The Dark King is a theoretical fifth Chaos God that has been prophesized by both Eldar and Humans throughout history but is first mentioned overtly during the final stages of the Siege of Terra in the Horus Heresy. The Dark King represents the drive to complete destruction without reason or aim.

黑暗之王是理论上的第五混沌之神，在整个历史上都被灵族和人类预言过，但在荷鲁斯叛乱的泰拉围城的最后阶段首次被公开提及。黑暗之王代表了原初毁灭的驱动力。

While initially speculated to be the Chaos-corrupted Horus or the Daemon Samus, it eventually becomes apparent that the Dark King was destined to in fact be the Emperor of Mankind.

虽然最初推测是堕入混沌的荷鲁斯或恶魔萨姆斯，但最终很明显，黑暗之王注定是人类帝皇。

Ascension of the Emperor 帝皇升天

After the Emperor felt the true extent of Horus' power as He rushed to face him aboard the Vengeful Spirit in the final stages of the Siege of Terra, He realized that victory would be unlikely unless He empowered Himself greatly. Out of desperation, the Emperor drank from the Warp but on a scale previously unseen. Taking the form of a lightning-sheathed sphere of obsidian, the Emperor's power was such that He even unintentionally slew all of the Custodians around Him, turning them into little more than heavily burnt walking corpses. The Emperor proceeded to sweep across the madness of the Inevitable City, causing Daemons, the Lost and the Damned and even Traitor Space Marines to flee in panic before Him.

在泰拉围城的最后阶段，当帝皇在复仇之魂号上冲向荷鲁斯时，他感受到了荷鲁斯力量的真实程度，他意识到除非他赋予自己极大的力量，否则胜利是不可能的。出于绝望，帝皇吸收了亚空间的力量，但吸收的量是前所未有的。帝皇的力量就像一个被闪电覆盖的黑曜石球体，他甚至无意中杀死了他周围的所有禁军，把他们变成了严重烧伤的尸体。帝皇开始横扫必然之城的疯狂，导致恶魔、迷失者、被诅咒者甚至叛徒星际战士在他面前惊慌失措地逃跑。

By now, the Emperor was ascending into a full Chaos God, though He believed the action was necessary in order to kill Horus and save humanity. Malcador was distressed at sensing what his friend had become, believing He had gone too far. However it was then that the Emperor was confronted by Ollanius Persson, John Grammaticus, Leetu, and Garviel Loken. Persson confronted his own friend, talking him down from the abyss of corruption by reminding Him of His humanity. Shocked that He had encountered Persson for the first time in millennia at this specific place at this specific time, Persson convinced the Emperor to have faith and give up the power He had built up even if it meant gambling humanity's future in a battle He was likely not to win. This ultimately convinced the Emperor to shed the mantle of the evolving Dark King, causing a blast of power to sweep across both Terra and the Vengeful Spirit that banished much of the Warp-madness spread by the traitors.

到目前为止，帝皇正在升格为一个完整的混沌之神，尽管他认为为了杀死荷鲁斯和拯救人类，这一行动是必要的。马卡多感觉到他的朋友变成了什么样子，觉得他做得太过分了，心里很难过。然而，就在那时，帝皇遇到了欧兰尼奥斯·佩松、约翰·格拉马迪库斯、勒图和加维尔·洛肯。佩松直面自己的朋友，通过提醒他人性，把他从腐化的深渊中拉了出来。令人震惊的是，他数千年来第一次在这个特定的时间和地点遇到了佩松，佩松说服帝皇要有信心，放弃他获得的力量，即使这意味着在一场他可能不会赢的战斗中赌下人类的未来。这最终说服了帝皇摆脱了不断进化的黑暗之王的职责，引发了一股席卷泰拉和复仇之魂号的力量，驱逐了叛徒传播的大部分亚空间疯狂。

Current Beliefs 当前信仰

Even though the emergence of the Dark King was stalled by the Emperor's decision, the Ruinous Powers maintain that this Chaos God will emerge at some point as prophesied, given that time flows differently to Chaos, and the Dark King's servants and dominion already exist.

尽管黑暗之王的出现因帝皇的决定而停滞不前，但毁灭之力坚持认为，鉴于时间以不同的方式流向混沌，黑暗之王的仆人和统治已经存在，这个混沌之神将在某个时候出现，正如预言的那样。