Who is the ommissiah?

[Ederth]

Am I confused, by any chance Ommissiah and the Emperor of Humanity are the same entity? Or are they separate entities?

[primuspilus.hb]

No, it is the Void Dra....*transmission terminated - sent to Imperial Inquisition for investigation*

[Capt. Slappy]

Originally posted by Dong Johnson:

pretty relevant when most 40k wiki suggest the void dragon is the machine spirit

you should be less aggro and read more of the lore before you shoot stuff down

Wiki is not a resource to be taken seriously. Anyone can pretty much edit wiki.

[Coldhands]

My favorite fan-theory on the Omnissiah is that it was a damaged administrative AI from the Dark Age of Technology (something similar to one of the Votan) the proto-AdMech discovered during their recolonization of Mars, during the Age of Strife. The AI was so advanced (and the proto-AdMech were so primitive) they worshiped it as a god, but because they didn't understand what they'd found they ended up killing the AI with their worship by burning loads of incense and dumping "holy unguents" on its hardware.

I've always enjoyed 40k's portrayal of the Adeptus Mechanicus as a religion of knowledge and technology so mired in dogma and tradition that it is actually the thing holding back humanity's scientific advancement.

And yeah, it's 'one and the same.' 'One in the same' makes no sense.

[Ashardalon]

thing si the void dragon isnt just a mars thing
its been imprisoned on mars since early medieval times, or slightly pre medieval times
its whispers have been in humanitys ear for a long time
starting the industrial revolution, and going with them as they started colonizing the stars
ofcourse mars, its prison is the hub, but its a core component of human tech
so even if the omnissiah was actually a remnant of ai seen as a god, instead of the reflection of the reflection of a real god, the ai is still made via the gods whispers

the emperor ofcourse being the leech he usually is taking other peoples work for his own

[Philthy]

Ommissiah is the "ghost in the machine". for example, the reason for infinite ammo. or why things "just work". the orc equivalent is Waaagh.

[F.U.D.F.]

HERESEY

[Menkerot]

imaginary god of mechanicus, never mind

[Menkerot]

Originally posted by Philthy:

Ommissiah is the "ghost in the machine". for example, the reason for infinite ammo. or why things "just work". the orc equivalent is Waaagh.

not really. Humans believe in machine spirit aka lesser AI but they have nothing nowhere near orcs waaagh, especially since waaagh is psychic manifestation of orcs collective.