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A question I have as I read more of the Horus Heresy novels and see some of the events unfold it makes me wonder if the Emperor's entombment in the Golden Throne was against his will. Was he on the verge of death and then they stick him on the throne out of desperation because they don't want him to die? This leads to the possibility that the Emperor is now stuck on the Throne, unable to end his own life and living on as something he was adamantly opposed to - a deity. Or even more tragic, the Emperor is watching events unfolding and fears that if he does die the Imperium will collapse so he has allowed this cult of the Emperor to flourish against his own ideals out of his overarching desire to see mankind survive. In other words he becomes the thing he hated the most in order to save humanity, a dark parallalel to Horus himself who became a monster out of a misguided desire to save humanity.

In essence he is this tragic figure either trapped in a life support web he cannot break against his will and evolved into the very thing he did not want to become OR he is trapped by his own desire to see mankind survive and has gone on to become the very thing he never wanted to be out of a sense of duty to mankind.

The Emperor told Dorn how to jury rig the throne into a lifesupport machine.

Grey Templar wrote:The Emperor told Dorn how to jury rig the throne into a lifesupport machine.

But what about everything that's come after especially the cult of the Emperor and the stagnation of mankind? From what we've seen of the Emperor in the HH novels it seems to be the antithesis of who he was and what he wanted during the Great Crusade so even if he set up this Life Support system is he now trapped in the sense that he can't influence what happens or is he now trapped on this path of becoming a monster in order to save humanity?

the main reason the emperor did that was because he wanted humans to be free from the predations of the Chaos Gods.


so he tried to stamp out belife in religion so the Chaos gods would be cut off from their followers.


the Emperor could have intended, once he had succeded in his plan, that he be worshiped after humanity was free.

If he wanted to kill himself he easily could. His psychic powers are still unmatched.

AlmightyWalrus wrote:If he wanted to kill himself he easily could. His psychic powers are still unmatched.

Or he could refuse the souls they trap to feed him. He could easily die if he wanted to. Though I think he's working on something. Look up the starchild

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/346521.page

This is a thread I started a while ago.

Because I fully believe the higher ranking people in the Imperium are holding him back or dont want him to come back. He wont simply just kill himself if all of humanity needs him for safe warp travel.

We got to rember that russ is looking for a cure for the Emperor
and nothing will keep that hard bastard down forever.

Custodes: Oh, Mr. Emperor, we’ll thaw you out the second they discover the cure for... seventeen sword wounds in the back. How are we doing, boys?
Russ: Well, we’re up to fifteen!

The Emporer is still actively fighting chaos on the psychic side of things, and is currently the only thing protecting mankind from the warp. He is by no means imprisoned against his will.

Shikamaru nara wrote:The Emporer is still actively fighting chaos on the psychic side of things, and is currently the only thing protecting mankind from the warp. He is by no means imprisoned against his will.

That statement doesnt say anything in the way of him not being trapped actually. If he leaves the throne Imperial warp travel becomes like canoeing through a hurricane. He is good right where he is, once humanity is being kicked around by the (insert favorite race) 's I believe he has an ace up his sleeve to stop that from happening.

Also for the insert Tau may not be added to the sentence.

I imagine the emperor being like a sports fan. He's screaming at the television on what they should do, but no one can here him, so he's just pissed.

Mr Nobody wrote:I imagine the emperor being like a sports fan. He's screaming at the television on what they should do, but no one can here him, so he's just pissed.

That is actually a really good description.

xXSir MontyXx wrote:
Also for the insert Tau may not be added to the sentence.

Dear Emperor, please no more Tau...

Yeah seemd like it

Brother Coa wrote:

xXSir MontyXx wrote:
Also for the insert Tau may not be added to the sentence.

Dear Emperor, please no more Tau...

I understand but this is when that argument had just started up.

Can it be that the Emperor and the chaos Gods are actually constantly batting in the warp? Arnt also the Eldar gods in the warp? And if they are then I wonder if they are also battling with he chaos Gods....

bob the heretic wrote:Can it be that the Emperor and the chaos Gods are actually constantly batting in the warp? Arnt also the Eldar gods in the warp? And if they are then I wonder if they are also battling with he chaos Gods....

yes, thats exactly whats happening. That is why the warp is somewhat stable for travel with him on the golden toilet. And he also acts like a navigating beacon of sorts.