I was trying to have a conversation on twitter with one of my "new-to-40K MINIONS!" when the subject came up of which chapters actually don't worship the Emperor as a god. Problem was, I couldn't find proof of what chapters didn't. I'm thinking it's almost all chapters that are 1st & 2nd founding. Can anyone point me to a list of which LOYAL chapters don't practice Emperor-worship?
BoLS Lounge : Wargames, Warhammer & Miniatures Forum
Results 1 to 10 of 47
Thread: "Agnostic" Marines
-
04-28-2010, 01:45 PM #1Librarian
- Join Date
- Jul 2009
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Posts
- 893
"Agnostic" Marines
I'm thinking it'd probably turn out more like Daleks playing Quiddich. "It is the Potter!! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! " (someone I know on twitter)
-
04-28-2010, 02:49 PM #2Chapter-Master
- Join Date
- Aug 2009
- Posts
- 4,971
I'm not aware of an official list, but I'm also not aware of any space marine chapter that worships the Emperor as a god.
-
04-28-2010, 03:28 PM #3Librarian
- Join Date
- Jul 2009
- Location
- Northampton, England
- Posts
- 657
Indeed. While Chapters - such as the inappropriately named Silver Skulls (Bland Skulls more like) - will 'call upon the Emperor' or something like this, or believe themselves to be doing his divine will, the majority are just doing what their Primarches did - worship him as they would a father (lol) figure.
Back after a few years absence. Please PM me any changes to how the forum works - I currently have no idea how to make line breaks, and this is quite important to me. >.>
-
04-28-2010, 04:44 PM #4Scout
- Join Date
- Jan 2010
- Posts
- 14
The only chapter to worship the emperor as a god went chaos.
-
04-28-2010, 06:26 PM #5Veteran-Sergeant
- Join Date
- Apr 2010
- Posts
- 130
I do remember, particularly in the 3rd ed codex for marines, a section about how Space Marines revere the emperor as a great and powerful hero, a king of men and marines, but not a god, and the Horus Heresy series goes even further into this...
But let's not pretend that anything's fluff is ever entirely consistent. Words like "Holy" and "Divine" and "God-Emperor" are commonplace in space marine rhetoric; not to mention the strong "angels of death" theme about Space Marines which they self-perpetuate.
So some sources say they're merely reverent, other sources suggest God-worship. I don't think anyone's ever taken the time to knuckle down and decide which chapter is which.
-
04-28-2010, 07:13 PM #6Librarian
- Join Date
- Aug 2009
- Location
- ADK, NY
- Posts
- 690
Electra complex ftw!
Originally Posted by Herald of Nurgle
letsagetabitarockin!
-
04-28-2010, 10:17 PM #7Chaplain
- Join Date
- Jul 2009
- Location
- Canberra, Australia
- Posts
- 387
I don't know about an official list but wouldn't it be more likely that the later founding chapters were more likely to worship the Emperor as a god than the First Founding? After all, a few of the First Founding's earliest warriors would have known the Emperor personally (or at least seen him), but the further away in time you go from an event the more mythical it becomes.
Who are you more likely to think of as a god - a guy you can see and talk to or a mysterious force with no body?
-
04-28-2010, 11:30 PM #8Veteran-Sergeant
- Join Date
- Dec 2009
- Location
- Southern California
- Posts
- 206
Originally Posted by Nabterayl
I thought The Grey Knights worship The Emperor...
I am not sure though...Only in death does duty end...
Imperial Guard W-8 L-16 D-7 Grey Knights(DH) W-6(1) L-8(5) D-3(1) Eldar W-1 L-3 T-1
-
04-29-2010, 05:23 AM #9Librarian
- Join Date
- Dec 2009
- Posts
- 846
I think I remeber seeing something that said the White Consuls do. Have you tried the[URL="http://www.lexicanum.com/"] Lexicanum[/URL]? Other than that, I have know idea.
-
04-29-2010, 06:42 AM #10Librarian
- Join Date
- Dec 2009
- Posts
- 543
Their rhetoric does not necessarily mean that they worship the Emperor as a God. Saying that they are going on a holy crusade doesn't mean they worship him. It means that it's their faith that drives them (Holy: having a spiritually pure quality
And no matter if you believe him to be a god the title God-Emperor is something he has been given by trillions of people who do.
Reply With Quote
