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the Emperor

It is the 41st Millenium. For more than a hundred centuries the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the master of mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies. He is a rotting carcass writhing invisibly with power from the Dark Age of technology. He is the Carrion Lord of the Imperium for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day, so that he may never truly die.

Yet even in his deathless state, the Emperor continues his eternal vigilance. Mighty battlefleets cross the daemon-infested miasma of the warp, the only route between distant stars, their way lit by the Astronomican, the psychic manifestation of the Emperors will. Vast armies give battle in his name on uncounted worlds. Greatest amongst his soldiers are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, bio-engineered super-warriors. Their comrades in arms are legion: the Imperial Guard and countless planetary defence forces, the ever-vigilant Inquistion and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus to name only a few. But for all their multitudes, they are barely enough to hold off the ever-present threat from aliends, heretics, mutants - and worse.
by Toe-Toe February 22, 2008
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emberli

Emberli is a girl who is popular but doesn’t think she is. She’s more beautiful than most girls but thinks she ugly. All the guys like her and the girl wanna either be her or her friend. And her friend and best friend want something that don’t have that she does. She loves people to easily and she’s way to loving. She chill when she wants to be.
Hey look how beautiful that girl is! She’s such an emberli
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A heart of gold with fire in her eyes. She glows in dark places. Determined, successful, and beautiful. She's very smart, independent and caring. Full of love. And her smile lights up the world. She's one of a kind.
Emberlynn is the brightest star in the sky, supernova.
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Someone with with a big heart, a smile that makes one melt, but if need be a look that could kill.
intelligent is ember ember is my gang-star boo
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Emperor's New Groove

A phenomenal movie for true chads. The humor makes professional comedians weep.
"The Emperor's New Groove was indeed the best movie in all existence"

- A wise man
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Ember

Ember is a quiet but fiery girl. She doesn't talk a lot but when she is passionate about something she is never afraid to speak up. She may seem tame or gentle but you do not want to mess with her. She is beautiful. She is nice if you are nice to her. A lot of people hate her, but that's only because they don't know her. She gives the best advice and can relate to everyone. She is the best friend you will ever have.
Person 1: that girl is so quiet
Person 2: naw she's an ember just wait and she'll be talking your ear off
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the emperor's new clothes

Used to express when many people believe something that is not true. Used also to express something as untrue. See also the expression "the Emperor has no clothes".

Based on Sufi wisdom, Hans Christian Andersen tells the tale in his "The Emperor's New Clothes", the story this expression derives from. In it. there existed an emperor who loved wearing fine clothes and spent all of his people's money on them. He had a different set for each hour and was, without doubt, the finest dressed man in the land.

One day, two swindlers claiming to be weavers entered the Emporer's city and proclaimed they were capable of making the finest, lightest, most magnificent cloth the world has ever seen. So extraordinary was this cloth, it was invisible to anyone who was incompetent or stupid.

Hearing of the weaver's amazing "talent", the foolish Emporer thought he could use such cloth to weed out undesirables in his city. He paid the swindlers an enormous sum & they set out to "create" the clothes; knowing they would only need go through the motions.

The Emperor sent several advisors to guage their progress and all the advisors reported the cloth magnificent, not wanting to appear unworthy for seeing nothing at all; the cloth didn't exist!

Finally the clothes were "finished", the swindlers already having counted the gold and jewels they had received. A procession was arranged to show off the Emporer's new clothes and the entire city gathered in the center to view them. Having been "dressed" by the swinglers, who remarked how wonderful he looked, and how light the cloth appeared on him, he appeared before his people.

The people, having heard of the weaver's abilities and the cloth's fictious properties, were amazed and offered thunderous applause to the now beaming Emperor. None of them were willing to admit that they hadn't seen a thing; for if anyone did, then he was either stupid or unfit for the job he held. Never before had the emperor's clothes been such a success.

While expressing admiration at their Emporer's new "invisible" clothes, a small boy cried out... "But the Emperor has no clothes!"
"This entire adventure in Iraq has been based on propaganda and manipulation. Eighty-seven billion dollars is too much to pay for the continuation of a war based on falsehoods. The Emperor has no clothes."
- U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd in a Senate Hearing speech October, 2003.
by casemon July 26, 2005
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