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==Origins==
The Thorian faction's core ideology, the resurrection of the [[Emperor]], in fact dates back to the very end of the [[Horus Heresy]], long before the Thorians' namesake [[Sebastian Thor]] lived. Two of the original founders of the [[Inquisition]], [[Promeus]] and [[Moriana]], looked into means by which the ruler of mankind might be resurrected. However after Moriana began to look to [[Chaos|Dark Powers]] in her quest, Promeus and his followers banished the Inquisitor to the [[Eye of Terror]]. The disciples of Promeus, the Promeans, began a quest over many centuries to restore the Emperor to a mortal body.{{Fn|11a}}
Eventually, a splinter faction of the Promeans, the [[Horusians]], began to form. These disciples were continuing the work of Moriana, collecting texts on the nature of [[Horus]] and his possession by Chaos. These tomes, considered heretical, brought Promeans and the Horusians into conflict. In the end however the Horusians prevailed, and few true Promeans remained by [[M34]]. Eventually, [[Stalia von Dressen]] was able to organize anti-Horusian cells across the Imperium. Eventually her crusade led her to research the nature of the Emperor's resurrection and the founding of the Inquisition for two decades on [[Terra]], leading her to believe that resurrection was a hopeless cause. This led her to lead an anti-resurrectionist purge within the Inquisition. By [[M35]] resurrectionism was once again all but eliminated from the Inquisition's goals.{{Fn|11a}}
However it was during the [[Age of Apostasy]] in [[M36]] that the resurrectionists again emerged, this time led by [[Sebastian Thor]]. After Thor's apparent divine victory in ending the Reign of Blood by [[Goge Vandire]], resurrectionism, not closely associated with Thor's own faction of it (Thorianism) became accepted within the Inquisiton once more.{{Fn|11a}}
==Overview==
Opponents of the Thorians claim that were the Emperor to be reborn it would cause a schism and civil war more deadly than that begun by Horus. Believers and unbelievers would fight to the death and the galaxy would be consumed in an apocalyptic holy war. They cite the Thorian’s naivete, claiming that they cannot know what would come back, that the Emperor himself might be changed, altered by his long absence from the flesh. And more importantly, what of the Astronomican? The Imperium would surely collapse without the Emperor’s guiding light to steer ships through the [[Empyrean]]. The risks inherent in what the Thorians propose are too great for many to contemplate but, despite this, the Thorians are determined upon their course.{{cite this}}
==Symbols==
Thorians have no formal emblem, but make considerable use of the skull symbol, representing the Emperor-in-Death, a scroll clasped in a hand,representing the hand of Promeus as he left the first
conclave, and a broken lock, representing solving of the riddle of the Divine Vessel.{{Fn|1b}}
==Related Factions==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20130729085727/http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1320032_Thorian_Sourcebook.pdf Thorian Faction Sourcebook], ''(Saved archive page, dated July 2013, last accessed 9 September 2015)'', pgs**{{Endn|1a}}: Pgs. 6-7**{{Endn|1a}}: Pg. 27
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