Will the emperor ever be restored or will he die?

[Prince Ian]

He's already physically dead right? For those that have been following the stories for years, where do you think this is going? Will the emperor get a successor, perhaps one of the primarchs or his sons. Or will the emperor be restored or resurrected?

[Murwing]

Stronger than ever just battery powered & split into many pieces.

[Slithy]

Nobody really knows for sure, but The Emperor is a perpetual, so he'll likely either ascend to full godhood or resurrect. The real problem comes more from that him on the Golden Throne is what keeps the Imperium together and should he die there are a lot of doomsday systems in place. There is a lot of reasons that even some xenos factions don't want to see the Emperor die yet.

[Darth Revan]

the emperor is a perpetual, if they let his body die and his soul does not get eaten by the chaos gods he will be reborn at some point.

though if that happens humanity is doomed because without the emperor there is no astronomicon and without the astronomicon interstellar travel is kind of gone or at least extremely difficult.

and terra (earth) would be doomed as well because without the psycic shielding of the emperor terra will be overrun by demons

[luZk]

I think he is stronger than ever, just trapped in a stasis field for 10k+ years, and the ecclesiarchy has no interest in resurrecting a demi-god who would take away all their power in an instantly, and that is not about to change anytime soon.

[Oktakon]

It is a bit of a guessing game, but we have to remember it is just a game and a story being played out with it. So it is most likely going to be what story will bring the best interests to the readers and players for continued growth and of course profits.

In reality, in my humble opinion, the Necron once fully awakened will wreak havoc in this galaxy with or without Big E’s help, because I believe the Tyranids once their main body arrives, the Necrons will be the only force strong enough physically and mentally to purge them back completely. And in my humble opinion, and I have no evidence just gut feelings, the Tyranids are the leftover Old Ones descended into utter madness from their loss to them millions of years ago.

[ihatevnecks]

He'll die and come back as The Dark King, and then everyone dies (:

[McDinglefart]

Whole thing is about him ascending and becoming another chaos god of ORDER (not a good kind, imagine being orderly like a jew in nazi camp kind of thing).

[Slithy]

Originally posted by Of Iron and Gold:

He's 100% going to be revived and as a god. Games Workshop would never miss the opportunity to sell God Emperor models. They're just waiting for what they think the right time to strike is.

Firstly, it would remove almost all the drama.

Secondly, they would have to pull so many story twists to get that to work such as repairing the throne, making it operational without the Emperor, circumvent the deadman's switch for the Golden Throne, balance a now literal god in the Materium for the tabletop who as a basic perpetual man was able to dominate a galaxy so as a now god would be a 2,000 point model that tables an enemy army in turn 1 by simply making their brains pop.

Nah, won't happen.

[Darth Revan]

Originally posted by Of Iron and Gold:

He's 100% going to be revived and as a god. Games Workshop would never miss the opportunity to sell God Emperor models. They're just waiting for what they think the right time to strike is.

games workshop does not need the emperor to get revived in order to sell emperor models because warhammer 30k is comming to the tabletob or perhabs parts of it already launched, i did not keep up with that.

in 30k the emperor is still alive and rocking.

@Oktakon
necrons are like a hard counter to the tyranids or at least extremely annoying because thair weapons can destroy biomatter at an atomic level and they dont have moral issues.

fighting necrons will almost certainly result in a net loss of biomass for the nids i think.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Prince Ian:

He's already physically dead right?

Debatable.

Originally posted by Prince Ian:

For those that have been following the stories for years, where do you think this is going?

It is going nowhere, if Gamesworkshop is smart. The whole Primaris bullcrap didn't land well with large parts of the fanbase. Which is why the Dark Imperium Storyline never took off.

Used to be that GW wanted to introduce two Imperiums that fight each other. The "Light side" lead by Papa Smurf and his Smurfette, who still have access to the Astronomicon. And the "Dark Side", which is cut off from the Astronomicon and likely would rally around another Primarch. At the time rumored to be the Lion, based on the rumors that preceeded the 30k Model of the Lion.

Originally posted by Prince Ian:

Will the emperor get a successor

Look into the Starchild. That is where it used to go. The Jac Draco Triology, aka the Inquisiton War, used to be entirely setting this up. The plans of letting the Emperor go and his successor.

This triology is so old, they even retconned the Squats out of that trilogy. Because they had retconned them out of existence... and recently brought them back as League of Votann. (Makes me wonder if they brought the original version of that trilogy back.)

These days, i very much doubt GW will push the story significantly forward. Guess we'll see how the return of Warhammer Fantasy will do. Age of Sigmar didn't really go over to well... even though it has garnered a lot of fans because its a good rule set. And when we get Fantasy back, because lots of people want it back, we'll see what GW will do.

But given the mixed reception of the "Our techpriest outdoes the Emperor by making Thunderwarrior's viable" storyline for Space Marines.. i am not so sure we'll see any significant advances any time soon.

Then again its gamesworkshop... they are known for poor decision making.

Originally posted by Legatus Lucanus:

games workshop does not need the empire to get revived in order to sell emperor models because warhammer 30k is comming to the tabletob or perhabs parts of it already launched, i did not keep up with that.

Been a thing for a while now and i wouldn't hold my breath for an Emperor Figure. The Emperor doesn't have a face for a reason. Then again 30k did a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ retconning. As i said.. GW is making poor decisions quite often.

[Stardustfire]

The most Problematic Enemy for Nids are Daemons, its even in the Fluff.
Nids landed on a Planet, and unlucky for them some Chaos Worshipers thought it wa the right time to unleash a Daemon Invasion. Loose/loose Ending.
Tyranids have no Souls, so no Nutrion for the Daemons. At the same Time Daemons go poof into Warpether when they die, so no Biomatter. both sides fight and only loose Power in the End.
Other end of the Scale is Nids vs Orcs. Orc Output get pumped up by teh Fighting, and Nids get more Biomatter from them. Powercycle for both sides, and Cryptman got real headaches no matter who of the 2 came out as Victor...

For the Start Question: GW broke so much lore in the last 2 TT Editions for income, it woudend be behind them to do such a Stunt as to Revive the Emperor for more cashgrab.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

The most Problematic Enemy for Nids are Daemons, its even in the Fluff.

Its Necrons. The hivemind actively avoids Tombworlds. Demons are just nuisance but they avoid Necrons.

[Hex]

I didn't read all the replies, but one thing is that he can't physically die. He is a perpetual and thus will regenerate from a single atom. He isn't actually a dead in the chair, simply disintegrating and regenerating constantly in a state of limbo.

As for Nids, Demons can't exist around their hive ships, lore-wise, because of the anti-warp field they emit. That's why it's widely theorized that the Nids were created as a last resort button to wipe the slate clean by the Old Ones who made many races. Afterall, if you eat every living thing, they can't supply sustenance to the Chaos Gods and as such they will simply cease to exist and the Warp will become calm again.

[Grr. [SG CMD] Majah Lazah]

Originally posted by Prince Ian:

He's already physically dead right? For those that have been following the stories for years, where do you think this is going? Will the emperor get a successor, perhaps one of the primarchs or his sons. Or will the emperor be restored or resurrected?

None of this is getting resolved in your lifetime. 40K started in 87 and has barely progressed

[Grr. [SG CMD] Majah Lazah]

Originally posted by Stardustfire:

The most Problematic Enemy for Nids are Daemons, its even in the Fluff.
Nids landed on a Planet, and unlucky for them some Chaos Worshipers thought it wa the right time to unleash a Daemon Invasion. Loose/loose Ending.
Tyranids have no Souls, so no Nutrion for the Daemons. At the same Time Daemons go poof into Warpether when they die, so no Biomatter. both sides fight and only loose Power in the End.
Other end of the Scale is Nids vs Orcs. Orc Output get pumped up by teh Fighting, and Nids get more Biomatter from them. Powercycle for both sides, and Cryptman got real headaches no matter who of the 2 came out as Victor...

For the Start Question: GW broke so much lore in the last 2 TT Editions for income, it woudend be behind them to do such a Stunt as to Revive the Emperor for more cashgrab.

False. Nids have literally roflstomped entire demon >realms< in fluff, much less forces.

Nids and Cron are diametrically opposed. Nids have weapons that can literally desoul necrons and Crons provide zero biomass so every Nid casualty is a minus to the ledger with no recoup.