The Emperor had different youngsters in addition to his genetically modified offspring just like the primarchs. Say howdy to the Sensei.
The Emperor of Mankind lived many lifetimes and selected many alternative types over the millenia. In these years he fathered quite a lot of offspring. Loremasters, at present we’re are going to check out the immortal sons of the Emperor often called the Sensei, and what they imply for the way forward for the Imperium.
The Sensei are the true immortal sons of the Emperor. who wander the galaxy as heroes and champions.
Unique Sensei Art work
Origin of the Sensei
Lengthy earlier than the delivery of the Imperium, the Emperor lived in hiding amongst peculiar males and through this time he fathered many households. The Emperor’s sons, like their father, possessed particular skills of their very own. Whereas their father was a robust psyker, the Sensei are psychic blanks and can’t be seen by different psykers. Attributable to their nature, the Emperor himself can also be unaware of their relationship. Not all the Emperor’s descendants are Sensei, however the genes inherited by the Sensei from the Emperor have granted them the present of immortality. Whereas the Sensei have been sired by the Emperor, they themselves are infertile and the Emperor has no additional descendants.
The Sensei’s Path Amongst Humanity
The Sensei have tailored to residing in hiding throughout the ranks of humanity, whereas blind to their true heritage. Over the millennia, they’ve been vilified as ‘witches’ and ‘devils’ for his or her immortality. The Sensei are heroes who wander the galaxy, typically within the firm of bands of different highly effective heroes. Within the age of the Imperium, few apart from the Sensei themselves and the Illuminati are conscious of their existence, apart from as folks tales of the Captain Everlasting or the Wandering Inquisitor.
Solely when a Sensei encounters, or is drawn to, one other Sensei does the reality emerge, and they’re taught new skills. They could faucet into warpspace to channel vitality for fight, sense daemons or disturbances within the warp, and the facility to masks their presence from psychics. Educated Sensei are inducted into the Brotherhood and put together for the ultimate battle towards Chaos. Some Sensei might flee to affix the forces of Chaos and grow to be Gray Sensei, turning into amongst the cruelest of darkish servants.
The unique lore for the Sensei appeared within the two Realm of Chaos books… Slaves to Darkness
The Sensei and Chaos
Whereas a Sensei could be killed, they don’t age. As well as they possess wonderful powers of restoration. They’re shielded from the powers of Chaos and the warp, however they might be part of the forces of Chaos. A Sensei can’t expertise hate, bitterness, or irrational anger, as a result of these are feelings attributable to the disharmony of the Chaos powers. The Sensei are invisible to the Chaos powers and their daemons and possess no feelings which can be embodied by the Chaos powers.
Whereas the Chaos Gods possess their very own champions, the Sensei act because the champions of the Star Baby, the immortal soul of the Emperor and humanity. Each Sensei is born with the Mark of the Star Baby, permitting them to attract upon the vitality of the Star Baby. The Star Baby might reward the Sensei with various completely different skills and protections, reminiscent of the facility to slay daemons, sword mastery, marksmanship, endurance, and mastery of disguise amongst different rewards.
In time, a Sensei might obtain Apotheosis, being drawn via the warp to commune with the Star Baby to grow to be one among its particular servants, often called a Sensei Grasp. A Sensei Grasp is the Star Baby’s equal of a Chaos God‘s Daemon Prince. Nonetheless, a Sensei’s individuality and thoughts is consumed, and so they might return to the fabric universe unnoticed, even visiting mortal buddies if at risk.
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In some ways the Sensei have been anti-chaos themselves. They have been the kids of the Emperor and so they may grow to be the Star Baby’s model of a Daemon Prince. Whereas the Sensei haven’t actually been part of Warhammer 40K’s tabletop recreation in a really, very very long time it could be very fascinating to see them make a return in some kind or trend.
Sensei have been the OG Psychic Blanks – and a lot extra…
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