Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-108.31.46.183-20150605045910/@comment-6078851-20150605180553

hhmmm... interesting :) hadn't thought of what happens to regular emps-worshipping souls upon death, but there's the fact of the psyker ships (can't remember what they're called, black-ships?) used to round up all unsanctioned, dangerous, or renegade psykers in the imperium, which are in turn used to psychically fuel emps on the throne, and it's something like 'thousands of souls a day' are consumed by emps to sustain his psychic-self within the warp. in this regard he's exactly like a chaos god, but it could be that the souls of the faithful, upon death, are also consumed by emps, also sustaining or increasing his psychic might.

khorne gains his power from violence and death, nurgle from disease and despair, tzeentch from knowledge and change, and slaanesh from sensual depravity and destructive self-interest. emps is often thought of as a warp-entity/god of order so he would gain power from such things related to order - chain of command, rightous faith, administration, self sacrifice for a greater good, etc. this would always put him at a disadvantage though in comparison to the chaos gods: his power is derived from order and stability, whereas the gods' power is derived from entropy, and the entire universe (as far as we currently think we understand it), as well as all life contained therein, is in a constant state of entropy.