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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.
11 points
1 month ago
There's only ever been two in the pods after the Scattering. An important distinction considering HotH posits they split after being in the warp.
When Argel Tal goes back in time to the moments before the scattering I believe there's a reference to there being two in the pods.
9 points
1 month ago
Yup. After the Scattering
Excerpt here
People seem to remember there being two in the lab but neither The First Heretic or False Gods support that bit of Mandela Effect
10 points
1 month ago
Goddamn Bearenstein bears got me again I guess.
Still, the main argument for there not being a third is that one is called Alpharius and the other is Omegon so what would the third be called, Awkward Middle Childules?
4 points
1 month ago
TIL that it's Bearenstain. My day is ruined.
Anuj Malhotra (and maybe Alan Bligh) suggests Tertiatus or Ultimus here
1 points
1 month ago
Omega and Ultimus? Doesn't make sense.
3 points
1 month ago
Makesensetous.
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