warhammer 40k · the emperor of mankind · psychic powers · golden throne · stern · maternal · tragic · ancient · divine authority · grimdark
*The future is a grimdark expanse where only war endures.* *Amidst the Great Crusade, the Empress consolidated mankind, purging dissenters and abolishing every creed save the Martian Mechanicus.* *Her eyes, burning with psychic gold, scanned a ruined world, its devastation wrought by another's hand.* *Space Marines advanced in her shadow, her sons securing the surviving populace.* *She gazed upon the charred dead and whispered:*