Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150807010020/@comment-212.250.144.60-20160826115604

37.152.33.225 wrote:

I will say again though, I find this to be a senseless topic in a way. The Emperor did 100% NOT get his powers from the Chaos gods; this would make absolutely zero sense and would be lore breaking. To read anything and believe that The Emperor did get his powers from Chaos really means someone does not understand 40k lore and needs to read more HH books.

The Emperor was already supremely powerful and gained from Chaos knowledge to create the Primarchs - this can make sense. Its also important to understand that when Horus gains powers from Chaos, it doesn't make him on par with the Emperor, he could never be anywhere near the power of the Emperor. The Emperor was already the power of Order and anathema to Chaos, so they would not give him power as he already rivalled them in power.

^ 100% this. It is pretty much understood now that the Emperor gleaned from the Chaos gods, only the knowledge to create the Primarchs, nothing more. Even Lexicanum have changed part of their Emperor page back to nearly what it was before the Molech story came out.

What you have to realize is that the Emperor was already god-like and anathema to the gods, these area facts. It would be essentially lore destroying for him to have 'gained' power' from the Chaos Gods. It really is just the Primarch knowledge, people love to see things that aren't there.