FALSE GODS by Graham McNeill
Added 2023-05-10 12:01:18 +0000 UTCIt's book two in the Horus Heresy series - False Gods by Graham McNeill. Next up is gonna be Brutal Kunnin, and then we'll return to the Heresy and vote for a new 'normal' one!
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I've never seen the Emperor-as-a-god idea as that complicated. The Chaos Gods want and need worshipers to maintain/add to their power. The same process works for the Emperor. Wasn't this more or less explicitly defined in the old Realms of Chaos books? I read them 30+ years ago so I don't recall exactly. If we put aside our Imperial Exceptionalism then the Sisters of Battle and the Ecclesiarchy are simply 'chaos' cultists who worship the Emperor as their god, and in return they can reap magical boons from the Emperor. As an aside, I would define the Emperor as some form of demigod. He exists on a spectrum somewhere less than a proper chaos god, yet more than say Be'Lakor. This doesn't come up in 40K very much, but it seems reasonable to assume that the chaos gods exist and can influence the whole universe, where as the godling Emperor's influenced is limited to only our galaxy. Furthermore, in the Eisenhorn and the Horus Heresy novels we have seen aliens who worship the chaos gods, the same is not true for the Emperor.
Scavvon
2023-05-10 19:48:56 +0000 UTC"A god — a real god — is a verb. Not some old man with magic powers. It's a force. It warps reality just by being there." A quote from Mass Effect 2, but I think it fits the "What is a god in 40k" discussion...
Nathan Dowdell
2023-05-10 17:00:38 +0000 UTCThese are always so great :) Looking forward to the Ghosts discussion especially! Will that be on Mira’s channel? Have you read them recently Ian?
James Larner
2023-05-10 13:21:33 +0000 UTC
