HsojVvad Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I am new to Chaos. I am trying to read up on it a bit. I keep reading about the "False Emperor". I know who that is. So I was wondering, who is the Real Emperor? If there is a False Emperor, who do Chaos think the Real Emperor is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrywalker Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 its not so much that there is another one they just think he is not fitting of the job. during the heresy horus claimed that he was not the benevolent emperor he pretended to be and power hungry manipulator. also as a god he does not stack up to the chaos gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HsojVvad Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks Henrywaker, that explains so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Yeah, it's not so much that there's a secret, rightful 'true' emperor, but that doesn't prevent the current emperor from being false - a liar, a cheat, a false idol who in the crusade and heresy years claimed for himself the glory of the Legions' victories and dominion of their conquests, and in latter eras has usurped the worship rightfully owed to the true gods. He's not a 'fake emperor', he is the Emperor, and he is false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I also seem to remember Horus himself wanting to become emperor, as in ruler of the Imperium, therefore he would be in their eyes "the rightful emperor". Or am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomus Sardauk Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Basically Horus's ambition refused to let him remain second best but he never acted on it until he was corrupted by Chaos, using his charisma he swayed the traitor legions (except the Word Bearers, they were already corrupt) to join him in a rebellion against the Emperor. Being that Horus was Warmaster, incredibly charismatic and perhaps the greatest hero the Imperium had even known at the time he had little trouble in this, he had lead from the front since the earliest days of the Great Crusade so he was beloved by even the common soldiers and thus many people felt he should have been the one ruling humanity, not the Emperor. When the Heresy broke out the traitors forces began decreeing the Emperor as not deserving to lead, that his rule was false, hence "the False Emperor". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 It's all very funny to think that the Clones and their Help wanted to run things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaolin_Monkey Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Who is the "real" Emperor? Cypher. Simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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