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Does it say anywhere what the timescale for the Emperor finding the Primarchs was? How long between the first and the last?
Also the Emperor had the First Legion with him when he met the Lion. Did he know who was on each planet and so have their legion with him when he landed? or were there cases of 'Hi missing Primarch, your legion is on the other side of the galaxy!'?

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Primarch

If in doubt, Google it!

He didn't know where any of them were but some of them he could sense pcychically and others he would hear about great empires which he figured could only be the work of primarchs.

I think if the primarchs legion was with him when found it would have been coincidence, the 1st legion may have been an exception as the emperor may have favoured them because they were the 1st

Horus was the first found and Alpharius last, but I don't exactly remember the timescale.

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
Horus was the first found and Alpharius last, but I don't exactly remember the timescale.

Given that Cthonia is reachable from terra without even entering the warp, we can assume that he was found very early after the conquest of Sol System. Alpharius was found a few decades before the Horus heresy (I remember around 40 year but I can't remember where from). So we can estimate a time window of around 150 years between first and last Primarchs found.

"Ferrus Manus: Gorgon of Medusa" takes place shortly before Horus is made Warmaster & the Emperor leaves the Great Crusade, and there are 15 active Primarchs (just trying to find the bit to double-check).


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"'They say that he means to promote one from the fifteen to lead the Great Crusade in his name. Why, even now Fulgrim joins Horus and Jaghatai and the Lion at his side, for reasons that none will share."

I've read that Johnson was found about 150 years before the Heresy, and he was middle of the pack. So the Primarchs before him had to have been found in pretty rapid succession, and then things slowed down afterwards. I find that weird though, since Guilliman was found before him, way at the edge of the galaxy, when Caliban wasn't that far from Earth.

This seems pretty complete and in depth

https://sites.google.com/site/tymellsheresy/horus-heresy-timeline-notes

Thanks for the replies everyone

djones520 wrote:I've read that Johnson was found about 150 years before the Heresy, and he was middle of the pack. So the Primarchs before him had to have been found in pretty rapid succession, and then things slowed down afterwards. I find that weird though, since Guilliman was found before him, way at the edge of the galaxy, when Caliban wasn't that far from Earth.

Caliban is quite close to the eye of terror, so it could be that, having previously dealt with the chaos gods, that the Emperor wanted to keep away from them for as long as possible. Either that or he just took a wrong turn.

Taffy17 wrote:

I think if the primarchs legion was with him when found it would have been coincidence, the 1st legion may have been an exception as the emperor may have favoured them because they were the 1st

Agreed, until the Rangdan Xenocides the Dark Angels were the largest Legion and were often his favoured choice from the end of the unification war, for a very long time. Though them being present for finding the Lion may still be a coincidence.

Though IIRC When Angron was found the XIIth Legion was present. So Even though it appears a coincidence and I can't think of any evidence of the Emperor knowing who he's picking up I wouldn't put it beyond his ability. Enough coincidences begin to look like conspiracy after all.

 Lion of Caliban wrote:
Though IIRC When Angron was found the XIIth Legion was present. So Even though it appears a coincidence and I can't think of any evidence of the Emperor knowing who he's picking up I wouldn't put it beyond his ability. Enough coincidences begin to look like conspiracy after all.

Or the planet / Primarch was covertly scouted before the Emperor and the Legion arrived.

beast_gts wrote:

 Lion of Caliban wrote:
Though IIRC When Angron was found the XIIth Legion was present. So Even though it appears a coincidence and I can't think of any evidence of the Emperor knowing who he's picking up I wouldn't put it beyond his ability. Enough coincidences begin to look like conspiracy after all.

Or the planet / Primarch was covertly scouted before the Emperor and the Legion arrived.

Entirely possible. I don't see why the Emperor wouldn't have explorator fleets scouting for him and Surveilling planets pending his arrival.