What did Horus do to the emperor?
The Chaos Gods’ pact with Horus was simple: give us the Emperor and we give you the galaxy. Driven by his jealousy, desire for power and anger at what he saw as his father’s rejection of him, Horus accepted the Ruinous Power’s offer. They healed his grievous wound and filled him with the power of the warp.
How did Horus harm the emperor?
God, by simple definition, is the creator of the universe with unlimited power to control and manipulate everything and cannot be killed or harmed by the beings he created. But the emperor of humanity was wounded by his son Horus in the final battle aboard the vengeful spirit.
Could Horus kill the emperor?
If Horus had been strong enough to mortally wound the god-emperor, he could logically have defeated the emperor, even if the emperor hadn’t been held back by his fatherly love, although this is very, very unlikely.
What did Horus say to the emperor?
“Feel the true nature of my power, then tell me I’m wrong,” Horus roared in the voice of an angry god. Beads of sweat appeared on the emperor’s forehead, and he froze in pain. You are wrong, he said.
Why did Horus fight the emperor?
He knew he would be mortally wounded in battle, so why did he do it? He knew that the Space Wolves and Dark Angels would soon arrive on Earth and practically wipe out the Traitors. June 6, 2016
What if Horus killed the Emperor?
If it worked, it would engulf the entire Earth in flames so intense that even the greatest demons would die a True Death, forever banishing the Chaos Throneworld. So if Horus succeeded in killing the Emperor, he would unwittingly lose Earth.
How did Horus harm the emperor?
Now I know that the loss in this case is subjective, as he technically won, but Horus burned his face, gouged out his eye, tore his hand off the plate, and broke his spine above the knee. And all this, they say, happened because the emperor still held back for the sake of his son.
Could Horus win?
Horus not only had a good chance of winning, he was expected to win. This was the undisputed conclusion of the greatest scientists of the War Mechanicus, the Imperial Auxiliaries and Rogal Dorn himself.
Could Russ have killed Horus?
As a result of the battle, the Wolves essentially ceased to exist as a legion. Though Horus had won, he was devastated by what the spear had done to him and by the fact that Russ could have killed him if he hadn’t hesitated.
Why did Horus betray the emperor?
Of course, this vision was shown to him by a monster who knew that the future Horus saw was the result of Horus’ betrayal… the monster simply missed that key detail. In other words, the monster showed him a vision of the future caused by his betrayal of the emperor, causing him to betray the emperor.