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The problem with Dark Angel fluff is that it can always go both ways. As i see it there is no evidence that Cypher is a psyker, the HH "Lord Cypher" has some knowledge of the warp; Zahariel, thanks to The Lion killing Nemiel, has a reason to fall and is a psyker so he is the prime candidate for Epimetheus.

 

P.s. Has anybody noticed the 40k Cypher's modus operendi - he has a plan, it fails, and ends up benefiting his apparent enemy ( The Emperor) - he is the antiTzeentch.

If by fail, you mean he stole DA gene-seed killed a few recruits in their sleep and then held an entire planet hostage while made his escape and by the end of the novel, some Dark Angels ended up dying, then yeah he failed and the Imperium benefited from lost gene-seed and dead Loyal Astartes.

 

EDIT: Why would Zahariel having a reason to fall make him a Grey Knight candidate?

Just to confirm here, pandorax happens in 40k, but a grand master epithemus/ supposedly zeharial from 30k is in it, retconning oldest living marine to nigh on 10k years old? And you can also now replace geneseed of all things?

I'm abit weak on my Greek Mythology these days, but didn't Prometheus sacrifice Chrion to give mankind the gift of fire. So... Vulkan giving up Umojen to give mankind the gift of fire... Therefore it's quite possible that Umojen will turn out to be Khyron.

 

Oooh I forgot about the 1kson Knight Errant, I don't think he gave a name. Which would actually suggest he is Arvida as at the time that was published Scars hadn't been released. (To avoid spoilers) I think your right Kol about the link of Omegon being Janus being a little too obvious, the more I think about it the more I'm convinced Sevatar/Loken will become Janus rather than Omegon.

The idea of Marines making it to 40K isn't exactly new. Zso Sahaal made it there through being trapped in a warp bubble. The Salamander made it by going in and out of comas. Between the two, Zso Sahaal made it out better since all he had to do was cough up some dust and he was good to go while the other guy died mere minutes after being discovered.

 

As for how Epithemus would have made it could be anyone's guess.

 

As for changing gene-seed, can't say I've ever heard of that.

Epimetheus says that his gene-seed was replaced, and it is almost confirmed that he was a Fallen ( Pandorax). The Knights-Errant laid the foundings of the Grey Knights but perhaps none were the original 8 Grand Masters ( except for Rubio ). Loken, Varren, Qruze and Garro all were sacrificed for the greater good ( making of a new geneseed). And thus the pure knights are grey.

Apparently the GK founders all had their gene-seed replaced with the GK gene-seed, can't remember the source.

Where did the Space Wolf and Thousand Son Knights-Errant come from? Spoilers are fine if anyone knows tongue.png

Epimetheus survives the 10,000 years just through using his Sus-an membrane and psyker powers apparently. All it says in Pandorax is that he used his implants and set up wards to wake him up if anything disturbs his chamber.

Have you read the salamanders trilogy?

Survivor from istvaan 10000yrs later dies

Wasn't Scoria stuck in a warp storm before the Salamanders made it there?

 

He's certainly old, since his muscles atrophied and his armor fused with his throne, but he didn't necessarily live through 10,000 years.

The Space Wolf appeared in a short story called; "Echoes of the Long Night" which was printed in the BL 2012 Games Day Anthology. The Thousand Son appeared in a short story called "All that remains" in the Event exclusive anthology "Imperial Truth." I do believe both will eventually be reprinted (Along with the other KE stories) in an anthology book called; "The Silent War".

 

 

Have you read the salamanders trilogy?

Survivor from istvaan 10000yrs later dies

Wasn't Scoria stuck in a warp storm before the Salamanders made it there?

 

He's certainly old, since his muscles atrophied and his armor fused with his throne, but he didn't necessarily live through 10,000 years.

 

 

Yes and no. It was isolated by the warp storm, but it wasn't necessarily in the warp storm. And IIRC, the colonists due give their stay on the planet as being 10,000 years.
Something just hit me. Epimethus/Zahariel/Cypher/Whoever-he-is mentions that someone took his place at the Fall and that he wasn't there. Wouldn't that mean that whoever he switched with, could not have been someone who would already be at the fall? So if that's the case, then who switched destinies with him?

According to who? Cypher was at the Fall, who's to say he would have been if Zahariel had stayed? Perhaps Zahariel was meant to lead the resistance against Luther, but Cypher stepped in when he left. Or maybe it was Zahariel's destiny to take the Lion Sword to Terra (assuming that's what Cypher is doing in 40k) to beg forgiveness, and Cypher was just meant to be another Fallen.

We really need a continuation of the DA storyline tongue.png I have a feeling though that that storyline is only going to be continued as part of the KE audio books.

I don't know, I'm not a BL author/editor. Everything we know about the Fall is with hindsight, and until it's covered by the HH we won't know any different.

 

There is a lot of evidence to point toward Epimetheus being Zahariel. There is no evidence to point to him being Cypher. Maybe it wasn't Cypher who took Epimetheus' place on the path he was supposed to walk, but Cypher has shown that he has on the Imperium's side, and knows of the KE.

There is a lot of evidence to point toward Epimetheus being Zahariel. There is no evidence to point to him being Cypher. Maybe it wasn't Cypher who took Epimetheus' place on the path he was supposed to walk, but Cypher has shown that he has on the Imperium's side, and knows of the KE.

 

Why can't Cypher have his own Agenda, renegade?

There is a lot of evidence to point toward Epimetheus being Zahariel. There is no evidence to point to him being Cypher. Maybe it wasn't Cypher who took Epimetheus' place on the path he was supposed to walk, but Cypher has shown that he has on the Imperium's side, and knows of the KE.

Why can't Cypher have his own Agenda, renegade?

Could do, but it seems unlikely. He clearly isn't delusional, and he knows how the Imperium works, so he will know that there really isn't much he can do fighting for his own cause without a big power behind him.

Apparently (haven't read it) the latest fluff on Cypher has him leading loyalist Calibanites against Luther, ala Robin Hood or the French Resistance.

He also helps a Knights-Errant escape when Luther locks one of them up when they visit Caliban.

In 40k he fights for the Imperium against Chaos, and for Chaos against the Imperium, especially during the 13th Black Crusade when he poses as the Voice of the Emperor and causes a large uprising against the Imperium in sectors surrounding the EoT. Not sure if this has been retconned when the EoT campaign was wiped.

In short I have no idea what Cypher is doing sweat.gif

I think someone might have a page or so ago. What does he have that would make him a good KE? Loyalty I guess, and he's a good sniper, but he isn't a psyker. Never been a fan of Narek personally.

 

Guilliman didn't seem like he was going to let him go anytime soon either.

I think Narek will join the Knight Errents.  People saying some one is not a psyker could be wrong.  Most think Loken and Garro are not but i feel they are.  Same could be true for others who seem to be un gifted.  Their talents could be subtle or repressed.

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