Editing The Dragon Emperor (section)

==Speculations==
As with a lot of things in the Warhammer settings, the Dragon Emperor is a classic case of GW using their classic "leave large chunks of the lore a mystery so people can get invested and we're allowed to be lazy with our writing" strategy when it comes to worldbuilding. We know that he is an ancient dragon from before the Old Ones who created Cathay and has a plan to push back Chaos. One of the most popular theories as to his plan is that he's trying to move the planet back to its original place in the solar system before the Old Ones came. It makes sense, as it would kill off all of the species created by the Old Ones and only leave him and his family behind to inherit the earth. Plus due to the massive drop in sentient beings on the planet, the Chaos Gods would have significantly less emotions to feed off of and grow weaker. We already know his family can survive in these icy conditions, and it would make sense why he wouldn't tell his children about since at this point they're so accustomed to being with their human pets (Hell, Zhao Ming actually likes them).

However, there are some issues with this theory if you think about it. First off, why would the Astromancers be on board with this plan? Does The Emperor have some way to keep them alive, or are they so dedicated to him they're willing to freeze to death just so his family can live in peace? Also what about the polar gates, those probably aren't just going to freeze over, and with the Elves and Lizardmen dead the Vortex and Geomantic Web will crumble allowing Daemons to pour into the world. How are they going to hold off the Daemons when 99% of their armies have just froze to death? Plus Dragon Ogres can survive in this environment and will still serve Chaos, and I doubt the Caledorian Dragons will be happy that their eastern cousins froze all their Elven friends to death. Seems like if this plan goes off all the Dragon Emperor would do is give the world to Chaos on a silver platter.
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