Editing Horus (section)

==Capabilities==
It has often been said that Horus was the single greatest of all the Primarchs, and in many respects he genuinely was. Some of his brothers may have had an edge in one particular specialty or another, but Horus was very often among the top 5 in any given category. A jack of all trades, master of most, if you will. As a battle tactician, only Corax or the Lion were in his league, with the Lion possibly being just slightly better. As a grand military strategist, he was akin in skill to Dorn and Guilliman, with Guilliman likely taking the top spot by a small margin. As a logistician, only Perturabo or Guilliman were his match. As a diplomat, only Guilliman, Lorgar, and potentially Magnus were in his league. As a leader of men, only Sanguinius was possessed of similar charisma and nobility. And as a duelist, his prowess was such that Leman Russ, the Emperor's Executioner and one of the most powerful Primarchs, considered Horus to be his equal. All these traits and more combined to make Horus a virtually unmatched general. He could fight, plan, improvise, inspire, and negotiate with the absolute best of them. In terms of compliances, he had the single greatest number of military Compliances under his belt out of all the Primarchs. Only Dorn, the Lion, and Guilliman were close, and only Guilliman had a greater number of total Compliances (ones gained through diplomacy or some other non-military means).

There was a flipside to his brilliance, however. While he was arguably the greatest conqueror out of the Primarchs, he was not the type of person to leave a planet better than it was before. Though he was noted as having said that these planets ''should'' be left better than they had been, he himself was not the person to actually stick around and fix things. Instead, he left that job to other Imperial organizations, whereas Primarchs like Guilliman or Lorgar would make sure to get a conquered planet up and running before leaving. Guilliman in particular would not leave a planet without ensuring that it had a functional PDF; well into the assimilation process for a compliant world. Additionally, while Horus was a magnificent diplomat and always felt that the Primarchs should rule humanity, he never showed any interest in statesmanship of any level. On that note, it appears as though Horus never actually governed a single world. Unlike most of his brothers, he was found by the Emperor long before he would have had any chance at ruling his home world. In fact, for an Astartes from the Luna Wolves to be made a planetary governor was actually considered a mild form of punishment on the few occasions it happened. The Primarch who conquered the most planets never stuck around to make something of his gains. He wanted to always be known as his father's favourite and then when he was given the Warmaster position he started buckling under the pressure. In other words, he was the classic example of "wanting is better than having".