an assassin, but how was he any different than Russ slaughtering people with his Wolves? Was it because he was sneaky about it? Thats is quite slowed if you ask me.

I wish he wouldn't have been assassinated, he is, by far, my favorite Primarch.

He never had a disorder of any kind, he had a terrible childhood, he grew up with no parents, as a bum, he had no adopted parents, and was born in a wasteland of a world.

**Pyriel-**

Angron would be tough given that he's been technologically tweaked to all get out. You might classify him as a homicidal sociopath with anger and impulse control issues but how much of that is him and how much is the tech?

And then the Man goes and gives the crazy loonie a whole legion, geez.

Emperor = severe blindness.

**ProtoClone**

Pyriel- wrote:
Angron would be tough given that he's been technologically tweaked to all get out. You might classify him as a homicidal sociopath with anger and impulse control issues but how much of that is him and how much is the tech?

And then the Man goes and gives the crazy loonie a whole legion, geez.

Emperor = severe blindness.

No, I believe the Emperor knew exactly what he was doing. He knew this would happen and he knew all of this would thrust him into deity status...so he was criminally insane.

**DarkHound**

Reaver83 wrote:Fine, qualified psychiatrist here....

Lion El'Jonson - Depression (possibly with psychosis and paranoia re luthur)
Jaghatai Khan - ADHD
Leman Russ - Alcohol misuse and Bipolar disorder
Rogal Dorn - Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Sanguinius - Emotionally unstable Personality disorder
Ferrus Manus - Schiotypal Personality disorder
Roboute Guilliman - can this man be ill he's like perfect - narcissistic personality disorder
Vulkan - Schizotypal personality disorder
Corax - ????

Fulgrim - Narcisstic/emotionally unstable personality disorder
Perturabo - paranoid personality disorder
Conrad Kurze - Sever antisocial personality disorder
Angron - dysthymic
Mortarion - hypochondriacal?
Magnus the Red - schizotypal
Horus - Paranoid/emotionally unstable Personality disorder
Lorgar - depessive
Alpharius/Omegon - dissociative

I'd say Angron has a whole lot worse than dysthymia. I'd say he's a psychopath since he grew up as a gladiator. He had to do whatever it takes to live, and break any rule. With that being the only thing he'd ever known it would just be natural for him to take whatever he wants by any means. The surgery his owners forced on him helps mask this, but it is more apparent in the Horus Heresy books.

I'd also say you're wrong about Horus. I'd say he also suffers from psychopathy instead of borderline personality disorder.

Corax suffers from sever depression. Read here and see if you can tell why.

**Alpharius**

Great Unclean One wrote:I think Alpharius Omegon has a case of split personalities/mistaken identity.....

Do need to explain this, really?

Yes?

Ketara wrote:Schizophrenia for alpharius?

No?

Great Unclean One wrote:I think Alpharius Omegon has a case of split personalities/mistaken identity.....

Do need to explain this, really?

Yes?

You all realize that Alpharius and Omegon are two separate individuals, right?

Not to mention the fact that clearly, if Alpharius (and by default, Omegon) 'suffer' from anything, it is sheer awesomeness!

Gwar! wrote:Corax suffers from Emo.

You haven't heard RAVEN'S FLIGHT yet have you?

You can kiss that EMO label goodbye as you witness Corax kick some major ass on Istvaan.

Seriously.

**Gwar!**

Corax certainly suffers from Emo post heresy

**Alpharius**

Maybe, but certainly with good reason.

Unlike, oh, 99.99999% of people who currently are EMO'ing it up...

**Gwar!**

He is still an Emo ;P
Not like Russ who was 110% pure Badass!

**SagesStone**

Well if the Inquisitor Omnibus means anything the Emperor seems to suffer from multiple personalities; lots and lots of personalities. Plus all caps, cause his voice was always booming in Jaq's head.

**Alpharius**

n0t_u wrote:Well if the Inquisitor Omnibus means anything the Emperor seems to suffer from multiple personalities; lots and lots of personalities. Plus all caps, cause his voice was always booming in Jaq's head.

As sad as this makes me, I don't think the INQUISITOR Omnibus means anything anymore...

A shame really, as it ended on a cliff hanger!!!

**Pyriel-**

Yes?

You all realize that Alpharius and Omegon are two separate individuals, right?

Not to mention the fact that clearly, if Alpharius (and by default, Omegon) 'suffer' from anything, it is sheer awesomeness!

Not really.
Alpharius is described as having an inferiority complex of epic scale.
The fluff on him meeting horus highlites this even more.

**Orkfantic**

I wouldnt try to put something on Fulgrim because he did get possesed by a deamon and is no longer in control
just my two cents

**Owain**

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Sanguinius was pretty emotionally stable. He recognized and embraced his father immediately, served him loyally, and was rock-solid to the end. The instabilities of the Blood Angels are owing to the loss of such a great Primarch.

**Alpharius**

Pyriel- wrote:
Yes?

You all realize that Alpharius and Omegon are two separate individuals, right?

Not to mention the fact that clearly, if Alpharius (and by default, Omegon) 'suffer' from anything, it is sheer awesomeness!

Not really.
Alpharius is described as having an inferiority complex of epic scale.
The fluff on him meeting horus highlites this even more.

That's certainly one way to interpret his story.

The latest background information on him doesn't seem to back this up though...

**Lord of battles**

Ravens Flight has turned Corax in to a BADASS im listening to it now its EPIC!!!

**Pyriel-**

That's certainly one way to interpret his story.

The latest background information on him doesn't seem to back this up though...

Bummer dude, sorry to trash your favorite primarch but that is the correct fluff on him.
As for the "latest" information on him it´s in fact 10k year old. Every primarch was different pre and post heresy.

The canon fluff (not HH) is found primarily in the IA.

**Steelmage99**

"Correct fluff"??

"Canon fluff"??

And disregarding the HH series as not being "Correct, but embracing IA (of all things!!) as The Holy Word is just strange beyond belief.

**Pyriel-**

Not at all. There are various fluff sources with various credebility to them. GWs own direct fluff (canon fluff) as seen in the IA and the codexes are surpassed only by GWs later dito.

Then we have BL novels such as the HH series as well as DH and the new RT fluff. Its good stuff but in many cases very questionable and where there are direct contradictions canon fluff is the "correct" one.

To give you an example, BL fluff clearly states the Imperial Fists are superstitious whichcraft dabbers, are we to follow that line or would you rather follow canon fluff?
Another BL example, the black legion has around 600 000 chaos marine legionnaires, is this something you consider to be "correct" fluff?
Or would you rather follow GWs own canon fluff on pre heresy legion sizes and chaos warband strenghts?