Artekus Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Is it an Eversor or an Colexus assassin on the cover? Looks like a combination to me... if it's an Colexus the book may be about the Dragon... haven't read the entirety of Mechanicum yet so I don't know how it ends and if this would hook up good to that book ... :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifest Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Is it an Eversor or an Colexus assassin on the cover? Looks like a combination to me... if it's an Colexus the book may be about the Dragon... haven't read the entirety of Mechanicum yet so I don't know how it ends and if this would hook up good to that book ... :S It's an eversor, I know 'cos I have a model. As for the storyline: After Istvaan V, Horus declares outright war against the Imperium. In the shadows of the Emperor's Palace, powerful figures convene. Their plan - to send a team of assassins to execute the arch-traitor Horus and end the war for the galaxy of mankind before it's even begun. But what they cannot know is that another assassin is abroad already, with his sights firmly set on killing the Emperor. And as for the Grey Knights; they were founded some time after the heresy. Their geneseed is taken directly from the emperor, so that rules out them being founded from another chapter; whose geneseed derives from their primarch's. It has been stated in an (almost) official capacity that Garro went on to found the inquisition, along with the surviving Death Guard and Luna Wolves marines aboard the Eisenstein. Loken died. It was stated as such by Ben Counter that Garviel died on Isstvan III after being virus bombed, orbitally bombarded, then stomped on by the Dies Irae Imperator Class titan. I hope he survived it, and maybe another author will somehow resurrect him (by saying he didn't die etc), but to me, it seems highly unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vissah Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Dont forget that Loken got his arse kicked by the great Abaddon :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 13th Goat Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 yes It would be really nice to have some Night Lords fluff since all we have now for a novel is Lord of the Night. Ignoring the CD that came out that actually had Curze in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 yes It would be really nice to have some Night Lords fluff since all we have now for a novel is Lord of the Night. Ignoring the CD that came out that actually had Curze in it. I agree with Sons of Horus, but there's also the short story in Heroes of the Space Marines, and the upcoming Night Lords trilogy. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 ^ Are you referring to the story (which was a bit confusing: took a few re-reads to get), which featured some Night Lords Raptors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 ^ Are you referring to the story (which was a bit confusing: took a few re-reads to get), which featured some Night Lords Raptors?Yes, it's called Nightfall. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artein Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 There's also a short story Shadow Knight in Black Library Live! 2009 Chapbook by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirax Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Not sure if this has been posted before, but heyho! Linky Now, I don't know about you, but that looks like a Calexus Assassin, which leads me to think that my Nemesis = Nemesis Force Weapon idea is right after all :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 It's an Eversor assassin. The books about Assassins on both sides, and I think the cover has been out for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Of Sparta Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'm not so sure it seems to be a bizarre amalgam of culexus, eversor and calidus traits. The face is undoubtably similar to a contemporary Eversor skull mask, but the gauntlet on the right looks a little like a Calidus phase blade as well as the neral gauntlet of the Eversor temple. The, I hestitate to say 'optics' on the helmet look a little like the Animus Speculum of the Culexus assassins. just my opinion though... James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistinthunder Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 some people believe that the assasin on the cover is a pre-temple assassin and is supposed to be what the temples are based on. makes sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 A quote from another thread: I'm looking forward to the HH books and Nemesis sounds very interesting from what i've read (Found this on the waterstones website) After Istvaan V, Horus declares outright war against the Imperium. In the shadows of the Emperor's Palace, powerful figures convene. Their plan - to send a team of assassins to execute the arch-traitor Horus and end the war for the galaxy of mankind before it's even begun. But what they cannot know is that another assassin is abroad already, with his sights firmly set on killing the Emperor. Also i'm liking the sound of SoulHunter and the Space marine battles series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirax Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Cool. So, will there be a clash between these two assassin teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 That's what it sounds like. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirax Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I can't really think how'd write a battle between several assassins, as they're not as straight forward as normal battles, 'cos assassins are used to hit and run kills, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Original thread: here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spareknikov Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 some people believe that the assasin on the cover is a pre-temple assassin and is supposed to be what the temples are based on. makes sense to me. I can't help but agree. This was my initial impression. But, bearing this in mind, this assassin must have been something influential to have made such an effect on the Temples-to-be. We know now it's the inter-assassin war between loyalist and traitors. We also know that Horus didn't die by assassination. This leads me to think that this character, if the cover art indicates a single character and not some fusion of a multitude of them, was some kind of uber-assassin which had managed some great feat against the enemy assassins or other important and influential characters. Of course, speculation speculation speculation! :devil: I'm drawing from one idea here. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Mechanicum Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 The cover has a couple of them on there. Vindicare and the primary one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORDO MICKUS Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 What other tale in the horus heresy era has an assasin as such a central character that they warrant their picture on the cover? Answer , none . It could only be a Night Lords novel . What they are referring to when they say 'Nemisis' is going to be the interesting part . Having read and loved both 'Lord of the Night' and 'Soul Hunter' I absolutely cannot wait for this one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A D-B Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 What other tale in the horus heresy era has an assasin as such a central character that they warrant their picture on the cover?Answer , none . It could only be a Night Lords novel . What they are referring to when they say 'Nemisis' is going to be the interesting part . Having read and loved both 'Lord of the Night' and 'Soul Hunter' I absolutely cannot wait for this one . Nemesis isn't a Night Lords novel. Remember, Curze is killed a while after the Heresy itself. Glad you liked Soul Hunter, though - Odds are that I'll be doing the first Night Lords HH novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 What other tale in the horus heresy era has an assasin as such a central character that they warrant their picture on the cover?Answer , none . It could only be a Night Lords novel . What they are referring to when they say 'Nemisis' is going to be the interesting part . Having read and loved both 'Lord of the Night' and 'Soul Hunter' I absolutely cannot wait for this one . Nemesis isn't a Night Lords novel. Remember, Curze is killed a while after th Heresy itself. Glad you liked Soul Hunter, though - Odds are that I'll be doing the first Night Lords HH novel. How wonderful, now we know all about what it isn't ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodanshi Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Glad you liked Soul Hunter, though - Odds are that I'll be doing the first Night Lords HH novel. Damn, I just can’t wait for that!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORDO MICKUS Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Well if A D-B says so then thats the end of that . Also on a fanboy note , the ORDO MICKUS have recently given their seal of approval to 'Cadian Blood' . Well done that man . P.S whoever invented the word 'fanboy' is in dire need of a hefty kick to the groin . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF4i Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 What other tale in the horus heresy era has an assasin as such a central character that they warrant their picture on the cover?Answer , none . It could only be a Night Lords novel . What they are referring to when they say 'Nemisis' is going to be the interesting part . Having read and loved both 'Lord of the Night' and 'Soul Hunter' I absolutely cannot wait for this one . Nemesis isn't a Night Lords novel. Remember, Curze is killed a while after the Heresy itself. Glad you liked Soul Hunter, though - Odds are that I'll be doing the first Night Lords HH novel. Dude, sweet. Assassin wars I can live with, especially if it's written with similar complexity to Legion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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