I'm a big fan of this universe and I really like the Adepta Sororita in the PC games along with the Adeptus Astartes and the Necrons and of course the Imperial Guard.
While playing Soulstorm yesterday I was purging the Emperor's enemies and shouted out "Burn in the Emperor's name, Heretics! *MUAHAHAHA!*"

Then it hit me... What IS the Emperor's name?

Umm... good question. No-one really knows I guess.

His name is Emperor of Mankind. He is a self made God wich the Imperium worships him. This is about the video game, here I thought we could talk about the boardgame/universe.

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Emperor_of_Mankind

Now he is only The Emperor of Mankind. His first name before that was something Persian, most assume, him being probably born in old Babylon. Though that's pure speculation, and only before his brain had rotten away he might have answered.
Silly stinky corpse those canned 'umies keep waahrshipping.

Ask an ork, then convince all orks that is the name of the emprah, and with their extreme powers of their unconscious mind and belief, his name shall be stamped as that. Seriously, the power of the ork mind is that strong. This one time I held up a toy gun and said "pew pew pew! You're dead!" and the orks I was shooting at suddenly died!

Personally, I believe the emprah's name is Chuck. Why do I know this? The name Bob never came to mind!

That is the secondary reason for making this thread.

It says somewhere in my original complete unit list, lore and game rules for the game but they dropped it in the next book. I'll try to find it.

Not sure what you mean Knight crusader. What did they drop? and in what next book?

I though it was Gork. Or was it Mork?



Sweet!

For the tabletop game I think they said his name in the first rulebook but they put out a new rule book when they started adding the newer races that did not have it. I'm not sure if they said his name but it had a 5 page monologue at the beginning by the emperor and I think he signed it.

It is never really revealed but he has been around since the time of old terra back when people were still hitting each other with swords. It is never mentioned by GW for the sake of keeping him as a enima known only as the Emperor. There may be some old fluff regarding the subject but to date his only name is the Emperor who may have abandoned his old name if there was one at all.

no no no no, not the ork gods, whose names are constantly shifting between either gork being gork then to mork, and mork being mork then to gork, and so on. No, I'm referring to telling the orks that the name of the emprah is Chuck. If enough orks believe the emprah's name is Chuck, it'll become Chuck only because they believe it's Chuck. Heck, ork verticals and weapons are often nothing but a bunch of scrap nailed together, but because they think it'll work, it somehow works! They even can make tanks run when there is no fuel, or to make something go faster, they paint the thing red, because that's what they believe what red does.

Yes. That, and them being just a pest of intelligent mushrooms, makes them the only ones rivalling the Nids in pure danger to the universe. Orkz can even best chaotic magic, given enough numbers to think their, say, new tinfoil hats work against it.

Dat's Cos da red onez go fasta! And Yellow rokkitz are boomier!

But I think the emperor of mankind's name is simply the emperor. Most of the power really isn't even his anymore, he is really just there to work the astronomican since he is, for all itents and purposes, dead.

Speaking of which, in the lore section of the rulebook, it says that the golden throne is having mechanical faliures that even the Adeptus Mechanius cannot fix, so the empoeror will soon be 100% dead maybe. Thought that was an interesting tidbit right there.

Anyways, if we are going to use this as a discussion topic, what army do you guys favor the most? I like Tyranids, even though they have awful tank-busting capabilities except for the miracle of the hive guard (No LoS needed strength 8 gun for 50 points? Yes Please!) The Tyranid lore is great and they are very fun to paint, and they are fun to play on the battlefield. I have considered working on an eldar army once I get my Tyranids up to snuff, but that will probably be a while from now.

Both. There's the orc of cunning brutality and the orc of brutal cunning.


Also- on the emperor: he has been degrading slowly but surely all the time, and has been for 10,000 years. Soon, his body will be gone. The Eldar have already assigned psykers to prevent this from happening, because the Emperor is so important, guiding as beacon and all.

The Eldar? I thought the Astronomican was really only helping mankind, why would the Eldar have any interest in the Emperor of Mankind?

Because his fall would mean Chaos has won :chaos:

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I think you mean Enigma. An "Enema" is when you fill the rectum with warm water to clean it.



I was trying to make a joke but okay. I know about the Ork mind power over the Suspense of Disbelief. It's awesome but I can't stand their army. I love their chew though

Favourite army... I have to go with Adeptus Sororitas. Sisters of Battle reign supreme by The Emperor's Will!

When the Emperor falls, the legions of mankind will fall to Chaos. The Eldar have predicted their own fall, and do not wish for the humans to follow the same fate. The fall of the emperor would create another god of Chaos and possibly another immense warp storm like the eye of terror.

I'm following the theory that the Emperor will eventually be reborn and until that time we're pretty screwed.

One hits you hard when you arent looking the other hits you harder when you are

Ork Descartes:

"I think, derefor, da red onez go fasta!"

But back on the Eldar and Emperor discussion, that makes sense. Slaanesh and the Eldar are sworn opponents. Still, though, mankind and Eldar are not on good terms. I imagine any aid for the Emperor is passive, correct?

And hoestly, I think its debatable who is a bigger threat to the Galaxy at the moment: Chaos or Tyranids. I think Tyranids are a bigger threat. They cannot be corrupted by Chaos due to the Hive mind, their mere approach severes any contact with the Warp (Which would, in theory, cripple any army of Chaos) and theres no way really to stop thier coming. Plus, they are already attacking the Ork planet of Octarius, according to Codex: tyranids, its "The very centre of the Ork empire itself". Considering the Tyranids have simply gotten to Octarius is insane, considering the Ork military powress. So Tyranids would probably be abe to hurt Mankind beyond repair with even Levithan (Which is not the whole of the Tyranid threat, apparently there is more to come according to the Wiki.)

Emperor or not, you really can't stop the Tyranids. Necrons are a pretty big threat too, and Chaos is still a huge threat to the Galaxy. I say the chart o' doom looks like this:

In order of biggest threats to the Imperium:

1:Tyranids
2:Chaos
3:Orks
4:Necrons
5:Dark Eldar
6:Eldar
7:Tau

If you like conspiracy theroies, then how about Cypher being the Emperor? Or some form of him, his soul, or his karma or what ever. He is heading towards Terra for reasons unknown, and he carries the unbroken sword of The Lion. Since the Dark Angels were the Emperors personal body guards at one time, (I just lernt this myself a few months ago) that is why Cypher taunts the DA.

Most likely not true, but it does make for great debates and ideas for stories.

Cypher...I don't trust him one bit. He may have allied himself with Chaos, but I find that his true loyalty is not towards Chaos, but to that dead man, the emprah.

How about this, was Alpha Legion unwillingly tricked into Chaos, or was it a giant oops on the Cabal's part?