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So, the Emperor had the Ultramarines destroy the works of the Word Bearers on Monarchia. What if he had them instead had them stand down, and confided in Lorgar his reasoning for the imperial truth?
Would the still have turned traitor?
Would they have been so successful vs the UM in Ultramar?
Would a portion of the legion have remained loyal?

Thoughts?

It may have delayed things but Kor Phenon had been a chaos agent all along and had been actively working to spread chaos, he would have eventually found a way to drag Lorgar back to it I suspect. The Emperor proably should have simply reckongized that there was no way he could redeem a primarch whom had grown up as a priest in a chaos cult

 iGuy91 wrote:
So, the Emperor had the Ultramarines destroy the works of the Word Bearers on Monarchia. What if he had them instead had them stand down, and confided in Lorgar his reasoning for the imperial truth?
Would the still have turned traitor?
Would they have been so successful vs the UM in Ultramar?
Would a portion of the legion have remained loyal?

Thoughts?

He still would have sanctioned them somehow, I think the way he did it sent them nose-diving into following chaos but the Emperor would still make them understand that he wasn't a god and Lorgars need would still see him down that path.

Chaos thinks it was inevitable:

"Is the most important one of all. Lorgar’s incubation pod will be car-ried to Colchis, to walk the first steps to enlightening humanity of the Primordial Truth, and the gods behind the stars. Without the gods, hu-manity will die, piece by piece, under the predation of the aliens that still lay claim to much of the galaxy. Those that remain will die as the eldar died: in agony, unable to see the Primordial Truth before their very eyes.This is Fate. It is written in the stars. Lorgar knows that humanity needs divinity – it is what shaped his life and Legion. It is why he waschosen as the favoured son"


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BrianDavion wrote:
It may have delayed things but Kor Phenon had been a chaos agent all along and had been actively working to spread chaos, he would have eventually found a way to drag Lorgar back to it I suspect. The Emperor proably should have simply reckongized that there was no way he could redeem a primarch whom had grown up as a priest in a chaos cult

Same with Erebus.

I can't recall if Erebus was actively working with chaos before hand or not but I'll take your word for it (the detail doesn't really matter TBH) Kor Phaneon was actively doing it, working to ensure chaos cults where not wiped out. their knowledge was preserved etc.