canis_wolfborn Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 So, as all space wolf fanatics should I am reading the Omnibus. There is a passage in the 1st hundred pages that is about a character that jumped from long boat to long boat on the ores. It annoys me that i don't remember who the character is. I can not continue to read the book until i know who that character is. Please help me. I start reading and it comes to surface that i don't know. Thanks alot, Canis. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forseti Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Njal Stormcaller's long saga began many years ago upon the cold oceans of Fenris. In ships of wood and skin his tribe put to the sea after their lands sank amidst the trial of fire and water. For many months they wandered the raging oceans of Fenris in search of new lands. After a mighty sea battle they defeated their rivals and took possession of the land born with the turning of the great year. In battle the young Njal fought with such ferocity that not even a full-blooded warrior dare stand before him. Leaping from oar to oar he threw himself upon the enemy ships, clearing the whole decks and casting foes into the engulfing waters. At the battles end he lay exhausted on the deck, a spear point embedded in his breast. The pall of death lay upon him. Njal's valor would have ended there, doubtless passing into the legends of his tribe, but his bravery had not gone unnoticed. His dying body was plucked from the enemy ship by a Wolf Priest of the Space Wolves and was taken back to Asaheim. From Lexicanum. Haven't read the omnibus so don't know if it's different, but it sounds identical to this. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2118092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
canis_wolfborn Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 Omg thank you so much! Now i can finally read the book!!! I must have read it on lexicanum and then thought that i had read it in the book. Thank you so much Brother Forseti! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2118095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forseti Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Njal is one of my favourite characters in 40k, he was a close combat monster before he became a SW, and a psychic powerhouse after. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2118099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
canis_wolfborn Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 I agree. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2118106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growler67 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Name is Ranek as will be revealed later in the book, IIRC. Rangnar's fathers longboat transports him to an Iron Forge and along the way Ragnar has a few brief conversations with him. No spoilers, but there is some foreshadowing done early on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2118278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demogerg Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Ranek was an erroneous piece of fluff from the non cannon books by William King. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2118408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
canis_wolfborn Posted September 20, 2009 Author Share Posted September 20, 2009 I am far past the renek thing. I have actually deduced that i was reading the article on lexicanum on njal and i started thinking that it was in the book. Now i know that it was not. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2118531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Wilhelm Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Njal Stormcaller's long saga began many years ago upon the cold oceans of Fenris. In ships of wood and skin his tribe put to the sea after their lands sank amidst the trial of fire and water. For many months they wandered the raging oceans of Fenris in search of new lands. After a mighty sea battle they defeated their rivals and took possession of the land born with the turning of the great year. In battle the young Njal fought with such ferocity that not even a full-blooded warrior dare stand before him. Leaping from oar to oar he threw himself upon the enemy ships, clearing the whole decks and casting foes into the engulfing waters. At the battles end he lay exhausted on the deck, a spear point embedded in his breast. The pall of death lay upon him. Njal's valor would have ended there, doubtless passing into the legends of his tribe, but his bravery had not gone unnoticed. His dying body was plucked from the enemy ship by a Wolf Priest of the Space Wolves and was taken back to Asaheim. From Lexicanum. Haven't read the omnibus so don't know if it's different, but it sounds identical to this. It may well be from Lexicanium but it is in C:SW 2nd ed. pg 64. *This isn't thread necro. It can't be. I play Templars. That would be an oxymoron. Impossible. You look tired, and feel sleepy, very sleepy. You want to go to bed, it's been a long day. So tired, must sleep. Zzzzzzzz. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2183132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blckbuster Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 why/how are the king books/stories non-cannon? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2184476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Some people claim its due to the inconsistancies (sp) Personnaly I think King laid the foundations for the SW with his works. Where will you find better or more detailed descriptions of Fenris and the tribes. The training process that goes into making a SW and a whole host of other thing. To me it all part and parcel of the SW legacy, no more no less than the codex's Personally I think King was to good a writer by Gw standards just the same as Ian Watson was. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2184854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blckbuster Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I'm actually quite a fan of his stuff, I liked it when there wasn't much else, and wolves should know all best tales vary in the telling Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/179027-who-is-this-character-mentioned-in-space-wolves-omnibus/#findComment-2186925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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