Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20150114163201/@comment-28917471-20150118184036

Callummacdonald79 wrote: also, the most basic principle of 40k from the imperium's point of view is that the emperor is a rotting carcass which is dying despite the throne, and the throne is failing beyond repair. regardless of what happens to emps' body or soul afterwards, his current form is dying and will die. what happens after that is anyone's guess. I agree with everything except the death part. You said that he is dying and will die, and that we can only guess what happens after that.

But I say that he is dying and we can only guess what happens next. I mean you all can think that nothing will save the Golden Throne, but why not? Why not give it a chance? Some miracle? (that happened a lot in the Imperium) That will save the Imperium? The most biggest Empire of Mankind that has ever lived? Will all those sacrifices that the defenders of mankind made will be wasted? Just because the Throne broke down? Really? All those cool battles that we've read about? Were they so pointless? All the cool characters will go to waste? I don't think so...

Now tell me your opinion. Would you rather read about the Second Battle of Terra? Or about some novel that says that the Imperium has fallen because of the failure of the Golden Throne?

And yes I know that there will be some kind of battle even if the Golden Throne will fall. But it will just be pointless to the reader. The servants of the Emperor will try to fight back his enemeis. Even when the Golden Throne is in ruines and the Emperor is dead. It will hold a bigger meanng if the battle will commence before the fall of the throne. Battle for Terra! The second part!

You also tend to forget the other factions that are awaiting the end times. Like the Illuminati who will sacrifices emperor's descendants to save the Imperium. Or the Grey Knights who hold the Edict of Obliteration, where is is described what to do when the Imperium falls.

I can just say that the End Times will be epic! And there will be a lot of mind blowing stuff to read about! The whole "Emperor dies and the Imperium turns into fragments of tiny Empires" doesn't sound epic at all... just an empty-setting.

And as much as I know, there will be no "Primarchs that return to rule whatever is remained of the Emperor's Imperium". All of the suggestions indicate that when the Primarchs do return for their space marines, there will be a last Crusade for each of those chapters. So it will be some kind of series of epic battles, rather than taking control of what is remaind of the Imperium. And after those Crusades their will be nothing more left... cause it is the last crusade... as you understand...