Editing Roboute Guilliman (section)

==Guilliman the Failure...And Why That Makes Him Awesome==

Guilliman is also interesting because he is one of the only primarchs that explicitly ''failed'' at doing something prior to the [[Horus Heresy]] and the events that preceded it, and grew beyond that mistake as a person. Specifically, he was unable to prevent his foster father Konor Guilliman from being killed while he was away on campaign. Part of growing up involves realizing that you aren't the center of the universe and that you can't always have things go your way, and in most people this manifests through repeated failures and disappointments in life. Most of the primarchs, however, faced little to no difficulties or setbacks in uniting their homeworld or during the [[Great Crusade]] due to the sheer power and charisma they possessed, and as a result they basically went through life on easy mode. This caused most of the primarchs to grow up to be spoiled, entitled manchildren. Sometimes [[Magnus the Red|spoiled sweet]], but [[Perturabo|spoiled nevertheless]]. A couple of them did have quite [[Konrad Curze|alot of difficulty]] and [[Angron|circumstances]] would prevent them from being able to learn.

As a result, when things didn’t go their way, [[Lion El'Jonson|whether]] that be the [[Ferrus Manus|betrayal]] of a [[Luther|close]] [[Fulgrim|friend]], [[Sanguinius|an inability]] [[Corvus Corax|to save]] [[Mortarion|their sons]], [[Lorgar|being told “no”]] by someone [[Council of Nikaea|who actually had the power]] to make the decree stick, [[Magnus the Red|causing irreparable damage]] to something that couldn’t be taken back, confronted with the fact that [[Konrad Curze|their methods were not working]], [[Perturabo|the rebellion of their homeworld]], or perhaps most notably [[Leman Russ|the inability to]] [[Rogal Dorn|save their father]], it absolutely broke them. [[Angron]] and [[Mortarion]] both failed at conquering their homeworlds, but in both cases the Emperor stepped in at the last second and saved them. For Mortarion, this lingering sense of “what if” and caused both to shift the blame to the Emperor for his problems, rather than forcing a moment of introspection. [[Fulgrim]] is notably one of the only primarchs to never experience personal failure during the [[Horus Heresy]], and as a result he was ''still'' a spoiled manchild after becoming a [[Daemon Prince|Daemon Primarch]] until Ancient Rylanor denied him, which is explicitly noted as a huge blow to his pride. Angron is arguably the only one who's lack of introspection can be explained by the horrific fact his brain was so horribly scarred by the Nails he is unable to do that or really do anything but be filled with rage. 

Guilliman blamed ''himself'' for not being present to prevent the death of Konor, not the Emperor or some external foe. This gives Guilliman a sense of humility and pragmatism that the other primarchs lacked. This can be seen in how Guilliman set a trap for the [[High Lords of Terra]] by allowing them to orchestrate a coup, using the exact same strategy that was used to kill Konor. Papa Smurf learns from his mistakes. Not to mention how he was the only primarch with his eye on the long term during the [[Great Scouring]]; the effectiveness of the [[Codex Astartes]] may be debatable but at least Guilliman was thinking about the future rather than focused on [[Rogal Dorn|immediate]] [[Jaghatai Khan|vengeance]] or [[Leman Russ|drowning in]] [[Corvus Corax|self-pity]], this wasn't the first time Guilliman lost a father. While Guilliman may be less colorful than the other primarchs, he is definitely more mature, and he is probably one of the few loyalist primarchs to understand while he may be a superhuman demigod, he isn’t all powerful.