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Brannick

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So wait,

Mortarion doesn't seem at all disturbed by Grulgor and the whole 'Chaos Gods' thing? That seems like a stark contrast to the White Scars book. Why does he kill the Deathshroud and Apothecary? I'm so confused and a little miffed.

It wouldn't even match up with his view on sorcery and daemons back in A Thousand Sons when he was urging the Edict into action.

 

I think what McNeill is trying to do is show that in the two years between Scars and Vengeful Spirit is that Mortarion has begun to show his hypocritical side. The problem is, that there seems to be no progression from the first state to the second.

 

morty

 

khan called him out on prospero for being a hypocrite and now finding himself in the company of the sorcerors etc

so perhaps he's rolling with it?

he seems to embrace the plague, but perhaps not aware it's connect to papa nurgle/chaos gods yet?

he's on the path to corruption so to speak

 

 

emperor

 

came to molech pre-unity wars, found a warp gate, did the deal with the chaos gods for a share of power to create the primarchs, cut them out, pissed them off

i think by the end of this book, horus will be talking to the big 4 and not a messenger

 

morty

 

khan called him out on prospero for being a hypocrite and now finding himself in the company of the sorcerors etc

so perhaps he's rolling with it?

he seems to embrace the plague, but perhaps not aware it's connect to papa nurgle/chaos gods yet?

he's on the path to corruption so to speak

 

 

Well he eventually becomes a daemon prince so rolling with it is not just a natural outcome, but the inevitable. But, where's the progression from point A to point B?

 

 

Calgar: [*spoiler]content[*/spoiler] but without the *

finished it

 

 

 

house devine finally give in to the serpent cult thanks to fulgrim

they go traitor in the pivotal battle of molech

albard has killed his mother, brother and sister, then has twisted visions of slaying a dragon, which is actually an imperator titan

 

our perpetual was with the emperor when he went into the warp gate under molech

after cheating on the chaos gods he could only close the gate and not seal it

perpetual is there to seal it

she almost does it before horus impales her on his lightning claw

horus goes in. meets the red angel and we later find out that he's there for an eternity and beats every champion and army thrown at him

through right of conquest the power is his

horus is now supposedly a god, he's aged, changed in stature and seems terrifying, but doesn't show off any powers

 

KE get caught on the VS and a big royal rumble goes down

they admit they're setting a trail for russ

horus doesn't seem bothered

not all their markers and waypoints were found though

so whoever attacks the VS should find an easy way in

loken admits he wants to go back to his legion, and horus genuinely wants him back

but his legion (the luna wolves) is dead

fighting 

horus kills qruze

the raven guard, white scars, emperor's children and iron warriors KE die

space wolves, iron hands and an ultramarine who was about to be sacrificed survive

 

targost gets killed, but the daemon takes him, it's samus

grael noctua is also killed, and tormageddon jumps ship from his luperci into him

so he's back in the mournival

 

KE ship's pilot blows out the window and saves our boys

horus lets the refugee ship escape, to spread fear and let terra know what's coming

 

the road to terra is open

horus is now on an even footing

 

obviously these summaries are from skim reading and don't tell the full picture

an awesome book though, up there with the best

 

 

 

I know this is pushing the story forward but if it categorically states that the Emperor did a deal with chaos gods then it's effectively destroyed any credibility he had left. Don't get me wrong, it's good there's a possibility and strong hints from the daemons to the traitors, but to make it fact? It seems the Black Library plan to make the Emperor into a complete and utter tool is nearly complete. All they need to do now is for him to gleefully kill Horus for daring to usurp his power for it to be complete. I hope it's still just hinted at.

 

 

IMO

 

Edit: sorry, thanks Hopkins. I may not like what I've read but it's awesome to be able to read it at all.

regarding the emp

 

 

 

it doesn't go into detail

he bargained? i dunno, but took the knowledge/power and closed the door

then started the whole secular thing to keep people away from the warp and its powers

so it's not like he's team chaos, he just pulled their pants down

and now they're pissed off

horus now has the same power, but by right of conquest, not by deceit

i hope we get a book like aurelian to see what horus saw/did and learned of the emperor

 

also, before the perpetual dies, she tells horus that no matter how evil he thinks he is, a small bridgehead of good will remain, and to remember that at the end

 

 

 

the emperor left a huge garrison on molech and lots of wards to keep anyone away from the gate

and went as far as mindwiping his sons during the great crusade to keep it hidden

but it was a last minute rush job to get a perpetual to seal the gate before horus got there

 

 

finished it

 

 

 

 

 

KE get caught on the VS and a big royal rumble goes down

they admit they're setting a trail for russ

horus doesn't seem bothered

not all their markers and waypoints were found though

so whoever attacks the VS should find an easy way in

loken admits he wants to go back to his legion, and horus genuinely wants him back

but his legion (the luna wolves) is dead

fighting 

horus kills qruze

the raven guard, white scars, emperor's children and iron warriors KE die

space wolves, iron hands and an ultramarine who was about to be sacrificed survive

 

 

 

 

 

Just wanted to ask

 

 

Does the novel go into a bit more detail about the Knight Errants?  Just interested to find out more on the Iron Warrior who become a Knight Errant.

 

 

Looking forward getting Vengeful Spirit novel :D

 

IP

 

 

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