The Radiant Shepherd - A Warhammer 40K God-Emperor Quest

So I've been thinking, mainly because I am slightly weary of how focused some of you have gotten on obscure items and oddball plans, we could do something big next turn that will both help prepare for Cadia and help unfuck the Imperium overall. We revive the Lion. We know where he is and unlike Roboute he's not on the verge of death. It will almost certainly cost us every single point to wake him up but I feel like the Lion waking up would have the same effects as a whole spectrum of actions
There is a slight problem with that idea, the Lion is buried in close to the center of the Rock. So, if we did revive him, he would then be stuck with no way of conceivably escaping the location that he is in, besides seeing how the Watcher's act with him suddenly getting up and about despite being in a coma for 10,000 years. And, realistically everyone is wanting to get most of their plans, with the exception of the Angel, webway gate, and magnus can be done in either turn 3, or at worst turn 4. Which means we have plenty of time to revive him, and we probably need to see if Lion is in a similar situation to Roboute which means we can't just cast a blessing on him to be brought back to the waking world.
 
Here's my idea

[] A Knight's Duty
-[] Commune (10 points)Lion El'Jonson: " Wake up, My Son/My Loyal Knight/The First, your wounds are healed and your slumber is at an end. I/Your Sons/The Imperium have need of you once more. Wake up, tell your sons they have my forgiveness, and find those who have wandered but may yet be saved, and prepare them for Cadia/for the Hive Fleets/for the wars to come. Wake Up."
 
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Here's my idea

[] A Knight's Duty
-[] Commune (10 points)Lion El'Jonson: " Wake up, My Son/My Loyal Knight/The First, your wounds are healed and your slumber is at an end. I/Your Sons/The Imperium have need of you once more. Wake up, tell your sons they have my forgiveness, and find those who have wandered but may yet be saved, and prepare them for Cadia/for the Hive Fleets/for the wars to come. Wake Up."

*wakes up sealed in rock*

"Well.....this sucks"
 
Like even if the Lion is literally buried beneath rock or something, he's a freaking Primarch. Even stuck in solid rock he would be able to force his way out, it is absurd to think simple stone will stop him.
 
Like even if the Lion is literally buried beneath rock or something, he's a freaking Primarch. Even stuck in solid rock he would be able to force his way out, it is absurd to think simple stone will stop him.
Obviously. Lion and Russ were going through walls in their little tussle and Angron burst out of a small mountain that fell on him.

Him getting out of the closet is not the main thing preventing him doing stuff.
 
He will only have a mid-life crisis. Nothing big, he will get his old ass over it.
Honestly the Lion adjusts to the modern imperium better than Roboute did.

In truth I think Corax might be more useful in this situation but I am weary of how the Imperium will react to him considering how he's changed. But The Lion would still be plenty useful, easily worth the 10 points.
 
My idea is that we observe where the other artifacts of vulkan are, followed by a vision of the locations and then bless the salamanders to go out and find them.
 
Honestly the Lion adjusts to the modern imperium better than Roboute did.

In truth I think Corax might be more useful in this situation but I am weary of how the Imperium will react to him considering how he's changed. But The Lion would still be plenty useful, easily worth the 10 points.
Yeah, his hate-boner, travelling through warp for fucking so long and few things and he became daemon Crow thing...I would not be surprised if he could transform back to his more human form when he calms the fuck down.
 
Honestly the Lion adjusts to the modern imperium better than Roboute did.

In truth I think Corax might be more useful in this situation but I am weary of how the Imperium will react to him considering how he's changed. But The Lion would still be plenty useful, easily worth the 10 points.
It's partially because he's more of a weapon in human form than Roboute, and partially because he had a spiritual journey to get his shit together before he properly returned to the Imperium, and partially because his main thing is fighting, not simply governing, since Nihilus is becoming a hellhole.
 
My idea is that we observe where the other artifacts of vulkan are, followed by a vision of the locations and then bless the salamanders to go out and find them.
That'd be six-eight points. Worth it to get Vulkan back before the galaxy gets worse, admittedly. If it works…

Yeah, his hate-boner, travelling through warp for fucking so long and few things and he became daemon Crow thing...I would not be surprised if he could transform back to his more human form when he calms the fuck down.
Man, that's absurd.

He's a daemon raven thing.
 
That'd be six-eight points. Worth it to get Vulkan back before the galaxy gets worse, admittedly. If it works…


I'd say Observation then visions. We can do the blessings the turn after. Though that will be a hassle because if i remember right, Trazyn has one or two of them in his museum, so that's gonna be a pain in the ass to get them back.
 
Secondly, we need to stomp out that the Maelstrom growing before it's too late. To that i suggest that we avoid the Badab war from happening and throw our weight in with the Astral claws in their attempts to purge it.
 
I'd say Observation then visions. We can do the blessings the turn after. Though that will be a hassle because if i remember right, Trazyn has one or two of them in his museum, so that's gonna be a pain in the ass to get them back.
Nope, he's been creating a rivalry with the Salamanders explicitly because he doesn't have them so he's been trying to steal the Artifacts from the Salamanders for his collection. Which he has failed at succeeding in his looting, but failure has never deferred Trayzn from trying again later on.
 
Nope, he's been creating a rivalry with the Salamanders explicitly because he doesn't have them so he's been trying to steal the Artifacts from the Salamanders for his collection. Which he has failed at succeeding in his looting, but failure has never deferred Trayzn from trying again later on.


Well that settles that issue for now. Still wouldn't hurt to try and observe where the artifacts are.
 
I think that is very advanced psy-tech which needed the Emperor's personal hand in it. And do I need to remind you that Magos fucking make a deal with Drukhari to help with fixing The Golden Throne?

That's the thing. It's a desperate moved that could have worked.

Vault of Terra pretty much centered on this plotpoint btw. That Dark Eldar Homonculi quite admitted that Commorragh existence pretty much parasitically rely on the Imperium . And usually what happened to parasites when the host dies ?

The reason the Imperials bomb the deal ( yes, it's the Imperial who do ) is because the real exchange is for the Drukhari to get Emperor DNA, clone an Emperor for themselves and then install on a knockoff Golden Throne to close the hole in Khaine's Gate

That ,more than anything , finally makes it unacceptable. And the High Lord conspirators even nearly approved it if it wasnt for an inquisitor investigation alerted it to the Custodes.

It's a very interesting dilenma, how far the Imperium were willing to go. Inquisitor Crowl determined if there is truly no limit in the name of survival, then we are no different than the Dark Eldar. But is it a justified viewpoint ? Or mere hypocrisy ?
 
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