THREE: Replevin, Amongst the remembrancers, Raised to the four Loken has a pretty sweet chainsword though. So Loken finishes his tale and Sadie accidentally offends him. There was some huge explosion because Horus I guess. Except, it’s a trap! The real Emperor is invisible! And then some BS happens because Horus was there the whole time? Is he a god? I have no idea. After suffering losses, the Tenth Company, the Locasta Tactical Squad and the Catulan Reaver Squad rally, breaking into the throne room and confronting an old frail Emperor. There are these invisible warriors that wreck havoc on the companies, considering that they are, ya know, invisible. Loken completes the tale of how Horus killed the Emperor of a random galaxy for no other reason than he could. Loken also seems to think Sadie is pretty and goes into great length describing the shape of her shiny bald head as regal. Despite Loken apparently being hot as balls, Astartes are gigantic, have heads reminiscent of a horse and no ribs. Sadie asks Loken to tell her the story of how Horus killed the emperor, which ruffles Loken’s feathers because it’s Warmaster Horus tiny human! We also get a description of the Astartes which appear to be the ‘breed’ of men used in the battle suits. These people are like writers and poets and what not who keep the histories. Mersadie Oliton, when she’s not too busy ogling Loken, is a rembembrancer who remembers things I guess. In chapter two we have a brief break from war stories to introduce a possible love interest (oooh, steamy 3). TWO: Meeting the Invisibles, At the foot of a Golden Throne, Lupercal This has got to be the most pretentious thing I’ve ever read. It’s also hinted at that these soldiers aren’t truly human, they’re really tall and their genome’s are collected when they die to go into a database. So I thought that perhaps Horus (who kills the Emperor) and his army were maybe involved in a power struggle where they over threw their Emperor, but they really just found some rando guy and were like, eh, blow him to shreds. Loken’s company breaches the palace first and first Captain Abaddon challenges Loken to see who can find the Emperor first. Loken totally schools those automated turrets. What follows is a bloody hand-to-hand mech suit battle between veritable giants and normal sized humans. After three attempts to reason with the Emperor, the commander gives the order to ‘illuminate him’.
So naturally, (after an entire company of our heroes was slaughtered), they lay waste to this Emperor. By chance, the 63rd Expedition runs into the Imperium, an empire ruled by an Emperor demanding fealty. But what gets me most about this one, is that the Emperor doesn’t even die in this chapter! (except he does) Anyhow, we are introduced to our main character Garviel Loken, Captain of the 10th company of the Luna Wolves as he recounts the story of the death of an Emperor. Now first thing’s first, this (and every following chapter) has 3 subtitles to accompany their number. ONE: Blood from misunderstanding, Our brethren in ignorance, The Emperor dies I’ve included a picture for your entertainment (I hope you can read this). Not only is this section labeled ‘Dramatis Personae’ it features all the unpronounceable SciFi names we’ve come to love and accept as a symptom of the genre.
The first thing I would like to do is to point out the cast of characters at the beginning. So without giving too much away, onto the novel! This particular novel is written by Dan Abnett, a prolific author of both novels and comics. The Horus Hersey story line is based in the Warhammer 40K universe, a tabletop game where you battle against other players in skirmishes or all out war! ‘Horus Rising: The seeds of heresy are sown’ is the first of (as of 2014 at least) 28 novels (37 as of this month), following Space Marines as they battle their way through the 31st millennium.
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The series has a large and expanding cast of characters, ranging from the Emperor of Mankind to lowly members of the Remembrancer Order and the Imperial Army, as well as members of various Xenos races and Heretic organisations.Today we are starting Hatchet’s Book Club! For the next 7(probably) weeks (try about half a year xp) we will be reading ‘Horus Rising’ the first book in a series based on the Warhammer 40K universe! This post will be a tad longer than the rest (apparently not) as I will be introducing the book and then talking about the first three chapters all in one! Main article: List of Horus Heresy Characters
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