Looking for sources about specificities of the SW geneseed

[Grimtooth]

the wolf brothers in battle of the fang didn't turn wulfen, they displayed mutaztions such as beaks and bird legs if i recall correctly, they had fallen to chaos and showed signs of chaos mutations.

Erm... Very interesting but again, since I haven't read Battle of the Fang yet, and most likely won't have the time to in the foreseeable future, I must say "a quote or it didn't happen" ;)

 

They weren't wulfen. They are described as Hendrik explained and even a bit moreso.

[Grimtooth]

interesting insight ramses! one i've never thought of before! now I've found a couple of facts that might lessen the insight.

first of all the emperor never ordered the splitup of the legions for as long as he was around (besides eliminating all evidence of the 2 missing legions) into chapters. during the great crusade, which legions are known to recruit from other worlds besides their homeplanet? are the sons of russ truely the only ones with only a single planet of recruitment. do we actually have an idea what the emperor would do with the legions in the end?

second; it's battle of the fang you reread! :)

 

Yea, it was Battle of the Fang I meant to refer to, but I have also read PB yet again and found something interesting.

 

Yes, the Emperor never ordered the split up. However it is said he created each primarch with a purpose. That was explained by Long Fang to Kasper, with the 6th Legion being mentioned as executioners and another being mentioned as something like empire builders Ihello UM). Furthermore, we know that the 6th Legion is said to always have been one of the smaller legions to begin with.

 

If you look at the overall bigger picture, bot pre-HH and post, the majority of those primarchs legions, now chapters, kept to their original purpose. Checks and balances is what I am speaking. The SW were designed to be only one thing and one thing only, with the check being that they would never be able to grow so big as to create a a galactic empire based on their purpose. Always the bridesmaind, but never the bride? In this case, always the executioner, never the king.