Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

Readers have too many questions, and they are explained all at once in the book review (it is also in the book review, but I want to post it here so that people who are not used to reading book reviews will not miss it.)

The first part:

Question: Ah, since your protagonist is openly hooked up with the devil and there are aliens, you might as well write a villain

Answer: In the 40K universe, everyone, please note that everyone is related to aliens and demons. The characteristics of Chaos determine that whether you are willing or not, you will be related to Chaos in Warhammer, such as Macarius , had been haunted by the Demon of Tzeentch during the expedition, but he died before he had any specific connection with the Demon, and was killed by the Assassin. All the heroes of the Empire have more or less connections with the Demon, because If you don't hook up with Chaos, Chaos will take the initiative to hook up with you, whether you want it or not, so most of the heroes of the empire can be called heretics, and generally end up miserable.

Secondly, everyone from the Emperor to Guilliman has something to do with the aliens. The Emperor knows Eldarad, but Guilliman simply doesn’t know anything about Evrené. Even Caul knows the Eldar Prophet. Admiral Speyer is also friends with the pirate lords of the Eldar. No one has anything to do with the aliens. So do you think these people are good people? All the Eldar will sacrifice a large number of humans for the benefit of the Eldar without hesitation, and most of the time they are too lazy to explain to you, just Guilliman and Efreni. Let me remind you that the Lady Regent used to be a pirate. Yes, do you really want to worry about how many humans she killed? Even if she becomes a prophet of death, she will still deceive humans by allying with the Empire. After all, she still stands as an Eldar. So, is Guilliman, who continues to cooperate with Evrené, a bad person? Is such a simple diode idea useful?

the second part:

Question: You clearly said that the protagonist cares about human beings, but he still sacrifices many people without hesitation. Isn't this contradictory to you? Nonsense

Answer: Let me remind you that since Guilliman's return, the average productive labor time of the empire has doubled several times. In order to support the Indomitus Crusade, it is too common to exhaust people to death. So Guilliman is a heinous tyrant? I would like to remind you that all Primarchs, even the "good" Primarchs, have sacrificed some people to achieve the greater good, including all Space Marine Chapters, so according to this logic, they are all false fraud? Contradicting their oath to defend humanity? Are they all bad people?

For those who hold this view, the entire human race is an evil species, because everyone in human history will do such things, even those who are touted, because history is like this and always needs to be Do a lot of "unjust" things and sacrifice some people to achieve some "great achievements"? That's perfectly normal, and completely separate from where you stand on whether you feel it's worth it.

the third part:

Question: You, the protagonist, are so powerful, why don’t you care about the empire? Watching the Empire in freefall for so many years, bah! False and empty

Answer: I have explained the specific reasons, but I don’t mind explaining them again. You are a typical populist thinking, placing your hope in an absolutely wise leader to solve everything, while ignoring that in the face of such a complex and outrageous reality, you The so-called wise leader will gradually become stubborn and crazy, and then become a tyrant in your mouth. Then you can start calling him a bad person, completely forgetting how you praised him in the first place.

The reality of the empire is not a person at all. Even if it is a "god" such as the Emperor, his solution will not make you like it. He will only be more cruel than the protagonist and everyone else. The Emperor It will always be like this, since you are still imagining a leader who is always right and kind? Because this is the reality of the empire, the reality of this 40K universe, Shabaitian will always be the first to die.

And when this kind of "savior" turns into a tyrant, someone needs to kill him before he causes enough irreversible losses, and then replace him with a new person to continue the cycle, killing and replacing him again before the new person is exhausted and crazy. It is the operating logic of the high lord. Specifically, look at Wangerich in Beast Wars. The protagonist has always been the one who does this job. May I ask, if the protagonist becomes the leader according to your wish, who will ensure that the protagonist is Kill him when he's driven crazy? With the protagonist's strength, can anyone in the empire defeat him? No, to quote a reader's comment, assassinating the protagonist is about the same difficulty as assassinating the Emperor, so yes, that's why the protagonist can't be the boss.

fourth part:

Question: You, the protagonist, were said to be very powerful but weak in control. But later on, the more you use your psychic powers, you can control them when you get angry. This is inconsistent.

Answer: If you think that lighting a halo behind your head has become a skill, then you have broken the setting of weak control, then if I light a light bulb, is it also called innovation of the century? Even Guilliman can click on that halo. Dare I ask if Guilliman is psychically strong?

Secondly, let me give you an example. The emperor's use of psychic energy is similar to having a key to a safe. When you open the safe, you can take out the psychic energy and use it stably. The protagonist does not have a key, but he can forcefully punch through the cabinet or forcefully Stabilizing the psychic energy for a while, relying on brute force, but wouldn't it hurt to punch through the cabinet every time? Comfortable? You can open the door without a key, but will you do it every day? So do you know why the protagonist doesn’t use psychic powers randomly? You have to ask again, ah, why doesn’t the protagonist learn how to use psychic powers? Good question, the plot will tell it.

The main questions have been answered, please feel free to leave a message if you have any questions.