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 Brutus_Apex wrote:
Ok, this question comes up a lot.

This is from Aaron Dembski Bowden's own blog about Abaddon. He is a Black Library author and he wrote Talon of Horus.

https://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/lets-talk-about-abaddon/

I love that Abaddon is a much more complex character than people understand or give him credit for. Failed Crusades you say? Yea...no

For the most part, he achieves his objectives. Sow as much destruction and anarchy throughout the Imperium while picking up some cool toys to kill stuff with. Horus was direct but overconfident. Going straight for Terra was a huge gamble that ultimately cost him the war. Abaddon is playing the long game, though, to his mind, he isn't a servant of the Dark Gods but using them to further his own agenda. Bare in mind that he is quite mad lol.