>For thousands of centuries, the emperor has sat on his immobile throne. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of...
Ok, hold up.
What gods?
The Chaos gods?
>>47093090
It's a literary device to show that the Emperor is above the laws of mankind, because if it was just a single god, that would make 40k a Biblical themed story by virtue of the Judeo-Christian god being the default monotheistic authority, and since there are no "non-Chaos" pantheon of gods other than for the Eldar, the writers can't say "The Emperor rules mankind by the will of nothing!"
>>47093090
Technically what
>>47093286
Said but it is known emps got a LOT of his shit from chaos gods and sneaky deals. He even got the know how for the primarchs from them.
>>47093090
Humanity's continual existence and suffering fuels the gods, so they keep us around as amusing snacks. There is no hope. That's the main premise of the setting.
>>47093474
I thought the main premise was revenue through neckbeards.
>>47093500
That's the premise of the business. Different.
>>47093411
>it is known emps got a LOT of his shit from chaos gods and sneaky deals. He even got the know how for the primarchs from them.
Where in the main fluff does it state that? BL isn't main fluff so don't quote them.
>>47093549
>i hate new lore being made REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>47093593
>including it in a story that has no bearing on the main line = new lore
KEK
>>47093609
>>47093549
Don't lie, anon. Just because you don't like, doesn't mean you get to dismiss it for a made up reason.
There is no main lore in 40K.
>>47093090
There's a million planets in the imperium and the only way to get between them is to go through literal hell and roll the dice on not coming back as a screaming face fused to the prow.
99.9% of imperial citizens have only heard what a cleric told them, which he heard from a different cleric, which that cleric heard from a cleric, who heard from you get the idea, over millions of light years and thousands of years.
And then that cleric dumbs it down so the guy who's spent his whole life stamping little skulls on macrobattery shells and'll probably die when one rolls over on him can understand it.
The lore already says that clerics often syncretize emperor worship with whatever native religions the people have. There's probably a billion gods in the imperium.
Umm... non-chaos gods
