bluntblade Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 The memes seem to want to have it both ways. MegaVolt87 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 The Scouring and Legion Wars are equally interesting as two sides of a mini-setting IMO A bunch of series might not make sense, but treating distinct eras as mini-settings to be explored makes a lot of sense to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonreaper666 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 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! Index Astartes IV, page 30 Even in recent novels the Index Astartes are still solid lore (Maximus Thane is from the Index Astartes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucerne Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 (edited) 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? Considering they've been declared wiped out at least three times, they pointedly mostly avoided the Eye in lore that discusses the matter with repeated mentions of realspace bases, and they're infamous for their discipline... Edited September 7, 2019 by Ugolino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluntblade Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Yes, and I hadn't known about the mostly outside bit, but it would be silly for them to be the biggest Legion of all, and to be the memed-to-hell-and-back entity they are on, say, 1oDchan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Caerolion Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 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? Considering they've been declared wiped out at least three times, they pointedly mostly avoided the Eye in lore that discusses the matter with repeated mentions of realspace bases, and they're infamous for their discipline... Yes, they're disciplined. However, they're also organized in cells, and don't provide information that isn't necessary. When Alpharius turned traitor, do you really expect he told his Legion "hey guys, so I met these xenos, and they showed me the future, so as of now we're working against the Emperor to work for the Emperor, by siding with Chaos so we can defeat Chaos. Any questions?" Secondly, the main source of lore about them having bases outside the Eye is written in a way that most of the info on the Alpha Legion is from an Inquisitor that later in the same article is revealed to be an Alpha Legion agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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