Mark IV Maximus Armour-
Intended to be the exemplar of power armour, Maximus Armour provided greater agility to its wearer without sacrificing the durability of Mark II power armour. Mark IV was in mass production at the time the Horus Heresy broke out, and so had been issued to every single Legion. With the benefit of hindsight, however, it is evident that the bulk of Maximus Armour stocks had been diverted to those Legions the Warmaster anticipated would follow him into treachery, the better, it is assumed, to equip...
Mira: ''This is a bit of a stupid question to ask but do you think if...I'm sure I've asked you this before about another character in a different book but if Slaanesh hadn't got involved y'know would he (Fulgrim) have still done all of the things he did do you think? It's not really a fair question-''
McNeill: ''No it's not a stupid question y'know exploring the what ifs is the entire nature of this storytelling business. it's like every bit of a story you're trying to figure out ok what if he did that, what if she's here, what if they went there. what would that mean...
The Pale Stars
As the Age of Darkness ground ever onwards, the fires of war would spread throughout the entire galaxy, consuming everything in their path. Armies and worlds were reduced to nothing more than ash, in many cases leaving no one alive to bear witness to the sacrifices made or the atrocities committed. During this time, each Legion employed unique formations to prosecute their own style of war, whether by choice or through necessity, making use of unconventional, often abhorrent, tactics and weapons. Many of these...
This thread shall cover the lore additions regarding the Emperor's Children in the book The Battle for Berra Garmon.
THE GARMONITE CONCLAVE 006.M31-
Across the cluster the actions of Horus’ agents escalate, leaving hundreds of senior officials dead and resulting in widespread sabotage including the depressurisation of agri-domes upon Delta-Garmon II and mutiny among the void docks of Theta-Garmon X. At Nyrcon City upon Beta-Garmon II, a Conclave of the Garmonite Lords is called to address the growing unrest, only for a Millennial of the Emperor’s Children under the guise of...
This thread shall cover the lore additions regarding the Emperor's Children in the book The Siege of Cthonia.
BAAL DEFIANT 008-011.M31-
Cut off from the main body of their Legion, who had ventured to Signus, several companies of Blood Angels remain on their Primarch’s home world of Baal and are besieged by Traitors, including Sons of Horus, Emperor’s Children and Mechanicum forces that have sworn allegiance to the Warmaster. Doubt amongst the Blood Angels begins to grow, moods blacken and a sombre pall is cast as many believe Sanguinius himself to have fallen whilst abroad. The...
As the Age of Darkness ground ever onwards, the fires of war would spread throughout the entire galaxy, consuming everything in their path. Armies and worlds were reduced to nothing more than ash, in many cases leaving no one alive to bear witness to the sacrifices made or the atrocities committed. During this time, each Legion employed unique formations to prosecute their own style of war, whether by choice or through necessity, making use of unconventional, often abhorrent, tactics and weapons. Many of these formations would be lost during the dark years...
Emperor's Children - (banner top, shoulder pads bottom): bound forever to the Lord of Pleasure, the Emperor's Children know that Slaanesh watches their actions with delight.
Grey Knights
Other Units:
Only the Grey Knights survive in the service of the Ordo. All other troops die when given over to them. The reason for non-survival among military units attached to the Ordo Malleus is simple. Any troops that an Inquisitor Ordinary has commanded have been exposed to Daemons. They are privy to one of the most closely-guarded Imperial secrets: that Daemons...
The connections between the realities Old World of Warhammer Fantasy and 40k have popped up and been hinted to time and again with the most recent example coming from White dwarf in April 2023.
Another source came from 2003. The Liber Chaotica, a tome containing several volumes of research on the nature of chaos by the Scholar Richter Kless that is sent to the Templars of Sigmar by one of their servants.
Referencing possessed marines, the black crusades, the ''Cadiam Gate'', Khorne berserkers, daemon engines, the Norscans, chaos mutations, chaos artefacts, Dark Eldar and a...
For countless centuries, stretching back to the ancient times of the Horus Heresy, the corrupted Space Marines of the Emperor's Children Legion have been the bane of the Imperial Inquisition, spreading their foul and decadent ways across the galaxy like a plague of immorality. Loyal Inquisitors train for decades to steel themselves against the temptations of Slaanesh in order to combat this seductive, deadly threat to Imperial order. Yet, long ago, these agents of Chaos were counted among the servants of Mankind; indeed, they once were the most devoted warriors of the...
Space Marine was released 2 years after the 40k 1st edtion rulebook (1987) and four years prior to 40k 2nd edition (1993),
For reference when ''chapter'' is being used it in the following context:
''Each Chapter is headed by an Imperial Commander - during the Horus Heresy, most of the Commanders were Prlmarchs. In addition to their support and technical personnel, a Chapter contains tens of thousands of Marines. (Note that after the Heresy new Chapters were formed with far smaller complements so that no Commanders would ever wield the same power as Horus).''
