We march for Macragge and we shall know no fear!

[wickalan]

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to quickly introduce myself. As you can tell from the title of this forum post I'm a big fan of Ultramarines, and before any of you call me basic, what's not to love about Romans in space?

 

I've been into the hobby for quite a while, mostly 30k, but never played the game so far.

I thus joined this forum for two main reasons:

1) It'd be nice to have other people to talk to and share things about Warhammer;

2) Advice on how to properly build a 30k army.

 

Now I'll stop writing about myself and ask y'all a question: what is your favorite Horus Heresy book and why? If you never started reading the series what's stopping you?

[Bouargh]

Welcome. And about your question:none. It is not that I dislike, it is more that I do not read GW novels. I dpend ya too much time on it without needs to spend more... it would be too risky.

[Grotsmasha]

Welcome!!!

 

For Heresy Books, I can't really pick on book, but the opening line of the series is still my favourite of all.

 

"I was there the day The Emperor died".

[Firedrake Cordova]

Welcome to the forum.  

 

I'm afraid I've only read the first Horus Heresy book.  That's not because I didn't enjoy it (I did), but it's a long series and I wanted to be able to read it semi-uninterrupted so I can enjoy it properly, and I have too many other books to read first.  

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

Welcome aboard frater!

[Xin Ceithan]

Welcome to the B&C ! 
 

And since you asked nicely… it’s quite probably “ The first Heretic”

 

So, see you at Calth, Frater!  

[Cenobite Terminator]

Welcome to the forums!

[N1SB]

Welcome home, Brother.

 

20 hours ago, wickalan said:

Now I'll stop writing about myself and ask y'all a question: what is your favorite Horus Heresy book and why? If you never started reading the series what's stopping you?

 

The 1 book I'd recommend to others is Know No Fear.  It happens to focus on the Ultramarines, particularly introducing Aeonid Thiel, a Marine Sergeant that started that rank's tradition of red helmets.  It's a complete, fun, interesting standalone that also makes a good starting point for HH novels, as this was the moment when the 13th Legion even realised there even WAS a Horus Heresy.

 

But my favourite for myself is probably Saturnine.  I'll put the thing in spoilers, it's just a funny story at the start of it:

 

It pretty much starts with the person who would found the early Inquisition about to commit suicide by jumping off the walls of Terra; this was during the Siege and he thought his death would free up resources for other refugees from the civil war.  Rogal Dorn, doing a morning walk/wall inspection, literally talks him off the ledge, by just starting a conversation.

 

Dorn reveals that for the 1st time, he wasn't sure he could win the Siege, and he's been having this weird feeling in the pit of his stomach.  The future Inquisition founder is listening to him and asks Dorn a simple thing, is he feeling fear?  Dorn is actually really pleased at the idea, like so that's what this is, this is that fear emotion that normal people talk about, what an interesting feeling, he's never felt that way before!  Then he catches himself and asks his companion not to tell Guilliman.

 

Dorn might not've actually felt fear, but it may have been his way to talk a person out of a suicide attempt.  You wouldn't jump off a building unless you were afraid of something even worse.  So Dorn's saying to him, it's okay to feel fear, pretending to feel it, too.  The fact that he jokes about not telling Guilliman specifically, remember Sanguinius and the Khan were defending the Palace with him, so why didn't he say don't tell them that he felt fear?  It's because this whole time they were waiting for Guilliman to get his act together and to Terra already, where he could break Horus's Siege from the rear.

 

In other words, Dorn's telling that death was NOT certain, in fact quite the opposite, that he WILL hold off Horus until Guilliman finally catches up, that there is NO point to kill yourself today because victory will be tomorrow.  And that's just the start of that novel, many such stories later.

 

Btw, having read most of the HH novels, I think there's a very legit reason not to read them.  The HH novels are like a Homeric epic of demigods fighting among men like the Trojan War.  People...even me...might prefer a historical documentary approach to 30k like in the Forgeworld Black Books by Alan Bligh, it's like watching a WWII documentary.  The novels are great for these character moments like I describe above, though.

[SquigPile]

welcome to the forums

 

[W.A.Rorie]

Welcome to the B&C @wickalan

[MadGamerAK]

Welcome to the B&C @wickalan

[Ramell]

On 1/27/2025 at 6:45 AM, wickalan said:

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to quickly introduce myself. As you can tell from the title of this forum post I'm a big fan of Ultramarines, and before any of you call me basic, what's not to love about Romans in space?

 

I've been into the hobby for quite a while, mostly 30k, but never played the game so far.

I thus joined this forum for two main reasons:

1) It'd be nice to have other people to talk to and share things about Warhammer;

2) Advice on how to properly build a 30k army.

 

Now I'll stop writing about myself and ask y'all a question: what is your favorite Horus Heresy book and why? If you never started reading the series what's stopping you?

Welcome to the B&C, fellow Ultraman. 

I think my favorite HH novel is Know No Fear. 

[wickalan]

Hello everybody, and thanks for all the great welcoming replies.

I'm sorry if this is considered necroposting but truth to be told between life and work I had forgotten I made this account.

Nevertheless, I'd still like to respond to all of you

 

On 1/27/2025 at 12:58 AM, Bouargh said:

Welcome. And about your question:none. It is not that I dislike, it is more that I do not read GW novels. I dpend ya too much time on it without needs to spend more... it would be too risky.

I get where you're coming from, and I respect that. If you ever change your mind what worked for me is to just focus on books with factions and/or settings you think you'd like. And hey, even half a chapter before going to bed is not too bad.

 

On 1/27/2025 at 1:24 AM, Grotsmasha said:

For Heresy Books, I can't really pick on book, but the opening line of the series is still my favourite of all.

 

"I was there the day The Emperor died".

I love this quote too! I got myself a fancy Horus Heresy bookmark that has that quote on it.

 

On 1/27/2025 at 2:49 AM, Firedrake Cordova said:

Welcome to the forum.  

 

I'm afraid I've only read the first Horus Heresy book.  That's not because I didn't enjoy it (I did), but it's a long series and I wanted to be able to read it semi-uninterrupted so I can enjoy it properly, and I have too many other books to read first.  

The struggle of having too many books to get to first is real, so I feel your pain Brother!

 

On 1/27/2025 at 5:00 PM, Xin Ceithan said:

Welcome to the B&C ! 
 

And since you asked nicely… it’s quite probably “ The first Heretic”

 

So, see you at Calth, Frater!  

See you at Calth!

 

On 1/27/2025 at 4:52 PM, Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf said:

Welcome aboard frater!

 

On 1/30/2025 at 1:31 PM, SquigPile said:

welcome to the forums

 

 

On 1/31/2025 at 11:31 AM, W.A.Rorie said:

Welcome to the B&C @wickalan

 

On 2/1/2025 at 1:40 AM, MadGamerAK said:

Welcome to the B&C @wickalan

 

 

On 1/27/2025 at 7:11 PM, Cenobite Terminator said:

Welcome to the forums!

Thank you all again!

 

On 1/27/2025 at 10:18 PM, N1SB said:

Btw, having read most of the HH novels, I think there's a very legit reason not to read them.  The HH novels are like a Homeric epic of demigods fighting among men like the Trojan War.  People...even me...might prefer a historical documentary approach to 30k like in the Forgeworld Black Books by Alan Bligh, it's like watching a WWII documentary.  The novels are great for these character moments like I describe above, though.

That is a very interesting perspective and I had never thought of it this way. I might need to check out the Forgeworld Black Books then.

 

On 2/12/2025 at 8:07 AM, Ramell said:

Welcome to the B&C, fellow Ultraman. 

I think my favorite HH novel is Know No Fear. 

Definitely my favorite as well.

'We march for Macragge!' the sergeant declares.
'No, not today,' Ventanus replies. 'Today, we march for Calth.'

 

I had to edit this post because I missed a few people, and if with this I still missed you it's not because I don't like you, trust me.

 

Edited Thursday at 06:15 PM by wickalan
I missed a few people to reply to

[Firedrake Cordova]

12 hours ago, wickalan said:

between life and work I had forgotten I made this account.

Life and work have a habit of doing that!  

 

13 hours ago, wickalan said:

The struggle of having too many books to get to first is real, so I feel your pain Brother!

Thanks. I've read about 20% of the books I have, and am getting through them faster than I'm acquiring them (stupid Audible sales and Humble Bundle bundles...), so I guess I'm getting there.