Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-14745711-20130906234048/@comment-24944355-20141121214047

The Emperor returning should not happen - it would be a disaster story wise. Apart from the fact that he would have to somehow surrender most of the power he had gained over the last 10,000 years - which would give chaos a free reign in the warp - the Emperor returning would result in more status quo in the story line which would be death. What 40k needs is a big shake up to refresh the story & having the Emperor die and become a warp god does that in spades. It would weaken chaos & smash the imperium both leading to a whole range of original storylines that will refresh the 40k universe.

The Emperor as warp god would greatly weaken chaos influence in the real universe perhaps even closing the eye of terror. In the meantime losing the Emperor to the warp would likely snuff out his lighthouse causing the empire to shatter or shrink, with any of the surviving primarchs that returned giving the remnants of empire a fighting chance against humanities enemies.

Overall the whole story of 40k would change & progress in many fresh & original directions you would have a rump empire or several battling for survival, a new Orc empire in formation warring on everyone, several weakened but still potent Chaos forces battling for dominance, a returning Necron presence creating havoc, resurgent Eldar trying to take advantage of the new situation, an expanding Tau empire absorbing many of the nearby human systems & of course the Tyranids threatening them all. Now doesn't that sound like fun.