Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20150628150826/@comment-26516936-20150702065237

ZiXiS I expect to be saying "I told you so" quite a lot after the 40k end times event is done. Having the Emperor die & complete his evolution to full on warp god is the obvious move to push the story forward & it has been forshadowed numerous times in the stories of 40k.

GW won't leave the Emperor stuck in the golden throne that just leaves the status quo & the end times is all about upsetting the status quo. They won't kill him off completely as that would leave the chaos gods to run amok unchecked & would bring about the end of everything. Also they are unlikely to have the Emperor "reborn" as that would leave us stuck with an immensely over powered character swanning around 40k ruining any dramatic thrills by his very presence - think Drago on steroids.

So the most likely scenario is for the Emperor to complete his transcendence to warp god & do battle with the chaos gods in the empyrean. Of course neither side will win that battle & we will end up with some form of balance between the 2 sides but in a somewhat different form than currently abides.