Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-98.81.158.208-20140213190331/@comment-28742621-20170418223107

188.81.49.236 wrote: Orkiod Inqusitor wrote: 188.81.247.221 wrote: Whe can speculate about the Emperor origins for a long time. But in my opinion all theories are correct and also...wrong.

The Emperor born in Anatolia? Acording to the last HH book yes...he did. Some details of his childhood are revelad to Ra (one of his Custodians). After reading the book some people may pose the question (i discussed the book with some people and one awesome thing about 40k lore is that no one sees it the same way), is the Emperor good or bad?

The truth is, in my humble opinion, neither. Its one of those cases of "every coin has two faces".

For example,

Nurgle is the God of Decay,Pestilence and Diseases...but also rebirth and life

Khorne is the God of Slaughter,Carnage and War...but also honour and martial pride

Slaanesh is the God of Excess,Depravity andLust...but also love and perfection.

Tzeentch is the God of Intrigue and Sorcery...but also evolution and knowledge

Nothing can exist without its direct oposite...like balance.

If the Emperor is the representation of Order in the universe, in some theories the God of Order...could it be that he represents Chaos as the "other face of the coin"?

The Emperor ideal cannot please greeks and trojans, some people will always see him as the Saviour of Mankind some will see him as a Tyrant. Both views are accurate.

He conquered and exterminated billions who would not follow Him in his vision...but he also brough mankind together.

Let me leave you all with a question to ponder.

If you had the chance to live as the Emperor and see Mankind´s mistakes, atrocities and errors through the ages, wouldn't you have done the same as he did to guarantee Mankind´s future? Nurgle is also  Inevitable cycles and solidarity and stuff

And if I had been the Emp I would have tried to help Curze and Angron and the primachs with their instabilities and had at least have had the sense to not send the order to capture magnus through Horus as that was just plain dumb. You see? No one thinks the same way in 40k lore :)

But i have to agree with you in one thing. He could have done so many things diferently...but he didnt.

In my opinion His biggest mistake was making Horus Lupercal the Warmaster. The role would fit much better for Rogal Dorn or even Roboute Guiliman.

Alas, all parents make mistakes. Imagine "raising" 18 kids (granted, he skipped that part) and make all of them happy, eventually someone will be displeased.

But i believe that when the Emperor created the Primarchs he knew all to well about their  instabilities, after all he designed their genetic templates with touch of the warp and voila.

He did try to help Angron though, by removing the butcher nails from his skull but concluded the the procedure would kill his "son". Horus was his favorite so he was a bit biased and Horus was the best tactician that was also popular so that the other Primachs did not rebel or refuse to obey orders