Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-8881468-20150204091114/@comment-6078851-20150212164208

@ zixis, you're right that draigo is officially canon, but that's what sticks in so many people's throats - the fact that he's canon and yet breaks canon by his abilities. and i don't actually dislike the character of draigo, i dislike his canon-breaking abilities. i like my sci-fi, and i'm not the only one, to conform to the laws its setting. @ contributor 192, the info regarding daemons and the realm of chaos is taken from the daemon codex as well as various articles in this wiki.

now to the new subject, there is the (very unlikely) possibility the emps could return to his former self if he turns out to be a perpetual, which has been the subject of much debate, but many sources of info point towards the likelyhood that he will die when the throne fails and be reborn as a warp entity. what kind of entity we will have to wait and see, but personally i don't want him to return in any form and i'm not a fan of the starchild theory: i seem to be in the minority here but i like the doom and gloom of 40k, it's what 40k is all about - seemingly hopeless and unending war against an array of implacable enemies - and i actually find it odd that so many people who are into 40k don't like the doom and gloom - 40k is 'grim darkness'. (for the record i'm not a 'doom and gloomy' person, i'm peace-loving and chipper :)

as for the longevity of the imperium of man, technically it hasn't lasted 10,000 years. there's been a few regime changes at the top and imperial policy has shifted, at times dramatically, from what emps initially set up. what has survived 10,000 years is a galactic human empire and the title 'the imperium of man', but it's definitely not the same empire it started out as. there's also the fact that the empire has been held together under the most numerous force of arms in human history and the most widespread, and succssful, propoganda.