Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Spelling/grammar fix(es)
Changed line(s) 587 (click to see context) from:
* After Rogal Dorn is teleported to a desert planet where he lived for centuries in a hopeless and increasingly derelict state to wear down his conviction, Khrone finally appears to tempt him to a new life of a simple soldier that Dorn secretly yearns for. Yet, Dorns fortified himself and citing historical examples, ''actually lectures the blood god on the ethics, rules, limitations and purposes of war.''
to:
* After Rogal Dorn is teleported to a desert planet where he lived for centuries in a hopeless and increasingly derelict state to wear down his conviction, Khrone finally appears to tempt him to a new life of a simple soldier that Dorn secretly yearns for. Yet, Dorns Dorn fortified himself and citing historical examples, ''actually lectures the blood god on the ethics, rules, limitations and purposes of war.''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added example(s)
Added DiffLines:
* Prior to finding his hammer, Vulkan gives Curze a verbal smack down after enduring torture after torture and Curze accusing him of being no better than him. Vulkan tells him exactly what he thinks of him.
--> '''Vulkan:''' "You were right, I do think I am better than you. Only a weakling and a coward fights as you do, Konrad. Our father was right to ignore your mewling and discard you. I suspect it sickened him. Only you know true terror, isn't that right, brother? So weak, so pathetic. Nostramo didn't make you the worthless wretch you are, brother. You were languishing in the gutter with the rest of those deviants the moment our father erred in creating you. It was inevitable that one of us would be flawed, so rotten with human failing that he cannot bear his own presence or the presence of others. You can't help it, can you? To measure yourself against each of us. How many times have you found yourself wanting after such observation? When was it you realised that blaming your upbringing or your brothers no longer rang true? When did you turn the mirror and see the worthless parody you had become? No one fears you, Konrad. A different name won't change who you really are. I'll let you in on a secret... we pity you. All of us. We tolerate you because you are our brother. But none of us are afraid of you. For what is there to fear but a petulant child raging at the dark?"
--> '''Vulkan:''' "You were right, I do think I am better than you. Only a weakling and a coward fights as you do, Konrad. Our father was right to ignore your mewling and discard you. I suspect it sickened him. Only you know true terror, isn't that right, brother? So weak, so pathetic. Nostramo didn't make you the worthless wretch you are, brother. You were languishing in the gutter with the rest of those deviants the moment our father erred in creating you. It was inevitable that one of us would be flawed, so rotten with human failing that he cannot bear his own presence or the presence of others. You can't help it, can you? To measure yourself against each of us. How many times have you found yourself wanting after such observation? When was it you realised that blaming your upbringing or your brothers no longer rang true? When did you turn the mirror and see the worthless parody you had become? No one fears you, Konrad. A different name won't change who you really are. I'll let you in on a secret... we pity you. All of us. We tolerate you because you are our brother. But none of us are afraid of you. For what is there to fear but a petulant child raging at the dark?"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Spelling/grammar fix(es)
Changed line(s) 580 (click to see context) from:
Such speculations are pointless. He is here. He is committed.,\\
to:
Such speculations are pointless. He is here. He is committed.,\\\\
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* When Sanguinius and the Blood Angels are teleported aboard the Vengeful Spirit, seperated from the other Anabasis companies in what is the most dangerous place in existence, they press on.
--> ''"There is no sign of the other formations, of Rogal, Constantin or his beloved father, and all links to Terra are jammed. Was it teleport malfunction, or worse? Will the others arrive on their heels, belatedly, any second? Are they already here, elsewhere on the vast ship-fortress, misdirected somehow and out of contact?\\
Such speculations are pointless. He is here. He is committed.,\\
There is no going back. There is a compliance to deliver, and an illumination to achieve. If he has to accomplish that with just a quarter of the intended force, then he will."''
--> ''"There is no sign of the other formations, of Rogal, Constantin or his beloved father, and all links to Terra are jammed. Was it teleport malfunction, or worse? Will the others arrive on their heels, belatedly, any second? Are they already here, elsewhere on the vast ship-fortress, misdirected somehow and out of contact?\\
Such speculations are pointless. He is here. He is committed.,\\
There is no going back. There is a compliance to deliver, and an illumination to achieve. If he has to accomplish that with just a quarter of the intended force, then he will."''
Added DiffLines:
* After Rogal Dorn is teleported to a desert planet where he lived for centuries in a hopeless and increasingly derelict state to wear down his conviction, Khrone finally appears to tempt him to a new life of a simple soldier that Dorn secretly yearns for. Yet, Dorns fortified himself and citing historical examples, ''actually lectures the blood god on the ethics, rules, limitations and purposes of war.''
--> "Blood is not just for blood."
--> "Blood is not just for blood."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* The burgeoning cult of the Emperor, led by Sigismund, marches on the Hollow Mountain and where all else had failed, their faith manages to light the Astronomican beacon and allow both Guilliman's fleet and the Phalanx to find a path to Terra.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:10: The End and TheDeath: Volume III]]
* Ollanius' YouShallNotPass moment - aboard the Vengeful spirit, with the Emperor unconscious and nailed to a throne, Ollanius tries desperately to awaken his old friend, before noticing that Horus is advancing on them. Refusing to abandon his old friend, Ollanius brandishes his lasgun and opens fire on Horus, refusing to abandon the Master of Mankind until the Talons of Horus reduce him to a red mist. His fate was sealed well before the series' began, but Ollanius still proved that the legends about him were ''not'' unfounded.
[[/folder]]
* Ollanius' YouShallNotPass moment - aboard the Vengeful spirit, with the Emperor unconscious and nailed to a throne, Ollanius tries desperately to awaken his old friend, before noticing that Horus is advancing on them. Refusing to abandon his old friend, Ollanius brandishes his lasgun and opens fire on Horus, refusing to abandon the Master of Mankind until the Talons of Horus reduce him to a red mist. His fate was sealed well before the series' began, but Ollanius still proved that the legends about him were ''not'' unfounded.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* Shiban Khan, horribly injured even by Space Marine standards as a result of being thrown from an airplane, his armour shattered and armed with nothing but a snapped off road sign managing to fight his way through the Chaos corrupted wasteland outside Imperial lines with his only aid a ordinary soldier who is carrying a baby. At one point he quite possibly actually dies but fights his way back to life and managed to kill a Death Guard Plague Marine one on one while not having a weapon. Upon reaching the Imperial defenses he does not stop dragging himself forward one step after the next in search of his Legion.
* The sheer end of the world scale battle, lovingly described, as the full might of Titan Legio Mortis collides with the Imperial Titan forces is jaw dropping. The Traitors and the Loyalists throw literally they have into the clash with everything from undead corpses titans from Heresy battlefields, the Imperials deploying ever more destructive weaponry - Dark Age Technology, Daemon Titans in all their terrible glory, Pys Titans being fielded at the Emperor's order and more.
* The sheer end of the world scale battle, lovingly described, as the full might of Titan Legio Mortis collides with the Imperial Titan forces is jaw dropping. The Traitors and the Loyalists throw literally they have into the clash with everything from undead corpses titans from Heresy battlefields, the Imperials deploying ever more destructive weaponry - Dark Age Technology, Daemon Titans in all their terrible glory, Pys Titans being fielded at the Emperor's order and more.
* How the White Scars launch their grand final charge and assault on the Lion's Gate Spaceport, to even reach the port they need to leave the protection of the Palace's shields which normally would be suicide since Horus's Fleet in orbit would bomb any Loyalist force outside the shield to pieces. Their solution? Comandere the last Orbit Plate, a floating continent scale piece of technolgy to use as giant shield, flying the plate above their forces as they advance. with the sheer friction of the plate moving in atmosphere generating in titanic lighting filled storm. The Death Guard go from amused contempt at the White Scars charge to incredulous disbelief as they see their hated foes charge out coming towards as the sky catches fire.
Changed line(s) 555 (click to see context) from:
to:
* After feeling the psychic shock of Mortarion defeat and the Khan's apparent death, the White Scars collectively go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. They don't blindly charge instead marching relentlessly forward simply not reacting to Death Guard fire all the screaming a curse again and again. They don't charge, they move in formation but they will not stop as they butcher everything in their path in a uncharaistic murderous frenzy, screaming their curse again and again. The Death Guard, already rattled by Mortartion's banishment are genuinely disturbed by this behavior from the White Scars to the point they seriously wonder if the Loyalists have made their own DealWithTheDevil and ultimately are driven out of the Lion's Gate Space Port.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* The Death Guard under Typhus begin to storm the Astronomican, even the discipline of the Dark Angels faltering under the despair they bring. Even Corswain begins to think that they can't win against this. Then a hooded figure wielding two pistols steps up as Zahariel's fellow Librarians wield their gifts against the traitors.
--> ''"Sons of the First, your duty to your seneschal, please," Cypher declares, his voice piercing every mind on the hill-slope and cliffs. "He gave you an order. Kill them."''
--> ''"Sons of the First, your duty to your seneschal, please," Cypher declares, his voice piercing every mind on the hill-slope and cliffs. "He gave you an order. Kill them."''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder: Scions of the Emperor]]
* In ''The Sinew of War'', a young Guilliman returns from a campaign in Ilyria to find that his father Konor has been murdered. He confronts the man responsible, Gallan, in the senate hall of Macragge and is prepared to take his vengeance, before realising the bloody chaos Macragge will descend into if he does. Instead he lowers his blade and steps away, declaring that it is the senate, not any one man, who should pass judgment. They promptly do, declaring Gallan a traitor and dropping their wreaths at Guilliman's feet as a symbol of their allegiance to him for putting the needs of the senate and Macragge above his own.
[[/folder]]
* In ''The Sinew of War'', a young Guilliman returns from a campaign in Ilyria to find that his father Konor has been murdered. He confronts the man responsible, Gallan, in the senate hall of Macragge and is prepared to take his vengeance, before realising the bloody chaos Macragge will descend into if he does. Instead he lowers his blade and steps away, declaring that it is the senate, not any one man, who should pass judgment. They promptly do, declaring Gallan a traitor and dropping their wreaths at Guilliman's feet as a symbol of their allegiance to him for putting the needs of the senate and Macragge above his own.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 542 (click to see context) from:
-> ''"They shall not. Just as you shall not draw your gun and shoot me now, though you should. Horus has bartered your strength for doubt and false promises. [[BadassBoast But our strength is still ours and our iron is still true.]]"''
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Perturabo finally making his stand against what the war has become, declaring that he wants no part in it and withdrawing the Iron Warriors from the siege. And even when Horus' equerry tries to threaten that Perturabo's ships will be destroyed if he tries to leave, Perturabo shrugs it straight off:
-> ''"They shall not. Just as you shall not draw your gun and shoot me now, though you should. Horus has bartered your strength for doubt and false promises. [[BadassBoast But our strength is still ours and our iron is still true.]]"''
-> ''"They shall not. Just as you shall not draw your gun and shoot me now, though you should. Horus has bartered your strength for doubt and false promises. [[BadassBoast But our strength is still ours and our iron is still true.]]"''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 555 (click to see context) from:
* Sanguinius' [[LastStand final stand at the Eternity Gate]].
to:
* Sanguinius' [[LastStand final stand at the Eternity Gate]].Delphic Battlement]].
Changed line(s) 557,559 (click to see context) from:
---> "There are legends about me. I hear them whispered among you every day, that I know the moment of my own death. The stories say this gives me courage, that I feel no fear because I know I cannot yet bew slain. Here is the truth of that tale. That prophesied death is coming. Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. I know not the When or the How, only that I feel fate's breath on the back of my neck. I do not remain here out of immortality's courage. I remain here because, if I am to die, I choose ''this'' death. I choose to die with my back to the last door. I choose to give my life to buy another hour, or a minute, or even a single second of grace to those who cannot be here fighting with me. I choose to die here because I do not believe I have yet given all I can. Someone must stand and fight, and if I have but one choice left, I will make it now. ''I'' will stand. ''I'' will fight. ''I'' will hold this wall, knowing that the Thirteenth Legion makes for Terra with all speed, and if they cannot bring salvation, they will bring retribution. Whether I am alone or whether a hundred thousand of you are by my side, when the Warmaster's horde descends upon this wall, they will find me waiting for them with a blade in hand. Not because I can win, but because it is ''right''. I do not know what delusion grips those out there, who were once our brothers and sisters. But I know it is right to oppose them. I have spoken enough. You need hear no more of my fears and confessions. All that remains is for me to ask... Will you run?"
** Following this speech, damn near every assembled Imperium soldier and Astartes loudly declares "No!" and stands with him. In response, Sanguinius flies out from the battlement to an advancing Chaos Reaver Titan - which only moments earlier had publically displayed a mutilated captive Blood Angel captain as a move to shake the defenders' morale - and immediately ''decapitates the Titan with one swing''.
** Following this speech, damn near every assembled Imperium soldier and Astartes loudly declares "No!" and stands with him. In response, Sanguinius flies out from the battlement to an advancing Chaos Reaver Titan - which only moments earlier had publically displayed a mutilated captive Blood Angel captain as a move to shake the defenders' morale - and immediately ''decapitates the Titan with one swing''.
to:
---> "There are legends about me. I hear them whispered among you every day, that I know the moment of my own death. The stories say this gives me courage, that I feel no fear because I know I cannot yet bew be slain. Here is the truth of that tale. That prophesied death is coming. Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. I know not the When or the How, only that I feel fate's breath on the back of my neck. I do not remain here out of immortality's courage. I remain here because, if I am to die, I choose ''this'' death. I choose to die with my back to the last door. I choose to give my life to buy another hour, or a minute, or even a single second of grace to those who cannot be here fighting with me. I choose to die here because I do not believe I have yet given all I can. Someone must stand and fight, and if I have but one choice left, I will make it now. ''I'' will stand. ''I'' will fight. ''I'' will hold this wall, knowing that the Thirteenth Legion makes for Terra with all speed, and if they cannot bring salvation, they will bring retribution. Whether I am alone or whether a hundred thousand of you are by my side, when the Warmaster's horde descends upon this wall, they will find me waiting for them with a blade in hand. Not because I can win, but because it is ''right''. I do not know what delusion grips those out there, who were once our brothers and sisters. But I know it is right to oppose them. I have spoken enough. You need hear no more of my fears and confessions. All that remains is for me to ask... Will you run?"
** Following this speech, damn near every assembled Imperium soldier and Astartes loudly declares "No!" and stands with him. In response, Sanguinius flies out from the battlement to an advancing Chaos ReaverTitan - which only Titan. Only moments earlier the Titan had publically displayed a mutilated captive Blood Angel captain as a move to shake the defenders' morale - and morale. Sanguinius immediately ''decapitates the Titan with one swing''.
** Following this speech, damn near every assembled Imperium soldier and Astartes loudly declares "No!" and stands with him. In response, Sanguinius flies out from the battlement to an advancing Chaos Reaver
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 556 (click to see context) from:
** As Horus' forces advance on the Eternity Gate, the last bastion defending the Emperor from annihilation, Sanguinius takes command of the forces stationed there - a motley of Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, White Scars and human guardsmen. Rather than a simple rallying cry for the troops, Sanguinius delivers an ''epic'' and brutally honest speech that basically says they cannot hold the Gate, that anyone who stays will die, and that any who want to are free to leave not as cowards but as heroes of the Imperium who'll live to fight another day. The speech in (lengthy) full is awesome enough, but the ending - where Sanguinius tells of his own impending death and exhorts the defenders of humanity to stand with him - deserves special mention:
to:
** As Horus' forces advance on the Eternity Gate, the last bastion defending the Emperor from annihilation, Sanguinius takes command of the forces stationed there - a motley of Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, White Scars Scars, Mechanicum troops and human guardsmen. Rather than a simple rallying cry for the troops, Sanguinius delivers an ''epic'' and brutally honest speech that basically says they cannot hold the Gate, that anyone who stays will die, and that any who want to are free to leave not as cowards but as heroes of the Imperium who'll live to fight another day. The speech in (lengthy) full is awesome enough, but the ending - where Sanguinius tells of his own impending death and exhorts the defenders of humanity to stand with him - deserves special mention:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 557 (click to see context) from:
--> "There are legends about me. I hear them whispered among you every day, that I know the moment of my own death. The stories say this gives me courage, that I feel no fear because I know I cannot yet bew slain. Here is the truth of that tale. That prophesied death is coming. Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. I know not the When or the How, only that I feel fate's breath on the back of my neck. I do not remain here out of immortality's courage. I remain here because, if I am to die, I choose ''this'' death. I choose to die with my back to the last door. I choose to give my life to buy another hour, or a minute, or even a single second of grace to those who cannot be here fighting with me. I choose to die here because I do not believe I have yet given all I can. Someone must stand and fight, and if I have but one choice left, I will make it now. ''I'' will stand. ''I'' will fight. ''I'' will hold this wall, knowing that the Thirteenth Legion makes for Terra with all speed, and if they cannot bring salvation, they will bring retribution. Whether I am alone or whether a hundred thousand of you are by my side, when the Warmaster's horde descends upon this wall, they will find me waiting for them with a blade in hand. Not because I can win, but because it is ''right''. I do not know what delusion grips those out there, who were once our brothers and sisters. But I know it is right to oppose them. I have spoken enough. You need hear no more of my fears and confessions. All that remains is for me to ask... Will you run?"
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 555 (click to see context) from:
to:
* Sanguinius' [[LastStand final stand at the Eternity Gate]].
** As Horus' forces advance on the Eternity Gate, the last bastion defending the Emperor from annihilation, Sanguinius takes command of the forces stationed there - a motley of Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, White Scars and human guardsmen. Rather than a simple rallying cry for the troops, Sanguinius delivers an ''epic'' and brutally honest speech that basically says they cannot hold the Gate, that anyone who stays will die, and that any who want to are free to leave not as cowards but as heroes of the Imperium who'll live to fight another day. The speech in (lengthy) full is awesome enough, but the ending - where Sanguinius tells of his own impending death and exhorts the defenders of humanity to stand with him - deserves special mention:
--> "There are legends about me. I hear them whispered among you every day, that I know the moment of my own death. The stories say this gives me courage, that I feel no fear because I know I cannot yet bew slain. Here is the truth of that tale. That prophesied death is coming. Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. I know not the When or the How, only that I feel fate's breath on the back of my neck. I do not remain here out of immortality's courage. I remain here because, if I am to die, I choose ''this'' death. I choose to die with my back to the last door. I choose to give my life to buy another hour, or a minute, or even a single second of grace to those who cannot be here fighting with me. I choose to die here because I do not believe I have yet given all I can. Someone must stand and fight, and if I have but one choice left, I will make it now. ''I'' will stand. ''I'' will fight. ''I'' will hold this wall, knowing that the Thirteenth Legion makes for Terra with all speed, and if they cannot bring salvation, they will bring retribution. Whether I am alone or whether a hundred thousand of you are by my side, when the Warmaster's horde descends upon this wall, they will find me waiting for them with a blade in hand. Not because I can win, but because it is ''right''. I do not know what delusion grips those out there, who were once our brothers and sisters. But I know it is right to oppose them. I have spoken enough. You need hear no more of my fears and confessions. All that remains is for me to ask... Will you run?"
** Following this speech, damn near every assembled Imperium soldier and Astartes loudly declares "No!" and stands with him. In response, Sanguinius flies out from the battlement to an advancing Chaos Reaver Titan - which only moments earlier had publically displayed a mutilated captive Blood Angel captain as a move to shake the defenders' morale - and immediately ''decapitates the Titan with one swing''.
** As Horus' forces advance on the Eternity Gate, the last bastion defending the Emperor from annihilation, Sanguinius takes command of the forces stationed there - a motley of Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, White Scars and human guardsmen. Rather than a simple rallying cry for the troops, Sanguinius delivers an ''epic'' and brutally honest speech that basically says they cannot hold the Gate, that anyone who stays will die, and that any who want to are free to leave not as cowards but as heroes of the Imperium who'll live to fight another day. The speech in (lengthy) full is awesome enough, but the ending - where Sanguinius tells of his own impending death and exhorts the defenders of humanity to stand with him - deserves special mention:
--> "There are legends about me. I hear them whispered among you every day, that I know the moment of my own death. The stories say this gives me courage, that I feel no fear because I know I cannot yet bew slain. Here is the truth of that tale. That prophesied death is coming. Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. I know not the When or the How, only that I feel fate's breath on the back of my neck. I do not remain here out of immortality's courage. I remain here because, if I am to die, I choose ''this'' death. I choose to die with my back to the last door. I choose to give my life to buy another hour, or a minute, or even a single second of grace to those who cannot be here fighting with me. I choose to die here because I do not believe I have yet given all I can. Someone must stand and fight, and if I have but one choice left, I will make it now. ''I'' will stand. ''I'' will fight. ''I'' will hold this wall, knowing that the Thirteenth Legion makes for Terra with all speed, and if they cannot bring salvation, they will bring retribution. Whether I am alone or whether a hundred thousand of you are by my side, when the Warmaster's horde descends upon this wall, they will find me waiting for them with a blade in hand. Not because I can win, but because it is ''right''. I do not know what delusion grips those out there, who were once our brothers and sisters. But I know it is right to oppose them. I have spoken enough. You need hear no more of my fears and confessions. All that remains is for me to ask... Will you run?"
** Following this speech, damn near every assembled Imperium soldier and Astartes loudly declares "No!" and stands with him. In response, Sanguinius flies out from the battlement to an advancing Chaos Reaver Titan - which only moments earlier had publically displayed a mutilated captive Blood Angel captain as a move to shake the defenders' morale - and immediately ''decapitates the Titan with one swing''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Separate example
Changed line(s) 167 (click to see context) from:
*** Prior to all of the above, Abnett makes the anonymous narrator state a single line about the "Mark" of Calth - which refers to the solar radiation burns suffered by many of the loyalist soldiers who fought the battle. It will seem completely out of place given the terrible things that would unfold. But by the end of the novel, the reader ''will'' understand why the line was said. The reader ''will'' understand the simple, dignified truth of these words:
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Recognition for the Mo A from the white scars
Added DiffLines:
*The Traitor Fleet in orbit, having established complete control early on and having had little to fear from Loyalist retaliation having a wakeup call courtesy the White Scars.
--> “I am Shibhan Khan of the Fifth Legion, honoured to currently hold the mantle of regent-commander of the Lion’s Gate space port. I address this message to the fleet of treasonous dogs laying claim to the skies of Terra. You will find Lion’s Gate’s surface-to-orbit defences are once again operational. Message ends.”
--> “I am Shibhan Khan of the Fifth Legion, honoured to currently hold the mantle of regent-commander of the Lion’s Gate space port. I address this message to the fleet of treasonous dogs laying claim to the skies of Terra. You will find Lion’s Gate’s surface-to-orbit defences are once again operational. Message ends.”
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
--> ''The light of dawn was palpable on Ra’s armour as well as his skin. It was a pressure, a presence with searing physicality. The enemy hordes felt it as acid on their skin. The creatures – daemons no matter what secular truths held strong – lost what little order they had ever possessed.''
--> '''''The Anathema!''''' ''Ra heard their frantic agony as a sick scraping on the edges of his mind.'' '''''The Anathema comes! The sun rises!'''''
--> '''''The Anathema!''''' ''Ra heard their frantic agony as a sick scraping on the edges of his mind.'' '''''The Anathema comes! The sun rises!'''''
Changed line(s) 467 (click to see context) from:
--->'''Horus''':''Terra.''
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
No meta moment, see this query
.
.Changed line(s) 234 (click to see context) from:
** AaronDembskiBowden's description of just why people fear the Ultramarines - despite a massive advantage in men, numbers, and weaponry, and despite the story essentially being a narrative of defeat for the Ultramarines, Kharn and his cronies keep lamenting how they keep falling into Ultramarine traps and losing men for no gain. Even after Guilliman shows up, the Ultras are still outnumbered, and they manage to give much better than they get, despite ultimately losing. It's a meta-example as well - given how [[TheScrappy divided]] feelings about the Ultras are amongst the fandom, for ADB to write a story that shows them at their best, whilst dealing with one of their worst defeats, and all the while retaining the respect and adulation of much of the fandom, that takes some damn good writing.
to:
** AaronDembskiBowden's description of just why people fear the Ultramarines - despite a massive advantage in men, numbers, and weaponry, and despite the story essentially being a narrative of defeat for the Ultramarines, Kharn and his cronies keep lamenting how they keep falling into Ultramarine traps and losing men for no gain. Even after Guilliman shows up, the Ultras are still outnumbered, and they manage to give much better than they get, despite ultimately losing. It's a meta-example as well - given how [[TheScrappy divided]] feelings about the Ultras are amongst the fandom, for ADB to write a story that shows them at their best, whilst dealing with one of their worst defeats, and all the while retaining the respect and adulation of much of the fandom, that takes some damn good writing.
Deleted line(s) 288 (click to see context) :
** Loken killing Samus. Again. And a meta Funny Moment for Graham McNeill when Tormageddon points out that Samus dies a lot.
Deleted line(s) 333 (click to see context) :
* On a more meta-level, the artwork of the book is astounding. The cover is beautiful, and the in-book illustrations are more fluid and alive than they've been ever before.
Deleted line(s) 339 (click to see context) :
* A bit of meta-CMOA: the way Alaxxes Nebula is described is very suggestive and beautiful. Kudos to Chris Wraight for this.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
!Horus Heresy: Primarchs Series
* Pretty much every [[CoolVersusAwesome White Scars vs. Orks]] scene in ''Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris'' is utterly epic.
** The absolute crowning moment has to be the Khan slaughtering a fortress full of greenskins ''by himself''. What happens when a LightningBruiser, usually seen dancing around and [[YouFightLikeACow taunting]] his opponents, hits his RageBreakingPoint? He becomes a ''storm'', an ImplacableMan tearing through the Orks so fast that none of them land even a single hit, because by the time they see him coming he's already landed the killing blow and moved on to the next one. He [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] them so hard that the Orks actually falter in their advance, and eventually, they turn and run. This bears repeating: Orks are living weapons, who exist only for battle. There's no greater joy to an Ork than than finding an opponent tough enough to give them a proper fight. Jaghatai Khan '''''scared them into running away.'''''
*** And he didn't let them get away with it, either. He doesn't break from his TranquilFury until [[LeaveNoSurvivors every last one of them]] is dead– and when he emerges, he's covered in their blood, but his armor doesn't have a ''scratch'' on it.
*** What put the Khan into this UnstoppableRage? The Orks killed one of his oldest friends from Chogoris– [[DesecratingTheDead in a way that prevented the Scars from performing the proper rites]]. It's glorious seeing the Orks have a MassOhCrap moment as they realize [[ThisIsGonnaSuck they just fucked up]] ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck big time]]''.
** But it's not just the Khan; his stormseers get a badass moment when they manage to overpower the WAAAAGH! in a seemingly impossible situation. Surrounded by crystals that reflect and amplify the Orks' psychic field, and with several greenskin shamans driving and controlling it, they realize that even all their power isn't enough to beat it. So instead, they pour all their power ''into'' it, causing a PhlebotinumOverload that utterly wrecks the Ork offensive. The greenskin shamans die spectacularly– [[ManOnFire bursting into flames]], [[LudicrousGibs exploding]], having Warp-stuff ''[[EyeScream burst from their eyes]]''– and this one cunning action lets the Imperium turn a painfully slow and grinding war of attrition into a crushing win.
----
* Pretty much every [[CoolVersusAwesome White Scars vs. Orks]] scene in ''Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris'' is utterly epic.
** The absolute crowning moment has to be the Khan slaughtering a fortress full of greenskins ''by himself''. What happens when a LightningBruiser, usually seen dancing around and [[YouFightLikeACow taunting]] his opponents, hits his RageBreakingPoint? He becomes a ''storm'', an ImplacableMan tearing through the Orks so fast that none of them land even a single hit, because by the time they see him coming he's already landed the killing blow and moved on to the next one. He [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] them so hard that the Orks actually falter in their advance, and eventually, they turn and run. This bears repeating: Orks are living weapons, who exist only for battle. There's no greater joy to an Ork than than finding an opponent tough enough to give them a proper fight. Jaghatai Khan '''''scared them into running away.'''''
*** And he didn't let them get away with it, either. He doesn't break from his TranquilFury until [[LeaveNoSurvivors every last one of them]] is dead– and when he emerges, he's covered in their blood, but his armor doesn't have a ''scratch'' on it.
*** What put the Khan into this UnstoppableRage? The Orks killed one of his oldest friends from Chogoris– [[DesecratingTheDead in a way that prevented the Scars from performing the proper rites]]. It's glorious seeing the Orks have a MassOhCrap moment as they realize [[ThisIsGonnaSuck they just fucked up]] ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck big time]]''.
** But it's not just the Khan; his stormseers get a badass moment when they manage to overpower the WAAAAGH! in a seemingly impossible situation. Surrounded by crystals that reflect and amplify the Orks' psychic field, and with several greenskin shamans driving and controlling it, they realize that even all their power isn't enough to beat it. So instead, they pour all their power ''into'' it, causing a PhlebotinumOverload that utterly wrecks the Ork offensive. The greenskin shamans die spectacularly– [[ManOnFire bursting into flames]], [[LudicrousGibs exploding]], having Warp-stuff ''[[EyeScream burst from their eyes]]''– and this one cunning action lets the Imperium turn a painfully slow and grinding war of attrition into a crushing win.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 87,88 (click to see context) from:
** Another thing to remember is that fans will try to take away some of the awesome of the victory by pointing out that the Emperor, [[SarcasmMode beloved]] [[BaseBreakingCharacter by all]], only defeated a shard of the Void Dragon after it had been hit with several shots from a few Blackstone Fortresses, and that the only way to normally do this is to throw so much firepower at the C'Tan that its necrodermis shell breaks apart, causing a massive explosion that kills whoever destroys the C'Tan. (Except those fans are wrong, even after the C'tan shard retcon. The Void Dragon was forced into hibernation BEFORE his brethren got sharded. St. George, aka the Emperor, did indeed battle the Star God at the height of its power!) Those are retcons which came ''after'' the book was written. As far as Warhammer 40,000 canon was concerned, when ''Mechanicum'' was written, the Emperor of Mankind fully defeated a C'Tan star god ''by himself'' without destroying half the planet.
* "Tempestus goes to war."
* "Tempestus goes to war."
to:
** Another thing to remember is that fans will try to take away some of the awesome of the victory by pointing out that the Emperor, [[SarcasmMode beloved]] [[BaseBreakingCharacter by all]], only defeated a shard of the Void Dragon after it had been hit with several shots from a few Blackstone Fortresses, and that the only way to normally do this is to throw so much firepower at the C'Tan that its necrodermis shell breaks apart, causing a massive explosion that kills whoever destroys the C'Tan. (Except those fans are wrong, even after the C'tan shard retcon. The Void Dragon was forced into hibernation BEFORE his brethren got sharded. St. George, aka the Emperor, did indeed battle the Star God at the height of its power!) Those are retcons which came ''after'' the book was written. As far as Warhammer 40,000 canon was concerned, when ''Mechanicum'' was written, the Emperor of Mankind fully defeated a C'Tan star god ''by himself'' without destroying half the planet.
* "Tempestus goes to war."" After a book of the Legio Tempestus holding back, desperately trying to play peacemaker to the rival factions of Mars as the planet slips toward open war, they've finally had enough and decide to let loose. Cue them fighting and very nearly besting a hugely more powerful [[TheDreaded Legio Mortis]] force.
* "Tempestus goes to war.
Changed line(s) 92 (click to see context) from:
* Raf Maven and Stator Cronus take on The Kaban Machine, which curbstomped Maven at the start of the book. And they win, despite it heavily outgunning them and ity managing to counter their tactics.
to:
* Raf Maven and Stator Cronus take on The the Kaban Machine, which curbstomped Maven at the start of the book. And they win, despite it heavily outgunning them and ity it managing to counter their tactics.tactics.
* At one point, Kelbor-Hal's emissaries arrives outside Magma City with an army of visibly Chaos-corrupted Skitarii and war-engines at his back to "[[AnOfferYouCantRefuse request]]" that Zeth join the newborn Dark Mechanicus or be charged with tech-heresy and killed. Zeth herself is effectively on her own (besides a couple defensive turrets), staring down a vastly superior force of killer cyborgs and a man who she ''knows'' can excommunicate her then order her forge destroyed in an instant. Her response is to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally rip into them]] before all but ordering him to get off her damn lawn before she sends the [[MiniMecha Knights of Taranis]] out to ''make'' them leave.
--> '''Regulus:''' You mock these accusations [of tech-heresy]? Is there no end to your wickedness?
--> '''Zeth:''' ''(Sneering)'' Oh, I absolutely mock them. They are laughable, and if you weren’t so blinded by what [[MadScientist Kelbor-Hal]] has turned you into, you would see that. These monstrous things you bring to my forge... they are abominations of flesh and machine, freakish hybrids worse than the feral scrapshunt rejects that wander the pallidus. You have turned all that is beautiful of the Mechanicum into something dark, and it horrifies me that you cannot see it. [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu So, yes, I mock your accusations, and more, I refuse to recognise your right to accuse me!]]
--> '''Regulus:''' Then you refuse the summons of the Fabricator General? You understand the severity of this action?
--> ''(The Chaos Skitarii prepare to attack. Two Imperial Knights emerge from the gates of Magma City and stand beside Zeth, weapons aimed at Regulus and Melgator; behind them, a dozen more Knights guard the causeway into Magma City. Regulus and Melgator both have a major OhCrap moment as they realise their scrap-code isn't affecting the Knights.)''
--> '''Zeth:''' This is Lord Caturix of the Order of Taranis, and this is Preceptor Stator. Their order is an ally of this forge and if that flyer is not off my causeway in five minutes, they are going to ride out with their warriors and destroy you. [[IronicEcho Do you understand the severity of this action?]]
* At one point, Kelbor-Hal's emissaries arrives outside Magma City with an army of visibly Chaos-corrupted Skitarii and war-engines at his back to "[[AnOfferYouCantRefuse request]]" that Zeth join the newborn Dark Mechanicus or be charged with tech-heresy and killed. Zeth herself is effectively on her own (besides a couple defensive turrets), staring down a vastly superior force of killer cyborgs and a man who she ''knows'' can excommunicate her then order her forge destroyed in an instant. Her response is to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally rip into them]] before all but ordering him to get off her damn lawn before she sends the [[MiniMecha Knights of Taranis]] out to ''make'' them leave.
--> '''Regulus:''' You mock these accusations [of tech-heresy]? Is there no end to your wickedness?
--> '''Zeth:''' ''(Sneering)'' Oh, I absolutely mock them. They are laughable, and if you weren’t so blinded by what [[MadScientist Kelbor-Hal]] has turned you into, you would see that. These monstrous things you bring to my forge... they are abominations of flesh and machine, freakish hybrids worse than the feral scrapshunt rejects that wander the pallidus. You have turned all that is beautiful of the Mechanicum into something dark, and it horrifies me that you cannot see it. [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu So, yes, I mock your accusations, and more, I refuse to recognise your right to accuse me!]]
--> '''Regulus:''' Then you refuse the summons of the Fabricator General? You understand the severity of this action?
--> ''(The Chaos Skitarii prepare to attack. Two Imperial Knights emerge from the gates of Magma City and stand beside Zeth, weapons aimed at Regulus and Melgator; behind them, a dozen more Knights guard the causeway into Magma City. Regulus and Melgator both have a major OhCrap moment as they realise their scrap-code isn't affecting the Knights.)''
--> '''Zeth:''' This is Lord Caturix of the Order of Taranis, and this is Preceptor Stator. Their order is an ally of this forge and if that flyer is not off my causeway in five minutes, they are going to ride out with their warriors and destroy you. [[IronicEcho Do you understand the severity of this action?]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 545 (click to see context) :
Changed line(s) 551 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:8: The End and The Death: Part I]]
to:
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:8: The End and The Death: Volume I]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:9: The End and The Death: Volume II]]
[[/folder]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:9: The End and The Death: Volume II]]
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:7: Echoes of Eternity]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:8: The End and The Death: Part I]]
[[/folder]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:8: The End and The Death: Part I]]
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* But the true crowner goes to Conrad Curze. Without firing a shot, he's dismantled Imperium Secundus: Sanguinius is resolved to go to Terra, Guilliman is having a HeroicBSOD over whether he's going to be found a traitor for forming a second Imperium, and The Lion is not only not sure if he's going to be able to make it to Terra, but he's stuck as Curze's jailer. Curze's laughter at the end of the novel is well earned: he's the ''only'' one to get everything he wanted out of the novel!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Fixed badly implemented sequential links.
Changed line(s) 140 (click to see context) from:
* At the end of the ''Age of Darkness'', Lion El'Jonson faces off against Konrad Curze, who explains that since the Lion led his legion on a crusade to hunt down the Night Lords, effectively sidelining themselves for most of the Heresy, that none shall know where his loyalties lie. The Lion's response is to calmly ask Konrad's forgiveness, for [[CombatPragmatist stabbing the Night Haunter when he was preoccupied and then [[ShutUpHannibal to declare that loyalty, even if it is doubted, is its own reward.]]]] Then followed up by the most badass line by a Space Marine: [[BadAssBoast I left my blade in a Primarch's back.]]
to:
* At the end of the ''Age of Darkness'', Lion El'Jonson faces off against Konrad Curze, who explains that since the Lion led his legion on a crusade to hunt down the Night Lords, effectively sidelining themselves for most of the Heresy, that none shall know where his loyalties lie. The Lion's response is to calmly ask Konrad's forgiveness, for [[CombatPragmatist stabbing the Night Haunter when he was preoccupied and then then]] [[ShutUpHannibal to declare that loyalty, even if it is doubted, is its own reward.]]]] ]] Then followed up by the most badass line by a Space Marine: [[BadAssBoast I left my blade in a Primarch's back.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Camba Diaz's last stand opon the Pons Solar. Every single frentic, glorious, horrific, impossible, brutal, awe-inspiring word. Dan Abnett has always been an exceptional writer, but this section alone recalls sagas and legends from our own time that truly take one's breath away.
-> The line he had sliced in the rockcrete of the bridge between the lion plinths still lay behind him.
-> The line he had sliced in the rockcrete of the bridge between the lion plinths still lay behind him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 554 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Garro: Sword of Truth'', we have Nathaniel Garro of the Death Guard Legion, now Malcador's agent for the precursor Inquisition, dueling a Custodian Guard of the Emperor in a sword fight.
to:
* In ''Garro: Sword of Truth'', we have Nathaniel Garro of the Death Guard Legion, now Malcador's agent for the precursor Inquisition, dueling a Custodian Guard of the Emperor in a sword fight.fight ''AND WINNING''. When the Custodes is disarmed, he disengages rather than let Garro (harmlessly) tag his armor and snarls that if Garro got anywhere near him he would kill the Astartes on the spot. Garro [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu scoffs and condemns the Custodes]] as a SoreLoser.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 510 (click to see context) from:
'''Raldoron:''' There can be prisoners in this war. How much mercy have you shown to all those that you harmed? I have as much mercy for you as you do for them. Now get off my wall! ''(kicks him off the Daylight Wall)''
to:
'''Raldoron:''' There can be no prisoners in this war. How much mercy have you shown to all those that you harmed? I have as much mercy for you as you do for them. Now get off my wall! ''(kicks him off the Daylight Wall)''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 537 (click to see context) from:
to:
* When he duels Mortarion, Jaghatai proves once again that he can cut as well with his words as with his blade in a laser-focused jibe at the Death Guard Primarch:
--> ''"I should have taken on the [[DragonInChief Legion Master]]. I should have fought Typhon."''
** Even that isn't enough to break Mortarion's composure for what Jaghatai plans, so he falls back on the ultimate insult: he ''laughs'' at Mortarion, pointing out that even as broken and bloody as he is from just taking blow after blow, he hasn't given in like Mortarion [[DealWithTheDevil did]] on the ''Terminus Est''. That in the end, Jaghatai's endurance was ''superior'' to Mortarion's. He proceeds to prove the point by enacting his plan, with Mortarion blinded by rage he strikes the Khan down only to [[TakingYouWithMe leave himself vulnerable to a decapitating strike in return]]. Khan went into the fight willing to sacrifice himself to take Mortarion down, even if it meant taking a beating and fighting out of his element.
--> ''"I should have taken on the [[DragonInChief Legion Master]]. I should have fought Typhon."''
** Even that isn't enough to break Mortarion's composure for what Jaghatai plans, so he falls back on the ultimate insult: he ''laughs'' at Mortarion, pointing out that even as broken and bloody as he is from just taking blow after blow, he hasn't given in like Mortarion [[DealWithTheDevil did]] on the ''Terminus Est''. That in the end, Jaghatai's endurance was ''superior'' to Mortarion's. He proceeds to prove the point by enacting his plan, with Mortarion blinded by rage he strikes the Khan down only to [[TakingYouWithMe leave himself vulnerable to a decapitating strike in return]]. Khan went into the fight willing to sacrifice himself to take Mortarion down, even if it meant taking a beating and fighting out of his element.
