Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141119150740/@comment-192.138.82.196-20141229195047

Callummacdonald79 wrote: um, no, emps is not a perpetual. the idea that emps is a perpetual is nothing more than that - an idea. there is zero factual, or even indicative, information about emps being a perpetual, and as far as i can tell the only basis for this idea is that vulkan's a perpetual, but the primarchs had/have attributes that emps didn't. sanguinius having wings is proof that the primarchs have things emps doesn't, and as such vulkan being a perpetual isn't any kind of evidence for emps being one.

and i'm not saying unequivocally that emps isn't a perpetual, just that the odds are about 1% he is and 99% he isn't. and 40k wont die without the imperium. emps will die, the imperium will die, a lot of people will die, a lot will be corrupted, but the human race will continue to fight and try to build and maintain empires. and though they will be mini-empires they are likely to be relatively formidable empires under the leadership of loyal primarchs.

So...where is the factual, indicative information that led you to this very specific percentage/conclusion?

Also, I'm fairly certain it was established that Sanguinius' wings were the result of warp influence when the primarch gestation capsules were spirited away by the Ruinous Powers. It makes sense that Emps wouldn't have wings and proves nothing about what was inherited FROM the Emperor's genome and what was ADDED by Emps.