Ascanius Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 via Imgflip Meme Generator The Scouring is fine, and certainly there are stories there I would like to read - but I'd love to see a series about the Legion Wars in the Eye of Terror afterwards. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 ADB could cover this in his Black Legion series Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5370089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 He won't, as the Black Legion's rise spells the end of the Legion Wars, which are all but over by the second book. Even as a mega CSM fanboy I don't think the Legion Wars deserve a series as there isn't really a narrative beyond ''every man for himself" and "shoot the green guys". There is plenty of room for stories in that time period, of course, but no need for a series. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5370103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I wouldn't mind seeing the thread of Anthony Reynolds' Khârn: Eater of Worlds picked up again. It was good stuff and really felt like the opening volume of a short series or bunch of stories. The narrative of the breaking of the XIIth legion probably wouldn't go further than a book or two but the novel stopped rather abruptly as the battle of Skalathrax kicked off. A shame, not sure why BL didn't go further with it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5370215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Some Typhon, Lucius, Ahriman and Khârn stories from that period would be cool. Heck, I'd jump on a Khayon, Vortigern, Daravek or Kibre prequel. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5370623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morovir Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I think that they could probably stretch an entire book out of what happened on Drol Kheir. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5370635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 So do the Legion Wars happen before Talon of Horus or between Talon of Horus and Black Legion? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5370925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morovir Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 The Legion Wars essentially started as soon as the Legions fled to the Eye of Terror, and continued on until at the very least before Black Legion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5370963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Killing the Horus clone was the ‘end’ of the Legion Wars in so far as a formal end of anything can happen in a realm without time and in a society where infighting is a brutal expression of natural selection. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascanius Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 So do the Legion Wars happen before Talon of Horus or between Talon of Horus and Black Legion? Before The Talon of Horus. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandlemad Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Killing the Horus clone was the ‘end’ of the Legion Wars in so far as a formal end of anything can happen in a realm without time and in a society where infighting is a brutal expression of natural selection. You could probably quibble about whether it's that or the defeat of Thagus Daravek as the last great pre-Black Crusade challenger to Abaddon, but it's really the difference between the beginning of the end and the end-end. The killing of Horus and the destruction of Harmony certainly did finish the dominance of the Emperor's Children in the Eye which characterised the Legion Wars but it's always going to be a nebulous sort of line to draw. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Great subject matter for a few novels I'd say . . . maybe not by ADB, but perhaps by French or Wraight if they're up for it Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikuEru Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Wouldn't such novels/novellas/short stories be the perfect "traitor counterpart" to books about the Loyalist Side at the time revolving around the Codex Astartes Implementation/Breaking up of the Legions/Second Founding and all the "troubles" the loyalists (and the newly implemented/renamed Imperial organizations) have among each other!? A Scouring "Series" (or a collection of books in that time frame), as the aftermath of the Siege, with both sides in disarray and everyone out for revenge, followed by this double-series of the Legion Wars/Codex Debate, in which the Traitors try to fight for a new hierarchy and ways to survive and thrive in the Eye, while the Loyalist Legions/Chapters try to adjust to this new Era and Imperium, after the Emperor is enthroned and one by one the remaining Primarchs vanish into History. If the Authors and BL Team coordinate this well enough, like the Siege Series, there could be quite interesting perspectives on these events, new parts of lore and surely some nice story-hooks between both sides and their struggles. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Would make for a rich setting to play around with. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaVolt87 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 While the EC were probably the strongest, at the Legionary wars era I don't think they would have started trouble with EVERYONE otherwise they would have surely been wiped out. I think the period would be more interesting covering the internecine wars within specific legions like IW's who have had several civil wars themselves. Plus it should be more about the legionaries, not the primarchs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc warhammer Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 somewhat covered in that short story by adb of the reaming luna wolves being hunted down by other traitors and in the Khârn book Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5371658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonreaper666 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 While the EC were probably the strongest, at the Legionary wars era I don't think they would have started trouble with EVERYONE otherwise they would have surely been wiped out. I think the period would be more interesting covering the internecine wars within specific legions like IW's who have had several civil wars themselves. Plus it should be more about the legionaries, not the primarchs. Technicallg the Alpha Legion were the strongest, though 98% of their Astartes and Auxilaries were in realspace from the Scouring up to M42. Word Bearers should still have their strength as they did not commit to Terra just like the AL Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5372937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 While the EC were probably the strongest, at the Legionary wars era I don't think they would have started trouble with EVERYONE otherwise they would have surely been wiped out. I think the period would be more interesting covering the internecine wars within specific legions like IW's who have had several civil wars themselves. Plus it should be more about the legionaries, not the primarchs.Technicallg the Alpha Legion were the strongest, though 98% of their Astartes and Auxilaries were in realspace from the Scouring up to M42. Word Bearers should still have their strength as they did not commit to Terra just like the AL The Solar War and Lost and the Damned have proven that’s not true. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5372974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonreaper666 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Talking about the Great Scouring/Post-Heresy/Slave Wars versions of the Traitor Legions While the EC were probably the strongest, at the Legionary wars era I don't think they would have started trouble with EVERYONE otherwise they would have surely been wiped out. I think the period would be more interesting covering the internecine wars within specific legions like IW's who have had several civil wars themselves. Plus it should be more about the legionaries, not the primarchs. Technicallg the Alpha Legion were the strongest, though 98% of their Astartes and Auxilaries were in realspace from the Scouring up to M42. Word Bearers should still have their strength as they did not commit to Terra just like the ALThe Solar War and Lost and the Damned have proven that’s not true. EDIT: Talking about the Great Scouring and Slave Wars Alpha Legion left Horus before the Solar War and never went into the Warp, for the most part Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5373870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caerolion Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Was there meant to be text there? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5377547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonreaper666 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I was talking about the Great Scouring and Slave Wars Alpha Legion can double their numbers every decade since they have been living in Realspace for TEN THOUSAND YEARS! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5380536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caerolion Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 You got a source for those claims beyond your usual wild enthusiasm and hyperbole? Nothing has ever given a conclusive answer about what happened with the majority of the Alpha Legion, since the whole point of them is that nobody really knows, but it's been fairly widely accepted in canon that they did retreat to the Eye. Secondly, "double their number every decade"? It's fairly obvious that hasn't happened, since the galaxy isn't completely overrun by Alpha Legion troops. Even beyond that, each Marine only has 2 progenoids, so can only contribute towards creating 2 new Marines, and are useless reproduction-wise after that. That puts a limit to how sharply their numbers can increase. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5380544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apothecary Vaddon Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 No need for sources when you have TEN THOUSAND YEARS WORTH OF BULL:cuss TO BLOW UP PEOPLE'S BUMS! AND IN ALL CAPS, TOO! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5382132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 It's not like the AL were a coherent force before Terra, except of course in meme culture where despite being totally separate and even fighting against one another, they're old pursuing the same goal in perfect harmony. The Black Legion books themselves have mentions of AL being in the Eye, and Khayon finds one warrior of the XXth among Daravek's army during the defence of the Vengeful Spirit. Besides, if they had such numbers, how come they haven't used them? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5382222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caerolion Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Exactly. People tend to forget that with everything we've been shown about the Alpha Legion, they operated very much on a "need to know" basis, rather than with complete openness and transparency, and the whole thing with the Cabal would have very much been "need to know". Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357793-the-legion-wars/#findComment-5382581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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