User blog comment:Vivaporius/AT Idea: Imperial Civil War/@comment-3258762-20120408184922/@comment-3398633-20120409184348

Okay. Now, let me say this again. The Emperor only gets two Primarchs, and the Church gets one. Also, the Emperor's forces are outnumbered. He's got the daemons to the north, the ecclesiarchy to the south, warlords and everything imaginable to the east, and the new Eldar Empire to the west. Plus, his own realm is not completely under his control. Guerilla movements, civil unrest, Ecclesiarchy propaganda, and invasions from all sides due to Segmentum Solar's central location, means that his empire is not the juggernaut expected. Plus, the Ad-Mech is not cooperating. Also, I already said the Ecclesiarchy would get super-saints, and bumped up sororitas, and insane fanatics. Plus, they have Lion and several chapters of the Astartes. The Emperor has no major support aside from those whom he has conviced or conquered.