That’s the whole traitor list. I’m going to have to fluff up Angron and Perturabo when I’m done, I got more wordy as I continued onward. I wanted to talk real fast about why I picked the ones I did.

Fulgrim - This was one was suggested by my friend, back when I first came up with the idea. Fulgrim strikes me as a Page because of the slow starter concept, and it’s pretty obvious that he wants to be the best as everything he can, and actively rejects the things he can’t be good at. He’s trying so hard and it’s kind of painful to watch him do it. Come on, man, it’s okay.

Perturabo - I came up with this idea on my own pretty quickly. Destroyer class plus his own preferences made it come together, plus I’ve noticed that Prince players in Homestuck tend to experience a lot of isolation, either deliberately or due to how things work out. Perturabo to a point reminds me of Dirk, but Perturabo is obviously significantly more emotional. They’re both creators with a destroyer class.

Nighthaunter - One of the things that really struck me as ruling Konrad’s life are his visions. The fact that he keeps them secret, the fact that they hurt him, the fact that he sees terrible things so he’ll never be able to believe things will get better because doing so would mean his visions are lying to him, which means he can’t trust himself. While I’ve never liked the canon-Konrad’s methods, I can see why having so bleak a vision of the future leads one to believe that the only way to get people to listen is to scare them into it.

Amita - Amita is one of the two female OC Primarchs my friend and I came up with. While another friend was thinking of a very ridiculous idea, I came up with Selene, and my friend came up with Amita, though Amita herself never really had much of a backstory. This character can be traced out through her class page: she grew up essentially being just like the Emperor, more so than Horus or Guilliman. The problem is, when confronted with ‘herself’, of course she wouldn’t yield, which made her dangerous, and ultimately, a liability.

Angron - There’s literally a quote floating around about Angron weaponizing his own emotions. That pretty much covers it. It was between Prince and Knight, and I decided to use Knight for someone else. I’m sure you can figure out who.

Lorgar - Lorgar’s class came to me very spontaneously late last night. I wanted to emphasize where Lorgar was coming from even if I didn’t really agree with his methods or his logic. I also poke fun at Lorgar acting like he was the only one who wound up doing something he didn’t enjoy, because I can think of three or four Primarchs who got forced into what they’re doing. Life sucks, Lorgar. It sucks and no one understands.

Mortarion - Mortarion’s original class was actually Seer, and I switched it to Bard after I reread Calliope’s in-canon definition of Bard and Prince. I still find Mortarion’s actions baffling, especially with a backstory that made me actually feel pretty bad for him. I may also have FEELS about the Death Guard due to how our first couple of RPs went.

Magnus - Maaaaaaaagnuuuuuus. I love you. I don’t really consider you to be a traitor even if your Legion kind of has major wtf issues at times. I like Ahriman except for that one time he was really kind of a dick. I ultimately see Magnus as someone who literally just wants to see the galaxy learn. Things are less ambiguous in the pre-HH canon, but even then the whole thing seems like such total bullshit, like they needed to get rid of him so he couldn’t just tableflip on Lorgar’s machinations. Kind of like Rose becoming an alcoholic before the Sessions merge… hmm… Also, as I was writing it, I kind of realized that Light players share this too-cocky arrogance about how right they all are. Rose, Vriska, Aranea, Magnus…

Horus - I never intended to use Lord or Muse, but my friend suggested Lord of Doom for Horus (and Muse of Hope for Selene), and it occurs to me that it fits. And everything Horus loves is flammable. I honestly don’t think Horus is actively malicious before he turns. He’s kind of manipulative, but it’s such blatantly kindergarten shit that I have a hard time taking it seriously. Planting your audience is an old, old trick. Flattering someone to get them to do what you want is even older. Try harder, Daddy Arf, try harder.

Alpharius - It’s not obvious or clear, but when I started genderswitching Primarchs, Alpharius was the only traitor Primarch that I switched, primarily because I definitely didn’t want people like Lorgar or Fulgrim flipped. It felt like a weak stereotype. So, while I make fun of Alpharius falling for the blatantly obvious, I consider the whole package of her being ridiculously smart and cunning. I actually spontaneously switched her from Mind to Light because I thought it fit better. Omegon is also still male.