Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-14745711-20130906234048/@comment-72.93.49.215-20140908233902

Indeed. But perhaps he would. Could he do it without the chaos gods?

In my post somewhere above I mentioned that the gods would be the ones that actually do the defeating part of the war against the Tyranids. The Emperor and his allies can do the holding them back part, but not forever. To reiterate, Tzeench and Nurgle could actually wrench them in a microscopic level and Slaanesh may be able to mesmerize the fully awakened Hive Mind. I don't know if E could do it without them.

And plus Emperor could outsmart Tzeench. Remember Tzeench doesn't have any ultimate goals, Emperor does. Tzeench's own "confusion at all costs" aspect may lead him to be outdone by E, who does have goals and a unrelenting will. But yes you are right, once/if the Nid threat is over it would be a mess for all sides as everyone would be in a rush to be the first to screw the other over.

Would be interesting to see the Emperor and Aurelian fight together once more. So much manly feelings of hate, grief, regret, remembrance, disappointment, etc. etc. Oh if that was a novel! I would read it.