<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "W40K- Afterlife?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/31.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net W40K- Afterlife? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249028.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249028.page GMT W40K- Afterlife? IIRC, In 40k when you die, your soul will dissipate into the warp.
Its terrifying for the Eldar as they are more psychically powerful and retain consciousness after death. So they're still sentient when demons rip their souls apart.
For the average guy, its death and dissipation - there's no thought after death.

(I think this is in the Eldar codex - the reason why they wear soul stones)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249035.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249035.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
Scary, huh?


I'm not sure about psykers. I guess it depends on how strong their psychic abilities are.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249054.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249054.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
Harlequins believe that the Laughing God takes theirs and protects them from Slaanesh.

I think that some souls, like those of the Shamans, retain sentience in the Warp until they are reborn, that was the case at least until they became the Emperor.

Orks and Tau, I have no idea. Tau have a very small signature in the Warp and the Orks have the Waagh field in addition to their connection to the Warp so I don't know if that complicates things. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249161.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249161.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
 Pilau Rice wrote:

Harlequins believe that the Laughing God takes theirs and protects them from Slaanesh.


Bar the Solitaire - he is doomed by his role to be munched by Slaanesh and Cegorach (The laughing God) challenges Slaanesh for his soul. He sometimes wins, but not often... ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249172.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249172.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
 PredaKhaine wrote:
 Pilau Rice wrote:

Harlequins believe that the Laughing God takes theirs and protects them from Slaanesh.


Bar the Solitaire - he is doomed by his role to be munched by Slaanesh and Cegorach (The laughing God) challenges Slaanesh for his soul. He sometimes wins, but not often...


OK, he believes that the Laughing God will protect his soul if he beats Slaanesh up then ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249181.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249181.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
Broly wrote:
An average human's soul dissipates in the warp. After that you simply stop existing. No thought process after that. No consciousness.

Scary, huh?

I may be wrong, but I think that´s not the case. At least not for humans.
It is stated that the Warp is actually the afterlife (heaven, hell, whatever...) but it is also stated that in the 41st millennium it has degenerated to the point that it is only hell.

Souls are sucked into the Warp, but they do not stop existing. They become playthings and food for the entities that dwell in the Warp. And they do not destroy the soul when eating it, since they feed on its suffering. Thus the souls are tortured forever, their endless suffering feeding the Daemons and their dark masters.

So don´t worry, no need to be scared: there is an afterlife for everyone.
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In the eldar codex it explains why the eldar don't want to die and go into the warp (hence spirit stones and inifinty circuits)
I'm confident it says that most humans don't retain consciousness after death.

We die and are gone.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249291.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249291.page GMT Re:W40K- Afterlife?
Codex Chaos Daemons. Page 6, final part of "The Haunted Immaterium":
"When devotees of Chaos die, their souls do not fade in the Warp and disappear like the spirits of others. Instead, their immortal energy is swallowed into the greatness of their gods, their souls sustained forever."

What a pity...

Yet I think I have read something implying what I said...


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Makes me wonder... are the souls of the Sisters of Battle attracted by the Light of the Astronomicon and devoured by their god? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249471.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249471.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
I'd love the sisters and the ecclesiarchy to become soul fuel for the emperor in the same manner as the chaos gods. So he actually would have become a chaos god...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249544.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6249544.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
According to Chaos, their followers are absorbed into them (which is actually supposed to be a good thing, from the point of view of their followers and the gods. Chaos might screw their followers over in real life at random sometimes but they at least think you're getting a good afterlife. Note that this is decidedly different from Slaanesh's devouring of unprotected Eldar souls). Wishy washy souls (not necessarily sincere followers of Chaos Undivided, but instead people who jumped from god to god) won't get taken up by any god and thus become furies.

According to the Imperial Creed, the Emperor takes your soul (nothing is stated about whether or not he absorbs it, I think? It probably varies depending on which version of the creed you're looking at)

Gork and Mork just stuff your orky soul into a new body.

Eldar belong to Slaanesh by default and thus get munched if there's nothing to anchor their soul (typically a soul stone). This is a lot less nice than the whole absorbtion thing Chaos does to its followers, apparently.

Those that don't follow any religion probably just go to the warp and die without consciousness (probably a good thing. You wouldn't want to be awake when you go there...)

With the exception of the Eldar, all of the above should come tagged with "Allegedly".]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6250159.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6250159.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
So, sure, the Imperium's faithful who die are probably absorbed by his Warp Presence. Makes sense.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6250213.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6250213.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
Broly wrote:
An average human's soul dissipates in the warp. After that you simply stop existing. No thought process after that. No consciousness.

Scary, huh?


I'm not sure about psykers. I guess it depends on how strong their psychic abilities are.


Not at all scary, this is what happens to us, minus the whole warp thing...

The scary thought is what happens to the eldar...*shiver* eternal life. Even if they don't spend it getting ripped up by daemons, imagine spending 1,000 years drifting through the warp, alone....then do it again. And again. Until you've spent an eternity doing this. Then spend another eternity. And ANOTHER! That is scary, that is terrifying. You would go insane...I wouldn't wish eternal life of any kind upon even the worst people to ever live.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6250278.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6250278.page GMT W40K- Afterlife? raw energy of the warp. The more "powerful" your soul, the more likely your soul can retain its form within the warp as well as its sentience. A human psyker or a regular eldar soul has a decent amount of power and therefore both will retain a small measure consciousness after death and (if you are extremely lucky) can be re-incarnated or more likely consumed by a more powerful warp entity or chaos god, becoming part of their power. An extremely powerful psyker will be able to be fully conscious after death.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6253364.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6253364.page GMT W40K- Afterlife?
No evidence for this at all, just my thoughts but I'm sure more of this will be dealt with in the remaining heresy books....]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6254668.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6254668.page GMT Re:W40K- Afterlife? Tau:The ethereals eat your soul.Probably.
Dark/Crafty panzees:Slaanesh probably tortures them forever.
Kay-oss:Teh dark gawds will use you too beee more powerful.
Daemons:Can't die.
Grey knights:Are tortured by slaanesh for their sin of being favourited by ward(same with smurfs)
Orkz:OI!Orkz can't die we just get stufed in anuther body.WAAAAAAAAAGH!(repeat forever)
Nids:They had no soul or life in the first place.They just get respawned.






]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6254744.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6254744.page GMT Re:W40K- Afterlife? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6258548.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6258548.page GMT W40K- Afterlife? Jaq Draco from the Inquisition also used knowledge from the Eldar's Black Library to bring someone back from the dead, soul and all. Although she went insane and ran off in the webway. Jaq was also killed in the web way and his consciousness did not transition into the warp, but is trapped in the web way.

I would guess anyone who dies in the webway is similar, and may be the principal reasons Eldar use spirit stones so that no matter where you die (web way or realspace) your consciousness does not transition into the warp, and does not get lost in the web way.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6259199.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6259199.page GMT Re:W40K- Afterlife? Notice, I said "average" person...
1. psychers have a greater ability to last longer and as such are usually just tasty morsals for daemons if there are daemons around when they die. The more powerful they are, the longer they last.
2. Eldar souls are indeed drawn to slannesh almost like magnets and slannesh finds that they taste REALLY good.
3. this is one of the draws for chaos. Selling souls in the hopes (usually vain hopes lol) of becoming a daemon prince and become eternal or even just to not die and keep their mortal body. Also, in the hopes that they will get preferential treatment in the warp when they die. Oh, SURE they get preferential treatment. Unless they become a daemon prince, they become food or playthings for the daemons.
If you can get your hands on the old Realm of Chaos books, I would HIGHLY recommend them. A lot of the fluff from them is no longer "accurate" but it is my favorite.

Of course, the Emperor is a force that is dissipated but conscious hiding in the warp. Makes you wonder if he is not just silently collecting the souls of the billions of imperial marines and fanatics who die in his name for some time in the future when he thinks he is powerful enough to overcome the other powers in the warp and rule it. Scarey huh?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6259232.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/563126/6259232.page GMT