Captain Tezdal Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Reading through the old IA: EC, every company was led by a Lord Commander, but in the novel "Fulgrim" there seems to be only two LC's, Eidolon and Vespasian, is there any consensus on which is more "canon" or what? Just idle thoughts, any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavulg Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Personally, I favor the IAs. The Horus Heresy series has been wildly inconsistent in regards to quality, and occasionally flat-out silly. Frankly, though I haven't read Fulgrim, I'd wonder if it's just that we don't see the other Lords Commander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific81 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 What parts of the Horus Heresy series are you thinking of Octavulg? I think considering the detail invovled, and the number of writers taking part, they've corroborated each other remarkably well. But, this could be to do with the regular meetings that take place in Alan Merrett's nuclear bunker, existing 2 miles underneath the north pole ;) Merrett and Abnett have also gone on record to say that, concerning the Horus Heresy only (my bold, to emphasise that it only applys to this) the book series should be regarded as a canon source for the events happening. Remembering of course that we are talking about events happening 10,000 years previously, and the revisionist nature of history itself. To be honest though I don't think it really matters which source you regard as canon - if you came up with anything similar to them at a game or for your force composisition, they would both be acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randian Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Reading through the old IA: EC, every company was led by a Lord Commander, but in the novel "Fulgrim" there seems to be only two LC's, Eidolon and Vespasian, is there any consensus on which is more "canon" or what? Why do you conclude that because only Eidolon and Vespasian are named in the story they're the only Lord Commanders in Fulgrim's Legion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor d Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I may be wrong, but is not the EC character in the current chaos book a lord commander ( name's Lucius or something)? Just curious as he would have held the rank pre-heresy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Lucius the eternal did become a lord commander eventually. i like to believe that IA is canon and the HH novels are just fleshing it out (except descent of angels, legion, and battle for the abyss which all go against fluff or are just plain c*@p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Tezdal Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Reading through the old IA: EC, every company was led by a Lord Commander, but in the novel "Fulgrim" there seems to be only two LC's, Eidolon and Vespasian, is there any consensus on which is more "canon" or what? Why do you conclude that because only Eidolon and Vespasian are named in the story they're the only Lord Commanders in Fulgrim's Legion? well in the IA the EC had 30 company's each led by a Lord Commander, in Fulgrim, Tarvitz, Solomon and Lucius each seem to lead company's, with no mention of any other LC's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavulg Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 What parts of the Horus Heresy series are you thinking of Octavulg? I think considering the detail invovled, and the number of writers taking part, they've corroborated each other remarkably well. Much of the motivation for the Heresy itself appears to rely on the Primarchs being actively stupid (even moreso than in the old canon). They trust the Chaos Gods and the Eldar - when everything they have been taught should lead them to do the exact opposite. Added to this, "The Phoenician"? Whoever came up with that deserves lashes. Lots of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific81 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Heh yes, theres 2 very good points right there ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Sapphon Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 There is also the LC that was the first to kill Lucius in Fulgrim's gladitorial games. His name I think is Cyrus, I'm not totally sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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