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Every ending has a beginning. It's an often repeated message but quite an accurate one, and it seems to be the mantra Games Workshop has been repeating while working on this project. Even as Cadia itself was torn asunder, the company was visibly making a massive push to enforce massive changes on the Imperium's side, and the company hasn't exactly been keeping quiet about this.
This was clear even in Abaddon's moment of triumph, and the brief interlude to look into the world of the eldar did not Every ending has a beginning. This was clear even in Abaddon's moment of triumph, and the brief interlude to look into the world of the eldar did not change that in any way. This is the first step towards the time foretold, with the return of the primarchs and the final war against Chaos. Old myths, prophecies and suggestions of a new age are coming to pass, and with the revival of the Avenging Son, it suggests that there might be more truth to them than we first realised.
The question now is, even if he has returned, is there still enough of an Imperium left for him to command and help save? The Good Once again, and this must be stressed, someone was clearly listening to criticisms. Either one of the writers involved with Fall of Cadia decided to jump in or whoever made a mess of things with Fracture of Biel-Tan was regulated to a secondary role, as we don't see quite so much blithering insanity this time around.
Rather than having Guilliman race around the galaxy abruptly ending every single plot-line surrounding the Adeptus Astartes all in one book with a speed and style worthy of the Benny Hill theme there is a concise focus here. You see how one story leads into another, how the developments of a falling galaxy come to play here, and the natural conclusion of so many ideas colliding in one place.
Even as the story does move about the galaxy, there is far more purpose and time spent on each point than anything we received with Fracture, and a few even pause to flesh out certain concepts.
Rather than merely blitzing past existing settings, someone seemed to be going "Okay, but have we talked about this before? This is especially evident early on during the events surrounding Fortress Hera, where the Ultramarines are under siege, and the story pauses to get across the grandeur of the moment. The book also seems to remember that Chaos often strikes in indirect ways.
So, while we are still treated to the Black Legion mounting a full scale assault upon a world, or even just bombing the enemy to hell at long range, it does pause to offer more subtle methods of attack. Sorcery, plagues, curses and a few rather nasty twists which turns the fate of the loyalists against themselves all come into play alongside daemons and the like.
It gives more of a sense of humanity fighting against the daemonic hordes of hell itself, and of the dark powers which desire them dead. While Fall of Cadia might have featured daemonic ascensions and more than a few moments filled with mind bullets, Rise of the Primarch is the one which introduces the likes of the Weeping Plague, which causes soldiers to cry themselves to death.
Trust me, that's sparing you some very gory descriptions found within the book. The balance between characters and armies is far more solid than anything we have seen before, and while it does still lean heavily in favour of protagonists, there are some good exceptions.
On multiple occasions the book will take time to shed some light on the lesser armies noted to be backing the bigger forces, or even cover some of the skirmishes which follow in the wake of larger conflicts. A particular section titled War Zone Ultramar is effectively an action montage in written form, covering the arrival of displaced Imperial forces, and it does just about enough to convey the size of the ongoing formations taking place.
While certainly not nearly as effective as the efforts found in Battlefleet Gothic - and lacking the fine detail on certain troops, civilians and resources to help it stand out - it at least tries to give the impression that the conflict is a full scale war rather than merely a bum rush of troops.
Surprisingly, Guilliman himself also proves to be a major source of goodness all throughout the tale. It's true that Games Workshop has a notorious habit of over-promoting the primarch and his sons, often to the determent of everyone else. While Matt Ward's contributions will often be pointed to as the chief problem behind this, even the otherwise fantastic Horus Heresy rulebooks and novels have an irritating habit of dipping into this over and over again.
Yet, despite this, Robute is in fine form here. He's still the demigod we know, still the expert strategist and tactician who rebuilt the Imperium, but the writers rarely feel the need to push this. They let him punch the heads off of traitors, regroup his forces and turn a losing battle into an abrupt victory but never feel the need to add something like "and thus this proved the Ultramarines were better than all others" or have him kill an entire Titan Legion with a glance.
Oh, don't roll your eyes at that, we've seen stupider things in the past. The primarch we get here is a good, solid character and some of the book's best moments come from the choices he is forced to make. A major one stems not from him pummeling traitors to dust or acting at an army's head, but instead coming to terms with all that has happened. While it only lasts one page, and a brief note of how he pauses for several days after Macragge is freed from traitor presence, it shows him reflecting upon the world he has awoken to.
Not one which is the hopeful realm he left, but a borderline feudal and despotic state of near hopelessness, held together only by the tyranny of those above him. As a final major strength, Rise of the Primarch does press to resolve a few big outstanding questions and make use of established ideas.
It doesn't merely pull a number of abrupt twists out of its hat, nor even shoehorn in a metric ton of irrelevant elements, and most of what it adds is pushed in an attempt to flesh out the world. It seems to truly ask how the universe would react to the return of a loyalist primarch, from the forces of Chaos to those on Terra itself, and what course of action he would be forced to take in order to re-rail the Imperium back onto its intended course. So, whatever else is to follow this, the book was a genuinely solid effort to explore some much discussed ideas.
While I am going to heavily criticise many points from here on, the book does still have a few gems to offer, and its failings shouldn't be allowed to completely overshadow that fact. It's just a damn shame it has so many failings that we need to cover here. The Bad The one thing you will find arising time and time again throughout this book, is that whoever was behind it didn't want to ever go into any massive amount of detail.
On anything. Often making the mistake of trying to turn events into a novel over an ongoing conflict between armies, for every genuinely great moment of fantastic characterisation there seemed to be one missed opportunity.
Instantly I was reeled in to the story, this brand-new spin on Khorne added individuality and also threat to one of the most generically bad Warhammer intrigue. The principle is terrible and the globe— the realm of Aqshy— is established as a type of post-apocalyptic cannibal searching ground, a best break from High Fantasy tropes up until now. If the other realms can continue in this motif I have high expect the setup old of Sigmar. However the tale after that focuses on the Goretide, led by Khorgos Khul, and also their battle with the Stormhost Eternal lead led by Vandus Hammerhand who I maintained misreading as Vandus Hamsterhand.
I can probably remember their names because of the fact that they keep announcing that they are as well as what they do, falling just except announcing that they rolled a 6 when assaulting with their Mighty Axe of Khorne.
Oddly enough the appealing personalities developed earlier in the book are readied to one side or eliminated , which appears like a waste.
The new personalities are not fascinating, although Khorgos Khul does his ideal to be 3 dimensional by picking up a little bit of a conversation. So the Stormhost after that: the idea of an angelic counter to the daemonic Turmoil makes a lot of feeling, and I believe that to the typical human both sides appear similarly frustrating as well as frightening.
At least you recognize you are meant to be scared of daemons, however when the angels look like this? They are not precisely guaranteeing either. I such as the idea that the Stormhost is included warriors that had no choice but to be abducted as well as rebuilt in some kind of excruciating ritual, their old personalities shed as they are reforged into huge everlasting warriors, rejected even a possibility of fatality as well as instead reminded half-life over and over, losing a little bit even more of themselves whenever.
That appears cool: like undead Roman golem statuaries that arrive in lightning bolts. The worry I have is that they will end also comparable to Space Marines: basically simply large chaps that rather like killing points as well as bloody love their employer. Possibly the primary draw old of Sigmar for me is that the sandbox strategy to the world provides more space for creating unique analyses.
There are hints at connection with earlier times, although I am no longer certain if this is the Old World so much as the previous time of folklore an era between the fatality of the Old World and also the success of Turmoil in the new worlds.
The Gates of Azyr Audiobook Free. If so, this seems like a little bit of a strange selection too, when Vandus and also Khorgos Khul understand they have actually met before in a previous life, they could possibly be remembering an End Times battleground. There should be some good reason for refraining from doing this, yet I am yet to recognize it, past a desire to make a really clean break from previous continuity. They come to be lovers, however M.
The director of the seminary, M. Pirard, likes Julien and also encourages him to end up being a great priest. Julien does very well at the seminary, however just since he intends to make a fortune and succeed in French culture. Pirard is revolted with the political involvement of the Church as well as resigns.
His polished benefactor, the Marquis de la Mole, wants M. Pirard to be his individual assistant in Paris, yet M. Pirard informs him to hire Julien instead. Julien is both enthralled as well as repulsed by Parisian culture at the same time. Thanks for this! But am getting back into it! This is a great list. I dont understand why GW and BL dont make a list as well.
Thanks for the updated list! While I agree that Dark Imperium taking place over a hundred years after the Great Rift is a little ridiculous, a dozen years seems too short. I can not underscore enough how constructive and indispensable it is that you keep this post alive — listing Essential novels and a Chronology.
Surprised that noone else seems too do something similar. Not surprised it was a tip hit for you ! Can not thank you enough! Michael, thank you so much. Thanks a lot, truly. Hi Juri.
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