What did the Emperor do during the Horus Heresy?

What did the Emperor do during the Horus Heresy?

The Emperor chose to sacrifice His immortal life at the end of the Horus Heresy in the service and protection of Mankind. To Humanity’s countless trillions across the galaxy-spanning Imperium, He is nothing less than God.

Did the Emperor know about the heresy?

As per the new lore, the Emperor did predict the Horus Heresy. In fact, he depended upon it to happen. He didn’t know how exactly it would happen until the events of The Outcast Dead because there were many futures he foresaw and their likelihoods changed depending upon his actions.

Did the Emperor of Mankind want to be a God?

The emperor never wanted to be seen as a divine being, he didn’t want to be worshipped. His imperial truth was to cast down all religion throughout his growing empire, to replace the need for worship ( which inevetingly fed the ruinous powers because of the emotions involved in doing so).

Why did the Emperor fight Horus?

He knew he would be mortally wounded in the fight so why did he do it? He knew the Space Wolves and the Dark Angels would be at Terra soon, and that they would pretty much annihilate the traitors.

Did the emperor want the heresy to happen?

Why did the Horus Heresy happen?

The Horus Heresy is presented as a major chapter of conflict in the Warhammer 40,000 lore: it is caused by a Chaos plot to foil the Imperium’s leader and founder, the mysterious Emperor of Man, by fomenting rebellion and internecine warfare in the expanding Imperium of Man.

What happened in the Horus Heresy?

The Heresy concluded with the death of the traitorous Warmaster Horus, the internment of the Emperor in the Golden Throne and the exile into the Eye of Terror of the Heretic Astartes Traitor Legions.

Which Horus Heresy book does Horus fight the Emperor?

The Horus Heresy Book 41 As war splits the galaxy, the Emperor toils in the vaults beneath His Palace.

Did the emperor intend the Horus Heresy?

In the latest Horus Heresy novel ‘Pharos’ a very compelling argument is put forward by none other than The Nighthaunter himself, suggesting everything from the original scattering of the Primarchs right through to the Horus Heresy was planned by The Emperor all along.

Did the emperor want the Horus Heresy?

What happened to the Adeptus Custodes?

With the birth of the Great Rift in the Era Indomitus, and the resurrection of the Primarch Roboute Guilliman as the Lord Commander of the Imperium, the Adeptus Custodes have been forced to take a more active role in galactic affairs.

Who are the Companions of the Emperor?

Those Custodian Guard known as the Companions — the three hundred warriors charged with the direct defence of the Emperor — remain by His side, just as the colossal edifice of His palace continues to be bolstered by a standing army of golden heroes.

What is the origin of the Custodian Guard?

The origins of the Custodian Guard are shrouded in myth and legend. The ancient Legio Custodes were the bodyguards and sworn protectors of the Emperor and His chosen emissaries, and when the need arose, His most deadly executioners.

What are the Legio custodes?

The Legio Custodes are by many accounts the Emperor’s true firstborn, prefiguring even the gene-crafted Thunder Warriors of the Unification Wars. They are His first genetically-engineered, psycho-indoctrinated warriors, perfected weapons crafted by the Emperor’s genius from the dread lore of the Dark Age of Technology.