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**[[spoiler: The Imperium of Travesties]] is one on a galactic scale.
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** The [[LawfulEvil Star Father]] now has a physical body.
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** Based on the latest revalations, the biggest bad of them all might just be Lorgar, the [[ReligionOfEvil Word Bearer]] Primarch and his patron, [[UltimateEvil TheNex]]Nex]].
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* UltamateEvil: UltimateEvil: The Nex of course, but also, the Old Ones, whom the narrorator has been reprimanded for and has several times hesitated to mention them directly. [[WildMassGuessing One wonders if the two groups are conected.]]
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* WordOfGod: After reviewing the story, [=LordLucan=] has said that the nameless Word Eater that [[spoiler: rescues Crolmere, the Grey Sensei, from the Necron Flayers]] is the [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Son_of_a_woodsman Son of a Woodsman]].
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The [[http://s6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=1111 Age of Dusk]] (updates [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=231 here]]) is the sequel to Lord Lucan's monumental {{Warhammer 40000}} fanfic TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome, but covers the 51-61st millenia instead of the 42nd-51st millenia.
As a sequel, please consult [[TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome this]] article for tropes for the predecessor and as a Warhammer 40000 fanfic please check [[{{Warhammer 40000}} its]] trope page for tropes relating to its parent universe.
As a sequel, please consult [[TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome this]] article for tropes for the predecessor and as a Warhammer 40000 fanfic please check [[{{Warhammer 40000}} its]] trope page for tropes relating to its parent universe.
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The [[http://s6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=1111 Age of Dusk]] (updates [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=231 here]]) is the sequel to Lord Lucan's monumental {{Warhammer TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} fanfic TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome, but covers the 51-61st millenia instead of the 42nd-51st millenia.
As a sequel, please consult [[TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome this]] article for tropes for the predecessor and as a Warhammer 40000 fanfic please check[[{{Warhammer [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} its]] trope page for tropes relating to its parent universe.
As a sequel, please consult [[TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome this]] article for tropes for the predecessor and as a Warhammer 40000 fanfic please check
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Nex and the Draziin-maton, the mere mention of which makes the walls bleed, overrun the entire Eye of Terror with the aid of [[spoiler:Erebus]] and take down most of the Daemon Primarchs in weeks.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Nex and the Draziin-maton, the mere mention of which makes the walls bleed, overrun the entire Eye of Terror with the aid of [[spoiler:Erebus]] and take down most of the Daemon Primarchs in weeks.
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* AWorldHalfFull: The empire based on Armageddon, which actually provides a prosperous, functioning society in the post-40k universe.
** Overall, the setting as a whole seems to be moving towards this. Things are getting worse, but they're also getting better. For one, the number of characters that could be called genuinely good (and not 40k's brand of good, OUR brand of good) can no longer be counted on one hand.
** Overall, the setting as a whole seems to be moving towards this. Things are getting worse, but they're also getting better. For one, the number of characters that could be called genuinely good (and not 40k's brand of good, OUR brand of good) can no longer be counted on one hand.
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* EnemyMine: Vulkan's Imperium is in a huge one with the [[spoiler:Realm of Fathers]], who, while [[spoiler:gene stealer cultists or pure breeds to a man or alien]], are far too industrially vital and heavily armed to destroy without crippling the Imperium. The new Space Marines, particularly the Fire Beasts, may not like them, but they will use weapons built by them and fight beside the Cultists as long as the Pure Strains are kept out of sight.
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* EnemyMine: Vulkan's Imperium is in a huge one with the [[spoiler:Realm of Fathers]], who, while [[spoiler:gene stealer cultists or pure breeds to a man or alien]], are far too industrially vital and heavily armed to destroy without crippling the Imperium. The new Space Marines, particularly the Fire Beasts, may not like them, but they will use weapons built by them and fight beside the Cultists as long as the Pure Strains are kept out of sight.
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-->''He was supposedly the Father of all Astartes, tasked by his own father, Guilliman, to create a race of warrior giants to watch over humanity. According to his propaganda, he cut the flesh from his left hand, and used powerful magicks to summon the Astartes into being, born of his own flesh. First he created his council of Elders, then they in turn brought forth their own Astartes, who then flourished and drove back the darkness that had fallen over creation.''
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* ItGotWorse: Repeatedly. First the Ophilim Kiasoz starts tearing its way through space, unmaking reality as it passes. Then Ahriman releases the Void Dragon, who besieges half the galaxy at once. Then, the Nex and the Draziin-maton arises from the deep warp and overruns the Eye of Terror, conquering the Chaos Primarchs and overthrowing the Chaos Imperiums of Abaddon and Huron Blackheart with ease.
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* ItGotWorse: Repeatedly. First the Ophilim Kiasoz starts tearing its way through space, unmaking reality as it passes. Then Ahriman releases the Void Dragon, who besieges half the galaxy at once. Then, the Nex and the Draziin-maton arises from the deep warp and overruns the Eye of Terror, conquering the Chaos Primarchs and overthrowing the Chaos Imperiums of Abaddon and Huron Blackheart with ease.
* LegionOfLostSouls: A new one consisting of non-essential soldiers (read: thugs and mercenaries who wanted to prove themselves and people from penal colonies and criminal worlds) and equipment (obsolete hulls of old Imperial vessels) was created to recover [[MacguffinGirl one woman]] from a necron Tombworld. It is lead by [[TheLastChancers Colonel Schaeffer]].
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* TankGoodness: The Sons of Thunder Commandery specialize in this. Honorable mention to the Thunder Lizard Tank Legion, all of whose super heavy tanks are named after dinosaurs.
* TheHeartless: The Star-Father and his Angyls embody this. The Draziin-maton, servants of [[UltimateEvil the Nex]] may be even worse.
* YouShallNotPass: Vulkan He'stan pulls this off in the shield control room on Armageddon against a [[spoiler: raised Lucius the Eternal]]. Doubles as a [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]].
* TheHeartless: The Star-Father and his Angyls embody this. The Draziin-maton, servants of [[UltimateEvil the Nex]] may be even worse.
* YouShallNotPass: Vulkan He'stan pulls this off in the shield control room on Armageddon against a [[spoiler: raised Lucius the Eternal]]. Doubles as a [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]].
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* TankGoodness: The Sons of Thunder Commandery specialize in this. Honorable mention to the Thunder Lizard Tank Legion, all of whose super heavy tanks are named after dinosaurs.
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*TheHeartless: AWorldHalfFull: The Star-Father and his Angyls embody empire based on Armageddon, which actually provides a prosperous, functioning society in the post-40k universe.
** Overall, the setting as a whole seems to be moving towards this.The Draziin-maton, servants of [[UltimateEvil Things are getting worse, but they're also getting better. For one, the Nex]] may number of characters that could be even worse.
called genuinely good (and not 40k's brand of good, OUR brand of good) can no longer be counted on one hand.
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* YouShallNotPass: Vulkan He'stan pulls this off in the shield control room on Armageddon against a [[spoiler: raised Lucius the Eternal]]. Doubles as a [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]].
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-->''It is the 61st Millennium, and the Age of Dusk is upon us. Let us hope dawn will break on a new universe. For hope is all we have, screaming against the storm.''
The [[http://s6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=1111 Age of Dusk]] (updates [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=231 here]]) is the sequel to Lord Lucan's monumental {{Warhammer 40000}} fanfic TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome, but covers the 51-61st millenia instead of the 42nd-51st millenia.
As a sequel, please consult [[TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome this]] article for tropes for the predecessor and as a Warhammer 40000 fanfic please check [[{{Warhammer 40000}} its]] trope page for tropes relating to its parent universe.
'''Spoilers ahead for ''The Shape of the Nightmare to Come''. Please read at your own risk.'''
!!This work has examples of:
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Nex and the Draziin-maton, the mere mention of which makes the walls bleed, overrun the entire Eye of Terror with the aid of [[spoiler:Erebus]] and take down most of the Daemon Primarchs in weeks.
* AndIMustScream: Lucius the Eternal's fate, who is dismembered and left to lie in a pit-- [[spoiler:before being raised during Fulgrim's assault on Armageddon as a horrific mutated spawn. He kills Vulkan He'Stan in a brutal battle before being thrown into Armageddon's sun.]]
* AWorldHalfFull: The empire based on Armageddon, which actually provides a prosperous, functioning society in the post-40k universe.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The Ryzan-Catachan Plasma Commandoes.
* AxCrazy: The Oblivionites, the psychopathic, nihilistic remnaints of the Black Templars.
* BadassAbnormal: The afromentioned Ryzan-Catachan Plasma Commandoes are [[BadassNormal particularly powerful and resilient Catachans (or equally strong humans from the Ryzan-Catachan sphere)]] who were [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetically]] [[ElectronicEyes augmented]] by Ryzan tech priests.
* BadassNormal: [[ItsRainingMen The Confederation of Justice]], who manage to old the Dorn Revenants of all people hostage before being convinced to join Vulkan's empire.
* BigBad: Abaddon, the Star Father, the Deceiver, the Void Dragon, the Nex and the Draziin-maton.... the list goes on and on.
* BigBadassWolf: The [[SpaceWolves Fenryka]], who manage to wreak havoc upon [[TheEmpire the Chaos Imperium]]. The Alpha Wulfen counts as well, but [[spoiler:he's actually a Raven Guard marine]].
* BigDamnHeroes: The Krork seem to be shaping up to be this for the galaxy as a whole, halting the Nightbringer's necrons.
** During the fight between [[spoiler:Abaddon and Erebus]], [[spoiler:Doomrider]] bursts in to save the day.
** When the Tau ships carrying the highest officials of the Empire head for the Warp, the Necrons of the Silent King pursue them. Just before they catch up, [[spoiler:the Dark Eldar and their Harlequin allies distract them and lead them all the way back to Commoragh, where they are unceremoniously destroyed.]]
* BigGood: Vulkan's back!
** And so are [[spoiler:Leman Russ and Corax!]]
* CameBackStrong: Khaine, raised by the Dark Eldar
* TheCavalry: The Iron Hands and Fire Beasts are this to [[spoiler:Valhalla]]. Earlier, [[spoiler:Vulkan himself is this to Armageddon]]
* CoolOldLady: Imogen, the head of Vulkan's semi-Inquisition.
* CoolStarship: The Idealist, the first [[ArtificialIntelligence AI-]]run ship in the Tau Empire. [[spoiler:Too bad Chaos Lord Mawdredd destroys it.]] More of them are built though.
* CorruptChurch: The Ophelians, who at this point are nihilistic death worshippers.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Vulkan implemented a functioning, free civilization based on Armaged-- [[spoiler:wait, why did he accept a gigantic Genestealer Cult into his Empire?]]
* CreepyTwins: The Apex Twins. Although they appear to be good guys. Tempermental, horrifying good guys.
* CurbStompBattle: The corrupt Ophelians start a war with Vulkan's Imperium. Despite the fact that Vulkan is fighting the invading Emperor's Children at the same time, once the Ophelians' fancy copied Tau ships are destroyed they're slaughtered.
* DeaderThanDead: Any system that gets close enough to the Ophiliim Kiasoz is erased from reality.
* DemonicPossession: Fulgrim of course, but also the Draziin-maton which appear to be Pre-Fall Eldar war constructs possessed by.... something.
* DirtyBusiness: The Fire Beasts take care of this for Vulkan, performing a MercyKill on the remnants of the Black Templars and waging a terror campaign against the Ophelians.
* DisneyDeath: The Orks as a whole. Spores from Orks simply lay dominant in planetary ecosystems, which finally grew and became Orks in the 51st Millenium.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Fulgrim]]. He gets better though. Or worse depending.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Roboute Guilliman]]'s last appearance.
* [[TownWithADarkSecret Empire With A Dark Secret]]: The Realm of Fathers [[spoiler:is in fact a gigantic genestealer cult, which grew and flourished in the absence of Tyranids.]]
* EnemyMine: Vulkan's Imperium is in a huge one with the [[spoiler:Realm of Fathers]], who, while [[spoiler:gene stealer cultists or pure breeds to a man or alien]], are far too industrially vital and heavily armed to destroy without crippling the Imperium. The new Space Marines, particularly the Fire Beasts, may not like them, but they will use weapons built by them and fight beside the Cultists as long as the Pure Strains are kept out of sight.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Corsair Lord Zelphagor is horrified that the now-corrupted Mephiston would go so far as to desecrate and bind the Sanguinor, the avatar of the Blood Angels' memories of their fallen primarch.
--> Mephiston gestured to an archway that loomed high above his own throne like a terrible banner. As he did, lumen globes ignited around the grotesque spectacle. Bound with bonds of serrated iron and runic wards that burned eternally, Zelphagor saw a figure. A winged figure. A winged figure that seemed to phase in and out of reality. Only its immortal expression of sheer agony and horror remained a constant.\\
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It was the Sanguinor, humbled and broken by profane sorcery and mutagenic viruses.\\
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Even the vile Zelphagor was taken aback at this sight.
* EvilVersusEvil: Kaldor Draigo, agent of the Star Father, versus the corrupt rulers of Grand Sicarium.
* FinalBattle: Appears to be heading up to this; from the hints dropped so far, it will probably be '''''EPIC.'''''
* FiveManBand: The more prominent of Vulkan's Mk.2 Astartes Commanderies.
** TheHero: The Salamanders, anti-insurgency specialists named after and partly made up of the original Salamanders Chapter.
** TheLancer: The Iron Hands/Dorn Revenants, specializing in boarding actions or siegecraft.
** TheBigGuy: The Fire Beasts, one half TheUnfettered, one half UndyingLoyalty.
** TheSmartGuy: The stealthy Sons of Corax.
** SixthRanger: The Scions of Polyphemus, with their superheavy tanks and Knight mini-mecha.
* ForeverWar: Goes with the territory, but the Tau Empire and the Nightbringer's Necrons have been in one for MILLENIA, with the Tau creating more and more advanced weaponry and AI to fight against the ancient and obscenely powerful Necrons. [[spoiler:And then the war ends with a final decisive assault by the Necrons on T'au itself... only for the Necron forces on it to teleport away at the hour of their victory, called away by something else.]]
** The Grey Knights and Custodes have been fighting against the Void Dragon's Necrons and the endless tides of daemons on Titan for over sixteen thousand years.
* FutureImperfect: Probably done intentionally with Grand Sicarium's myth about the creation of the Space Marines:
-->''He was supposedly the Father of all Astartes, tasked by his own father, Guilliman, to create a race of warrior giants to watch over humanity. According to his propaganda, he cut the flesh from his left hand, and used powerful magicks to summon the Astartes into being, born of his own flesh. First he created his council of Elders, then they in turn brought forth their own Astartes, who then flourished and drove back the darkness that had fallen over creation.''
** Lampshaded in the narrator's own notes:
-->''We can see that this is at least partially a corruption of the concept of geneseed transference, and the process of Astartes creation, but to the ignorant inhabitants of Grand Sicarium, they believed this tale wholeheartedly.''
* GalacticConqueror: Abbadon the Despoiler owns the entire Segmentum Tempestus, which is a pretty big step-up from his 40K incarnation as GeneralFailure-- right up until [[spoiler:Erebus betrays him for the Draziin-maton and wrecks the whole Western Chaos Imperium]].
* GoneHorriblyRight: The resurrection of Khaine. The Dark Eldar seem to have ignored how close his ties to Khorne really were...
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: Occurs to Menantus after he [[spoiler:lands on the Angyl world of Ophelia VII.]] He's later seen on Valhalla (somehow), "calmly carving his tale into the irradiated bedrock with a broken femur."
** OhCrap: A possible cause of his breakdown, since the last thing he sees before going more insane is [[spoiler:the forging of a Necron-Angyl alliance]].
* HeroesUnlimited: After liberating Armageddon, Vulkan rebuilds the Adeptus Astartes using his own blood and some MK I Astartes who survived the second age of strife
* HesBack: The God-Emperor in the form of the Star Father, the nightmarish god of order. [[spoiler: However, the 'compassion' he threw away in order to kill Horus back during the original Heresy has apparently coalesced in the Webway.]]
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: In a weird way, Abaddon is this to the Imperium. He conquered most of Segmentum Obscuras and Solar, but he's also one of the biggest forces for order, or at least structured chaos. This comes back to bite him.
* ItGotWorse: Repeatedly. First the Ophilim Kiasoz starts tearing its way through space, unmaking reality as it passes. Then Ahriman releases the Void Dragon, who besieges half the galaxy at once. Then, the Nex and the Draziin-maton arises from the deep warp and overruns the Eye of Terror, conquering the Chaos Primarchs and overthrowing the Chaos Imperiums of Abaddon and Huron Blackheart with ease.
* IWillFindYou: Vulkan promises this to [[spoiler:Fulgrim]], even as he bashes in his brain with his helmet.
* LastStand: [[spoiler:The Tau Empire attempts to fight off the Necrons of the Silent King, with the final battle taking place on T'au itself. Just as they are about to be annihilated, the Silent King's Necrons are called away by another fleet of Necrons belonging to the Void Dragon.]]
* LighterAndSofter: Not the setting as a whole, but Vulkan's Imperium is a much better place to live in than the original Imperium-- never mind the rest of the hell the galaxy has become.
* MercyKill: Vulkan pulls one off against [[spoiler:Fulgrim]].
* MexicanStandoff: [[spoiler:Corax, Leman Russ and Maugan Ra]] end up pulling one off during the fight on Altansar.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Huron Blackheart's daemonic servant, the Hamadrya, turns out to be on the side of the Draziin-maton and enslaves him.]]
* {{Mordor}}: The Solar System is this trope on an interplanetary scale, warped by Chaos and periodically struck by the Dragon Tides which sweep away everything on the planets it hits.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ahriman releases the Void Dragon from Terra in his quest to get at the Emperor's abandoned labratories. Although given what he does with that technology he's not quite heroic...
* OneManArmy: Vulkan and the other Primarchs, but especially the Phoenix Lords who are capable of taking out entire planets single handedly.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The Wulfen, a mix of the Space Wolves 13th Grand Company, cloned Raven Guard from the Horus Heresy and the remnants of Fabius Bile's experiments who've banded together under the leadership of Russ and Corax to rip Chaos a new one.
* ProudWarriorRace: The [[spoiler:reborn Ork race, who are much more disciplined and organised than before]].
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Leman Russ and Corax are after this.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Imogen's Brotherhood of the Willing, a pseudo-Inquisition that is much more effective than its Imperial predecessor. [[spoiler: The reborn Emperor is apparently putting one of these together in the webway, gathering the remannts of the Grey Knights and Custodes as well as Astartes, heroes and scientists from all of human history to his side in preperation for ... something.]]
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Against a Witch Hunter class cruiser or its progenitor the Tau Idealist, it doesn't. Unless of course, you blow off its engines first or ram one from inside a sun.
* RasputinianDeath: Chenkov Jr. died in his sleep. Not too special, until you realize took several dozen disgruntled soldiers, fourteen rounds of a heavy stubber, an overdose of tranq, a vial of neurotoxin, a hatchet and three bayonets to make sure he died in his sleep. The legend of Chenkov’s death subsequently did get amplified in the telling, but his remains suggest at least the stubber shots were accurate. Also [[spoiler:Lucius]].
* RecursiveFanfiction: Several friends of the original author have written pieces set in the 60K universe. Most of these, like the [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=883 Fire Beasts]], [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=307 Sons of Thunder]] and [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=905 Sons of Corax]] are mentioned in the background as some of Vulkan's comamnderies.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Void Dragon. And now he's been loosed from his prison in the Solar System.
* ShoutOut: To WarhammerFantasy: a [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Demiurg brotherhood]] mentioned is called the [[http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Chaos_Dwarfs Collective of Hashut.]]
** There's a Cathedral of St. Ciaphas (yes, ''[[CiaphasCain that]]'' [[CiaphasCain Ciaphas]]) on Valhalla.
** A minor detail in the account of the Necron invasion contains a reference to a possible [[FanficRecs/{{Warhammer40000}} "Rise of the Tau"]].
* TankGoodness: The Sons of Thunder Commandery specialize in this. Honorable mention to the Thunder Lizard Tank Legion, all of whose super heavy tanks are named after dinosaurs.
* TheHeartless: The Star-Father and his Angyls embody this. The Draziin-maton, servants of [[UltimateEvil the Nex]] may be even worse.
* ThisIsSparta: “I am master and king of all Space marines. Though you have cast aside your humanity, you are still Astartes, and you! Will! Kneel!"
* YouShallNotPass: Vulkan He'stan pulls this off in the shield control room on Armageddon against a [[spoiler: raised Lucius the Eternal]]. Doubles as a [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]].
** An Imperator Titan blocks the way against a reborn Khaine, allowing the Vulkanite army on the planet to pull off the planet before it is destroyed. Karandras and Arhra end up fighting inside the Titan as the Bloody-Handed God rises.
* ZombieApocalypse: Several forms: Nurgle releases a plague that keeps the souls of the dead inside their bodies, in order to prevent human souls from fueling the Star-Father. Ahriman is currently building up his force of mindless Rubric Marines by casting the Rubric on other Astartes, instantly turning them into slaves to his will.
The [[http://s6.invisionfree.com/bljunkies/index.php?showtopic=1111 Age of Dusk]] (updates [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=231 here]]) is the sequel to Lord Lucan's monumental {{Warhammer 40000}} fanfic TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome, but covers the 51-61st millenia instead of the 42nd-51st millenia.
As a sequel, please consult [[TheShapeOfTheNightmareToCome this]] article for tropes for the predecessor and as a Warhammer 40000 fanfic please check [[{{Warhammer 40000}} its]] trope page for tropes relating to its parent universe.
'''Spoilers ahead for ''The Shape of the Nightmare to Come''. Please read at your own risk.'''
!!This work has examples of:
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Nex and the Draziin-maton, the mere mention of which makes the walls bleed, overrun the entire Eye of Terror with the aid of [[spoiler:Erebus]] and take down most of the Daemon Primarchs in weeks.
* AndIMustScream: Lucius the Eternal's fate, who is dismembered and left to lie in a pit-- [[spoiler:before being raised during Fulgrim's assault on Armageddon as a horrific mutated spawn. He kills Vulkan He'Stan in a brutal battle before being thrown into Armageddon's sun.]]
* AWorldHalfFull: The empire based on Armageddon, which actually provides a prosperous, functioning society in the post-40k universe.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: The Ryzan-Catachan Plasma Commandoes.
* AxCrazy: The Oblivionites, the psychopathic, nihilistic remnaints of the Black Templars.
* BadassAbnormal: The afromentioned Ryzan-Catachan Plasma Commandoes are [[BadassNormal particularly powerful and resilient Catachans (or equally strong humans from the Ryzan-Catachan sphere)]] who were [[ArtificialLimbs cybernetically]] [[ElectronicEyes augmented]] by Ryzan tech priests.
* BadassNormal: [[ItsRainingMen The Confederation of Justice]], who manage to old the Dorn Revenants of all people hostage before being convinced to join Vulkan's empire.
* BigBad: Abaddon, the Star Father, the Deceiver, the Void Dragon, the Nex and the Draziin-maton.... the list goes on and on.
* BigBadassWolf: The [[SpaceWolves Fenryka]], who manage to wreak havoc upon [[TheEmpire the Chaos Imperium]]. The Alpha Wulfen counts as well, but [[spoiler:he's actually a Raven Guard marine]].
* BigDamnHeroes: The Krork seem to be shaping up to be this for the galaxy as a whole, halting the Nightbringer's necrons.
** During the fight between [[spoiler:Abaddon and Erebus]], [[spoiler:Doomrider]] bursts in to save the day.
** When the Tau ships carrying the highest officials of the Empire head for the Warp, the Necrons of the Silent King pursue them. Just before they catch up, [[spoiler:the Dark Eldar and their Harlequin allies distract them and lead them all the way back to Commoragh, where they are unceremoniously destroyed.]]
* BigGood: Vulkan's back!
** And so are [[spoiler:Leman Russ and Corax!]]
* CameBackStrong: Khaine, raised by the Dark Eldar
* TheCavalry: The Iron Hands and Fire Beasts are this to [[spoiler:Valhalla]]. Earlier, [[spoiler:Vulkan himself is this to Armageddon]]
* CoolOldLady: Imogen, the head of Vulkan's semi-Inquisition.
* CoolStarship: The Idealist, the first [[ArtificialIntelligence AI-]]run ship in the Tau Empire. [[spoiler:Too bad Chaos Lord Mawdredd destroys it.]] More of them are built though.
* CorruptChurch: The Ophelians, who at this point are nihilistic death worshippers.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Vulkan implemented a functioning, free civilization based on Armaged-- [[spoiler:wait, why did he accept a gigantic Genestealer Cult into his Empire?]]
* CreepyTwins: The Apex Twins. Although they appear to be good guys. Tempermental, horrifying good guys.
* CurbStompBattle: The corrupt Ophelians start a war with Vulkan's Imperium. Despite the fact that Vulkan is fighting the invading Emperor's Children at the same time, once the Ophelians' fancy copied Tau ships are destroyed they're slaughtered.
* DeaderThanDead: Any system that gets close enough to the Ophiliim Kiasoz is erased from reality.
* DemonicPossession: Fulgrim of course, but also the Draziin-maton which appear to be Pre-Fall Eldar war constructs possessed by.... something.
* DirtyBusiness: The Fire Beasts take care of this for Vulkan, performing a MercyKill on the remnants of the Black Templars and waging a terror campaign against the Ophelians.
* DisneyDeath: The Orks as a whole. Spores from Orks simply lay dominant in planetary ecosystems, which finally grew and became Orks in the 51st Millenium.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Fulgrim]]. He gets better though. Or worse depending.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Roboute Guilliman]]'s last appearance.
* [[TownWithADarkSecret Empire With A Dark Secret]]: The Realm of Fathers [[spoiler:is in fact a gigantic genestealer cult, which grew and flourished in the absence of Tyranids.]]
* EnemyMine: Vulkan's Imperium is in a huge one with the [[spoiler:Realm of Fathers]], who, while [[spoiler:gene stealer cultists or pure breeds to a man or alien]], are far too industrially vital and heavily armed to destroy without crippling the Imperium. The new Space Marines, particularly the Fire Beasts, may not like them, but they will use weapons built by them and fight beside the Cultists as long as the Pure Strains are kept out of sight.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Corsair Lord Zelphagor is horrified that the now-corrupted Mephiston would go so far as to desecrate and bind the Sanguinor, the avatar of the Blood Angels' memories of their fallen primarch.
--> Mephiston gestured to an archway that loomed high above his own throne like a terrible banner. As he did, lumen globes ignited around the grotesque spectacle. Bound with bonds of serrated iron and runic wards that burned eternally, Zelphagor saw a figure. A winged figure. A winged figure that seemed to phase in and out of reality. Only its immortal expression of sheer agony and horror remained a constant.\\
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It was the Sanguinor, humbled and broken by profane sorcery and mutagenic viruses.\\
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Even the vile Zelphagor was taken aback at this sight.
* EvilVersusEvil: Kaldor Draigo, agent of the Star Father, versus the corrupt rulers of Grand Sicarium.
* FinalBattle: Appears to be heading up to this; from the hints dropped so far, it will probably be '''''EPIC.'''''
* FiveManBand: The more prominent of Vulkan's Mk.2 Astartes Commanderies.
** TheHero: The Salamanders, anti-insurgency specialists named after and partly made up of the original Salamanders Chapter.
** TheLancer: The Iron Hands/Dorn Revenants, specializing in boarding actions or siegecraft.
** TheBigGuy: The Fire Beasts, one half TheUnfettered, one half UndyingLoyalty.
** TheSmartGuy: The stealthy Sons of Corax.
** SixthRanger: The Scions of Polyphemus, with their superheavy tanks and Knight mini-mecha.
* ForeverWar: Goes with the territory, but the Tau Empire and the Nightbringer's Necrons have been in one for MILLENIA, with the Tau creating more and more advanced weaponry and AI to fight against the ancient and obscenely powerful Necrons. [[spoiler:And then the war ends with a final decisive assault by the Necrons on T'au itself... only for the Necron forces on it to teleport away at the hour of their victory, called away by something else.]]
** The Grey Knights and Custodes have been fighting against the Void Dragon's Necrons and the endless tides of daemons on Titan for over sixteen thousand years.
* FutureImperfect: Probably done intentionally with Grand Sicarium's myth about the creation of the Space Marines:
-->''He was supposedly the Father of all Astartes, tasked by his own father, Guilliman, to create a race of warrior giants to watch over humanity. According to his propaganda, he cut the flesh from his left hand, and used powerful magicks to summon the Astartes into being, born of his own flesh. First he created his council of Elders, then they in turn brought forth their own Astartes, who then flourished and drove back the darkness that had fallen over creation.''
** Lampshaded in the narrator's own notes:
-->''We can see that this is at least partially a corruption of the concept of geneseed transference, and the process of Astartes creation, but to the ignorant inhabitants of Grand Sicarium, they believed this tale wholeheartedly.''
* GalacticConqueror: Abbadon the Despoiler owns the entire Segmentum Tempestus, which is a pretty big step-up from his 40K incarnation as GeneralFailure-- right up until [[spoiler:Erebus betrays him for the Draziin-maton and wrecks the whole Western Chaos Imperium]].
* GoneHorriblyRight: The resurrection of Khaine. The Dark Eldar seem to have ignored how close his ties to Khorne really were...
* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: Occurs to Menantus after he [[spoiler:lands on the Angyl world of Ophelia VII.]] He's later seen on Valhalla (somehow), "calmly carving his tale into the irradiated bedrock with a broken femur."
** OhCrap: A possible cause of his breakdown, since the last thing he sees before going more insane is [[spoiler:the forging of a Necron-Angyl alliance]].
* HeroesUnlimited: After liberating Armageddon, Vulkan rebuilds the Adeptus Astartes using his own blood and some MK I Astartes who survived the second age of strife
* HesBack: The God-Emperor in the form of the Star Father, the nightmarish god of order. [[spoiler: However, the 'compassion' he threw away in order to kill Horus back during the original Heresy has apparently coalesced in the Webway.]]
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: In a weird way, Abaddon is this to the Imperium. He conquered most of Segmentum Obscuras and Solar, but he's also one of the biggest forces for order, or at least structured chaos. This comes back to bite him.
* ItGotWorse: Repeatedly. First the Ophilim Kiasoz starts tearing its way through space, unmaking reality as it passes. Then Ahriman releases the Void Dragon, who besieges half the galaxy at once. Then, the Nex and the Draziin-maton arises from the deep warp and overruns the Eye of Terror, conquering the Chaos Primarchs and overthrowing the Chaos Imperiums of Abaddon and Huron Blackheart with ease.
* IWillFindYou: Vulkan promises this to [[spoiler:Fulgrim]], even as he bashes in his brain with his helmet.
* LastStand: [[spoiler:The Tau Empire attempts to fight off the Necrons of the Silent King, with the final battle taking place on T'au itself. Just as they are about to be annihilated, the Silent King's Necrons are called away by another fleet of Necrons belonging to the Void Dragon.]]
* LighterAndSofter: Not the setting as a whole, but Vulkan's Imperium is a much better place to live in than the original Imperium-- never mind the rest of the hell the galaxy has become.
* MercyKill: Vulkan pulls one off against [[spoiler:Fulgrim]].
* MexicanStandoff: [[spoiler:Corax, Leman Russ and Maugan Ra]] end up pulling one off during the fight on Altansar.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Huron Blackheart's daemonic servant, the Hamadrya, turns out to be on the side of the Draziin-maton and enslaves him.]]
* {{Mordor}}: The Solar System is this trope on an interplanetary scale, warped by Chaos and periodically struck by the Dragon Tides which sweep away everything on the planets it hits.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ahriman releases the Void Dragon from Terra in his quest to get at the Emperor's abandoned labratories. Although given what he does with that technology he's not quite heroic...
* OneManArmy: Vulkan and the other Primarchs, but especially the Phoenix Lords who are capable of taking out entire planets single handedly.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The Wulfen, a mix of the Space Wolves 13th Grand Company, cloned Raven Guard from the Horus Heresy and the remnants of Fabius Bile's experiments who've banded together under the leadership of Russ and Corax to rip Chaos a new one.
* ProudWarriorRace: The [[spoiler:reborn Ork race, who are much more disciplined and organised than before]].
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Leman Russ and Corax are after this.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Imogen's Brotherhood of the Willing, a pseudo-Inquisition that is much more effective than its Imperial predecessor. [[spoiler: The reborn Emperor is apparently putting one of these together in the webway, gathering the remannts of the Grey Knights and Custodes as well as Astartes, heroes and scientists from all of human history to his side in preperation for ... something.]]
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Against a Witch Hunter class cruiser or its progenitor the Tau Idealist, it doesn't. Unless of course, you blow off its engines first or ram one from inside a sun.
* RasputinianDeath: Chenkov Jr. died in his sleep. Not too special, until you realize took several dozen disgruntled soldiers, fourteen rounds of a heavy stubber, an overdose of tranq, a vial of neurotoxin, a hatchet and three bayonets to make sure he died in his sleep. The legend of Chenkov’s death subsequently did get amplified in the telling, but his remains suggest at least the stubber shots were accurate. Also [[spoiler:Lucius]].
* RecursiveFanfiction: Several friends of the original author have written pieces set in the 60K universe. Most of these, like the [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=883 Fire Beasts]], [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=307 Sons of Thunder]] and [[http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=905 Sons of Corax]] are mentioned in the background as some of Vulkan's comamnderies.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Void Dragon. And now he's been loosed from his prison in the Solar System.
* ShoutOut: To WarhammerFantasy: a [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Demiurg brotherhood]] mentioned is called the [[http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Chaos_Dwarfs Collective of Hashut.]]
** There's a Cathedral of St. Ciaphas (yes, ''[[CiaphasCain that]]'' [[CiaphasCain Ciaphas]]) on Valhalla.
** A minor detail in the account of the Necron invasion contains a reference to a possible [[FanficRecs/{{Warhammer40000}} "Rise of the Tau"]].
* TankGoodness: The Sons of Thunder Commandery specialize in this. Honorable mention to the Thunder Lizard Tank Legion, all of whose super heavy tanks are named after dinosaurs.
* TheHeartless: The Star-Father and his Angyls embody this. The Draziin-maton, servants of [[UltimateEvil the Nex]] may be even worse.
* ThisIsSparta: “I am master and king of all Space marines. Though you have cast aside your humanity, you are still Astartes, and you! Will! Kneel!"
* YouShallNotPass: Vulkan He'stan pulls this off in the shield control room on Armageddon against a [[spoiler: raised Lucius the Eternal]]. Doubles as a [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome]].
** An Imperator Titan blocks the way against a reborn Khaine, allowing the Vulkanite army on the planet to pull off the planet before it is destroyed. Karandras and Arhra end up fighting inside the Titan as the Bloody-Handed God rises.
* ZombieApocalypse: Several forms: Nurgle releases a plague that keeps the souls of the dead inside their bodies, in order to prevent human souls from fueling the Star-Father. Ahriman is currently building up his force of mindless Rubric Marines by casting the Rubric on other Astartes, instantly turning them into slaves to his will.
