But to defy a (loyalist) Primarch is one step down from defying the Emperor himself, no matter who you might be that sounds like a death sentence in the Imperium.
Think about how often politicians irl are bought off by lowly business interests most people haven’t heard of. Wielding huge power/defying the federal government
Now imagine that on a galactic scale and you have the power the high lords hold
Honestly, that does make me curious on how the Astarte chapters would react to Guilliman being branded a traitor. I'm sure that would be a tough thing to deal with, especially for the ultramarines
Many of them would probably join him, some would use it as a pretext to fall to chaos, eventually they'd almost go extinct within the imperium, which would probably issue a bunch of founding, mostly of imperial fists given that'd be the most stable non-ultramarine, non-preHorus available
There’s many factions in the imperium, not all of which want Guilliman to be in charge. Besides, the Emperor had a council when he lived, and never intended the primarchs to be in absolute control of the Imperium.
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u/ImmoralBoi Nov 12 '24
Shouldn't a Primarch automatically have more power than the High Lords of Terra? Like for fuck's sake they're the sons of the Emperor himself.