Shamans were the earliest form of Human Psykers. Highly important to the history of the Galaxy, they gave birth to the Emperor.

萨满是人类灵能者的最早形式。他们令帝皇诞生，这对银河系的历史来说非常重要。

History 历史

Shamans first appeared early in Human history while mankind still largely consisted of hunter-gatherers. These beings established a special relationship with the Warp, sensing its rhythm as it moved through all living things. Shamans were benevolent figures, using their powers to benefit their tribes. When a Shaman died, he was able to reincarnate into a new form and thus played a permanent role in their societies.

萨满最早出现在人类历史的早期，当时人类仍然主要由狩猎采集者组成。这些生物与亚空间建立了一种特殊的关系，在亚空间穿过所有生物时感受到了它的节奏。萨满是仁慈的人物，利用他们的力量造福他们的部落。当萨满去世时，他能够转世成一种新的形式，从而在他们的社会中发挥永久的作用。

However as Humanity began to develop away from a harmonious hunter-gatherer relationship with nature and towards real civilisation, the Warp began to change. Power, ambition, greed, and lust took hold of the Human race and this became reflected in the Warp, where sinister beings began to develop. To their horror, the Shamans discovered that not only were they losing their ability to tap into the Warp, but upon death their souls were often devoured by the new malignant warp entities instead of being reincarnated. Each subsequent reincarnation became more and more difficult, even for the most talented Shamans.

然而，随着人类开始从与自然和谐的狩猎采集关系向真正的文明发展，亚空间开始发生变化。权力、野心、贪婪和欲望占据了人类，这在亚空间中得到了反馈，邪恶的生物开始在亚空间中发展。令他们震惊的是，萨满发现他们不仅失去了进入亚空间的能力，而且在死亡后，他们的灵魂经常被新的恶性亚空间实体吞噬，而不是转世。每一次转世都变得越来越困难，即使是对最有天赋的萨满来说也是如此。

Terrified for the future of their race, all the Shamans of ancient Earth gathered in one place for the most important meeting in Human history. The debate is said to have lasted centuries, after which they came to a consensus that they, along with Humanity, were ultimately doomed and would soon fall prey to the growing psychic entities of the Warp. Thus they concocted a plan to create the "New Man", a being that would protect Humanity from the malignancy of the Warp. The Shamans committed mass ritual suicide and as they died pooled their combined energies, reincarnating into a single body. Within a year this soul found its Human host, giving birth to the being who would become the Emperor of Mankind. Upon his maturity, the Emperor began to remember the countless past lives of the Shamans who had created him.

对他们种族的未来感到恐惧，古代地球上的所有萨满聚集在一个地方，参加人类历史上最重要的会议。据说这场争论持续了几个世纪，之后他们达成了共识，即他们和人类最终注定要失败，很快就会成为亚空间不断增长的精神实体的牺牲品。因此，他们制定了一个计划来创造“新人类”，一个保护人类免受亚空间之害的存在。萨满们进行了大规模的仪式牺牲，在他们去世时汇集了他们的联合能量，转世为一个身体。一年之内，这个灵魂找到了它的人类宿主，诞生了将成为人类帝皇的存在。成年后，帝皇开始回忆创造他的萨满的无数前世。