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The thing that sometimes intrigues me is that people don't spot the great parallel in the original Ollanius Pius story. The Emperor united humanity & took it to the stars, forging it's destiny. He'd cultivated and shaped humanity from the shadows up to the point where he emerged as it's leader. Essentially the Emperor guided and protected humanity, looking after it at critical moments. This is where the parallel comes in.

In the Imperial Palace, when Horus struck the Emperor down, humanity repaid the favor to it's Emperor in the shape of one Imperial soldier, Ollanius Pius. Through Pius humanity protected the Emperor at a pivotal moment. As Horus went to strike the fallen Emperor, Pius intervened. Horus switched his attention to the lone Imperial Army soldier and obliterated him, giving the Emperor the mere moment he needed to strike his treacherous son down.

This also goes hand-in-hand with the ordinary human stepping up where super-humans wouldn't or couldn't to do what he thought was right. I think it's a grand tale and I personally do not like the idea of him not being a super-special human. I'll stick with him as a regular Imperial Army soldier - far more epic than it being yet another super/special-human.