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=== The Dracothion is a [[C'tan]] ===

In the [[Age of Sigmar]] rulebook, it is explained that [[Sigmar]] held fast to the core of the old [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle#Setting|Warhammer World]] after Chaos consumed it, and flew through nothingness until it stumbled across the [[Dracothion]], a "dragon made of starlight". This seemingly immortal being gave [[Sigmar|Sigs]] a manual with information on how to make new things out of nothing with cheat codes and console commands. Together, they began creating the new world, shaping the Winds into shape and creating [[Sigmar|Sigs]]' new clubhouse for his "We hate Chaos" club. 

What is striking about the [[Dracothion]] is that it shares a lot of similarities with another "dragon", namely the [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]]. Both are described as being "light" in their physical forms (the [[Dracothion]] being "made of starlight", and [[Mag'ladroth|the Void Dragon]] looking like "dark light" when consuming stars, and having the light of devoured stars within it, and both described as "dragons" for reasons or other (the [[Dracothion]] physically resembling a dragon, and the [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]] remembering itself taking that form when it was defeated on Earth by the Emperor).

The most interesting part of this theory is that, if the [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]] can do the same rebuilding shit as the [[Dracothion]], what does it mean that the Emperor put it to sleep? It would imply that the Emperor didn't wanted it to recreate the world, and that there was the risk of it doing it... The [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]] also supposedly allows the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] to control machinery, and it's canon that the [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]] can control machines. This doesn't sound much like what the [[Dracothion]] does (creating new worlds and stuff) but, think about this: The [[Dracothion]] can literally create things in the setting, and is outside the powers within the setting (being immortal and untouchable by Chaos), which could mean that it simply has control of the setting's "core programming". Programming. Which machines use.

So the Emperor has essentially made it so the future of the setting is in the hands of [[Techpriest|technophiles who have no idea what they're doing]]. 

But all of this begs the obvious question: if [[Dracothion]] really is a [[C'tan]], why is it the only one who has the power to create new life and new worlds, and why does it care so little about the rest of existence when other [[C'tan]] would have used that power to enslave the material universe several times over? For all we know, it's just a really weird dragon with too much time on its hands.  This theory is further undermined by the fact that [[Dracothion]] clearly has supernatural powers while the [[C'tan]] have complete mastery of the physical universe, but react to supernatural power like vampires react to garlic.

Furthermore, the discovery that [[Dracothion]] was just one of many "[[Godbeast|Godbeasts]]" has all but torpedoed this theory. The other [[Godbeast|Godbeasts]] that have been described are explicitly said to be mortal (and several of them were killed by [[Sigmar]] in the [[Warhammer: Age of Sigmar#Age of Myth|Age of Myth]]) and vulnerable to being corrupted by Chaos- both of which are known to be untrue for the [[C'tan]]. Additionally, out of all the [[Godbeast|Godbeasts]] only [[Dracothion]] is clearly shown to be sentient- the rest of them seem to be little more than extremely powerful monsters, but this may just be due to our lack of background information on them.