JasoX Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hey All, The 16th addition to the 2013 Digital Advent Calendar is Warlords of the Dark Millennium Champions of Chaos. This eBook collects together all six current Chaos Space Marine installments in the series and also adds a new one with Khârn. Among the champions of the Dark Gods there are some names that carry with them a long and terrible history of blood and death. Abbadon the Despoiler, Lucius the Eternal, Typhus the Herald of Nurgle, Ahriman, Huron Blackheart, Fabius Bile and Khârn the Betrayer are counted among these, their names a curse upon the lips of those that have crossed their path. Almost every vile deed committed by the forces of Chaos since the Horus Heresy can be laid at their feet. They are the generals, warlords and champions of the Traitor Legions, and they will not be sated until the Imperium is no more. Warlords of the Dark Millennium Champions of Chaos brings together the exciting backgrounds of the most notorious champions of the Dark Gods. About This Series: The galaxy burns with the fires of countless wars and conflicts, heroes and villains leading their armies in endless battle against their foes. Warlords of the Dark Millennium explores the history, wargear and fighting styles of some of the galaxy’s most powerful warriors. December 2013 • eBook available in Mobi and ePub Format. Compatible with Android, Kindle and iBooks devices. • ISBN 9781782534433 http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/Product/DefaultBL/large/2013-12-10%2016.58.32.png http://www.blacklibrary.com/games-workshop-digital-editions/Champions_of_Chaos.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jeske Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Almost every vile deed committed by the forces of Chaos since the Horus Heresy can be laid at their feet. how the hell would that even work or almost every means something else to me , then it does for GW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveNYC Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 And the stories will all be about how they got beatdown by the Imperium, but somehow managed to achieve their 'larger goal' despite taking huge losses and being kicked all the way back to the Eye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezirah Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Book that shows the Imperium smashing chaos will be rated as descent book. Like Pandorax.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Aznable Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I wonder if at some point the different lines (Index Chaotica, Munitorum, what-have-you) of these fluff books will be collected into a large fluff compendium? That might actually be cool to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I'd hazard a guess that Khârn spent more time killing his own brethren than imperials. Not sure how that can be considered vile. The contents of Typhus' beard however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucial Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammonius Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Not Their Primarchs!! Ha Ha! Hi-5! *ahem* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctus Cornix Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 *gives Ammonius the Highfive he so desires* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Bjorn the Fell Handed says hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Bjorn the Fell Handed says hi. One dred....... What a win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Corpse on a throne is pretty cool, I mean I know the traitors have mortarion but imperials throne is shiney. Thats why Abaddon wants it. Ooooo shiney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifrit446 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Not Their Primarchs!! Ha Ha! Hi-5! *ahem* Haha YEAH!! *Goes to high five Night Lords player* ...Oh wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jeske Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I get the top dudes thing + they have models . But those 4 are suppose to do the most to the loyalist in10k years. either they mastered the mistical ability of multi location or all other chaos dudes are realy busy with themselfs and xeno races. Which maybe makes sense, with us following the codex astartas and all . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Mk.231 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Not Their Primarchs!! Ha Ha! Hi-5! *ahem* Haha YEAH!! *Goes to high five Night Lords player* ...Oh wait I'd high-five an Alpha Legion player, but I'd either be left hanging or pummelled to death with high-fives from everyone sporting a hydra emblem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenebris Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I am a simple soul and I like simple things, things like a well placed bolt round in the head of every Space Wolf out there. Sadly the so called "Champions of Chaos" failed to deliver a simple thing as that. I do not care in the slightest for the "larger plan", pile up loyalist bodies long enough and you will find Terra soon very close... but alas we are doomed to be killed by every single grot scout and his chainsword in order to prove how heroic are the loyalist marines, how dire the odds were against them... ... when in the end everything that we of Chaos ask is a simple bolt in the head of every loyalist out there... and we could not care more for the so called "big plan"... dead loyalists are good enough for us, and it seems for our dark gods too... So to hell with the Champions of Chaos, when everything delivered are mere pyrrhic victories...or truth be told phallic victories for the loyalist space marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librisrouge Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Bjorn the Fell Handed says hi. One dred....... What a win We need more? Ask Magnus what one dread can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifrit446 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Not Their Primarchs!! Ha Ha! Hi-5! *ahem* Haha YEAH!! *Goes to high five Night Lords player* ...Oh wait I'd high-five an Alpha Legion player, but I'd either be left hanging or pummelled to death with high-fives from everyone sporting a hydra emblem. Well Played, Good Sir. Well played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveNYC Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Bjorn the Fell Handed says hi. One dred....... What a win We need more? Ask Magnus what one dread can do. One dred backed by plot armor and dubious writing. That whole bit was both cool, and a prime example of why the Primarchs shouldn't be brought out to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifrit446 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Chaos have the true mortal hardcases of 40k FACT. Atleast compared to the loyalists. So many still alive from the heresy. Who do the loyalists have exactly? Bjorn the Fell Handed says hi. One dred....... What a win We need more? Ask Magnus what one dread can do. One dred backed by plot armor and dubious writing. That whole bit was both cool, and a prime example of why the Primarchs shouldn't be brought out to play. Also remember that it wasn't just Bjorn vs. Magnus...It was magnus vs. Bjorn, Greyloc, their Great Wolf (I dont recall his name at the moment), and roughly an entire company of Space Wolf forces as well, plus their human auxillary forces as well. Plus Magnus didn't die, he was only banished whereas Bjorn almost died, the other Wolf Lords were both murdered and every other wolf died. So Magnus can just come back later and repeat the entire process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveNYC Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 No reason. Magnus had already achieved his goal. He had destroyed the Wolves' future, just as they had destroyed his legion's future. Even better, the Wolves actually think that they won the encounter. The final confrontation between Magnus and the various Named Characters that were defending the upper reaches of the Fang didn't work for me. There were too many sections where Magnus literally didn't do anything but stand there and get shot in the face with plasma cannons, and, even worse, manage to get surprised and put off balance by various attacking Named Characters. I liked the book, and I even liked the final battle; but the situation was constrained by the need to have Magnus get beaten, but not too badly (he needs to kick ass up to the lab, but no further), and with only the limited forces on hand. Probably would have worked better with a Named Character blowing themselves up with some handwavium device in the lab. Extra irony since it'd be them achieving Magnus' goal for him even as they get rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Disciple Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I took a lot of Magnus' inaction as being due to how taxing it is for him to exist outside the warp. He was essentially consuming his host from the inside out and holding his body together through sheer will power alone. It took a lot of concentration for him just be, let alone fight. Plus, getting attacked by a bunch of angry Space Wolves would be enough to break anyone's concentration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveNYC Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Eh, I usually hold that if your audience needs to assume facts not in evidence in order to buy into an event then there's been a bit of a communication breakdown. It doesn't have to be explicitly stated or anything, but there needs to be something more than the reader thinking that X doesn't make sense, then having to come up with some reasons as to why it does make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Deamon primarch of tzeentch thwarted by 100 space wolves some humans and a dred..... Almost on par with a certain deamon primarch of nurgle getting heart stomped by a single grey knight.... Or a deamon primarch of khorne being banished by 100 grey knights... The precident is set for bad writing so everyone out there with 1000 marine chapter can end all the chaos primarchs in a single fight and still have marines alive at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clewz Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I took a lot of Magnus' inaction as being due to how taxing it is for him to exist outside the warp. He was essentially consuming his host from the inside out and holding his body together through sheer will power alone. It took a lot of concentration for him just be, let alone fight. Plus, getting attacked by a bunch of angry Space Wolves would be enough to break anyone's concentration! and the whole hiding the wolf brothers away spell on that planet (forget what it was called) would of drained him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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