Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-14745711-20130906234048/@comment-28917471-20141121230109

SanguiniousLives wrote: The Emperor returning should not happen - it would be a disaster story wise. Apart from the fact that he would have to somehow surrender most of the power he had gained over the last 10,000 years - which would give chaos a free reign in the warp - the Emperor returning would result in more status quo in the story line which would be death. What 40k needs is a big shake up to refresh the story & having the Emperor die and become a warp god does that in spades. It would weaken chaos & smash the imperium both leading to a whole range of original storylines that will refresh the 40k universe.

The Emperor as warp god would greatly weaken chaos influence in the real universe perhaps even closing the eye of terror. In the meantime losing the Emperor to the warp would likely snuff out his lighthouse causing the empire to shatter or shrink, with any of the surviving primarchs that returned giving the remnants of empire a fighting chance against humanities enemies.

Overall the whole story of 40k would change & progress in many fresh & original directions you would have a rump empire or several battling for survival, a new Orc empire in formation warring on everyone, several weakened but still potent Chaos forces battling for dominance, a returning Necron presence creating havoc, resurgent Eldar trying to take advantage of the new situation, an expanding Tau empire absorbing many of the nearby human systems & of course the Tyranids threatening them all. Now doesn't that sound like fun. I don't really get you Sang... 70% of what you have wrote down in this message is already happens in the W40k Universe.

Let's see... the return of the Emperor should not happen? Why not? I think that it will be a great add to the plot! The Emperor regains his mortal form! And leads the humanity from Oblivion that it has fallen into! It would be great to read about the Emperor from the 42st millennium! To read how will he save his species. To imagine how he will command his loyal primarchs who have returned during this dire situation! That would be total cool story!

What was the next one? The Emperor dies and becomes a warp entity that weakness the Chaos Gods? Yea... like I said, we have that already. This is basically what all the faithfuls of the Imperial Cult believe in, that the Emperor is a God and that he holds the powers of chaos from interfering any more then they already have.

About the "Emperor's Apotheosis", I am not saying that it can not happen, but I just think that it won't happen.

I think that there will be 2 outcomes for that: Either the Emperor will die, and be reincarnated later(just like the Shamans that have formed him). Or, when he does die, he will regenerate his decaying body back to full power(because he is Perpetual, and cannot be really killed).

So now you will ask, "But wait! If the Emperor is Perpetual, then why didn't he survive the battle with Horus? And was mortally wounded?" Well, maybe it was because that he used almost all of his powers to exterminate Horus, and didn't have enough power to regenerate his deadly wounds.

So now he can't regenerate his body because all of his powers are spend by guiding the Astronomican and helping the mankind with anything that is left of his strength.

Also, it does not matter what will happen to the Emperor when he dies. The importent thing is that the Golden Throne will be ruined! And so will the Astronomican! The imperium will be doomed! And no devine force will save it unless the Golden Throne will be fixed!

The 3rd paragraph pretty much summs up what is already happens in the Imperium. Everyone is fighting the Imperium! Ork Empires will always pop up somewhere in the galaxy and fight whatever it can... Chaos... I don't believe that it can be "weakened", as long as there are humanity and the other alien species present in the galaxy(to fuel the chaos with their thoughts and feelings), the chaos gods will be always at their full strength. The Necrons will continue to rise and harvest and kill and conquer and etc... The Eldars are closer to their prophecy of Rhana Dandra then ever... they somehow try to survive, but at the same time they believe that when all the eldars will die while fighting their last and the greatest battle they will be reborn as a better species, which is really weird... The Tau... well.. just like you said... they are absorbing all those new worlds that they border, if it is through war or diplomocy, they are working on it while the Imperium's forces fights the Forces of Abbadon...and the Tyranids? Well... they are not gonna change their course, I guess, keep eating and devouring the worlds... and making their way to Terra...

It is all fun... but this is the present, not the future... Even with all the help of the Imperium, Humanity stand on the brink of extinction