Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130130174042/@comment-7186329-20130318110632

The discussion pages have turned into a freakin battlefield! Good times!

It has been hinted that The Emperor was also born somewhere in central Anatolia, that is modern day Turkey, infact if you notice The Emperor had dark hair, eyes and tanned skin wich are features of the people living there today. I also think a farm was mentioned, where He grew up. Please consider these things:

First of all The Emperor was born, his DNA was alterer in the womb. He was not born with the full extent of his powers, and it is not known if he matured at the same rate as normal children, my guess is He did. The Emperor acquired the knowledge of the shamans when he was thousands of years old, before  that He traveled the world, and apparently is responsible for more than a few religions and historical events. I will make a weird comparison, bear with me, between superman and The Emperor. Both were born with great abilities, however their childhood was reasonably normal, the only reason each began to make use of them was because they wanted to help people. The Emperor was engineered, even His behaviour and character traits such as nobility, honesty and kindness were engraved in him, those shamans had enought power to do that.

Meritocraty often gives rise to jealousy, each primarch would think himseld deserving of dad`s love and attention, and then you have rivalry. It is noted that the primarchs were highly competitive, something The Emperor never intended, and that was further propagated by Horus, to the point where that rivalry became hatred, Dorn and Perturabo are an example of this and Magnus and Russ another.

Did the primarchs really needed a mother? I think the best answer to that is that if they did The Emperor would`ve gotten married, thats only if they were not exposed to the warp and separated. You cannot compare the psychology of a normally developing child to that of a primarch who had a childhood for a very short amount of time, atleast two/three years. The primarchs did not need a mother they needed a role model, someone like The Emperor, instead they got normal humans, which they surpassed in every way. That seeded issues about themselves and those around them. Notice the extent to which the primarchs were effected by their enviroment, it determined their behaviour, and created an impression that cannot be removed. As `children` the primarchs were even more impressionable than normal.

The reason why The Emperor did not give His `sons` the needed attention has been stated, He placed The Imperium above them and used them as tools.