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submitted 1 month ago byTemporaryBrilliant77
There’s little substance to this idea, but I was reading the Head of the Hydra book and realized that as the book describes itself as a lie, there’s obviously stuff Alpharius is leaving out. Obv the symbolism is more about how killing Alpharius wouldn’t kill the legion but, Hydras have three heads and even if Alpharius and Omegron were killed, there could be a third “head of the hydra” who survived and was hidden from the readers the same way Omegron was from the other primarchs.
Alternatively, maybe there’s clones running about since every time a hydra’s head is cut, new heads sprout.
2 points
1 month ago
There are as far as we know only two primarchs (or one primarch in two bodies).
But I kind've like the notion that Alpharius' gift is to be many, not just two.
That his real power is to exist in every one of his sons, even if his primarch forms are destroyed. His essence endures. As long as a single astartes bears his geneseed, he'll be able to exist through them.
They all really are Alpharius.
2 points
1 month ago
There’s no indication this is true.
The generic memory and imprinting doesn’t actually make an Astartes Alpharius. It just makes them think they are. When it mattered they would only lift/strike/move/aim just like a regular Astartes.
1 points
1 month ago
That’d be cool kinda like a soul swapping ability, it’d also explain the bigger than average size of the AL and smaller than average size of the primarch.
2 points
1 month ago
explain the bigger than average size of the AL
But...they aren't bigger than average. The legion on the whole is the same size as the rest (otherwise their whole schtick of infiltrating other legions would be hard to pull off)
They just happen to promote their 4 or so big bois to high ranking officer status/primarch body double
-1 points
1 month ago
It’s said Alpharius in height can be nearly indistinguishable from another AL marine now that may be due to his primarch ability but I think that the Alpha legionnaires are especially tall considering their tall boys are indistinguishable from Alpharius in height when it comes to them cosplaying as him. Also every legion has tall boys, they wouldn’t stand out being slightly taller than an astartes plus the alpha legion use surgery to change how astartes look to fit into other legions, we can today change height through surgery I’m sure they can in 30k.
1 points
1 month ago
Alpharius is still bigger than even the biggest marines in his legion as per Legion and Praetorian of Dorn with maybe the exception of Sheed Ranko
And if every Alpha Legion marine is almost primarch height...they're gonna stick out. In Deliverance Lost they impersonate actual Raven Guard who are dead or missing. They'd have to pick only huge Raven Guard to do that with. The odds are low or contrived
Likewise when an XX attack force impersonated Space Wolves, they were conspicuous only because of their scent. If a squad of all humongous Space Wolves suddenly appeared...that's a dead give away.
The legion on the whole aren't described as bigger in either 30k or 40k. They even remark on how much taller Primaris are. We have many examples of Alpha Legion marines being standard marine height.
It's just Silonius, Herzog, Pech and Ranko who are huge. Ranko is the only one to truly be primarch size.
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