History FanficRecs / Warhammer40000

*** Cosmic-Behemoth: Just bloody cool in my opinion, all three of the title characters are fleshed out, interesting characters, Kodos is a gas to listen to; and I dare say there isn't so much as a whiff of chapter zombies, carboard characters, or a mary sue in the least. Just a couple of Deus Ex Machinas, but the badassery surrounding them pretty well overshadows it.

''[[http://z6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=1260 Hammerhand]] by Colonel Mustard
* Recommended by: [[FireBeast]]
* ''Synopsis:'' A cross over with Mass Effect 2: While on their way to battle the Greenskins, Captain Malleus of the Sons of Thunder and his command squad are hit by a shock attack gun and blasted all the way back to the early 3rd millenium. Shepard is dead, human colonies are disapearing and its time for the Astartes to do what the Astartes were made to do. Long, well written and complete with a sequel already started.

'' [[http://z6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=2296 Sons of the Fire]] by Colonel Mustard and Gaius Marius
* Recommended by: [[FireBeast]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5672901/1/The_God_of_Death The God of Death]] By Tyrant of the East.

* Recommended by Wizard Joni
* ''Synopsis'': Gav is Ogryn. Gav like Bob. Bob best friend. Gav fight for emprah'.
* ''Comments'': ManlyTears

* Recommended by {{Ouroboros}}, Extraintrovert, Captain Chaos

* ''Comments'': Fucking hilarious. Think ''HighSchoolMusical'', if the cast were composed of Necrons, Space Marines and Chaos Cultists. In other words, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} nothing like]] ''[[{{Metaphorgotten}} High School Musical]]''.

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* Recommended by: @/ [[FireBeast]]

These are recommendations made by Tropers for ''Warhammer 40000'' fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Main/FanficRecommendations here]].

* ''Synopsis'' A MirrorUniverse version of the Heresy, with Rogal Dorn as the BigBad (instead of Horus). Composed of multiple articles, and updated from time to time. Well written and worth reading.
* ''Comments'': Nurgle-dedicated Blood Angels (diseased and very vampire-ish), Khornate Space Wolves and World Eaters who got over their anger issues! :P

''[[http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51806 The Shape of the Nightmare to Come]]'' by LordLucan

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5474237/1/40k_ToyHammer ToyHammer]]'' by RougePsyker.
* Recommended by {{Medinoc}}, from the FunSize page (added by '''124.197.44.124''').

* ''Comments'': Now with Tropes listed at FanFic/ToyHammer
** This is a really interesting read. It starts out a little disjointed, but the writer quickly warms up, grows his beard and it evolves from a rather disjointed gag series into a really good read by chapter 8 or so. I'd recommend a rewrite for the first few chapters (which are funny, but a little off) but from then on it gets into something awesome. Also, from what I've seen in the reviews, a lot of people like this one. The [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5609065/1/ToyHammer_Omake_Collection Omake Collections]] are related and are as awesome as oneshots go.

* ''Comments'': Probably the best ''Warhammer 40,000'' fanfic out there. The author has spent alot of time thinking things out, and it's already long enough to fit in ''LOTR'' style books. Break the status quo in a huge way, which you may like if you're tired of [[StatusQuoIsGod Status Quo being God]] in ''WH 40k''. Tons of epic moments, characters are fleshed out well. If this was cleaned up a bit and spotted an editor, I could easily see it being published.
* Ugolino: Just going to [[YourMileageMayVary point]] out that some readers here weren't [[HoYay quite]] [[RandomEventsPlot as]] [[CanonDefilement enthusiastic]] and leave it at that.
** In light of my edited comment to be more favorable to Revenant, I'll be more specific. It takes a near-complete ignorance of the setting and a disregard for the fluff to not wince at the writer's butchery of both. The character interactions are odd, the Ultramarine fixation worthy of Matt Ward and twelve-year olds with blue spray-painted armies everywhere, and the plot twists illogical. Also, Dreadnaughts with jump packs. What. The. Feth.
*** To be fair the new [[ExpansionPack Blood Angel 'dex]] has dreads flying around suspended in the air by the power of positive thinking.
*** Yes, but they're ''[[PsychicPowers Librarians]]''.

*** Whether the story will hold your interest depends on how much attention you're paying to the screen. The less, the better it'll seem.

* Recommended by {{Crazael}}, {{Tacitus}}, DocumentN, SeanTucker, {{Shockz}}, SpaceChief
* ''Synopsis'': Shinji, while still a small child, finds someone's ''Warhammer40K'' collection in a heavy black case and the changes an introduction to that universe make in both his personality and actions result in a radically different course of events.
* ''Comments'': Too bad it's so far unfinished.
** {{Tacitus}}: I [[strike:have]] ''had'' little knowledge of or interest in ''Evangelion,'' yet this fan fic sank its claws into me so deep I was compelled to do little but read it for three days straight as I watched an unfamiliar world slowly change into one I knew intimately. It basically operates under the thesis that Anything + ''Warhammer 40,000'' = Awesome, and is entertainingly successful. So Eva Unit 01 + ''[=W40K=]'' = ''Principio Eternus:'' "The enemies of man will ''die'', by my hands they shall be ''broken''." Shinji, [[strike:allegedly one of]] the greatest puss[[strike:es]] of all animedom + ''[=W40K=]'' = a mixture of [[{{Discworld}} Captain Carrot]] and [[{{Dune}} Paul Atreides]]. [[EmotionlessGirl Creepy dead-eyed child]] Rei + ''[=W40K=]'' = something too hilariously awesome to spoil. Sure, some may cry MartyStu or Plot Derailment, but it's a fun what-if scenario with enough GenreSavvy and pop-culture references to counteract the occasional spelling error. Highly recommended: the prologue alone is marvelous, and it actually made this troper

* Recommended by {{Guessmyname}}, GentlemensDame883, EarthScorpion

* ''Comments'': Does a brilliant job showing the vast, ''vast'' technogical disparity between the two universes, as well as the clashing mindsets of the idealistic Federation and the much grimmer Space Marines. Also captures the essence of the Space Marines quite beautifully. Also, the chapter where [[spoiler:the Space Marines take on the Jem'Hadar and thoroughly curbstomp them]] is a thing of absolute beauty.
* Note: Not updated since '07.


* And in the same vein, another crossover:

* ''synopsis'': The gist is that Halo + Warhammer 40,000 = AWESOME. Packed full of [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny Ultimate Showdowns]], such as Titan vs Scarab'''s''', Space Marines vs Covenant, and, of course, Tyranids vs Flood. Running through the whole thing is a massive chaos corruption, and TheReveal of The Emperor himself. Unfinished as yet.

* Recomended by Ugolino, GentlemensDame883

* ''Comments'':
Ugolino: A fun read, in-character, and with great characters. That, and it isn't a Deadfic. One troper found the writer's take on the Ultramarines problematic, but it's a good read regardless of your feelings on that chapter.
* Crull: While technically written well, the author's problems with the Ultramarine's characterization detract from the whole fic for me. Of course YMMV.

** DerangedGenius: A fun piece of fluff that's made of win. [[MissedMomentOfAwesome Though I'm surprised one of the C'Tan didn't get in on the action.]]

* Recommended by Emerald

* Recommended by {{Gadeel}}, TheWanderingMonster

* ''Comments'': It maintains the CiaphasCain style of narrative (and of course, [[AccidentalHero Accidental]] {{Fake Ultimate Hero}}ism) while adding a new character and showing things from her perspective. ''Complete'', and the author says that a sequel, ''The Hounds of Erebus'', is in the works...

* Recommended by TheWanderingMonster

* ''Synopsis'': The [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Dai-Gurren gang]] perhaps should have taken a closer look around their galaxy, because their world has found it's way into the Eye of Terror. But it's okay, since Kamina and Lordgenome have a plan.

* ''Comments'': ROLFMAO LOLOLOLOLZORZ XD I never thought I'd root for Jar Jar over anything. Just read it yourselves.

* ''synopsis:'' CiaphasCain and the Valhallan 597th find themselves sharing an assignment with another unit: the [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha 6th Mid-Chlidan]], and their infamous (but cute!) white-suited Commissar.

* ''Comments'': Extremely strong writing with good characterization and good storytelling, and the author has put serious thought into the operation of a Vulture gunship group. While the Gaunt's Ghosts series is famous for giving the Guard the appearance of a serious and competent military organization, this story leaves Abnett for dead; they don't ''look'' competent, they ''are'' competent.
** Despite the, um... enthusiastic endorsement of the above. I second this recommendation.

* Immediately after finally conquering the Earth, the God-Emperor of Man discovers a tiny baby girl on the battlefield. An infant reincarnation as powerful as he is, thrown from her home dimension by a spiteful act of the forces of Chaos. The Emperor gains a daughter. The Primarchs gain [[SailorMoon Neo-Queen Serenity]] as their big sister... Fast forward ten thousand years where the Galaxy may be Grim, but not nearly as Dark. Ciaphas Cain (Yep, him again!) and the 597th have been deployed to the world of planet of Hades VI to help it's eccentric and heavily-armed PDF with an Ork Incursion. In the midst of battle, Cain stumbles upon a capsule containing something that inspires even him to selfless devotion: An Anima of the Imperium, Daughter of the Emperor, But you may call her Hotaru.

* ''Synopsis'': This story is what happens when you skip ahead 3,000 years from the current time. The author's description says it best "13000 years after Horus, the Imperium is at its breaking point. The space marines are dying off and chaos is ready to claim the galaxy. This is the story of the epic conclusion of the Imperium's wars for survival." Every single race is accounted for and the author switches between them throughout the story.
* ''Comments'': This story has not gotten the respect I feel that it deserves. The author mainly works with OC's due to the time period being changed. But the majority of the characters we know and love will make an appearance one way or another. However, there are some plot points that you may not be comfortable with, such as [[spoiler:the tyranids being the remainder of the enslavers given physical form and the fate of the unknown primarchs]]. They did not bother me but YourMileageMayVary. Overall, the author gives a well done conclusion to the entire series, giving a definite ending to every race involved.

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kharn Kharn]]'' by...uh...
* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided, Extraintrovert, CaptainChaos
* ''Synopsis'': (Taken from 1d4chan) Kharn the Betrayer is a famous Chaos Space Marine who revels in bloodshed. All bloodshed. Exactly who is doing the shedding, he doesn't care so much, and thusly has a wholly deserved reputation as a teamkilling f* cktard. Despite this, he's actually a pretty fun guy.

* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided, CaptainChaos

* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/K59 K59]]'' by 4chan's /tg/
* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided
* ''Synopsis'': (Taken from 1d4chan) K59 is an otherwise unnamed Commissar imprisoned by the Inquisition for executing too many of his own men. He was the subject of an Anonymous writefag's thread relating the events that led up to K59's imprisonment to an Inquisitor. Basically a story of an unscrupulous badass.
* ''Comments'': Win.

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_Ever_Virgin The Ever Virgin]]'' by ???

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Machas_Vacation Machas Vacation]]'' by 4chan

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tiny_Hammer Tiny Hammer]]'' by 4chan's /tg/

* ''Synopsis'': (Taken from 1d4chan) All the forces of the 41st Millennium descend onto modern day Earth. Except they are only as large as their miniatures depict them to be. SPESS MAHRENES are an inch tall, Monoliths barely come up to your ankle, and Imperator Titans are the size of a van.
* ''Comments'': Bleh. Out of things to say...

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Looted_Emperor Looted Emperor]]'' by 4chan's /tg/
* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided

* ''Comments'': Yeah, I'm done now. ''Finally.''

* ''Synopsis'': An inquisitor leads an assault against a small Chaos cult with a Baneblade (wait what?).
* ''Comments'': Shock ending makes the entire thing win. Link is to sup/tg/. You have been warned.

* ''Comments'': Poor, poor Macha. Some parts may be {{NSFW}}. Link is to sup/tg/. You have been warned.

* ''Comments'': Link is to sup/tg/. You have been warned.

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Gav_and_Bob Gav and Bob]]'' by 4Chan
* Recommended by WizardJoni
* ''Synopsis'': Gav is ogryn. Gav like Bob. Bob best friend. Gav fight for emprah'.

''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Orkhammer Orkhammer]]'' by 4chan's /tg/
* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided, Extraintrovert, CaptainChaos
* ''Synopsis'': Orks fit everywhere!
* ''Comments'': Orks. Ergo, win.

* Recommended by {{Ouroboros}}, Extraintrovert, CaptainChaos

* Recommended by FLCNPNCH and RadioactiveZombie
* ''Synopsis'': (Taken from 1d4chan) ''Love Can Bloom'' is the title of one of the most well-loved pieces of writefaggotry ever to grace /tg/. Once upon a time, there was a drawfag named Miko. She made a comic about a Vindicare assassin falling in love with Taldeer from ''DawnOfWar: Dark Crusade'' and ''DawnOfWar: Winter Assault''. There was much nerd rage. Then, somebody started writing a fanfic for this fan picture. There was a mixture of nerd rage and delight. Now, without further ado because I can't write explanatory intros worth a damn, ''Love Can Bloom''. Also of note are the MANY offshoots that ''Love Can Bloom'' has spawned. Ranging from ''Core of Brutality'', a story about the Eversor hunting the duo, to the continuation in Imber, to Lofn who is just d'aww.

* Synopsis (copied from 1d4chan): Love and Krieg is a collection of short vignettes born from the crazy minds and sappy hearts of a bunch of /tg/ anons tickled by the idea of a Krieger girlfriend. The stories detail the sometimes humorous, often heartwarming events in the relationship between an unnamed, well-meaning Imperial civilian and Krieger Female Model 68b #6345. Each story loosely constituted a date or some outing, most of them tying together without any strict sense of chronology. The end result was something magical, evoking a sense of idyllic innocence rarely found in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.
* Comments: A CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming for the Warhammer 40,000 setting, which can always use a few more of those. Not sure what else there is to comment on, the stories speak for themselves.

* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided, Extraintrovert

* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided, Extraintrovert

** "IT'S MY DAY OFF!"

* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided

* ''Comments'': Brilliance. Eldrad, what a dick.

* Recommended by FLCNPNCH, ChaosUndecided

* ''Comments'': ALWAYS ANGRY! ALL THE TIME!

* Recommended by {{Ouroboros}}, Extraintrovert

* ''Synopsis:'' On the planet Nocturne, The Blacksmith N'bel is greeted by the child who will one day become the Primarch of the {{Salamanders}}, but he doesn't arrive alone. A girl, weak in body but strong in spirit, carried Vulkan through the wastes, and grows up alongside him as his sister. The locals gave the the name Ga'ri, but she once went by the name "[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha White Devil]]"...

* Immediately after finally conquering the Earth, the God-Emperor of Man discovers a tiny baby girl on the battlefield. An infant reincarnation as powerful as he is, thrown from her home dimension by a spiteful act of the forces of Chaos. The Emperor gains a daughter. The Primarchs gain [[SailorMoon Neo-Queen Serenity]] as their big sister...
...Fast forward ten thousand years where the Galaxy may be Grim, but not nearly as Dark. Ciaphas Cain (Yep, him again!) and the 597th have been deployed to the world of planet of Hades VI to help it's eccentric and heavily-armed PDF with an Ork Incursion. In the midst of battle, Cain stumbles upon a capsule containing something that inspires even him to selfless devotion: An Anima of the Imperium, Daughter of the Emperor, But you may call her Hotaru.

* Recommended by {{SAMAS}}

* Recommended by {{SAMAS}}

* Recommended by {{SAMAS}}

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3238754/1/Two_Galaxys_Saga Two Galaxy's Saga]]'' by Darth Malleus
* Recommended by Whakamol
* ''Synopsis'': Epic [=WH40k=] / ''StarWars'' (post-Yuuzhan Vong, pre-Dark Nest era) crossover. Things start out slow, and then get hectic as the Imperium of Man and Galactic Alliance grudgingly work together to defeat Abaddon's Fourteenth Black Crusade.
* ''Comments'': The writing isn't Shakespeare, and a few elements in the story may seem far-fetched even for these settings, but overall this is an excellent read which captures the epic feel that such a crossover should have, while balancing both sides and giving them each their moment in the limelight. Jampacked with crowning moments of awesome, such as: [[spoiler: when Imperial forces who have turned traitor and have carried out a brutal genocidal war against their former allies, immediately turn tail and flee when they learn Darth Vader has returned, and that he is very, very angry. The Gods of Chaos have nothing on the Dark Lord of the Sith. Also, the Emperor's battle against the Void Dragon.]]
** There is a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4544731/1/Darkness_Rising sequel]] of sorts, which is in progress, plus a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4578343/1/Two_Galaxies_Saga_Untold_Tales series of one shots]]. Note that the last is by a different author, but is part of the 'canon'.
*** Not that good, really. There are better takes on the idea.

***To be fair the new [[ExpansionPack Blood Angel 'dex]] has dreads flying around suspended in the air by the power of positive thinking, SoYeah...

**In light of my edited comment to be more favorable to Revenant, I'll be more specific. It takes a near-complete ignorance of the setting and a disregard for the fluff to not wince at the writer's butchery of both. The character interactions are odd, the Ultramarine fixation worthy of Matt Ward and twelve-year olds with blue spray-painted armies everywhere, and the plot twists illogical. Also, Dreadnaughts with jump packs. What. The. Feth.

***In light of my edited comment to be more favorable to Revenant, I'll be more specific. It takes a near-complete ignorance of the setting and a disregard for the fluff to not wince at the writer's butchery of both. The character interactions are odd, the Ultramarine fixation worthy of Matt Ward and twelve-year olds with blue spray-painted armies everywhere, and the plot twists illogical. Also, Dreadnaughts with jump packs. What. The. Feth.

*Ugolino: Just going to [[YourMileageMayVary point]] out that some readers here weren't [[HoYay quite]] [[RandomEventsPlot as]] [[CanonDefilement enthusiastic]] and leave it at that. So long as you can handle that, a generous dose of RougeAnglesOfSatin, and [[spoiler:[[ShockingSwerve Roboute Guilliman secretly being Omegon for the past few milennia]]]], though, then dive right in.