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== History ==
Over the millennia since the [[Emperor]]'s interment internment upon the [[Golden Throne]], the link between his body and soul has become increasingly tenuous. As the the Emperor's spirit drifts through the [[warp]], much of its energies have been dissolved, except for a tiny core which that remained whole. So long as this portion of the Emperor's soul survived, there remained hope for humanity, for just as the [[New Man]] was born of the collective souls of the [[Shamans]], so to too may the Emperor's soul be reborn one day. This potential was merely a child awaiting birth, the '''Star Child'''. The Star Child also represents the human portion of the [[warp]].{{Fn|2a}}
The Star Child is also suggested (by a fragment of the Emperor's mind) as being the compassion which the Emperor cast from himself in order to destroy his most beloved [[Primarch]]-son, [[Horus]].{{Fn|3b}} [[Inquisitor]] [[Jaq Draco]] believed that '''Shining Path''' upon which the Numen may be born originates within a special node of the [[Webway]], known as [[Uigebealach]], where time flows backwards. He believed that by visiting this special crossroads, and achieving a triumph by resurrecting a lost soul, he may accelerate the birth of the Numen.{{Fn|5c}}. However, upon his death, he had instead achieved [[Apotheosis]], becoming a tiny part of the Numen as a diffuse hydrogen atom in the void will one day condense into a star.{{Fn|5d}}
