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Garro: Shield of Lies (James Swallow)


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Oh my God, Khârn is a psyker!!! That's the only way to explain all his superpowers!

 

...Sorry, but the 'everyone is a psyker' thing has gotten a touch old. I always preferred to imagine Garro was nuking daemons with Faith, not subliminal mind-bullets.

I do wish I hadn't mentioned it, I don't really believe Garro is a psyker tongue.png

If he was, latent or not, wouldn't meeting Amanda Kendrel and her squad have had some kind of negative effect on him?

Should have, yes. Even the typical human has enough of a psychic presence that blanks and pariahs make them uneasy and naturally evasive. Psykers themselves, Period, are completely repulsed. Imagine walking into a building that is filled with trash and animal dung that has been roasting in no air conditioning with the outside being 90 degrees fahrenheit on a good day with 60-90 percent humidity. I'm sure veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have seen worse. That is pretty much what kind of gutwrenching revulsion it illicits in a psyker to be near a pariah. The fact that Eisenhorn could tolerate touching one speaks volumes about his force of will.

Because so many latent psykers are beginning to discover/rediscover their power during the Heresy, I don't think it would be far fetched. I believe KNF mentions something about one of the Ultras getting headaches because of the psychic backlash about to happen.

The Ultras who get headaches in KNF are Rubio and the other former librarians. They aren't latent psykers, they're 'active' psykers who have consciously opted to not use their powers due to Nikea.

@Kravin: It's "Tarvitz is alive." Troll right dude. tongue.png

I save my proper trolling for the finest targets - see my Weekender thread. Thanks to my suggestions Laurie Goulding had to read out the quiz team name, "Tarvitz Lives". He said it made him feel physically sick. devil.gif

@Kravin: It's "Tarvitz is alive." Troll right dude. tongue.png

I save my proper trolling for the finest targets - see my Weekender thread. Thanks to my suggestions Laurie Goulding had to read out the quiz team name, "Tarvitz Lives". He said it made him feel physically sick. devil.gif

:lol: Oh man, that is funny.

I do wish I hadn't mentioned it, I don't really believe Garro is a psyker tongue.png

If he was, latent or not, wouldn't meeting Amanda Kendrel and her squad have had some kind of negative effect on him?

Don't give up now, you so close. You are asking all the right questions. I have an answer for you.

Pg 363 The Flight of the Eisenstein

'With an abrupt sensation, Garro felt a chill range deep through his bones. It was the same odd feeling he had encountered when he saw Sister Amendera in the Endurance's assembly chamber, the same peculiar absence of something indefinable, only now he felt surrounded by it, the disquiet pressing in on him from every side.'

Okay, for some reason I am having trouble replying to this topic. It literally is not letting me post my response that I had typed up.

 

It won't even let me edit it in. This is weird. Basically, all humans react negatively to pariahs. This is because all humans have connections to the warp. Psykers are characterized by having extreme reactions. As pages 423 to 424 of The Outcast Dead, even in an Astartes, it will cause nausea and even blurriness in vision as it disrupts his ability to focus. In a mortal, page 418 shows that it causes irrational fear at just the thought of a pariah existing while also eliciting physical pain at the touch of a pariah(page 424). Rather different than just "a cold feeling".

Okay, for some reason I am having trouble replying to this topic. It literally is not letting me post my response that I had typed up.

It won't even let me edit it in. This is weird. Basically, all humans react negatively to pariahs. This is because all humans have connections to the warp. Psykers are characterized by having extreme reactions. As pages 423 to 424 of The Outcast Dead, even in an Astartes, it will cause nausea and even blurriness in vision as it disrupts his ability to focus. In a mortal, page 418 shows that it causes irrational fear at just the thought of a pariah existing while also eliciting physical pain at the touch of a pariah(page 424). Rather different than just "a cold feeling".

More in that quote than I thought. I was going to ask if you meant physically or emotionally.

Or you can look at Prospero Burns, when the Sisters take to the field against the Thousand Sons for the first time. Hands locked into palsied claws, eyes bled freely, teeth shattered in mid-conjuration, and the entire battle line effectively crumbled as the Sons were left reeling backwards and broken, their powers snuffed and cut off brutally.

 

Not just discomfort. Mind-numbing, brain scalding pain. The effects of a Blank on a blunt are vastly different than their effect on a psyker.

Okay, for some reason I am having trouble replying to this topic. It literally is not letting me post my response that I had typed up.

 

It won't even let me edit it in. This is weird. Basically, all humans react negatively to pariahs. This is because all humans have connections to the warp. Psykers are characterized by having extreme reactions. As pages 423 to 424 of The Outcast Dead, even in an Astartes, it will cause nausea and even blurriness in vision as it disrupts his ability to focus. In a mortal, page 418 shows that it causes irrational fear at just the thought of a pariah existing while also eliciting physical pain at the touch of a pariah(page 424). Rather different than just "a cold feeling".

 

Thank you for providing some reference material for your argument.  It really helps to understand where you are coming from.  Having read through yours, I have found some things that don't add up.

 

There is a important difference between the Soulless of the Culexus Clade killers and the blanks of the Sisters of Silence.  While they both posses the pariah gene, the Soulless have the dominant gene and the Sisters have the recessive version.  Their effect on psykers is likewise different.  What their respective effects would be on a latent psyker is open for debate.  Also the Clade killers are fitted with special equipment that enhances their powers.   I could see the Sisters also having some gear to boost their abilities but i doubt it would be to the level of the Culexus.

 

Okay, for some reason I am having trouble replying to this topic. It literally is not letting me post my response that I had typed up.

 

It won't even let me edit it in. This is weird. Basically, all humans react negatively to pariahs. This is because all humans have connections to the warp. Psykers are characterized by having extreme reactions. As pages 423 to 424 of The Outcast Dead, even in an Astartes, it will cause nausea and even blurriness in vision as it disrupts his ability to focus. In a mortal, page 418 shows that it causes irrational fear at just the thought of a pariah existing while also eliciting physical pain at the touch of a pariah(page 424). Rather different than just "a cold feeling".

 

Thank you for providing some reference material for your argument.  It really helps to understand where you are coming from.  Having read through yours, I have found some things that don't add up.

 

There is a important difference between the Soulless of the Culexus Clade killers and the blanks of the Sisters of Silence.  While they both posses the pariah gene, the Soulless have the dominant gene and the Sisters have the recessive version.  Their effect on psykers is likewise different.  What their respective effects would be on a latent psyker is open for debate.  Also the Clade killers are fitted with special equipment that enhances their powers.   I could see the Sisters also having some gear to boost their abilities but i doubt it would be to the level of the Culexus.

 

 

Do you have a source for that? Also, the dominant/recessive gene thing relates to probability of being exhibited by the next generation, not the strength of the effect. Brunettes are statisitically more likely than red heads but that doesn't mean brunette hair is more powerful than red hair.

 

In fact, to display the trait of the dominant gene you only need to get the gene from one of your parents. To display the recessive trait you need to inherit the gene from both of your parents. That would mean that humans suitable to become sisters of silence would be rarer than humans suitable to become Culexus assassins which seems wrong.

 

 

Okay, for some reason I am having trouble replying to this topic. It literally is not letting me post my response that I had typed up.

 

It won't even let me edit it in. This is weird. Basically, all humans react negatively to pariahs. This is because all humans have connections to the warp. Psykers are characterized by having extreme reactions. As pages 423 to 424 of The Outcast Dead, even in an Astartes, it will cause nausea and even blurriness in vision as it disrupts his ability to focus. In a mortal, page 418 shows that it causes irrational fear at just the thought of a pariah existing while also eliciting physical pain at the touch of a pariah(page 424). Rather different than just "a cold feeling".

Thank you for providing some reference material for your argument. It really helps to understand where you are coming from. Having read through yours, I have found some things that don't add up.

 

There is a important difference between the Soulless of the Culexus Clade killers and the blanks of the Sisters of Silence. While they both posses the pariah gene, the Soulless have the dominant gene and the Sisters have the recessive version. Their effect on psykers is likewise different. What their respective effects would be on a latent psyker is open for debate. Also the Clade killers are fitted with special equipment that enhances their powers. I could see the Sisters also having some gear to boost their abilities but i doubt it would be to the level of the Culexus.

Or you can look at Prospero Burns, when the Sisters take to the field against the Thousand Sons for the first time. Hands locked into palsied claws, eyes bled freely, teeth shattered in mid-conjuration, and the entire battle line effectively crumbled as the Sons were left reeling backwards and broken, their powers snuffed and cut off brutally.

 

Not just discomfort. Mind-numbing, brain scalding pain. The effects of a Blank on a blunt are vastly different than their effect on a psyker.

Now, because I'm one of those weird people who believe in confirmation and redundancy, I'll look for a page number when I get home from work. Unfortunately that may not be until 8 or 9 am EST. If not later. So if anyone feels up to it, a second check would be welcome.

  • 1 month later...

Possible release date of 'Shield Of Lies' discussed in this podcast interview.

 

http://garagehammer.net/2014/08/transmission-a-1-garro-audio-james-swallow-interview/

 

There'll be 'previews' before the end of 2014 and it's set to come out in January 2015. No word on whether that's the CD release or the website download. Possibility of it being a 'two disc' release, so maybe 2 hrs+. The drama will apparently feature Garro continuing to question his current role in the Imperium, perhaps going through a bit of a crisis of confidence. He also curb-stomps a Thallax (direct quote).

 

GARRO ULTIMATE FATE SPOILERS

 

 

It seems that Garro's story was planned out by James after 'Eisenstein' and set to conclude "at the Siege Of Terra", and a full audio drama for the last chapter in Garro's story (set during the Siege) has been completely plotted in his head.

 

PS CONFIRMED WORD OF GOD BY JAMES SWALLOW: Garro is absolutely not a psyker unless "someone after me comes and retcons it".

 

 

Are you surprised?

 

(I was surprised.)

 

Fans of the audio dramas might be interested to know that Toby Longworth based his Garro on Peter O'Toole in Lawrence Of Arabia (heh).

 

In terms of long term Garro plans, it sounds like the possibility of Garro 'novel' floated, which would apparently be a prose version of the audio dramas alongside new stories. Would be good for people who dislike the dramas and want to find out what happened to Nate after he got to Terra.

 

A lot of Heresy series talk, I really recommend anyone curious about the state of the series give this a listen.

 

It seems that Garro's story was planned out by James after 'Eisenstein' and set to conclude "at the Siege Of Terra", and a full audio drama for the last chapter in Garro's story (set during the Siege) has been completely plotted in his head.

 

PS CONFIRMED WORD OF GOD BY JAMES SWALLOW: Garro is absolutely not a psyker unless "someone after me comes and retcons it".

 

 

Are you surprised?

 

(I was surprised.)

 

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

I always entertained the possibility that it might be true, and also that that Garro would go on beyond that point. I'm not hugely shocked, but I'm a bit surprised that's been confirmed as untrue fairly concrete-ly at this point in the story.

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