Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141119150740/@comment-86.190.171.84-20150106181955

I think it is a matter that the Emperor also became distanced from a more normal spectrum of humanity. This is probably due to a combination of longevity and power. Much like Dr.Manhattan.

It must be difficult for a very driven, capable person to remain aware of the less able folks emotions when why would the Emperor need to concern himself with matters of life/death or loyalty for example when he is all but focused on the greater good. When your goal is so noble, why wouldn't you think that others wouldn't want the same.

That said, I doubt someone who has been around for year, fought wars and politics etc would be so neive to it all as to not inform his close sons of his aims or talk to them alittle more about their Needs/Concerns/Expectations.

Yes, no definitive proof exists that the Emperor is a perpetual but it stands to good reason that if Vulkan is a immortal (confirmed perpetual) like his father and the father is the genetic link to his son, factoring in genetic inheritance but nature or design, that the mechanism is the same. It is not definitive but in my opinion the odds are better that he IS a perpetual than he IS NOT a perpetual. But it is not confirmed.