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‘We’re dead bones if this is a mistake,’ he said to the First Captain. Raldoron drew a sword, a tactical gladius. For a moment, Burr thought the Blood Angel was going to strike him down for cowardice, and realised he didn’t care.
‘We’re all dead bones in the end, Konas,’ said Raldoron.
‘Throne, that’s the truth, lord,’ said Burr.
‘Let’s delay that inevitability by trusting the Praetorian has a coordinated plan.’
— Nov 26, 2020 09:12AM
‘We’re all dead bones in the end, Konas,’ said Raldoron.
‘Throne, that’s the truth, lord,’ said Burr.
‘Let’s delay that inevitability by trusting the Praetorian has a coordinated plan.’
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‘Madius. What is going on?’
‘Full assault, my lord. The Third Legion. Shields are ruptured. They are on the wall.’
‘Vigil, what strength?’ Dorn asked. ‘Report the Third Legion strength.’
‘Full Legion strength, my lord.’
Dorn looked at Sindermann, and then at Elg. Full Legion strength. The Emperor’s Children were rumoured to have more than a hundred thousand legionaries in their ranks.
— Dec 03, 2020 12:29AM
‘Full assault, my lord. The Third Legion. Shields are ruptured. They are on the wall.’
‘Vigil, what strength?’ Dorn asked. ‘Report the Third Legion strength.’
‘Full Legion strength, my lord.’
Dorn looked at Sindermann, and then at Elg. Full Legion strength. The Emperor’s Children were rumoured to have more than a hundred thousand legionaries in their ranks.
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Fulgrim rose slowly to his feet. His long white hair unwound, and ribboned out behind him in the night wind, like a pennant of shining satin.
He tipped his head back, beheld the devastation, and smiled.
— Dec 03, 2020 12:27AM
He tipped his head back, beheld the devastation, and smiled.
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It turned to face him. Their eyes locked. They gazed at one another, across all intervals of time and distance, as though they stood face to face.
Brother to brother.
Sanguinius looked into Angron’s eyes.
Angron glared back at Sanguinius. He slowly raised his left hand, where new skin was yet to grow back over the oozing meat. He licked the blood from it.
‘My blood for the Blood God,’ he said.
— Dec 02, 2020 01:29PM
Brother to brother.
Sanguinius looked into Angron’s eyes.
Angron glared back at Sanguinius. He slowly raised his left hand, where new skin was yet to grow back over the oozing meat. He licked the blood from it.
‘My blood for the Blood God,’ he said.
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He gazed at them steadily.
‘I am the fortress now,’ he said.
Sindermann shivered. The hairs on his neck stood up.
‘Now, each in turn,’ Dorn said to his commanders, ‘make your oaths of moment to me.’
— Dec 02, 2020 01:17PM
‘I am the fortress now,’ he said.
Sindermann shivered. The hairs on his neck stood up.
‘Now, each in turn,’ Dorn said to his commanders, ‘make your oaths of moment to me.’
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‘Rogal has learned a flexibility. A sleight of hand.’
‘Like letting our archenemy into the Sanctum Imperialis?’
‘Yes. Letting him in, cutting his throat, and then sealing the flaw behind him. This Land fellow’s lockcrete will close the flaw once the trap is sprung, and build a tomb for whoever comes.’
‘We’re meeting their decapitation strike with one of our own?’
‘Exquisite, isn’t it?’ said Malcador, and laughed.
— Dec 02, 2020 12:32PM
‘Like letting our archenemy into the Sanctum Imperialis?’
‘Yes. Letting him in, cutting his throat, and then sealing the flaw behind him. This Land fellow’s lockcrete will close the flaw once the trap is sprung, and build a tomb for whoever comes.’
‘We’re meeting their decapitation strike with one of our own?’
‘Exquisite, isn’t it?’ said Malcador, and laughed.
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‘Then what strength?’
‘All,’ said Eidolon.
‘All five?’ Abaddon asked.
‘No, Ezekyle. All’
Abaddon narrowed his eyes.
‘Is that a joke?’ he asked.
‘I do love jokes, as you know,’ said Eidolon, fastidiously flicking some invisible mote of dust off his coral-pink warplate, ‘but no, it’s not. You wanted our strength. You have it. You have the Emperor’s Children. You have all the Emperor’s Children.’
— Dec 02, 2020 12:19PM
‘All,’ said Eidolon.
‘All five?’ Abaddon asked.
‘No, Ezekyle. All’
Abaddon narrowed his eyes.
‘Is that a joke?’ he asked.
‘I do love jokes, as you know,’ said Eidolon, fastidiously flicking some invisible mote of dust off his coral-pink warplate, ‘but no, it’s not. You wanted our strength. You have it. You have the Emperor’s Children. You have all the Emperor’s Children.’
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He saw another wall, whole as yet. Monsalvant Gard. A rain of bombarding fire. The rising towers, spines and peaks of Eternity Wall Port.
Angron was assaulting the port. The approach to Monsalvant had become Angron’s next gladiatorial arena.
The Child of the Mountain, for all he had tried, had never left the slave pit.
— Dec 02, 2020 01:56AM
Angron was assaulting the port. The approach to Monsalvant had become Angron’s next gladiatorial arena.
The Child of the Mountain, for all he had tried, had never left the slave pit.
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‘Several of their sorcerous captains have been reported, perhaps orchestrating this atrocity from a distance. Ahriman, for one, allegedly. Of all the Legions, lost or loyal, the Fifteenth were the ones who took the concept of the Librarius to its furthest degree, and made it the axle-beam of their doctrine.’
‘We are damned, then,’ she said.
‘They are damned, Agathe,’ said Raldoron. ‘We are merely doomed.’
— Dec 01, 2020 11:23PM
‘We are damned, then,’ she said.
‘They are damned, Agathe,’ said Raldoron. ‘We are merely doomed.’
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John glanced at the warrior.
‘Speaking of old, that’s an antique piece.’ He gestured at Leetu’s thigh-clamped weapon. ‘Mark Two Phobos?’
Leetu shook his head. ‘M676 Union Model. Pre-Phobos. Mark Zero, you might say. Made before the accord with Mars.’
‘How old are you?’ asked John.
‘Old enough to have been issued it new.’
— Dec 01, 2020 07:18AM
‘Speaking of old, that’s an antique piece.’ He gestured at Leetu’s thigh-clamped weapon. ‘Mark Two Phobos?’
Leetu shook his head. ‘M676 Union Model. Pre-Phobos. Mark Zero, you might say. Made before the accord with Mars.’
‘How old are you?’ asked John.
‘Old enough to have been issued it new.’
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‘You work for her?’
‘Till the day I die.’
John had noticed something. A small stamp strip, like a hallmark, etched into the legionary’s uncoloured plate just below the breast line. LE 2. What did that denote?
— Dec 01, 2020 12:41AM
‘Till the day I die.’
John had noticed something. A small stamp strip, like a hallmark, etched into the legionary’s uncoloured plate just below the breast line. LE 2. What did that denote?
