Will we ever see the dawn of the 42nd Millennium?Will the Emperor of Mankind ever be resurrected?
Or will he just sit on the Golden Throne for ever?
It will probably happen once they finally publish the last Horus Heresy book, and the folks at BL will gather around the table and say "We need to develop a new series".Oh yeah, these are what Could happen. But its unlikely GW will do anything about it any time soon, maybe eventually a long long way down the line, as something like the Emperor dying/being reborn would drasticly alter the 40k universe
Lets take into account that the Emperor couldn't realistically be revived physically, if anything there is small chance he could be reborn in the warp. Physically he is a frail and mangled half-skeleton, missing half his limbs and organs after having endured a horrible fate at the hands of Warmaster Horus. Ultimately he has only a very minimal number of cells and is still only 'alive' because he is interred in the mysterious stasis-tomb that is the Golden Throne. But because he is still interred in the Golden Throne, his body acts as an anchor for his soul in the Warp thus enabling him to guide the Astronomican, keep the Imperial Webway sealed, and protect humanity from the worst depridations of Chaos.What would hapen with the Imperium if the Emperor would suddenly resurrect/die? Wouldn't the Astronomican die off in both cases?
Why would he be any more powerful than before?If he was resurected, he would be massively powerful, a god in his own right.
Again, he had years to do this throughout the Age of Darkness and was unable to, and hasn't been able to in the 10,000 years since his ascension. Why would he be able to do such a thing now?I imagine he would be able to permanently close the gate on Terra
Again, why?!the astronomican would possibly be even more powerful than before
I personally hold that a physical revival of the Emperor is strictly impossible. But if such a thing did happen the Imperium would likely endure a civil war the likes which hasn't been seen since the Age of Apostasy or the Heresy itself. In fact probably much worse.and the Imperium would truely have a god on their side. Riots and such would still probably break out, but the Imperium would definetly come out stronger for it. Primarchs may return such as The Lion, new crusades would be launched. Would usher in a new age of the Imperium and Humanity as a whole.
Personally I don't think that would be the main reason for the inevitable internal strife. The Emperor may have outlawed religion and cults in his day, but I imagine he would rationally understand that it has once again (possibly irrevertibly) become the crutch with which humanity survives. The main reason I think why there would be such massive amounts of revolt, civil war and unrest is because of his general return. Would the High Lords and Inquisition happily relinquish their power? Would they believe that the reborn Emperor is the same individual that led humanity 10,000 years ago? Or would they believe that his 10,000 years of constant agony, imprisonment and feeding off of human souls would have changed his mindset considerably? Would the common citizens believe it truly is the Emperor or just some imposter? Would the Astartes welcome him back? The list goes on really, but one thing is certain, the Imperium would likely tear itself apart in a civil war which Chaos and the Xenos would happily capitalise upon.The civil strife that would ensure IF the old guy on life support were to be reborn would be unbelievable. He would destroy so much of humanity it would be unreal. He eliminated religions for a reason, only to wake up and the people that he was leading are now calling him a God. ALL BAD. He would be so pissed.
I doubt they would die out, they would be entirely subject to the whims of Chaos though.Or the second theory ... the old guy on life support dies ... humans die out entirely fairly shortly afterwords.
Not seeing the GW fluff writers liking that theory somehow...It would be cool if when the Emperor came back his mind was somehow corrupted through the warp and he was under the influence ov chaos.
You know that what you just said is HERESY? A thousand hells wai you heretic! :ireful2:anyway if he was reborn then surely he would not be the same man. All that time with his mind in the warp under the pressure of anchoring the Astronomican and keeping that webway under the imperial palace closed, he'd probably come back bat-shit crazy and go on a rampage
There is a piece of fluff at the beguining of the =][= rulebook which say they have th tech to bring the emporer back (though admittedly this is immediately after he has been interred in the first place) but they don't do it purely for the fact that they feel his ressuscetation would divide humanity.Lets take into account that the Emperor couldn't realistically be revived physically, if anything there is small chance he could be reborn in the warp. Physically he is a frail and mangled half-skeleton, missing half his limbs and organs after having endured a horrible fate at the hands of Warmaster Horus. Ultimately he has only a very minimal number of cells and is still only 'alive' because he is interred in the mysterious stasis-tomb that is the Golden Throne.
Indeed there is, they are merely speculating though. I got the impression aswell last time I read that extract that the Emperor had died and that the Golden Throne was merely tethering his soul to his corpse, been a while since I read it but I remember that being the impression I got.There is a piece of fluff at the beguining of the =][= rulebook which say they have th tech to bring the emporer back (though admittedly this is immediately after he has been interred in the first place) but they don't do it purely for the fact that they feel his ressuscetation would divide humanity.
His body was completely fucked when it went in, leaving it stew for one hundred centuries obviously wouldn't have helped the situation. And as for Bjorn, well no one is expecting him to get out the Dreadnought, put on some Mark VIII Plate, pick up a Bolter, give his loyal fans a nice wolf howl and then lead the Space Wolves Chapter... In comparison some people seem to think thats what the Emperor will do: Simply stand up, put on some armour, grab his sword and bugger off to start a new Crusade.I can't see that he would have degraded too heavily after the 10,000 years, not with the Golden throne sustaining him. Remember that Bjorn has been in a dreadnaught for that long and hasn't deteriorated much more than when he was first interred, aside from his mega naps. The golden throne is much more powerful a life support system then a dreadnaught and i would imagine it would have better maintenance.