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Little is known about the majority of the Emperor's life; of who he was and what he did before he emerged as the great Emperor of Mankind, only the Emperor himself remembers.{{Fn|2}} It is said that the Emperor's birth, while a natural process, was actually the result of a scheme created by the wisest and most powerful of living humans at that time: the conclave of [[Shamans]]. These men were powerful psykers with great experience of the [[Warp]]. Finding their souls - and those of Humanity - endangered by the growing perils of the Warp-gods, these psykers decided to pool their power into one human, a being they called 'the New Man'. Already having gained the power to reincarnate themselves (upon death, the shamans' souls would transfer to the Warp, accumulating power enough to reincarnate as human) the shamans entered a suicide-pact. Thousands of them poisoned themselves and sped their souls to the warp at the same time. Presumably pooling their soul-energy and using their reincarnation ability, they brought about the birth of their New Man - the Emperor - one year later.{{Fn|3c}}

At some point before recorded history, the Emperor became a king and organised his own armies with the Perpetual that would become known as [[Ollanius Persson]] as his [[Warmaster]]. Seeking to protect and guide Humanity, the two friends besieged a tower in East Phoenicia built by the Cult that would become known as the [[Cognitae]]. After their forces succeeded in capturing the tower, they discovered it covered in [[Enuncia]] and bleeding in the corrupting power of the Warp. Ollanius demanded the tower destroyed, while the Emperor wished to preserve the knowledge it held within in order to better protect against Chaos in the future. Disillusioned with the Emperor, Ollanius stabbed his king with a dagger and then uttered a line of Enuncia to destroy the tower and escape.{{Fn|36}}

First amongst the Primarchs was [[Horus]], said to be first discovered and first honoured. However, a contradictory and dubious account given by [[Alpharius]] states that he was the first recovered by the Emperor, being found directly on Terra itself.{{Fn|35}} Whatever the truth of Horus' order of discovery, the two fought together at the forefront of the early Great Crusade. The Emperor protected Horus during the [[Siege of Reillis]] while Horus repaid the favour during the [[Battle of Gorro]].{{Fn|17}} During the [[Battle of Gyros-Thravian]], the Emperor slew the mighty [[Ork]] [[Warboss]] [[Gharkul Blackfang]] after it had held off three of his Primarchs. Some 200 years into the Great Crusade, the Emperor decided to return to Terra and placed Horus in charge of the military advancement of his Imperium in his stead. Granting him the title of [[Warmaster]] after the [[Ullanor Crusade]], the Emperor declared that the time had come for his sons to show him what great leaders they were. Turning his back on direct military interventions, the Emperor then created the [[Council of Terra]], the Imperial Tithe and expanded the civil governing bodies of the Imperium, before retiring in seclusion beneath the [[Imperial Palace]] to begin work upon his greatest ambition, the [[Webway Project]]. At some point, the Emperor left the Palace to decree the [[Council of Nikea|Edict of Nikea]], forbidding the use of [[Librarian]]s within the Astartes Legions.{{Fn|5}}

===The Horus Heresy===

==Transcendence==

[[Image:God-Emperor.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Emperor upon the [[Golden Throne]]{{Fn|1a}}]]

Enthroned within the life-sustaining Golden Throne, the Emperor's will has transcended his maimed body. The Emperor is now divorced from the day-to-day running of the Imperium; this is left to the [[Adeptus Terra]] who govern in his name.{{Fn|2a}}

===The God-Incarnate===

The '''God Incarnate''' is a philosophy closely connected to [[Thorian]]ism that maintains that the Emperor's essence in the [[Warp]] may be transferred to a physical vessel, one deemed a '''Divine Avatar'''.{{Fn|10}}

===Wargear===

*The [[Emperor's Bolter]]{{Fn|14f}}

*The [[Emperor's Shield (Relic)|Emperor's Shield]]

*'''[[Wikipedia:Alexander the Great|Alysaundr]]'''{{Fn|38f}}

*One who was [[Wikipedia:Matthew 5:5|Meek to inherit the Earth]]{{Fn|38g}}

*'''The Outlander''' - Title he took appearing before [[Vulkan]]{{Fn|40}}

===3rd Edition===

After this "victory" against the Iron Men, the Age of Strife comes and the Stone Men fight amongst themselves. After five thousand years of conflict, the Emperor finally emerges. He conquers and combines the race of men together, leading them. After creating the Space Marines, the Emperor crusades across the galaxy and reclaims Man's former glory. Soon after, the Horus Heresy occurs and the Emperor ascends.{{Fn|7}}

==Images==

File:Emperor Imperial Palace Rogue Trader.jpg|The Emperor on the Golden Throne, ringed by his Custodians.{{Fn|2b}}

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===Miniatures===

Emperor on the Golden Throne Diorama White Dwarf October 2019 pg104.png|A diorama of the Emperor of Mankind upon the [[Golden Throne]]{{Fn|48}}

Emperor on the Golden Throne Diorama Closeup White Dwarf October 2019 pg104.png|A closeup look{{Fn|48}}

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*[[Emperor's Sword (Weapon)]]

*[[King in Yellow]]

==Sources==