What are perpetuals in Warhammer?

A Perpetual was an individual who was a member of a mutant branch of the Human species who possessed seemingly superhuman abilities, the most important of which was immortality, for which they were named.

How many perpetuals are there 40k?

Excluding the Emperor, there are three perpetuals in the lore born prior to the present day – Ollanius Pius, Damon Prytanis, and Alivia Sureka. This gives us a lower bound of 1/33 billion humans being a Perpetual.

Are Primarchs perpetuals?

Whilst Vulkan and the other Primarchs are functionally immortal (they live forever without ageing bar physical or psychic wounds) only Vulkan was reformed with the specific mission of forging a warp borne weapon capable of destroying Terra should the Emperor ever die and the daemons spill into real space uncontrolled.

Why did the perpetuals leave the Emperor?

Erda grew to adore the Emperor and she became one of the many Perpetuals that aided him in his task. In time, though, the Emperor’s arrogance and the risks he took to accelerate Mankind’s future caused most of the Perpetuals to leave him.

Who is the oldest perpetual 40k?

John has the honor of being the very first Perpetual we were introduced to. He first appeared in the novel Legion as an agent of the shadowy organization only known as the Cabal. From what we are told of his history he is actually fairly young by Perpetual standards having only been born in the 29th millennium.

Is the Emperor awake?

The fact that Guilliman was able to speak directly with the Emperor seems solid confirmation that the Emperor is awake to some degree, and the fact that he was able to do so, when He could not for the past 10,000 years, implies that He is getting better.

Is Erda alive 40k?

Erda died because the fanbase didn’t like her, not because her story was done.

Is Malcador perpetual?

Malcador WAS a Perpetual. There were many Perpetuals, of which the Emperor was one, and He was so powerful that His pronouns get a capital letter.

Did the Primarchs have a mother?

The Perpetual Erda was used as the “mother” of the Primarchs, combining her genetic material with that of the Emperor’s. However, the Gods of Chaos somehow managed to spirit them away just prior to their maturation with a great Warp vortex and it is speculated that they also managed to tamper with the infant Primarchs.

Is Ollanius Pius canon?

Official Canon There are no official accounts of Ollanius Pius in imperial records, only many versions of legends told by the Guard. The true story, however, is slowly being told in the Horus Heresy series of novels.