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Did the Eldar creating Slaanesh cause Chaos to lose at Terra?

The situation prior to the birth of Slaanesh – warp storms isolate Terra – the Emperor is basically stuck there; no Crusade could be successful. Then the Eldar fall, which creates Slaanesh, which blows the storms away from Terra and elsewhere, allowing the Great Crusade to happen and mankind to get to the verge of conquering the galaxy and the Emperor to have the ability to work on his great project beneath Terra. Slaanesh’s birth allows the Emperor to become a threat to Chaos instead of a fly in a bottle.

Slaanesh corrupts the Emperor’s Children legion. At the battle of Terra, the Emperor’s Children bore of the attack on the palace and go off on their own to terrorize the populace. If they had been more disciplined or turned by a god other than Slaanesh, perhaps they would have stayed and the traitors would have been able to crack the palace sooner. Without the same time crunch, Horus’ gamble on the Vengeful Spirit would not have been necessary. Slaanesh’s main contribution – turning the Emperor’s Children – leads to the Chaos plan falling apart at a critical juncture.

Now here’s the real kicker – is it possible that some Eldar, gifted with great foresight, saw these possible timelines and deliberately led the Eldar down the paths of excess that led to the Fall and the birth of Slaanesh? Did they deliberately manipulate the creation of the Chaos god of masochism and self-destruction to sabotage Chaos?