Phoebus Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thus far, each Heresy book by Forgeworld has begun with a preface by an unknown individual. They provide no signature, but instead close their preface with a seal that contains the letters "AK". More tellingly, this individual is qualified to be "only human": "... not Primarch, not Legiones Astartes, not Custodian, not Mechanicum. Not even one of those courtly augments who bitterly cling to the threads of life to exist on in a living horror of alchem-treatments and stolen youth." I did some searching through the Dramatis Personae of the Horus Heresy novels, and in Flight of the Eisenstein I was reminded of Amendera Kendel, an Oblivion Knight of the Storm Dagger Witchseeker Squad - one of the Sisters of Silence. Tellingly, she survives the events of this novel and is one of the individuals Malcador recruits for his nascent Inquisition. What do you think? Could Kendel be the "in-universe" author of these volumes? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Giraffe Loken Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thanks for taking the time to offer such a valuable, insightful contribution. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy1391 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I thought "betrayal" was told through the eyes of Mortung. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komrk Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Does anyone remember Magnus' Scribe from A Thousand Sons? Wasn't his last name Kallimakus? If so I have no idea what his first name was but that's another option since he was on a ship on the edge of the system when the SW launched their attack. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 jeremy1391, Certain elements are, yes, but he's not the author. Rather, he's being interviewed. It would be a little awkward for him to be writing about himself in the third person, you know? ;) Komrk, That's Mahavastu Kallimakus, unfortunately. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelPaladin Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 If I had to guess, it would be Amendera Kendel. The sigil with the initials in it looks like something that would be used by the proto-Inquisition. Of course the initials matching up to a character from ~7 years ago could just be coincidence. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 No doubt! I'm less than 10% sure that this will line up. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I like to imagine that Brian Blessed sits by my bed and narrates them as a sort of good night extravaganza :3 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor's Scourge Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This is probably going to be one of the usual manufactured mysteries we know and love from GW. Because its "fun" to argue endlessly about things that have no answer. Real treat for the fans. Then again...who knows...better be safe and buy all the HH books as they come out. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassWave Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I like to imagine that Brian Blessed sits by my bed and narrates them as a sort of good night extravaganza :3 I really wish that he would at the very least an excerpt from one of the books :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Primarch of the XI Legion. Duh. :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I like to imagine that Brian Blessed sits by my bed and narrates them as a sort of good night extravaganza :3 I really wish that he would at the very least an excerpt from one of the books He should really do the audio books :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3560986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adra'Melek Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I thought I read somewhere that the books were 'written' a couple of 100 years after the Heresy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3561051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'd like to think its Amendra Kendel, but I think Alan Bligh will pull a quick one on all of us. It's probably Alpharius KOmegon Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3561167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I agree with depthcharge12. Amendra Kendel is certainly possible, but it could also be arbitrarily chosen initials meant to signify no one, or a reference to a character not yet known to us. Whoever she is, she was at Tallarn, Keoptis and Terra. The Sigillite knew her and wanted her to live an extended life in his service. She was young at the time of the Heresy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3561190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kais Klip Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I'd like to think its Amendra Kendel, but I think Alan Bligh will pull a quick one on all of us. It's probably Alpharius KOmegon An Alan Bligh "quick one" would more likely consist of running down to the Book 3 printing press with a black-out marker. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3561195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Yeah, I never quite got the whole "black marker" bit. The rest of the book (random misspellings aside) looked beautiful. They could just as easily have gone with ****** for the same length as the marker stroke (or whatever). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3561271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kais Klip Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I think unlike the codici, the in-narrative fluff is that these books are literally hard copy history books (see the narrator stamps), and in this case the Inquisition has enough manpower to take each book and psychically censor it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3561278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 But clearly not the budget to use the fancy stamps we see in other books and other redacted information. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/285268-who-is-the-narrator-of-the-forgeworld-heresy-books/#findComment-3561654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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