>>5298272If there is some benefit we gain out of all of this, it's the realization and acknowledgment of the limitations of the human body and a desire to surpass them. Not simply flesh and injury, but things like the fact that a humanoid only has two arms thus only two tools for attack, these limbs have limited joint mobility and as such can be grappled and broken if turned against their limited range of motion, if the eyes are incapacitated by bruising or gouging there is no backup vision, and because of limited visibility and the shoulders only rotate a certain way it is difficult to counter an opponent directly behind you or at your back.
Primarchs may be demigods among men, but they fundamentally have the same type of limitations of men even if those limits extremely high.
Whether its Guilliman wrapped up in Chaos Tentacles by Mortarion or Guilliman trapped in the arms of a squeezing Warboss on Thaos, or Angron pushing up against a Titan's foot but essentially breaking his spine and knees, or even Russ breaking Magnus organic spine over his knee. Primarchs are not gods and have limits. Improvements are about surpassing and bypassing those limits.
Punches have limited range? Install pile-driver pistons so they can punch further and harder.
Baseline joints have limited mobility? Fix that, and make them able to rotate in 360*.
Fighting a very good swordsmen who is countering your blows? Don't just block and hit with two limbs, get four more on your side. And mechadendrites and shoulder guns to shoot at them in point blank to boot.
Of all the Primarchs, Talos can take a different approach to being a better fighter. Not simply trying to be a superior warrior or more skilled alone. Improving the mind can only go so far, why not improve the body?
>>5298291Fenrisians and Russ believe in a "Maleficarum" and that there are evil spirits thereof, which is very compatible with the Admech view on evil spirits. We, Russ, and Lorgar may agree on that point even if we disagree on the Emperor's divinity. I'm unsure how much Russ bit into the whole Emepror as Alfather thing, whether he permitted it or advocated it, but I can't believe it's anywhere near as explicit as Lorgar. Where as Magnus would just consider such warp spirits as beneath his concern, trifle things to be manipulated while more powerful entities to just be kept at bay but no major threat. Fenrisian Wolves and Tutelaries are very uneasy in the presence of each other, and likely our Machines which are sanctified to ward out spiritual presences unlike Thousand Sons ones which are probably modded to welcome them will also be at unease. At least, if our null field doesn't keep them away.
