bis5523 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Hey guys i got a Question. Is there anywhere in the fluff that describes Baal and the Fortress monastery in great detail? For example key locations and buildings that might be located on Baal? Jw thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Check out the James Swallow novels. Some people hate them; I think they're ok. They talk about what's there and what some of it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 There is a picture of part of it in the second edition wargear book. From what you can work out from the fluff, there are several main spires (although undoubtedly countless others). That of the Chaplains, that of the Sanguinary Priests, The Tower of Amareo, and I think the Sanguianary Guard reside in one also. But this could be their stewardship of those who have succumbed to the thirst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricPaladin Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 My image has always been that the Blood Angels fortress-monastery has the appearance of a great many slender spires rising up out of the rock. It's not that the buildings linking them are unimpressive, it's that they simply fade away before the glory of those enormous towers stabbing into the thin air. The towers are all crimson and alabaster and glass and gold, distinct against the dusty dark red of the oxide-deserts. The towers are clustered in a way that is asymmetrical, but balanced - towers have been simply added over the years as part of a haphazardly growing structure, and it shows. Everything that would require large open spaces, like the thunderhawk bays, are underground, reachable through enormous irising blast doors. Most of the action seems to happen at the tops of these spires, where large windows and small landing pads are built into the sides. Sometimes arvus lighters or jump packs are used to make the trip between towers, rather than the elevators and stairs and ground-level passages, meaning that the buzz of the fortress-monastery's activity is literally visible as a cloud of shapes moving back and forth between the towers. The towers themselves are beautiful. Every inch is covered in bas reliefs showing Astartes in heroic victory or tragic defeat. Stained glass windows show scenes and characters from the Great Crusade, the Heresy, the tales of chapters completely unrelated to the Blood Angels. Many of the stories depicted are unknown, glorious works of art that have outlived the tales they represent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 There is a picture of part of it in the second edition wargear book. From what you can work out from the fluff, there are several main spires (although undoubtedly countless others). That of the Chaplains, that of the Sanguinary Priests, The Tower of Amareo, and I think the Sanguianary Guard reside in one also. But this could be their stewardship of those who have succumbed to the thirst. Don't forget the Tower of the Lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 There is a picture of part of it in the second edition wargear book. From what you can work out from the fluff, there are several main spires (although undoubtedly countless others). That of the Chaplains, that of the Sanguinary Priests, The Tower of Amareo, and I think the Sanguianary Guard reside in one also. But this could be their stewardship of those who have succumbed to the thirst. Don't forget the Tower of the Lost. That's the one, where the SG guard the doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Yep. Its also where they keep the Death Company that aren't near a battlefront IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bis5523 Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Also try google. Tower of Amareo/The Lost http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tower_of_the_Lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Gunzhard Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I haven't read it myself... but this is (also) listed under the Blood Angels items on the GW web store: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Index-Astartes-Fortress-Monastery-eBook-Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 is that not also under all the other chapter-specific ranges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 is that not also under all the other chapter-specific ranges?I think it might be a "this faction gets mentioned" type deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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