the emperor???

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**BAN**

why is he emperor
is there a royal family
who is he

**RaegMachine**

He is Emperor cause he is awesome.
Don't think so.
He is The Emperor Of Mankind.
'nuff said

**children of filth**

He gets to be emperor because he beats up anyone who says otherwise in the playground at lunchtime.

**Little lord Fauntleroy**

BAN wrote:why is he emperor

**1hadhq**

Every Imperium has to have an Imperator.

Plus, emperors are as historical figures, elected leaders and not homegrown royal family bastards.

**Empchild**

many many thousands of years ago a group of shamans seeing the development of chaos came together and put all of their powers into one child(or something like that). After 30-50 thousand years he finally decided to try and gain power and the formed his early astartes to defeat the other tribes of terra and become emporer of mankind., He has no other name spoken of him except emporer(well and father).

**ZacktheChaosChild**

Obviously a new player.
He is Emperor because, as said before, he is basically awesome. He helped mankind survive through Chaos, Xenos attacks, etc. He pretty much just came along and became this Larger-Than-Life Leader figure. There is no royal family, as (from the Imperium's point of view) he is still alive.

He is the protector of Man and the creator of the Space Marines.

Read the fluff.

**speedfreak**

Go to wh40k.lexicanum.com. It has info on the the emperor and everything else 40k.

**BAN**

i know the most of it i'v just never come accross fluff about who he is an where he came from

**IvanTih**

He's from central anatolia a.k.a Turkey.

**Eneishi**

Actually, he is a "man-god" who has lived for thousands of years ruling over the imperium. Creating the IG, and all SM. Originally being Black Templar SM fighting directly under his command only. His palace is one entire planet, surrounded by naval defenses.

**metallifan**

Eneishi wrote:Actually, he is a "man-god" who has lived for thousands of years ruling over the imperium. Creating the IG, and all SM. Originally being Black Templar SM fighting directly under his command only. His palace is one entire planet, surrounded by naval defenses.

Erm... No. Not entirely correct. Somewhat, but here's clarity:

The Emperor was born in 8000 BC in Central Anatolia (although the mass-sacrifice of the Shamans that created his psychic conciousness occurred much earlier), which is now present day Turkey.

The Emperor is not truly Mortal, as he was not actually created of flesh and bone, but of the psychic will of every Shaman on earth. Though born of mortal parents and having an entirely organic body, the Emperor existed before his birth as a conciousness in the Warp.

The Emperor did not create the Imperial Guard, but he did create it's predecessor, the Imperial Army, by uniting all of Terra and having each conquered military swear an oath of loyalty to him.

The Space Marines were indeed created by him, and were instrumental in the unification of Terra and the subsequent conquering of Mars.

And the Black Templars were Second Founding. They never fought alongside the Emperor under the Templar cross. As Imperial Fists, yes. But never as Black Templars.

And the Imperial Palace does not cover all of Terra. A large portion, but not all of it. It sits, IIRC, where the Arctic Ocean once was. Right over where Greenland would've been when Terra still had an environment.

**JD21290**

Because the emperor protects!

**metallifan**

If I ever saw a box of those, I'm pretty sure I'd buy them just to say that my Jimmy-Hats had the Emprah's blessing

**JD21290**

Shame its only photo shopped XD
Random image i found ages ago on a thread

**Lord-Loss**

I thought the Imperial palace covered the Himilaya?

I'd like to know more about the Emperor's childhood. Is the Emperor a virgin, can he even have sex?

What would have happened if he had a different personality, would he have been a realy evil tyrant?

**metallifan**

No. To my knowledge, the Himalayas still exist to some extent, as the Emperor's cloning facilities are built in them, and it's where replicas of each Primarch's Geneseed is stored.

Does that matter to any degree whatsoever? Anyway, at present, no. Being that he is... You know... basically skeleton on a throne.

And what do you mean "Would'? You haven't read much about the Emperor have you? He WAS a brutal tyrannical dictator. Until Horus Fethed his day.

**1hadhq**

metallifan wrote:No. To my knowledge, the Himalayas still exist to some extent, as the Emperor's cloning facilities are built in them, and it's where replicas of each Primarch's Geneseed is stored.

Does that matter to any degree whatsoever? Anyway, at present, no. Being that he is... You know... basically skeleton on a throne.

And what do you mean "Would'? You haven't read much about the Emperor have you? He WAS a brutal tyrannical dictator. Until Horus Fethed his day.

Was there something in your cookies?

Calling the Emperor a skeleton...

Claiming He's a brutal tyrannical dictator ...

Plus Horus fethed himself more than anyone else.

You should not move his palace into the arctic sea or make him a product of some shamans.
Nice to remember old fluff, but outdated and not reused in actual publications stuff cant be trusted.

**tigonesskay**

I heard that the emperor might of had decendants and I not talking about the primarichs.

**Empchild**

1hadhq wrote:
metallifan wrote:No. To my knowledge, the Himalayas still exist to some extent, as the Emperor's cloning facilities are built in them, and it's where replicas of each Primarch's Geneseed is stored.

Does that matter to any degree whatsoever? Anyway, at present, no. Being that he is... You know... basically skeleton on a throne.

And what do you mean "Would'? You haven't read much about the Emperor have you? He WAS a brutal tyrannical dictator. Until Horus Fethed his day.

Was there something in your cookies?

Calling the Emperor a skeleton...

Claiming He's a brutal tyrannical dictator ...

Plus Horus fethed himself more than anyone else.

You should not move his palace into the arctic sea or make him a product of some shamans.
Nice to remember old fluff, but outdated and not reused in actual publications stuff cant be trusted.

It can be trusted until something new is written by GW itself. The emporer handels his minoins very ruthlessly, but in fact he is a tyrannt as the meaning of the word is a single leader of a city-state or polis(greek origins) now I am sure he means he is a draconian tyrannt which the emporer very much is. Until GW comes up with newer fluff to state about the emporers "lost" past then it is still current and their fore correct.

**Happygrunt**

You dare question why The Emperor "Blessed be his name" is Emperor? Well, its because *Deleted by Inquisition*

That, as you can see, is why he is THE emperor.

No family, and no one questions WHO he was, because at that time nobody cared.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
You dare question why The Emperor "Blessed be his name" is Emperor? Well, its because

* Deleted by Inquisition*

That, as you can see, is why he is THE emperor.

No family, and no one questions WHO he was, because at that time nobody cared.

**SagesStone**

Lord-Loss wrote:I thought the Imperial palace covered the Himilaya?

Accoring to the first book I am currently reading in the Inquisition War Omnibus (about the Inquisitor Jaq Draco) that's where the Astronomican is beamed from.

**1hadhq**

Empchild wrote:
1hadhq wrote:
metallifan wrote:No. To my knowledge, the Himalayas still exist to some extent, as the Emperor's cloning facilities are built in them, and it's where replicas of each Primarch's Geneseed is stored.

Does that matter to any degree whatsoever? Anyway, at present, no. Being that he is... You know... basically skeleton on a throne.

And what do you mean "Would'? You haven't read much about the Emperor have you? He WAS a brutal tyrannical dictator. Until Horus Fethed his day.

Was there something in your cookies?

Calling the Emperor a skeleton...

Claiming He's a brutal tyrannical dictator ...

Plus Horus fethed himself more than anyone else.

You should not move his palace into the arctic sea or make him a product of some shamans.
Nice to remember old fluff, but outdated and not reused in actual publications stuff cant be trusted.

It can be trusted until something new is written by GW itself. The emporer handels his minoins very ruthlessly, but in fact he is a tyrannt as the meaning of the word is a single leader of a city-state or polis(greek origins) now I am sure he means he is a draconian tyrannt which the emporer very much is. Until GW comes up with newer fluff to state about the emporers "lost" past then it is still current and their fore correct.

Tyrant/Dictator/Imperator.......
I would agree on the meaning like it was in ancient times, but i did have the impression it was used in its actual modern
way.

May disagree in the "still current" POV.
If something isnt available anymore, it may has died a silent death in terms of validity.

**Lord Demon**

Old fluff said he had decendants. Straight from lexicanum

The Sensei background was introduced in the Realm of Chaos books, along with the Star Child.

The Sensei are the sons or descendants of the Emperor. Their exact nature is contradicted between the two Realm of Chaos books. What is clear is that they are immortal - though they can be killed, they do not age.

To the Inquisition, particularly the Ordo Malleus, the Sensei are one of the great threats to the Imperium, the Inquisition seeing the Sensei as dangerous mutants and heretics.

The Inquisition has discovered that the extremely rare negative psychic energy used in psyk-out and psycannon weaponry can be produced from rendered-down Sensei - the only other source in the galaxy is from the byproducts of the Emperor's metabolism.

The Sensei have inherited great power from the Emperor. They also possess unique abilities of their own. Because they harbor none of the emotions or concepts embodied by the Chaos Powers, they are largely invisible to them, and can draw on the energies of the warp to use their psychic powers without attracting daemons or other malicious forces of the warp. Due to their harmonious relationship with the warp, the Sensei are invisible to psychic senses, even to those of the Emperor.

The Sensei are all naturally connected to the Star Child, in a similar way the Champions of Chaos are bonded to their Chaos Patron gods; ultimately Sensei can achieve apotheosis, disappearing into the warp and merging with the Star Child.

Sensei wander throughout the galaxy. In contrast to the servants of the Emperor, Sensei are natural rebels. As well as being enemies of Chaos, Sensei are enemies of oppression. They and their followers operate as outlaw bands, and appear across the Imperium to fight against repression and injustice. In this way, they often come into conflict with the Imperium.

The Imperium regards the Sensei as dangerous bandits and nihilists who, if not actually in league with Chaos, are weakening the Imperium's defense against Chaos. Because of their powers and militantly anti-authority natures, they are hunted down and killed by Imperial forces, which in turn forces the Sensei to operate as outlaws.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sensei

Grtz
L.D.

**Happygrunt**

Lord Demon wrote:Old fluff said he had decendants. Straight from lexicanum

The Sensei background was introduced in the Realm of Chaos books, along with the Star Child.

The Sensei are the sons or descendants of the Emperor. Their exact nature is contradicted between the two Realm of Chaos books. What is clear is that they are immortal - though they can be killed, they do not age.

To the Inquisition, particularly the Ordo Malleus, the Sensei are one of the great threats to the Imperium, the Inquisition seeing the Sensei as dangerous mutants and heretics.

The Inquisition has discovered that the extremely rare negative psychic energy used in psyk-out and psycannon weaponry can be produced from rendered-down Sensei - the only other source in the galaxy is from the byproducts of the Emperor's metabolism.

The Sensei have inherited great power from the Emperor. They also possess unique abilities of their own. Because they harbor none of the emotions or concepts embodied by the Chaos Powers, they are largely invisible to them, and can draw on the energies of the warp to use their psychic powers without attracting daemons or other malicious forces of the warp. Due to their harmonious relationship with the warp, the Sensei are invisible to psychic senses, even to those of the Emperor.

The Sensei are all naturally connected to the Star Child, in a similar way the Champions of Chaos are bonded to their Chaos Patron gods; ultimately Sensei can achieve apotheosis, disappearing into the warp and merging with the Star Child.

Sensei wander throughout the galaxy. In contrast to the servants of the Emperor, Sensei are natural rebels. As well as being enemies of Chaos, Sensei are enemies of oppression. They and their followers operate as outlaw bands, and appear across the Imperium to fight against repression and injustice. In this way, they often come into conflict with the Imperium.

The Imperium regards the Sensei as dangerous bandits and nihilists who, if not actually in league with Chaos, are weakening the Imperium's defense against Chaos. Because of their powers and militantly anti-authority natures, they are hunted down and killed by Imperial forces, which in turn forces the Sensei to operate as outlaws.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sensei

Grtz
L.D.

Tsk Tsk Tsk

Lexicanum is NOT official. Dont bring your fan fiction here!

**sniperjolly**

Lexicanum does howevewr, take pains to ensusre that all of its content was at least at one point official up to and including BL novels (kinda-pretty official level)

**metallifan**

Sensei/Starchild WAS official, but the Sensei have since been phased out officially. The Starchild has just fallen into the shadows, but it still exists. GW hasn't written that off yet.

**BAN**

sensei sound cool, shame they'v been written out, maybe GW thaught they'd make things over complicated and so stuck with IG and SM good/xenos bad

**Sin**

Apparently in Dark Mechanicum, of the Horus heresy books, the Emperor is claimed to be roughly 30,000 years old.

**metallifan**

He was born in 8000 B.C.E.

So... Yea. Not being mortal and all, he's old as sin