Theory: Perhaps the missing primarchs weren't removed for atrocity : r/40kLore - Reddit
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Two Warhammer 40K primarchs were erased from history — and a Reddit thread argues atrocity may not be why they vanished.
Occam's RazorNarrative FallacyAbsence of EvidenceHistorical Revisionism
Theory Briefing
- The two lost primarchs are among 40K lore's oldest mysteries, with most fan theories blaming war crimes or catastrophic failure for their erasure.
- This Reddit thread challenges the default assumption, proposing that shame, political inconvenience, or other non-atrocity reasons could explain the purge.
- The Emperor's deliberate silence on both figures makes it nearly impossible to distinguish a cover-up of evil from a cover-up of something else entirely.
- With 31 votes and 43 comments, the theory is gaining traction as a genuine alternative reading of the canon gap.