All-Purpose Warhammer 40000 Fanfiction Thread

In other news, this Inquisitor maker-tool, originally posted on the main thread, should be of use for Inquisitorial character creation.... and a few laughs.

I am so going to make the Ghost Walker guys roll up an Inquisitor for Planet Ghastis and Sub-Sector <Name Pending>

Quick, I need a good title that carries similar majesty to "High Protector of the X Sector"!

edited 20th Sep '11 3:23:55 PM by MarqFJA

After browsing a thesaurus for a few minutes, I like the sound of Vindicator, Luminary, or Suzerain. If you have a specific job description that would help, those may not be appropriate.

Inquisitor Lord Coteaz is effectively the Lord Sector of Formosa in all but name by virtue of his status as "High Protector of the Formosa Sector", which he acquired after successfully convicting the previous holder of the title, Inquistor Lord Lardien, of heretical practices. I'm thinking of a similar title that Inquisitor (Lord) Alice gains due to effectively saving an entire Sector from a series of great threats (Xenos, Chaos, Heretics, you name it) within the span of a decade due to quick thinking and ideological flexibility.

Chapter 12 should be out in an hour or two.

And up.

edited 20th Sep '11 9:07:43 PM by Augustine

Am I right in assuming we'll get to see Augustine the Librarian before the end of this?

Also, Thule's reflection on the death of Mikelus was nice.

You are correct to some extent.

You coy magpie.

Now now, I can't be throwing out spoilers, even to my brothers in arms here.

Not even a hint to your fellow magpie sympathiser?

I "was gifted" a hat by an Inquisitor.

edited 21st Sep '11 8:06:39 AM by math792d

I'll say this. He will attain the psychic potential of a librarian, but he will never be invited to join their ranks. I have something else planned for him.

Also, of the characters I have created, which do you people enjoy reading about? If you could name a trope to describe them it would really help me. I really enjoy learning what others think of my characters, since you guys have a much more limited view of them compared to me.

I'd call Ocella Lyons a sort of mix between The Stoic and the wide-eyed idealist, with a dash of extreme aiming skill, though the last one is pretty much a strict requirement for being a Space Marine.

I have thought up a set of naming conventions for Imperial citizens in High Gothic for use in my fic(s), and I would like your feedback on it.

For the record, I was inspired by Ancient Rome's own naming conventions, and since High Gothic is considered to be the Latin to Low Gothic's English.... Well, you get the idea.

Formal structure of full names (all in High Gothic form):
* Primonominus: Given at one's birth, typically by one's parents.

• Sacronominus: Given at one's religious baptism according to the local God-Emperor Cult's traditions.
• Patronominus: Acquired from the name of one's father, grandfather, and/or another patrilineal ancestor; may consist of multiple names.
• Matronominus: Acquired from the name of one's mother, grandmother, and/or another matrilineal ancestor; may consist of multiple names. Due to patriarchy and androcentrism being quite prevalent on the majority of Imperial worlds, however, this part of the name is often dropped altogether.
• Surnominus: Typically inherited throughout the lineage of one's family/tribe/clan. However, it may also be a different name adopted by one later in life, such as when someone who was born and raised as an orphan with no known family, or one was disowned by his/her relatives (or, alternatively, has renounced his relatives/lineage altogether).
• Cognominus: Denotes the person's homeworld of origin (or "permanent" residence); occasionally, it also incorporates additional names that further specify one's place of origin on said homeworld.
• Agnominus: One or more epithets relating to specific personal accomplishments or characteristics.

Of course, the ordinary citizenry would just stick with the Primonominus and Surnominus for daily life, with Sacronominus used only in religious contexts (especially when Emperor Cult rites require it). Heck, it's not even universal among the myriad Imperial social elites. You can bet your socks that the staunchly traditional sorts, noble or not, will adhere to them, though.

Oh, and for obvious reasons, the Adeptus Mechanicus and Space Marines are exempt from these naming conventions, save for introducing themselves in the most formal Imperial ceremonies.

edited 21st Sep '11 12:04:12 PM by MarqFJA

Technically, High Gothic is just Canis Latinicusanyway.

It does include actual Latin words, though. And High Gothic is largely limited to very formal ceremonies, formal names for Imperial organizations/locations, and mottos (e.g. Exitus Acta Probat [Vindicare], Victorus aut Mortis [Raven Guard]), hence why I wondered whether the higher echelons of Imperial society (i.e. the elites of the Adeptus Terra) had their own macrocultural traditions.

You know, I believe I made an unconscious Shout-Out to Superman when I named the Soulstorm Battle Barge the Fortress of Solitude. I never intended that, but hey, its neat.

I thought you meant that. It was clever. Care to answer my little questionnaire above? Things like that really help my writing.

In other news, we are looking at a slice of life for the next chapter as the Armageddon travels to Typhon. As well as a bit of foreshadowing for later plot events.

Do you mind if I use the Fortress of Solitude later (way, way later) in my story? As long as I know the Company it belongs to.

The Battle Barges I have for the Blood Ravens right now are:

The Omnis Arcanum: Chapter Command

The Litany of Fury: 3rd Company

The Observer: Not canon but it will be the 1st Company

Scientia Est Potentia: unaligned, requisitioned by Captains for campaigns. (also not canon by the way)

edited 21st Sep '11 7:02:51 PM by Augustine

Don't most Chapters only have, like, 2 Battle-Barges at most because they're ridiculously big and expensive?

Unless of course the BR were "gifted" a couple of Battle-Barges.

Depends. The Blood Ravens are semi-fleet based, and so will have more. They might also not be friends with the Imperial Navy and so might command extras to rely on themselves when the Hiveships or Grand Cruisers turn up.

You have to remember, a Battle Barge or Strike Cruiser isn't a huge commitment in number of Marines; there might be perhaps five or ten who are truly necessary to fight the ship, whereas a rapid strike vessel probably only has one, as a commander. Most Chapters have the resources to deploy many vessels if they wish; they simply don't.

I just found this on /tg/'s Emperor's Nightmare page:

Must resist urge to crossover.

Actually, Lexicanum states that the Magpies possess all the Barges that I named. The only "non canon" thing about any of them is which company they belong to.

Oh, neat.

Also, since the weekend's coming up, I feel like I should be penning something down, but I'm not sure if I want to continue the zany adventures of Fabian the sniper in the grim darkness of the Jericho Reach, or Akileus' zany adventures in the grim darkness of Kronus.

Hey, you know how the fluff says that human Death Cults are just as likely to be composed of Khornate worshippers as they are to be composed of a fervent Emperor-worshippers who believe that the best way to worship said Emperor is to devote themselves to the arts of death and murder, as well as dedicate their skills to slaying His enemies? And that the latter kind has been determined to justify not adopting a simple indiscriminately-destroy-all-death-cults policy?

Well, I was thinking of having "pleasure cults" in my fics that are not Slaaneshi worshippers, but rather are just as dedicated to Emperor worship as their loyalist death-cult counterparts. Imagine it: Cults whose members worship the Emperor through honing their skills in the arts of sensual delights to entertain and "nurse" His loyal and faithful servants.... and weaponizing those same skills (and other, relevant ones) into an art of deadly combat, cunning espionage and treacherous assassination, with which they fight His enemies, be they ungrateful revolters, insidious heretics, abhorrent xenos, or even Chaos cultists (of which Slaaneshi ones happen to be their most hated enemy).

And in fact, there is a sort of precedent for this: During Goge Vandire's Reign of Blood, the Adepta Sororitas (then named the Brides of the Emperor) not only served as Vandire's Praetorian Guard Bodyguard Babes, "but also his companions and servants. They tasted his food, fed him when he fell ill, nursed his frail body and entertained him with singing, dancing and other more exotic skills"; the latter line seems to subtly hint towards at some of the Brides serving as an actual Paid Harem. The idea of weaponizing the skills involved in seduction and pleasure have already done, too.

Well, what do you think?

edited 22nd Sep '11 1:18:04 PM by MarqFJA

Chapter 8 is now up