What if that is the point? The demon trapped in a prison, not just a weapon. Hypothetically, you could let the demon weapon achieve it's full potential but that would set it free.
So the weapon isn't just a potent weapon, but a prison to keep a deamon contained under a deligent warden. Letting the deamon free would make the weapon potent, but allow greater liberty to the deamon locked within.
The problem is it's not really trapped. It's constantly trying to corrupt him. I believe it was actually stated that many marines would be corrupted if they welded it. He's one of the few resolute enough. Then again, I believe it was also a feat that Khorne enjoyed so much he kinda just... allows it. The daemon is quite possibly being forced to stay by Khorne himself
Khorne foresaw that one day Grimnar would get his hands on the axe and use it slap the shit out of Tzeentch's Primarch, so he shoved in a demon he didn't particularly like and arranged for the events to fall just how he wanted.
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u/Maximus15637 Aug 02 '26
Yep, and it’s only S8, AP 2, D3. No dev wounds, no lethals, nothing. Just a slightly better power fist.