Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-96.237.238.119-20131218020230/@comment-92.40.249.87-20170129142700

It would be a twist if the Emperor died and as a result, nothing happened. There was no great cataclysm that doomed humanity and the galaxy continued on as it has for millennia. This would cause many, including the high lords, to question their beliefs and eventually come to the conclusion that the Emperor was placed in the Golden Throne so that humanitys belief in him as a God would hold the Imperium together. Otherwise in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy the Imperium would likely of fractured and collapsed. This realization would result in many changes in the Imperium into the 42nd Millennium.