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Treeslug... definitely as a treeslug.

It would involve advancing the story so unlikely.

Was the Starchild theory not already shown to have been caused by a Tzeentch cult?

In the Grim Darkness of the far future there is only no plot progression.

i said other me and my brother joked about the emperor reincarnating in the tau empire.

No plot progression.
If not, he would die, kill chaos, shoot GK,SM,IoM in the foot and defeat chaos space marines. The orks would side with him because they witness him curb stomping some chaos titans, and the tau are like, for the greater good, this galaxy isn't fun anymore! Lets leave. Tyranids have a massive physic heart attack, and eldar decide to just hide in the webway forever because there are no more chaos daemons.

Trollolol-sorry, Its seriously how I see the plot progressing though-if it ever does.

Plot will progress after GW goes bankrupt and a WizKids like company buys the rights and does "Imperium 50K" with it.

Either that, or to stave off collapse, GW moves the plot forward. But we already know from the BL fluff that the 42nd and 43rd millenium is much more peaceful for the Imperium... so things do get better.

If GW stays strong, then the plot will never move

As a loyal Imperial, all i can say is that hes coming back. As a god maybe?

I could see him coming back, but nothing as powerful as he was before.

And really, if the Emperor really did come back it makes you think about what would happen to the IoM. I mean.....would he really approve of the Inquisition on a 24/7 witch-hunt killing just about anyone who's 37th cousin was a heretic? I just feel like he wouldn't like how heavily radical and oppressive the IoM has gotten and would change things maybe for the better? Or maybe im just a hopeful and loyal Imperial....

I wish he would but GW gets so much money from the game in its current state that they wouldn't want to change anything as it would ruin the suspense and cause them to ,lose a lot f money after the 2nd great crusade wipes out all other races but the tyranids meaning that their money intake would only be at about 12% because they cant sell any other armies besides meq and nids.

Someone will kill him I think, especially if a waaagh or hive fleet gets big enough.

I think that only Cypher has the answer to that one, since it seems that alot of Dark angels believe that he is traveling towards Terra to destroy the emperors body and thus complete the entire Star Child theory.

To quote what one of the inquisitors (i think it was at least) had to say about him kinda puts some interesting thoughts on the entire Emperors reincarnation thing.

"I know not whether Cypher is the greatest threat, or the greatest hope for the Imperium. I only pray we can stop him before we find out."

So like i said, the truth to the emperors future lies most likely whit Cypher.

The Emporer will die, and the universe will be replaced with something far sillier. This has happened at least 6 times now.

Oh dear, "Imperial Treasure 4: The Secret Lies with Cypher"

It's simple, he will never die.

Interresting how "He is already dead" has the most votes when fluffwise there are almost always miracles happening which are traced to the Emperor. A Salamanders Chaplain's Crozius starts working even though the fuel cell is destroyed and the mech's say it is beyond saving just when he needs it, the appearance of a golden figure before a faltering IG General etc etc.

I doubt he will ressurect, but he is far from dead. If anything, he is comatosed. People saying he is already dead are basically saying people in a coma are dead.

He gonna die, their ain't anything anyone can do about that.

http://www.wobblymodelsyndrome.com/comic-38.html
all I have to say

Write in: No because GW will never ever move the story forward of their cash cow.

I don't think GW will even entertain the idea unless they hit financial difficulties, which is unlikely in any case. However, saying that if they were to do it they could turn it into a spin off game.

So story wise:
A big Chaos attack on Terra. A Chaos Deamon gets to the chamber which holds the golden throne and unleashes a major psychic attack on it which opens a major warp hole type thing. It destroys the golden throne and releases the emperor from his coma. The emperor awakens, as he was not dead when placed upon the throne - he had suffered a fatal wound, but not died. The emperor has just enough left in him to take out the deamon. The death of the Deamon sends a psychic blast that sends the emperor through the warp portal.

The High Lords of Terra and Custodes witness this and send 2 teams of Custodes through the portal before it collapses.

The High lords of Terra then order the Second Crusade. Their mission: to find the Emperor of mankind!

Therefore 40k can continue, but it becomes more crusade based, but the IoM has probably lost more worlds than won since the Horus Heresy so their progress will be slow at best. It keeps the argument of is the Emperor alive or dead going and gives the IoM a meaning going forward.

With regards to the 2 teams of custodes, they can then have a spin off game kind of like Space hulk where they go on search and rescue missions to find the Emperor, doing battle against Chaos deamons and the like.

ah boo, pessimistic majority (already dead is winning right now)

He's gonna stand up and regenerate his current physical body.

I have opinions but voted 'no opinion' because the game development is in such inept hands now that the little remaining internal consistency is in danger.

Anything can happen because most GW story developers are idiots who write effectively at random.

 Chaos Emperor wrote:

evildrspock wrote:I like the opinion that one Chaos player I met had ... that the Emperor was a false Emperor, basically the 5th Chaos God! 1000 souls sacrificed a day to keep him "alive?" Nah, he's a God, with a writhing mass of humans ensuring his existence, through continued strive with chaos.

Its malal!!!

i read something on throne of skulls recently that a guy had put, that when the emperor dies, he would join the 'emperor' entity in the warp and be born as, rather ironically a chaos god, and destroy the other four.

if he was a god though what would be his 'thing'? khorne has anger, slaanesh has lust etc...

I always like to think it's hope.... The hope of billions of humans for a better god then slannesh he's creepy.

Interesting conversation going on here. I've oft pondered this self same question over the years in both the fluff and marketing angles. As far as fluff goes I think the Horus Heresy books are starting to shed light on the mysterium of the Emperor of mankind. In Dan Abnett's book "They Shall Know No Fear" we are introduced to the 'Perpetuals'. From the moment I started reading about them I've come to the conclusion that they are in fact the Star Children or at the very least somehow involved with them. Also, from the two new codexes its apparent that (for now at least) the plot of 40k has stalled out at Abbadon's 13th Black Crusade (did GW really think the forces of good would win that?). As we move through 6th though and even looking forward into 7th its clear that GW insists this is the 'end time'. Also, from the DA codex it looks like Lion El'Johnson is alive and well in a secret chamber in the Rock. Healed up and ready to roll, just asleep waiting for a call. In that little blurb it also specifically mentions that only the Emperor is aware of his existance thus proving that at the very least the Emperor has his conciousness still. From the Space Marine's codex we can also infer that Robute Guilliman could potentialy return as well as the lost Russ. Who knows how many other Primarch's could return as well.

Here's my prediction though. GW will continue to stall the timeline at the 13th crusade for one or two more codex's. At some point in 6th I see them doing another campaign book like Crusade of Fire (which I beleive was a market test for that sort of product). This book though will be the Seige of Terra or something. I like another post talking about how the eldar will lay seige to Terra. Could be that the Eldar themselves get all fractal about which way to go. Let the emperor 'die' so that another Star Child can take his place, or let him continue as is so that the infinity circut can be filled, blah blah blah. Abbadon has no idea that his killing of the Emperor's current form would only usher in a new Emperor on some other distant planet. He is just a pawn of the Chaos gods after all. The Inquisition is typicaly split on what to do since half of them like things the way they are and the rest want the galaxy to burn so it can be reforged stronger than ever (Dark Heresy is a great source for all that junk). Irregardless of the results of that campaign it sets up the direction that GW will go for rest of 6th and into 7th ed. The Emperor WILL be born again and one of two things will happen. First, there is only one Emperor (good guys win at Terra) and the lost Primarch's will rally to his banner as he purges the imperium in a new Great Crusade. Alternatively ALL the Star Children will lay claim to being the Emperor and a new civil war will break out the likes of which hasnt been seen since the current emperor unified Terra. In either of those eventualities GW gets to release new codex's and miniatures for these Crusade armies (and lets be honest, buying their products is what they ultimately want us to do).

On a side note I think that Guilliman, Russ, and Johnson (and any other 'lost' primarch) are all fighting by the Emperors side psychicly and they will only be able to wake when the Emperor does so.

I don't think they will ever move the story forwards significantly.

Imo because of the faith in him I think his godlike form can no longer be contained within a mortal frame.

So IF something were to happen it would be more likely that an avatar could be summoned like a daemon once his mortal body is destroyed and he fully ascends to godhood.

An Obi-Wan situation where he actually gets stronger once he's killed.

Can you imagine, as a hq choice for SM. He'd be a beast!!!

LOVE THIS..
Imagine him leading an apocalypse formation, or my BT Crusade, or multiple chapters of space marines.

The Emperor protects the virtuous.

I would love to see GW advance the storyline. However it is very unlikely that they will. There was a old collection of short stories on her a few years ago that have since been taken down that addressed this very topic. Wish they were still up as it was a great read.

He's too much of a main character to actually die, and to be honest, nothing that big really ever changes in 40k

I don't beleive GW will advance the fluff, so I think he will stay exactly as he is forever.