Terminus Decree Revealed!

[W.A.Rorie]

@Chapter Master Valrak has just posted this New Lore Video from the Upcoming Codex

 

HUGE NEW 40K LORE! The Terminus Decree Revealed!

[Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla]

Thanks James, very cool. 

[Sothalor]

Blegh. Not a fan of defining it.

 

Every time they explicitly define some element in the setting, it shrinks the borders that much more. One of the compelling aspects of 40k as a setting is that sense of mystery and potential, those corners of the unknown and "here be dragons". 

 

[W.A.Rorie]

1 hour ago, Sothalor said:

Blegh. Not a fan of defining it.

 

Every time they explicitly define some element in the setting, it shrinks the borders that much more. One of the compelling aspects of 40k as a setting is that sense of mystery and potential, those corners of the unknown and "here be dragons". 

 

Yeah, I agree. Feels like 40K is getting closer to being Warhammer Fantasy and 11th will be AoS 

[Indy Techwisp]

The fact that the Termius Decree is just...

Spoiler

Getting Big E to sit back down if he goes for a walk.

feels like a cop-out.

[grailkeeper]

Very often there's no official answer that can be as good as the mystery.

[MoriyaSchism]

I found out about this last night. Pretty disappointing reveal and I hate the fact it had to be defined too. A lot of the things they reveal these days either fall flat on their face or they make the setting feel smaller and less magical. It seems that every other Codex in 10th edition featured some sort of fumble like this. I will be skipping this codex too because there is next to nothing new for the Grey Knights out at the moment and I'm only interested in the models. I really wanted to like 10th Edition, I even got Leviathan and the Dark Angels codex. It was just disappointing in the end. I stopped caring about the modern storyline of 40K (or what's considered "canon" these days) with the White Dwarf Exorcists article when they turned them into diet Dark Angels without a Betcher's Gland. 

 

What's the point of revealing the Terminus Decree anyway? All the big writers at the Black Library and GW came out in force to tell us that there is no canon. So why bother writing stuff like this or the recent Wraithbone change that was in the Eldar codex? 

[Karhedron]

How many Grey Knights are there, has a number ever been given? I know they are described as a Chapter but since they exist outside the normal structure of Space Marines, the Codex Astartes clearly does not apply to them.

 

The Decree implies that they would need to fight the Custodians who are 10,000 strong and superior even to Grey Knights. So unless there are something like 20,000+ GKs, I cannot see how they could carry out the Terminus Decree.

[W.A.Rorie]

4 minutes ago, Karhedron said:

How many Grey Knights are there, has a number ever been given? I know they are described as a Chapter but since they exist outside the normal structure of Space Marines, the Codex Astartes clearly does not apply to them.

 

The Decree implies that they would need to fight the Custodians who are 10,000 strong and superior even to Grey Knights. So unless there are something like 20,000+ GKs, I cannot see how they could carry out the Terminus Decree.

 

8 Brotherhoods, Paladin Company, Purifier Company so 10 companies....100 Grey Knights per Company. 

[Cleon]

From where I sit this is just the latest example of a trend towards really poorly thought out worldbuilding form GW. Of course there may be more to it in the codex when fully revealed, like some form of weapon or plan to make it achievable, but as presented it appears:

 

"Hey guys, if things ever might get better, make sure to kick off another civil war, thanks."

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Cleon
Spelling,,,

[Northern Walker]

It's a terminally daft reveal. Keep an eye out for 11e retcons

[Jareddm]

As a concept, I do like that this would be an order the Emperor would give to the Grey Knights. "I'm about to do something crazy and it's going to mess me up. Whatever I say, whatever I do, do not let me leave this chair. And if I do leave this chair, get me back in it ASAP, got it!?"

 

It makes for a fine point of conflict between the Custodes and Grey Knights, which is really all this seems to be. Rationale for a particular TT matchup.

It being the Terminus Decree is the real letdown.

[Indy Techwisp]

Seen this mentioned as speculation online but is it possible that the Terminus Decree we've now seen is only part of a larger plan?

More specifically,

Spoiler

If Big E gets up off his chair and all Grey Knights are obligated to go over and try and make him sit down again, isn't that just sending ~1,000+ Astartes-tier Psykers for Big E to Snack on while he regenerates?
Man is already fuelled by Psykers as is so a quick influx of very very powerful Psykers right as he's doing the most strenuous activity he's done in millennia seems like a good way to ensure he doesn't stand up and immediately collapse from exhaustion and die 'cause he hit his head on the chair as he drops.

 

It seems like the kinda plan Malcador would have beamed into his head and recorded for the future he knew was coming.

[W.A.Rorie]

Why did that give me Galactus eating worlds vibe....