Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20141119150740/@comment-6078851-20141218153923

@zixis,

who will kill the emperor?! are you serious? he has been dying for 10,000 years, due to the mortal injuries he got from horus, and the only reason he hasn't fully died yet is because of the throne, you know, one of the basic principles of 40k. the throne is failing and is already beyond any maintainance that techpriests are capable of, ergo when the throne fails emps dies.

and again zixis, i didn't say the primarchs would start, or want, a civil war, but i find it very unlikely that any returning primarchs will see the current imperium and think "well, it's almost the polar opposite from what daddy was trying to achieve, but that's fine." and then do absolutely nothing in trying to change the imperium. if the lion returns then from his point of view he is effectively waking up the next day, so the changes of the imperium from then and now will be glaring and i find it implausible that he, or guilliman or russ, wouldn't find the works of the high lords, ecclesiarchy and inquisition abhorant, which in turn has those bodies thrust civil war upon the primarchs.

it may be that none of that happens and gw do indeed have the imperium haul the largest hail mary in existence out their ass, resulting in their ultimate domination (which in 40k is the most optimistic you can get). the thing is though, that wouldn't be a story advancment, that would be the actual end of the franchise: "in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war" isn't much of a tagline for a franchise if one faction has won.

p.s. we're waiting for you to post in the deathwatch rp, are you still playing or?