Information on the God Emperor of mankind please

[His Divine Shadow]

When did the God-Emperor come into play on the galactic scene?
What was the society like then?
Did the God Emperor want to create such a fanatical anti-technological society dedicated to him?
Was the God Emperors ascension a good or bad thing?
What was his purpose?
Are there any books in this era of Wh40k or any place where I could find more info on it?

[Ted C]

When did the God-Emperor come into play on the galactic scene?

He started his work of reuniting humanity around the year 30,000, after the Dark Age of Technology.

What was the society like then?

Disorganized and undergoing a sharp technological backslide. Massive warpstorms were had effectively cut off all interstellar travel for an extended period, so various human colonies could no longer communicate and trade. Alien races were giving the isolated islands of humanity a very hard time.

Did the God Emperor want to create such a fanatical anti-technological society dedicated to him?

The Emperor wasn't fanatically anti-tech; that mentality seems to have cropped up after he was consigned to the Golden Throne.

Was the God Emperors ascension a good or bad thing?

Bad. He could have accomplished a great deal more as a fully-concious, active force in society. The Chaos Gods wanted him dead for a reason, you know.

What was his purpose?

To reunite humanity and guide them through their emergence as a psychic race.

Are there any books in this era of Wh40k or any place where I could find more info on it?

See if you can find a copy of Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned.

[Ted C]

Was the God Emperors ascension a good or bad thing?

Wish I had an edit button.

Now that I re-read the question, his initial ascension to Emperor was almost certainly a good thing. Without him, humanity would probably been exterminated by a combination of alien aggression and Chaos corruption.

[2000AD]

This is all IIRC, so there could be mistakes. Feel free to correct. I've also left some detail out, most notably large amounts of the Horus Heresy. if you want it filling in just ask me or any other WH40K person on the board.

The God Emperor (GEoM) came into being (As far as i know he wasn't born he just appeared) during the age of strife on Earth. Warp storms of immense proportions had cut most star systems off from each other and made warp travel impossible. He was a giant among men, both physically and psychicly, being a shining beacon in the warp, far stronger than other psykers and uncorruptable by the chaos gods.

The age of strife lasted for hundreds if not thousands of years and much of the technology from the Dark Age of Technology was lost. The emperor made preporations for a great campaign to regain control of the galaxy for man. Chief among these was the creation of 20 children from his own geneseed, the primachs, from which the space marines would be created. However the Chaos Gods were able to break the shielding around the infants and tossed them into the warp where they were randomly deposited throughout the galaxy. Soon after this the warpstorms subsided and the AoS was over. The GEoM had fortunately already taken geneseed samples from the infants and used these to create legions of space marines. He began a crusade to re-unite the galaxy, and to find his lost children.

After this came a time where the emperor, and his reunited primachs, gained control over a significant portion of the galaxy. This was put at risk by the Horus Heresy.

Horus was the most favoured of the primachs. It is not entiely known how he came under the sway of Chaos, but suffice to say he did, successfully bringing several other space marine legions under his will as well. War erupted across the galaxy cumilating in the battle for Holy Terra (earth). The Emperors palace was besieged as the Chaotic forces fell upon Terra like a swarm. However the defenders were stubborn and each inch they were pressed back was bought by large amounts of blood. It was a t this point that Horus detected the approaching prescence of two full loyal SM legions heading towards Earth, which coyuld easily turn the tide. He gambled and lowered the shields of his flagship, an invitation to the Emperor to face him. The Emperor took the chance and with his crack troops teleported aboard the ship. The GEoM and Horus finally met in single combat. The Chaos gods had increased horus' power and he was a match for the GEoM, but he finally found a weakness and killed Horus. However the fight left him a cripple. Witht he death of Horus the Chaotic legions fled to the eye of terror. The GEoM was placed onto the Golden Throne, a life support machine of immense proportion. After a few years he fell silent, but was able to communicate psychicly for many more before he fell silent on that too. However his psychic prescence was still a guiding light in the warp, so despite the cost (he must "consume" the souls of hundreds of psykers each day/week/[it varies depending on what source you refer to]) he was kept alive to guide humanity through the stars. Rulership was effectively passed on to the High Lords of Terra.

[Skelron]

When did the God-Emperor come into play on the galactic scene?

Well date is unknown but after the Dark Ages of Technolgy and the fall of the human empire at that time.

What was the society like then?

Fragmented, Humanity had spread out into the stars, reached huge Technological heights then along came the Psycker's open houses to Chaos possesion, little or no understanding of what they where, no training and much worse they led to mammoth problems for the Human race on any Planet they turned up on. Also the Thinking machines turned on humanity and caused massive death and destruction, then to cap it all off Warp Storms reached unprecadented heights All Intersteller travel became impossible (or at least nigh on impossbible) Fast forward to Earth we descended into barbarity oil and other feuls became rare and it became a sign of great power to even own a flying machine, yet alone have enough feul to use it. On Mars things proceded differently but I'll come to that later. The Emporer had always been around, and emerged on Earth reuniting the fragmented Planet under his Leadership before uniting the Solar System and pushing outwards.

Did the God Emperor want to create such a fanatical anti-technological society dedicated to him?

Hmm the Imperium of man is not Anti-Technology, No the Cult of the Machine-God originating on Mars worships Technolgy. (Seeing the Emporer as the ultimate expression of this worship, when he emerged on Earth he fitted into their prophecies, he knew stuff they didn't about most things.) They do however have forbidden technolgies, many of them forbidden by the Emporer himself, mainly as he witnessed them in action and knew they where bad risks to take. Whetther he wanted to make such a strong religion is unknown, but it is one of the few things that can truly be said to hold Humanity together, so maybe.

Was the God Emperors ascension a good or bad thing?

Hmm if you mean his assencion to power A VERY GOOD THING. He reunited humanity, forged it into an Empire and super power, and gave it the strength to resist Chaos. He created the Space Marines, he was able to implement method's of safly controling Psycker's which had he not would have destroyed the human race. If you mean his asscension to the Goldern Throne. Unknown their are three possible answers to what would happen if the Goldern Throne where to be switched off. One is he will heal naturally, another is he will asscend to full God-Hood and the last is that he will die, should that happen the IoM is finished and Humanity becomes extinct.

What was his purpose?

To save humanity from itself and outside threats. To help it through it's evolution too a fully Psycic race. To reunite humanity, and too combat Chaos.

Are there any books in this era of Wh40k or any place where I could find more info on it?

No books, the Emporer's past is mostly only hinted at, the most you will find is a short story on the Horous Heresy, and a little bit in the Inquistor Rule Book. (I think anyway) and maybe a few other vailed referances.

[white_rabbit]

The God Emperor (GEoM) came into being (As far as i know he wasn't born he just appeared) during the age of strife on Earth. Warp storms of immense proportions had cut most star systems off from each other and made warp travel impossible. He was a giant among men, both physically and psychicly, being a shining beacon in the warp, far stronger than other psykers and uncorruptable by the chaos gods.

He was formed by all of Earths "Shamans/mystical guys/gals" directing all of their energies in unison, this resulted in their death and the creation of the emperor

What was the society like then?

On a galactic scene, he came into play as a real material power when he launched the Great Crusade and went out to reclaim the lost human worlds.

Did the God Emperor want to create such a fanatical anti-technological society dedicated to him?

I doubt it, he wanted to safeguard humanity.

Which entailed...killing everything else basically. But preventing the excesses of the Dark Age of technology. i.e. armies of AIs and planet moving technology, basically all the stuff the eldar suffered from.

Was the God Emperors ascension a good or bad thing?

Depends what angle you have.

Are there any books in this era of Wh40k or any place where I could find more info on it?

The Fluff Bible, and the Inquisitor Trilogy (Draco, Harliquin, Chaos child)

[Skelron]

Are there any books in this era of Wh40k or any place where I could find more info on it?

The Fluff Bible, and the Inquisitor Trilogy (Draco, Harliquin, Chaos child)[/quote]

I forgot those great books Doh...

[DocHorror]

In addition he was born in Anatola in Turkey around 8000 BC...

[The Yosemite Bear]

I keep thinking what would Leto do in the 40k universe.

[His Divine Shadow]

I keep thinking what would Leto do in the 40k universe.

Who?

[Shortie]

He was formed by all of Earths "Shamans/mystical guys/gals" directing all of their energies in unison, this resulted in their death and the creation of the emperor

Really? Like DocHorror I always thought he was born way back when and just kept a low profile for millennia. When did this other thing get mentioned?

[The Yosemite Bear]

I keep thinking what would Leto do in the 40k universe.

Who?

You know the God Emporer of Humanity in the DUNE universe.

Hmm gaint sand worm vs. lich ,,,,,

[Ted C]

He was formed by all of Earths "Shamans/mystical guys/gals" directing all of their energies in unison, this resulted in their death and the creation of the emperor

Really? Like DocHorror I always thought he was born way back when and just kept a low profile for millennia. When did this other thing get mentioned?

The Emperor's origin is one of those little tidbits from Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned.

[NecronLord]

When did the God-Emperor come into play on the galactic scene?

The Emperor was behind the scenes for many thousands of years, often involved in technological and scientific advancement. Aroud AD 29,??? he was on earth and it was cut off from the rest of the galaxy along with many other key worlds, he was able to predict the date of these being dispelled (by the creation of slanesh and the fall of the eldar) and began a campain on earth, using the early space marines to defeat the lesser warlords who had taken over

What was the society like then?

The 'dark age of technology' was, ironically enough, good, it collapesed into what is known as the age of strife, which was awful.

Did the God Emperor want to create such a fanatical anti-technological society dedicated to him?

No, he was declared to be 'god' after his death, in life the guy was nothing like the IoM.

Was the God Emperors ascension a good or bad thing?

Ascent to power good, as it prevented the destruction of humanity ascent to the Golden throne (why they call it ascent I do not know) was a bad thing as it created the IoM we all know and despise.

What was his purpose?

His intent was to re-unite humanity and end the age of strife, not to start a religious empire, he had no intention of that, similarly the inquisition set themselves up after his paralysis.

Are there any books in this era of Wh40k or any place where I could find more info on it?

There are some descriptions of it, no fiction set in that era though.

[NecronLord]

He was formed by all of Earths "Shamans/mystical guys/gals" directing all of their energies in unison, this resulted in their death and the creation of the emperor

Really? Like DocHorror I always thought he was born way back when and just kept a low profile for millennia. When did this other thing get mentioned?

The Emperor's origin is one of those little tidbits from Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned.

To clarify that was way back when...

[Typhonis 1]

So what would the IoM look lik in 40k if thge Emperor had survived his fight with Horus and not needed the golden Throne?

[NecronLord]

So what would the IoM look lik in 40k if thge Emperor had survived his fight with Horus and not needed the golden Throne?

All DAoT (The emperor lived though the dark ages and was responsible for a lot of it)

Take away some of the xenophobia, all of the fuedelism, and the fundamentalism.