Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130130174042/@comment-6078851-20130313014721

maybe, but the emperor doesn't actually create them, merely imbues them with a minute portion of his charisma, will, vitality etc.

the chaos gods, however, created every daemon that belongs to each faction - khorne bloodletters were created by khorne, plaguebearers created by nurgle and so on. although many greater daemons are individuals, they are only individuals at the whim of the gods - every daemon, in theory, can be re-absorbed by the god that created it as every daemon is merely a physical/psychic portion of the god.

i don't consider the living emperor to have been a god at all, 'simply' ultrasuperhuman. while god-like in a number of ways i also don't consider golden-corpse emperor to be a god, at least not in terms of the chaos gods. his vast psychic ability combined with the golden throne's augmentation has created a set of events that has brought him closer to godhood than any corporeal being but, in my opinion, not actual godhood.