Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-112.207.225.41-20160709120906/@comment-14745711-20161212223840

Could they not exist independently as "daemons"? From what I understand belief creates a warp entity constrained within those beliefs until said entities powers grows great enough to break free of those expectations. It is a bit different from the chaos gods since they are embodiments of emotions not belief.

We know strong faith can create and even summon warp entities such as the Angels the Sisters of Battle are able to summon through their faith in the Emperor's protection, and the Sanguinor from the Blood Angels. In theory if a civilisation of hundreds of thousands believed that there was a magical warrior who come and fight for them, then that faith would create that same warrior.