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I'd love it if Terra was under siege by Abbadon and a swarm of 'nids and as Abbadon was about to slay the Emperor, he gets up and all his Primarchs surround him and they slay Abbadon and save Terra, breaking Chaos' and the Tyranid's morale and driving them back before magically disappearing away. Lo and behold, Imperium has new saint-story...

The over all story of Warhammer 40k is stagnant and he'll never be anything more or less.

No. I don't think Games Workshop will ever advance the storyline to that point.

Personally, I think the Emperor is dead. But, I like to think that one day, Tzeentch will re-animate his corpse for a joke

 ZacktheChaosChild wrote:
No. If he came back, that would ruin the grimdark.

"...the green meadows of the far future, where there is only fluffy bunnies!"

He's dead (or at least is for all intents) let's leave him that way.

Alathazal wrote:

 ZacktheChaosChild wrote:
No. If he came back, that would ruin the grimdark.

"...the green meadows of the far future, where there is only fluffy bunnies!"

He's dead (or at least is for all intents) let's leave him that way.

Yess! Hail your Corpse God!
You shall never know the power of a true God!

The emperor lives....just
I don't think he will be brought back yet... Not until the primarchs return, Such as the lion.
Again they're resting until the imperium needs their services again.....

He's dead. Game Over.

The astronomicon is simply powered by the sacrificial psykers, the emperor hasn't played a part in it in nearly 10k years.

And that gateway he was supposedly keeping closed? That was a pile of BS. He left the great crusade so that he could use his gene labs to make administrators and others to run the administratum. But he couldn't tell the Primarchs that otherwise they'd rebel....

I think he'll come back... and die. That'd make fans happy for a bit and then still keep with the Grimdark Setting. Humanities greatest hero, dead. i'm sure the imperium will still worship him in death.

Well if he comes back then things are going to change in terms of the setting and I'm not sure GW want to take that risk, I could imagine them killing him off and having the Imperium under greater threat than ever before but I can't imagine any kind of enlightenment for it or the Emperor coming back as the fluff would no longer be grim-dark, I could be wrong but I reckon that things can only get worse for Humanity in the 40k universe.

Oh yes if he were to die.

He fell onconcious during a taining exercise right after creating his sons. When he entered his coma he began dreaming and everything has happened in his mind.

What's the Star Child?

Anyway, GW keeps it still because that's how they earn.

Personally it depends how he dies if his life just gives out finally we gets B A starchild if he is killed we lose him

I do remember a very old codex. Deamon Hunters or SOB I can't remember which, it was inquisitorial for sure, though. The opening pages had a short story excerpt thing about the High Lords of Terra in a meeting at the Astronomican debating on whether they should resurect the Emperor or not. Two said they know that if they did somehting like 10,000 powerful psykers they could bring him back fully but the others where against this and as the two walked off to find the psykers the group agreed to have the Officio Assassinorum contacted on their behalves. I can't remember details since I read this years ago, can anyone remember what I am blabbering about or am I crazy?

As per a pic running around the internet: A small band of Orks will land on Terra and loot the Golden Throne.

The real empy is dead.The one one the golden throne is actually a trap laid by:CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDD!!!!!!made of baneblades.100 of them that dissapeared...

I think he is already in a state of immortality, but also forever dead. Clicking 'already dead' would not have been straight forward enough, so I had to clarify my opinion with 'other'.

Yes, he is dead, and will not be brought back to life. However, he is also alive and able to connect with the universe via his mind. The state he is in inside the golden throne keeps him alive, so he cannot be brought back to life while living.

If he was ever tried to remove from the throne, he would forever die. However, he cannot ever be removed...
It's kind of a paradox

Hasn't this been confirmed in Vulkan Lives if the Emperor dies he comes back immediately. They'll never advance the time line to such a date though.

No because he isn't real. Also what is the Star Child?

Exalbaru wrote:
He fell onconcious during a taining exercise right after creating his sons. When he entered his coma he began dreaming and everything has happened in his mind.

not very good speeling.

The emperor will not return. He is virtually dead, and there is nothing that can be done to revive him. The Golden Throne is also failing, and it is a certainty that it will cease to function in time.

The imperium of mankind is doomed.

Necro much?

"Other"
I did not know this was an issue.

He will come back - one day.

Till then Marbo is the next best thing.

When the Emperor dies, the following will happen (IMHO):

1) The Emperor will become a god in the Warp.
2) He will destroy Slaanesh.
3) He will close the Eye of Terror, destroying the Daemon Worlds within along with their mortal inhabitants (the non-mortal ones will continue to exist in the Warp).
4) He will decimate the ranks of the Daemons of the Warp, obliterating the weaker Daemons and calming the Warp somewhat.
5) The Astronomican will no longer need to be fed, as the Emperor can sustain it on his own from the Warp.
6) He will free Magnus from Tzeentch, and use Magnus to reunite the other loyal Primarchs and complete the Imperial Webway, ushering in a new Golden Age for Mankind...and a new era of war and conquest against the resurgent Necrons and Eldar among others.

In the 40k universe I always read it as the gods were created by worshippers so shouldn't he already have a strong presence in the warp?

He is and always will be Alpharius......not the MOD.

No. Because the would mean GW would have to advance the storyline.

There's a way to progress the story and still keep the grimdark.
Have the Golden Throne fail and the emperor's spirit disconnects with his body. This throws the Imperium into total chaos (not CHAOS) and the Imperium's enemies gain a lot of ground. The Ultramarine Empire becomes isolated and many planets find themselves alone. Necrons and Tyranids move in and Chaos starts an actually successful crusade against the Empire that's crumbling before their eyes.
But then the Primarchs come back and they have to slowly fight their way back. The new Emperor warp diety awakens and they begin another Great Crusade against much more entrenched foes. The xenos and traitors get more territory and power, but the Imerium loses ground but gains leadership. It'll make the human situation more desperate but not hopeless. Heck, maybe even the Eldar gat get a reprieve from dying out. It'll change things while still keeping the status quo.