The STAR CHILD | Have VALDOR And GUILLIMAN Discovered The Truth? | Warhammer 40K Investigations

[@SandmanofTerra]

Congratulations to giveaway Winner is @bauerleinjohn! You can find my social media accounts and my email address on my about page! Please do reach out so receive your prizes!

[@lornbaker1083]

Could you please reupload this video but with a better microphone quality and pictures. This is informative but the sound is so distracting as well as the lack of actual imagery To convey the point you are trying to make.

[@SandmanofTerra]

​@@lornbaker1083the sound quality and pictures look fine for me. It could be that the video was processing? Maybe try again

[@jessecastellanos669]

Honestly bro you content is awesome and the little hiccups like the reboot are negligible. I honestly don’t even notice it enough to be bothered. Imo just upgrade when ever it’s convenient, you good 👍

[@ArantyrDarkhand]

I think the good part of the emperor will become a good god in the warp. That make the saints and give divine powers. And the body when killed. Will be reborn somewere but will be a enemy A tyrant try to conquer everything.

[@V.B.Squire]

​@@SandmanofTerrawhat about the noble shards of magnus AND the Emperor? Could they merge into a greater star child?

[@seanbrazell7095]

The emporer litterally devested himself of that portion of his soul that kept hope, love, joy etc. The question is WHERE he sent it. The answer is that place where his sister of battle Saint Celestine goes every time she dies and is reborn. It ALSO seems strikingly similar to the extradimensional place that the yellow king is marshalling his forces - forces that just so happen to include blood angels that have actual wings. A place that is juuuuust possibly adjacent to the similarly extradimensional forest used by the returned Lion...

[@chimeraelite]

Duuude

[@AzrealMaximus]

Big E heard his son's voice while RG was fighting Mortarian, Big E stopped the Godblight and burned all of Nurgle's garden. He addressed Mortarian the same way as RG, but stated he could perhaps be saved. Then Mortarian was sucked back into Nurgle's house. A small piece of his humanity is still there to have saved RG. Book is Godblight.

[@canis2020]

I totally agree that things are lining up that way but I think it will be a new form of webway. Not quite warp, not quite physical.

[@jamesbaurus5928]

Duuudddeeeee. This is a goated take

[@elijahgrimm8052]

@@AzrealMaximus Not only a piece that saved Robute, but a piece that still loves even his traitor sons enough to tell them "I still love you. I still want to save you."

[@drarsen33]

Chaos: We finally destroyed Cadia!!! Emperor moves "Wait wait...no no no that wasnt supposed to happen!"

[@nomakd3707]

I can bet that's the plot twist of Pandemonium (Beta novel 3): The King in Yellow is the Star Child, and not Valdor (which is at his side, of course), and his realm in the warp is a reminiscence of the imperium at its peak.

[@ianhenderson1872]

This whole warhammer 40k storyline had better sort itself before I die. I dont want to die without knowing what happens with the emperor returning, because he's obviously going to return in some form or another. Nice vids thank you!

[@Jurassic_Fart]

How old are you?

[@halloweener3754]

Haha i worry about this too and I'm 40

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

Me too haha...I am 41😂

[@JKRavenBlood]

Before we were born it was made, when we were infants was it reïmagined, when we were in our prime was it unveiled and layed out even more. Yet when we are near death i fathom it will not be completely concluded yet. For it is a tale made of millennia of time. The 40k timeline and humanity its empire of man walks on zombified/petrified/comatose/dimly re-awakening... I'm 42 here, and i don't think it will ever be that the Emperor of mankind will step of the golden throne. Stuck as a sentient godlike entity with through his primarchial sons communicating vessel and actively ruling humanity maybe. But to walk among the stars would be the undoing of humankind's enemies, and that would be the end of our eternal game. For it is without end, amid the laughter of thirthsting gods ...erm.. players.

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

@@JKRavenBlood this Star Child/Cold Emperor on the Golden Throne seperated has a good few decades of story to run in it. Culminating, and in conjunction with multiple book series. And I am here for it! Just as I have been for the last 3 decades 🤷😏👌

[@ADhammer]

The duality of the Emperor is awesome when you reflect on the Imperial Aquila!

[@CarlPetersson-w4f]

Ehhh, reflect? It is all about dillusional action maintained between humans so chaos can litterally go fuck itself as soon as they try to stirr anything - their plans get insta fucked & if that is not enough, then the Inquisition is enough? xD

[@neanderthal-]

The Warhammer 40k mythology is so big now, it must be one of the largest fictional universes at this point.

[@seanbrazell7095]

Something recently blew my mind - I think the way the emperor spoke to Guilliman reborn in the throne room was because each seperate shard of his consciousness spoke separately simultaniously. Also, the fact that he called Guilliman his last son/ tool/thing means that he ISN'T the one helping the Lion. That can only mean the emperor's last shard HAS to be the one responsible. That means it's on the wrong side of the rift and not in contact with the rest of himself on terra. So when Guilliman meets the Lion, the Shard will also meet the rest of himself, making that reunion infinitely more amazing!

[@dch528]

It’s possible that the Star Child is being empowered in the warp by worship, but the Emperor on the Throne is basically a machine that only survives through the ever growing tithe of psychers.

[@JimH.]

I have a feeling that's where they're going with this.

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

Depends when the Big E sent Fiador Karamazow to the warp 😂

[@ZiGGi03]

The throne has been failing it had a couple hundred years left and tge tech priests either don’t know or can’t remember how the support systems work that are used to help the trine last longer . The tech priests thought if they can’t do it. Maybe the dark Eldar can help after all they know the systems as they are Eldar Origins? If it doesn’t help I could get the throne blow up and then the Emperor will be able to “ die” then go through Apotheosis into godhood . After all the 10,000 years of praying from imperial citizens magnified by the throne, I could see the Emperor becoming so powerful if he ever does come back .

[@dch528]

@@ZiGGi03 if I recall correctly, all parties involved in that plot thread of restoring the throne where killed. All knowledge of their work on the throne was lost with them. If the dichotomy of the emperors being is true, then restoring the throne would just prolong his state of being tied to his physical body. Upon his death, I assume that the new “Star Emperor” can handle the projection of the Astronomican on his own, using worship instead of psykers to power it. In a perfect world, the Big E would not power the Astronomican, and finish his work in the webway cutting humanities ties to the warp.

[@PickBit]

Gosh the story just keeps getting more and more engaging. This separation however worries me; the "good" part separated from the "bad" part might not be good at all. There is a story by an Italian author, Italo Calvino, called "il visconte dimezzato" (the halved viscount) in which the main character is cut in half in war, but somehow his two parts are kept alive. Problem is one of the two ends up containing all of the man's virtues while the other all of his vices. The two parts live separately, one committing crimes and atrocities and the other always striving for good and justice. Sadly though the "good" part, despite pure intentions, ends up always messing up because it lacks the balance and moderation of humanity, so the result is constantly overboard, ultimately hurting the people instead of helping them. This extreme dance of complete good vs complete evil continues until the two parts clash and duel, cutting each other open just in the right way to allow them to be put together again. The viscount is then whole again and the balance of things is restored, with the ruler of the land being a regular human with his virtues and flaws, as it should be. The Emperor looks very much like a halved viscount to me and I can't help but think the only way he can be truly good for the Imperium is as a whole, with his humanity fully intact, the good and the bad.

[@Youwish187]

Amazingly written comment, I like the way your brain works, I like you, kiss me bro

[@PickBit]

@@Youwish187 Youwish! 😜

[@stormlord1984]

Your voice acting is impeccable. I'd buy any audiobook narrated by you, such a pleasure to listen! On top of the fantastic 40k lore channel already.

[@endymionmikel4022]

Perhaps the emperor decided to let the star child accumulate similar power to what the dark king would have had, however the emperor plans to absorb it before its born or even imminent to avoid the real threat of humanity dying in its birth fire. It even becomes a perfectly rational plan for the emperor to be just waiting for his opportunity despite the horrors necessary.

[@azza50jaffa]

Listening to this brought me the idea of what if the emperor on the throne wants to become the “Dark King” now that he has given away that piece of his soul that cares for humanity

[@tjorgensen8760]

That’s why Cypher was told to wait because He is almost ready to return

[@zu1590]

or have someone unexpected set another important piece on the board, remember the Lion's sword is a key just like the heavenfall blades the angels have and its broken so why hasnt it been confirmed fixed yet? because the one to repair it wont do it until he's ready for that

[@kamaeq]

Maybe in 10-20 years... Valdor looking for the true name of the Emperor through Enuncia while his buddy Leman Russ searches for the tree of life (Issha?) in the warp was always a fun rumor. The Emperor with his psychic might could implant memories.

[@mouthfullofrocks9911]

The Emperor had a plan to be resurrected from the Golden Throne upon being reunited with the part of his soul that is The Star Child. And this plan was put into motion after he was finally able to communicate ‘directly’ with someone, around the time of the return of the Primarchs... So Bruva Alfabusa called it in TTS?

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

very interesting take, very ambitious decision to retcon the emperor from being less of a "Sigmar in spaaaace", to "ha! fooled you! he was closer to Archaon in spaaaace". But it cleans up a lot of the lore, and it's great to see the mythology finally get it's due.

[@PancakesOverEasy]

Vault of Terra is where his soul went. He made a version of a soul stone, they way the dark eldar can use a piece of soul to revive someone.

[@ThexVaultxTech]

Any idea where you read that?

[@thomasbrogan3057]

He’s a perpetual he doesn’t need that

[@nassirahmad4873]

I remember reading about the Star Child in the old Realm of Chaos books many years ago. I loved the concept, and I’m really glad to see it coming back.

[@krymz1]

Put your keybinds on combinations, like using ALT+T so you don't accidentally press SHIFT+T or simply the T key.

[@SandmanofTerra]

Giood shout, I will just bite the bullet and get a stream deck I think!

[@Lets_Go_UW]

So in regards to clearing the webway being a goal i believe it stems from the idea of if the emperor can get a break he should be able to heal himself as a perpetual and bring the other half of his soul to him after hes healed but then again perpetuals are so under explained in 40K so who knows

[@WilliamDeemer]

You’ve done such a great job summarizing all this for us. Many thanks and please keep up the great work.

[@roycracknell4467]

An interesting theory I have is that is the two souls could remain separate, When his soul fragment is found it could be reborn as the embodiment of the emperors love, compassion and hope, and this would be the prophetic star child The soul that remain within the body or the emperor has become bitter and twisted and could ascend within the warp as a manifestation of the emperors hate, tyranny and despair, this would be the dark king This could lead to a new Crusade with the star child trying to ascend to god good as quickly as possible while being chased by both the forces of chaos who see him as the greatest galactic threat and those of the ecclesiarchy who believe he is a heretic, while the newly ascended dark king must be held at bay on the golden throne by the grey knights who must make a stand against the loyal custody to maintain the astronomicon, and to stop the same fate as the elder. This would lead to a scramble by chaos who in a twist of fate advance a new black crusade directly to terra to free the newly empowered dark king, while being held off by the star child’s “daemons” ie, living saint and the mysterious legion of the damned, although I believe these will start to be referred to as Angels of Chaos. I know I probably well off but I love theory crafting

[@crabwalker01]

I'm convinced Lorgar would be a really good chaos primarch to come back, if only in a minor antagonist fashion, to "help" Guilliman understand what exactly the Emperor is now (in some interesting way, narrative-speaking). You'd have Guilliman-Lorgar as the B-plot and some other event going on as an A-plot.

[@TheSpicyLeg]

The issue here is that it would require a little bit of a retcon, unless GW was willing to drop a narrative thread. Lorgar returning would bring back Corvus Corax. GW doesn’t seem to want to make it rain Primarchs, possibly because getting all the Primarchs active would be a build-up to the “end” of 40k - the return of the Emperor to lead the Imperium against the Ruinous Powers in a final showdown.

[@AzrealMaximus]

Caw CAAWWWW, Raven Daddy won't allow Lorgar to escape his claws😏

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

I like the idea that gulliman is confronting his traitor prothers like a series of trials over coming the elements of chaos individuality. Mortarian and Magnus have been defeated that leaves Angron and finally Fulgrim. If Bobby G over comes them all that shift in the balance of power could spurn Lorgar the embodiment of chaos undivided to emerge and lead his untied legion in numbers dwarfing the black legion out of the eye of Terror and embark on a second shadow crusade against imperium Sanctus. Lorgar failed to overthrow Horus this time he will lead a second siege of Terra with his brothers filling his lead. That would be a cool evolution of lorgars character.

[@antonioj700]

Lol that would be the death if lorgar as corax Is watching him like a hawk

[@antonioj700]

​@@gideonhorwitz9434lorgar is a loser and a dead man walking.

[@ZeroSignalG]

The future seems interesting. We have, potentially, three Primarchs in the Warp, Corax, Russ, and the Khan. At least three in real space, Guilliman, the Lion, and Vulkan. Would be interesting to see them work together across that line to combine the two halves. As for the Golden Throne, it need a psychic focus after it was damaged so, it sustains the Emperor's physical body, while he powers the machine with his psychic might. Old lore was that it was draining him so, they started the 1,000 daily psyker tribute, right? I do like how we see the actual events of the fights versus the romanticized mythology of the Imperium. Horus vs Sanguinius was this heroic but doomed battle of brother against brother, but, then it's just Horus beating him into the ground.

[@phasesaber5040]

Fr I dont read the books but the fact that sanguinis was only able to a put a chink in Horus's armour is insane and so is the fact that the emperor only managed to win thanks to that is bullshit

[@TheRaidenLP]

The Khan is in the webway, missing since he chased some Dark Eldar. There‘s also Dorn who‘s missing, not killed. And Omegon who‘s possibly loyal (but who can tell, it‘s Alpha Legion after all).

[@ZeroSignalG]

@@TheRaidenLP I left Dorn and Omegon out since we don't have a solid idea of where they are. Still debatable if Omegon is alive, IIRC. Or, are you replying to something I can't see?

[@Ewil.Bluetooth]

@@TheRaidenLP Wasn't Dorn confirmed killed when he boarded a Chaos ship completely outnumbered?

[@TheRaidenLP]

@@Ewil.Bluetooth Old lore was that the Fists had his body encased in embery onboard the Phalanx. This has been retconned, only his hand was found on the chaos ship with Dorn missing in action. Now his hand is in stasis on board the Phalanx and every new chapter master of the IF inscribes his name on it.

[@PartStupid]

I always thought this was the case, that part of Big E was in the warp soaking up all the worship of man and basically becoming a newborn god. Happy to hear it confirmed and that this is where they are going. Would be awesome for Big E to return, just not sure if they will actually do it or not (or what twist will there be). Also it is possible that Constantine Valdor is serving the Star Child in the warp as the King in Yellow and the bastion is for the souls of the worthy dead as well as a base.

[@LimakPan]

It was established a while ago that the Empire is for the sake of Humanity. The Emperor didn't see the primarchs and their soldiers as part of humanity. They were not to rule humanity, but protect and nurture it.

[@GaIvatr0n]

I like this story line... Its very similar to one that happened in Stargate SG1 with a special child called the Harcesis with all the genetic knowledge of the Goa'uld. The child was protected and hidden by an ascended being as it was hunted down by all the evil system lords as a number one threat.

[@DAveIsch]

23:00 getting big e off the throne also avoids destroying terra if he dies to be reborn together with the star child

[@RSBurgener]

I don't think the Emperor could've ever accomplished what he did without love. The biggest problem with it all was his lies about the supernatural. Love might explain this too.

[@BattleBrotherCasten]

As a parent the lie to protect your children can turn out to be the most dangerous lies of them all. So always be honest with family and your children is the lesson- sometimes truth is hard, but necessary.

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

The grand narrative of 40k does so rarely move and move so slowly at that... that this storyline won't happen except over decades.

[@aquavitae3824]

Petition to give the Star Child a Necrodermis shell. It could make admec happy, and it can meld into the Golden throne.

[@ATable4You]

WWE ANOUNCER: "Wait a minute!? Is. . . is that Trayzn? Oh my god, Trayzn is taking off with the Starchild!"

[@Doomrider47]

Don't think the Necrons want to make that mistake again. Last time they gave an intangible being beyond understanding a mortal form, they became slaves and chew toys for the aforementioned entities

[@raider3167]

Don’t need the Necrons to get Necrodermis. Ferrus Manus had Necrodermis arms, didn’t he?

[@aquavitae3824]

@@raider3167 yeah, Ferris held a necron construct in lava to destroy it. This transfered necrodermis to Ferris's arms.

[@Einwetok]

@@ATable4You ... and there's the Blood Ravens! It's gonna be close.

[@jasonparrish8670]

The first Imperial Saints emerged at the very dawn of the Heresy, so perhaps the shard of the Emperor has the same relationship with time that Chaos does.

[@drarsen33]

Called it. Valdor wanting to clear the webway and looking for real name to mend the emperor

[@notinmuch4963]

What if the custodes that still stand by the throne Emperor fight the Starchild and the Valdor's army as they believe only what they know and that the throne emperor's cold efficiency. while on the other hand Starchild and Valdor see what the empire has become and knows it's destruction will be the only thing that brings about humanity's survival. What if that's what finally breaks the imperium and allows it to divide into their owns codes and policies. Dumb but fun theory. Didn't watch all the way through yet so, my bad if you touch on it! Good stuff as always

[@revenant7492]

Surely the Emperors goal was to use enuncia to "save humanity"... 20 pillars, 20 priests in the Tower of Babel, 20 super beings to help wield it (primarchs). So Valdor is reassembling it and it can be used, presumably, to also make the emperor whole again.

[@Procrastinater]

Isn't Russ on a hunt for something to help the emps resurrection? Valdor was looking for his true name? Something like that, guess if Valdor is on the move then Russ won't be far behind, which means that the resurrection is next.

[@brooklynkeith2877]

Russ is looking for the tree of life if memory serves

[@ericmacrae6871]

​@brooklynkeith2877 yes but what if the tree of life is actually the Emperor soul

[@Daewolf]

One of the background questions that could impact on this, because it shapes the intention of the narrative: ' Are the two halves aware of / in contact with each other?' if the Big E has some sort of awareness of himself, it gives shape to a lot of things. A way to be of the influence of a God without ascending to Godhood. A way of surrendering his best self, without truly giving up a compassionate impact on the universe, a way of remembering himself but letting go of himself in a moment where he felt he had to, as heartbreaking as it was. It would explain Guilliman's sense that there was a great effort to pull himself back together just long enough to speak more clearly to him. It speaks also to why there are so many interpretations of the Emperor by Psyker's and powerful beings in the 30k and 40k setting. So many legitimate followers of the imperium who believe the Emperor to be a wise but brutal hard-task-master, and others who see him as a loving and aware father of all, and some he see him as a distant, dispassionate, but bountiful provider - and all of those being able to draw legitimate strength and power from their interpretations. The Fact that the Emperor, already a very complex and unknowable being, who had some of his humanity diluted by his bargainings with the Warp Powers and chains of practicality, had to further divide himself to avoid Godhood and disaster, yet those divided halves still having some thin tether back to each other,..... it would lend some extra credence to certain parts of the law, and such disparate paths of faith still having effective impact.

[@Argumemnon]

Can you imagine something _good_ happening in the 40k universe? By Warhammer 50,000 it's going to be "in the hopeful brightness of the far future, there is only peace."

[@Slime_Goblin]

Ah perfect timing for me to listen to on my bake shift tonight. Thanks for giving me something to listen to tonight my man.

[@Khazzman]

I love the idea of a Star Child being reincarnated and leading to factionalism within the Imperium, especially since it seems the Star Child is the more compassionate and really human elements of the Emperor. It would be the part of the Imperium that values human life taking on the part of the Imperium that values the concept of humanity as opposed to individuals. Would be cool to see the heroes of Mankind take sides and maybe get some cool faceoffs. Would also love to see some Chaos Space Marines come around toward a Star Child who is more understanding of their plight. But I might just be saying that because I'm a Wordbearers fan.

[@TheDark1903]

The word bearers are my last understood faction really. I just don't understand that need to be reverent I suppose.

[@Numinon]

@@TheDark1903 Well, think of anything you can't live without and imagine having it burnt to the ground and get harshly scolded for it in front of your entire community in an attempt to make you relinquish it forever. Having finally given up my own lifelong denial about my own religiosity and now searching where I belong, I can relate to lorgar and his legion in a way. But I don't like them for it before or after turning traitor. For one because they were assholes to begin with converting entire planets. For another, because I hate how fictional settings (those that I know at least) make no effort to understand religion or the people that feel genuinely and deeply called to it, or the diversity of religious thought, practice and philosophy outside of abrahamic faiths.

[@Ewil.Bluetooth]

Please don't! I'm beyond tired of heroes fighting heroes. It's been such a tired and frankly boring trope in comics for so long. I sincerely hope that you're wrong. But really afraid that you're right. Imo there's more than enough Chaos demons and traitors for the loyalists to have epic fights for years upon years without having to go down the road of Gulliman vs Vulcan and Lion vs Corvus. 🤮 I say to that. No offense though 🙂

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

And so it was, after thousands of years, my friend became whole again, and then wept, like the small child he never was. And I pitied and comforted, and blamed, and judged, and in the end, validated, for his choice was the wrong one, they only choice he could have picked if humanity was to endure!

[@nobodyspecial2053]

The dark king vs the star child concept reminds me of the fanfics "the shape of the nightmare to come" and its sequel "the age of dusk" where the emperor dies and becomes the Star Father while the star child congeals to save reality. It also involves an ascendant daemon of innovation (who later accends to Godhood) like vashtorr. All this written more than a decade before the fall of Cadia.

[@onahdenchris3250]

The part of him he shed off might go on to become a god or something. But because it literally bears no hate or ill will( it's basically made of love, hope, etc) towards humanity/the imperium, it'll be like a good god for humanity or something. And go on to help the imperium conquer all xenos and conquer the warp by uniting the forces somehow and then taking the fight to the tyranids. Idk I'm just rambling.

[@MrAbraxus666]

Re the Star Child - I think the Webway tunneller from the latest arc is going to have a big impact on this story too, I can see it being used to repair the Webway to Terra so the Hammer of Vulkan can be dismantled.

[@fuzzyhair321]

Valdor was probably sent out to find his other half. Valdor did and this pocket world is very similar to what dimensions horus made. But if the starchild is born, its the new body for the emperor on the golden throne

[@Fix_Bayonets]

I keep toying with the idea that the Tyranids are a dream the Emporer is having and the Astronomican is manifesting. Mankind can survive all other threats but the nids. All the hive tendrils are connected to something that may be as massive as a galaxy. So the Emporer has to defeat the nids or the galaxy is lost.

[@codelicious6590]

As immersed into the setting as one can get, it is easy to forger that if certain things happen it could end conflict on a scale that could not be supported on the tabletop wargame whichvthe setting is mainly created around! What a unique and wonderful animal warhammer 40k is!

[@Nigelius]

I think Valdor and Russ are the key components, one to heal the soul and one to heal the body. I mean part of me just wants a wiser Odin-like Russ in the setting, one that has had 10,000 years of hardship and isn’t afraid to use the Spear. I really do think Russ will have been imprisoned in Nurgles garden and tortured for millennia with the tree of life constantly healing him (how do you make a primarch killing plague without a test subject?). The Emperor empowered Guilliman burning the garden freed him. Next there’s the property of the two spears, I think this will be really important. Anyway this is all tinfoil hat speculation.

[@MrFabFighter]

I think you're spot on with you idea on bring Russ back. Burning the Green Glade and hurting Nurgle my be the one-two punch needed to set the Russ story back into motion.

[@Ewil.Bluetooth]

I just wrote something a bit similar myself in another thread. Because it did really look like Valdor and Russ together with Malcador sat a huge plan in motion in order to fix things before they went into the warp. The tree of life is that catalyst needed for the two parts to be able to become one again. Seems plausible imo. I don't know about this stuff you said about Russ trapped in Nurgles puss infested zits though. I thought there weren't any new information on his doings or whereabouts after he went into the warp to search for the cure. Do you mind giving me some cliffnotes about Russ kind Sir?

[@Nigelius]

@@Ewil.Bluetooth the cliff notes are that it’s pure speculation/fan theory. It would make sense that the tree of life would exist in a garden dedicated to death decay and new life. Also, I think Russ fans want an older wiser Russ returning and being imprisoned in Nurgles Garden in a way apes Odin hanging from Yggdrasil in Norse legend. Him being in the Garden also ties him to his brother and makes the Emperors actions against nurgle more of a 4D chess move.

[@Ewil.Bluetooth]

@@Nigelius Ok, I understand. I like the theory. The older wiser All-Father Russ especially. I would be let down if he completely stopped to go berserker mode every once in a while when the times call for it though. He's a warriors warrior after all. I don't see why the tree of life would have to be located in Nurgles death-domain though. Or rather I see your reasoning but I wouldn't prefer it. Imo I would think that the tree was placed in a paradise dimension untouched by the Chaos. It just feels better to me than it growing in puss and having bunches of nasty nurglings as gardeners. I hope that he hasn't aged as much as the Lion. I think they made Lion 20 years too old looking. I still have hope that they'll rejuvenate him. I mean, yes he should be older but not looking like a 70 year old dude. Anyway I hope that Russ comes back soon and that he and the Lion squash their "beef".

[@Fenrisaiyan]

I also posted about the spears. Personally I hope they don't go full oden trope or ware wolf trope if Russ came back bit of both or just something new. They have kinda done the oden bit with the lion being all chill and forgiving now.

[@jamesmcallister5562]

Fantastic video mate! The future of 40k lore is shaping up so interesting!

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

The crazy thing is that even though it's new, the child is already powerful enough to burn Nurgle's garden and permanently leave a mark on it, presuming it was that portion of the Emperor that did it (and it does seem to be implied that this part is the one acting in the warp) although I know, the warp and measurements of time/age don't go well together...

[@gremblorthesackgoblin7953]

23:01 *meanwhile Vashtor and Abby are just Tokyo drifting through the Webway*

[@sgtNACHO]

Well the Emperor is really the greatest Man of Gold AI from the Golden Age of Tech. Starchild is probably his AI backup program that in the warp has managed to alter enough warp energy to make his saints and perform miracles. So once his backup program is restored to the physical body he will strong enough to fix himself up and also control enough warp energies to finish the webway portal

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Did I just read a tinfoil hat theory about a fictional universe? 🤔

[@Damien_N]

@@ImBarryScottCSSwe all don the hat when we delve into our head canon haha

[@sylarkane8883]

For so long I have waited for someone to talk about the current lore and speculate about the future. Thank you.

[@Wineblood]

I'm glad there's more content coming in December, I have tons of time off work then :)

[@Alexander-tu3iv]

Could it be possible for Cypher to be part of all this? Killing the emperor on the throne so his soul can be reborn alongside the emperor in the warp into the star child?

[@daneknowles5003]

Do we think Leman Russ’ story arc of going to look for the tree of life to save the emperor will get rolled in to, or be retconned by him looking for the Star Child? Either way seems like a possible story arc to bring Russ back.

[@Ewil.Bluetooth]

I think Russ fix the tree as the McGuffin tool that makes it possible for the parts of the Emperor to become whole again. Russ, Valdor and Malcador put that plan in motion before Russ and Valdor went exiles into the warp. I'm also hoping that Khan and Vulcan has some part in the plan as well. That they're fixing the webway.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

It's funny -- you're not the only Warhammer youtuber who was anxious to read that passage form Malcador.

[@jeremyrm7]

I love the idea that The Emperor created a warp manifested Pandora’s Box of sorts, all of the good parts of humanity locked away.

[@turnipslop3822]

I think Valdor might be serving the good part of the Emperor/the star child itself. If the part of the Emperor is put into a real child, then it would prevent him being able to put the two pieces back together. He can't be doing both, either it goes into a child or he wants to combine it with the rest to make it whole once more. I wonder if that good part wants to be combined again or not. As a warp entity, it can basically travel everywhere and aid wherever needed. It literally grows as people worship it. Does the heartless part think they are more effective as two separate entities?

[@Kirhean]

Assuming that avoiding fulfilling the Dark King prophecy is one of his goals, it'd be sensible to split the power. One can be the ruthless tyrant, while the other embodied portion can temper his wrath and direct it constructively. Together they'd be stronger than any one of the chaos gods, but weaker than the overall pantheon. That's how balance is achieved, they can cooperate while none of the chaos pantheon is really willing to do so. (even if their followers do)

[@turnipslop3822]

@@Kirhean I don't know much about the dark king prophecy, but couldn't it already be describing him on the throne as he is now? Heartless and Powerful?

[@Kirhean]

@@turnipslop3822 My understanding is that the Dark King would be a full-stop Chaos God (presumably of tyranny). The new book supposedly has a plot point regarding him nearly fulfilling the prophecy and then rejecting the power of godhood and avoiding it. Some seem to think that the Prophecy is now targeting Lorgar.

[@brendanmuller7301]

​@@KirheanNot tyranny. Ruin.

[@Romuluz369]

So what body would be able to hold this thing? I imagine that the star child continues to "snowball" in power after its exorcism, and was likely far too large for a normal custodian body to host to begin with, so what would be able to host such a gigasoul and still be trusted to lead humanity?

[@Anjin-Sama]

What if the Emperor sent Russ to look for Isha ( Tree of Life ) to help heal him. I find it hard to believe the Emperor doesn't know Isha is held captive by Nurgle.

[@Damien_N]

Given that Mortarion was never Nurgle’s choice in the legion, maybe he’ll lend a hand…

[@JimH.]

@@Damien_N Oh I wouldn't say that. I think he WAS the first choice, but Mortarion being such a butthurt lil' bee-atch didn't sit well with Nurgle. Especially when Typhus is the one doing exactly what Nurgle expected Morty to do.

[@flyinggecko6617]

I love the idea of the plot moving forward, honestly i will never understand those people who don't want the story to evolve and progress, the only thing i can imagine is that the story moving forward would kill their own self-inserts hence why they don't like it

[@noobatgames3321]

well warhammer fantasy progressed and look how that turned out

[@AzrealMaximus]

The plot has been moving, much faster than in the last two decades. This is GW's money maker, if they decide to fast forward to the end times, that's it, no minis, no novels, no lore, no business. The bottom line is the business. Why cut off your nose to spite your face? This universe will continue to march at the beat of GW's drummer🤷‍♂️

[@TheSpicyLeg]

@@noobatgames3321I don’t disagree that the End Times were poorly handled, but people were complaining about 40k’s storylines progressing way before that. Mostly old timers who want 40k to return to the old days when Horus was the only known Primarch, the Emperor was just a set piece for the setting, and stories were focused on successor chapters, Imperial Guard, xenos, and of course, Chaos. People forget that Guilliman’s return wasn’t really a huge deal at the time. Mostly there was complaining that a loyalist Primarch would overshadow chapter masters, etc.

[@BM-wf9uf]

​@@noobatgames3321Using the end times as an excuse to keep lore stagnant is kind of lame though. I'm only still interested in Warhammer because it has moved forward...

[@cnut7383]

My only issue is there's so much empty space in the past 10k years.

[@nwarvonhiddenlurf3694]

Maybe, for Valdor, that the BigE asked to be wounded by the spear to give the knowledge for the whole yellow king plot. For the time travel point, imagine that they have to push Lorgar to believe in the divinity of the Emperor because it's the lectitio divinitatus that bring the power to the Starchild. Not the first heretic anymore huh?

[@xDeathMarinex]

Don't you hear what you want to hear when the Emperor speaks? Isn't that one of his psyker abilities?

[@joshydarroch]

No, I believe it's his appearance that does. He visually appears as what is expected, atleast this seems to happen to atleast one Primarch on first meeting him when they were found. Not sure how this works generally speaking though, obviously people would cross reference their descriptions of him and wonder what the fuck is going on.

[@xDeathMarinex]

@joshydarroch I don't know. Would you question what the Emperor told you? That sounds like heresy to me

[@diogenesfr2852]

I don't know why but I have this feeling that one of these missing primarchs is not dead but trapped and sealed somewhere in the palaces of the holy land itself. Imagine how crazy this would be if a monster like that came out of the deep lands so dirty with custodian blood and picking his teeth with an arm of an imperial soldier and acting in an ambiguous and cunning way in the careless, that would be unimaginable madness.

[@Aristeides]

Good guess. In one of the books, we see the dark cells beneath the Imperial palace. The Dark Cells are guarded by an elite force of Custodians called the Keepers of the Dark Cells. They have access to all the things in the cells. These things range from demons to dangerous to let them out, technology from the Dark Age of Technology to precious to destroy, but too dangerous to give someone else. And other things so dangerous the Emperor couldn't destroy them and could only lock them up. It is strongly hinted that what remains of one of the lost primarchs is kept in one of those cells. I think it was 11. We don't know if the guy is dead or alive, if it is only his stuff incarcerated down there. But something of his in there. Maybe only his corpse. Or maybe he himself is locked up in the Dark Cells.

[@michelletheia9853]

I think Valdor IS serving the emperor he knew and loved, or rather that part of him. Valdor is defending and taking direction from that part of his souls, just as Malcador spoke with the fragment of Magnus’s soul. Perhaps the grails are the remnants of failed bindings with the Star child. Valdor is trying to merge the fragment with a blank,a pure vessel to receive that piece of the emperor. They’ve all failed, though, and when they fail they become grails.

[@TheLaluciDaniel]

Now the question is, who is the one gaining strength from worship and the psycher sacrifices, The Throne Emperor or The Star Child?

[@Acamas1]

What if the portion that is in the warp waiting to be reborn WILL BE the "God Emperor" but the one on the throne will be the "Dark King."

[@Acamas1]

That'd be an easy way of avoiding "combining the Emperors soul and him stepping off the golden throne more powerful than ever." Just like humanity always has been you would have the hope for humanity in the Star Child, created by humanity, as well as the End of humanity the Dark King, created by humanity.

[@AreEia]

So kind of wondering something. Since it seems the "Star Child" part of the Emperor is responsible for many of the miracles humanity has experienced, but sure the pragmatic part of the Emperor that sits on the Golden Throne must also be active and using his powers as well. Could it be that the "Living Saints" and similar miracles are from the "Star Child", and that the "Legion of the Damned" is the GTE influence and power? Since they seem somewhat different in their approach and humanity/lack of humanity? Also gotta love that Chaos's great plan of creating the Rift and flood the galaxy with the Warp has had unintended consequences, and could possibly lead to their own downfall :)

[@ObsidianAngiris]

This is an interesting concept. So his soul is split in two. Perhaps the emotionless portion is within his body holding the imperium together, while the good side of himself is in the Warp, soaking up its energies and the beliefs of billions for 10,000 years. Perhaps in the end, the Emperor would die and the only part to remain would be the divine version of himself that would keep humanity safe, the Starchild, a new Warp Entity.

[@zach942]

aw man i missed your stream dude i totally couldve listened while i was at work, stupid algorithm

[@CLCasual]

I do like how this random bit of old fluff is now becoming the main cannon. The only question now is Sensei when?

[@MaxGideonActor]

If the gestating god from the Emporer's lost soul fragment is nurtured by humans' love as one of its aspects - and if the god zygote is also the pure virtue of the Emporer's compassion and one of its main aspects that would accept sustenance for gowth into maturity - then, due to the near complete lack of the second characteristic in the very nature of the WH40K universe, the Star Child may be born unfortunately stillborn. 🤔😮👀

[@OpticalArxenal]

Well, if there's ever 1 thing that unites a people, it's a common enemy and a monster great enough to threaten everything.

[@griffingrinnell1582]

Just watched a second video by you, hooked. Just subscribed. Keep up the great work

[@brendanmuller7301]

I have the strangest feeling this is going to be a red herring. Namely based on the emperor depicted as getting maimed by horus then with the last of his strength getting a fatal hit in that made the chaos gods flee then obliterating his soul. Horus will either do or say something that will make the emperor believe he needs to kill horus by any means possible and will reabsorb whatever parts of his soul to kill him then "die" promptly after. I think the whole thing wont actually lead to the star child but instead the creation of that myth of a potentially hopeful entity that doesnt actually exist, the imperium wont know, but the reader will, much like slaanesh and the final sword needed for the eldar god of the dead. It will be something ultimately hopeless.

[@MyTomServo]

Imperius, the demon, is specifically a demon from the Astonomicon, so he'd be a Dark King demon?

[@benoit5587]

Hi! Thanks for the video! If possible, can you please activate the subtitles? It is pretty use for the non-english speakers. BTW thanks for all the contents that you are producing, you are one of my favorite 40K lore youtube. Please continue!

[@SandmanofTerra]

Thanks! And yes they should be rendering now! Might take a little bit

[@vaevictis6990]

24:00 what if Valdors plan is two-pronged? Work in material relm to find and get star child to throne AND seize webway gate? He must know both must be done for Emperor to get off throne and his actions suggest he is trying to do both

[@tailam3789]

Based on the concept, wouldn’t that mean the Legion of the Damn wasn’t lost in the warp but being called by the Star Child through time and space? It’ll be big impact for the returning of 2 lost primarchs because of Star Child influent.

[@chaoscarl8414]

This happens before the final fight with Horus, right? If so, that seems to somewhat contradict what we know about that fight. The Emperor ends up being so badly wounded because he somehow cannot get himself to use his full power against Horus. Because he can't make himself kill one of his sons. Until, of course, he's finally convinced that Horus is truly lost and that he has no choice. So it seems that he still has feelings right up to the point where he's put into the Golden Throne. Also, I'd be quite curious as to how that might interact with what we see in the old Inquisition trilogy where the Emperor's souls is fractured into many different parts. Sure... You can say that any inconsistency is just a result of imperial propaganda. Or just the fact that Games Workshop can't keep their own story consistent. Or simply don't care...

[@spyder6423]

That spark i bet became the Astronomicon

[@iatebambismom]

If killing Horus required the Emperor to split his soul.. It makes the 2 missing/dead Primarchs more of a puzzle. Or less of a puzzle.

[@ralphmarx7554]

They were killed in combat

[@anibalmorales3769]

I believe the “star child” concept can be found in the series “the inquisition wars” where the main character, Inquisitor Draco was uncovering a chaos plot (old lore). This was a GREAT series and I think an underlying story along with others regarding this galaxy wide plot ie the rift and death of the emperor as the source material for the current lore. They will fail at killing the emperor and here is where the star child concept will kick in. The love which he has will allow himself to be killed because he’ll realizes it is the starchild, the emperor reborn is how humanity is saved. Chaos with be defeated however one chaos god unknown at this point will raise. Remember that a lot of the black library stories have creative and deep roots in humanity’s military and religious history. (just an ole’guard opinion...lol)

[@TheHobgoblyn]

It would be interesting if the Star Child were born only to immediately fall into the hands of the Tau, Hrud, Rangda or Rak'gol. Some alien species (other than the all-too-friendly Eldar or the few that immediately kill all humans like Tyranid, Necrons and Orks) captures the only hope for humanity and weaponizes him against the Imperium.

[@Neknoh]

Valdor doesn't HAVE to be searching for a "separate piece" of the Emperor or know about the split soul, but rather, from all we've gained so far, we know two things: The Emperor's Soul is coalescing in the warp as a consciousness (this was the original version of the starchild as well, that if the Emperor dies on the throne, his soul is entirely freed into the warp, birthing a new astral god.) True names give you power over things, however, the powers are primarily to call and to banish when we see this used through things such as true names of daemons or the use of Ennuncia. Valdor could simply be looking for the true name of the Emperor in order to call him back to his body, without knowing his soul is split, but rather understanding that the Emperor is growing and living more in the warp than in the living world. Valdor sees that the Emperor has been essentially "trapped" in the warp and that he must be freed. He uses this knowledge of binding things to the mortal plane in order to create his Graels (Grails, come on, the cup of life meant to restore King Arthur, let's call it what it is). If Valdor can "take" the Terran gate and place the Eternal City there, he can then walk out of there, up to the throne and call the Emperor's true name, calling "him" back from the warp, allowing the Emperor to get up off the throne and giving the Imperium a bastion against the forces threatening the Terran Gate at the same time. The "Starchild" doesn't have to factor into the plan at all. However, the Starchild is basically a new warp god being born, nothing being pulled into the mortal realm, so question is if this will even work. What might happen if Valdor knows about the Starchild is actually something completely different. IF Valdor knows about the Starchild, it's not impossible that he is working toward the death of the Emperor, same as the final sanction, given to the Grey Knights by Malcador is suspected to be. Right now, half of the Emperor is stuck on the throne, he cannot leave, he cannot properly ascend and become whole as long as he lives, for if he were to do that, Terra would be overrun and it's not impossible that the galaxy would be entirely engulfed by Chaos as a result. However, if Valdor can "take" the Terran gate, if he can make the Eternal City into an endless fortress to hold the gate forever more, he could free the Emperor from his prison, allowing the soul of the Emperor to go into the warp and reunite with the Star Child, creating a divine being powerful enough to protect humanity and with enough agency to finally start fighting back against chaos. TLDR: If Valdor doesn't know about Starchild - Valdor wants to true-name the Emperor back into his body and hold the gate so he can get up and take a walk If Valdor DOES know about Starchild - Valdor wants to kill the Emperor and release him into the warp to fully form and complete the new divinity that the Starchild is meant to become.

[@painlord2k]

Why the Emperor killed Horus and excised a part his own soul to prevent his own ascent and the victory of Chaos? For the Greater Good? Not the ideology of the T'au Ethereal caste, just the god(des) that is forming now and want to grow and expand.

[@SN00PICUS]

Wait, the Emperor is gonna turn into Goddess? 😂 I hope he doesn't end up like Slaneesh

[@texven1]

TTS seemed to be on the right track.

[@paulalagar892]

Fyodperor ❤

[@madginger3634]

So the Big E is Varian Wrynne is the Big E. Got it.

[@celdur4635]

I bet the Chaos Gods will intervene, mess things up and the Emperor will have access to only a part of the star child's power.

[@funandparty2493]

So that IS what Leman Russ is looking for in Warp...

[@amitacharya8167]

Where has the Emperor's soul gone? ... It was inside us all the whole time, each and everyone of us ...

[@Sprite8822]

I love how you tell these stories. I enjoy playing the video games and painting the models but don't know a huge amount of the lore. Where would you suggest I start reading?

[@SandmanofTerra]

Thanks man! My general answer for where to start is gaunts Ghosts. But if you're sorry into space Marines then horua rising is a good shout

[@Sprite8822]

@@SandmanofTerra Thank you very much. I shall add them to my list. :)

[@Akomarongg]

im calling it, russ is in the warp looking for the soul fragment. who better to send than your best hunter

[@sarethuskami5082]

Listening to this: Emperor cast aside his Hope, Loyalty and Compassion. For some reason I am equating this to the Primarchs:- Hope - Guilliman. Loyalty - The Lion Compassion - Vulkan ??? Will Vulkan be the next primarch to return?

[@codycurtin2295]

God I hope this Valdor stuff comes into the main part of the lore and not standalone in Pandemonium

[@SandmanofTerra]

Me too brother

[@conormosedale2710]

I'm excited by the way the lore is shaping up BUT I'm also really nervous about getting too into time travel because, as you say, it can ruin a setting. Not saying there's no place for it, but i hope it's treated with utmost caution and doesn't become an important part of the story

[@TheDark1903]

So the whole thing with Slaanesh's birth, is that it tore a hole in the universe. What if the emperor realized becoming a God all at once would destroy everything. But what if he's taking 10,000 years and about 1,000 psykers a day to achieve the same goal, but without the massive race wide burnout all at once? A much slower deliberate incubation than the last God's birth.

[@redsmurf162]

The Star Child will emerge in Imperium Nihilus pitting it against the other half where the Emperor is seated. Faith war ensues.