Re: [Epic] Ye Olde 40K History.....

From: Aaron P Teske <Mithramuse+_at_...>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:22:24 -0500 (EST)

Excerpts from Epic: 13-Mar-97 Re: [Epic] Ye Olde 40K Hist.. by Michael
the Liu_at_...
> >Hey! I've just been reading some of the very cool Background history and
> >fluff from the 1st Ed. Space Marine and Adeptus Titanicus and noticed a very
> >interesting thing.
>
> >In the Horus Herusy, when the Emperor invaded the Warmaster's command post
> >(NOT his battle-barge) he took ROGAL DORN and the IMPERIAL FISTS with him on
> >the assault, and NOT Sanguinius and the Blood Angels! Ths was really weird.
>
> Weren't they both along for the ride, with the Imperial Fists being the
> Emperor's chosen protectors chapter, while the Blood Angels just helping out?

That came later, in the second volume of RoC. My take on the change in
location is that someone drew the Really Cool(tm) picture of Horus vs.
the Emperor, with the Earth hanging in the window/viewscreen behind them
and Sanguinius on the floor, so GW just *had* to change the history to
match. Basically, Rogal Dorn came in after the Emperor finished off
Horus, and brought the New MAn back to Terra....

> >And Horus was actually possessed by a Daemon for the Warp which is why he
> >betrayed the Imperium. He was not simply "lead astray", but actually
> >possessed.
>
> Yeah, I'm familiar with this bit.

Yup, him and all but 70 Marines out of the five chapters he was leading
at the time....

> >And Eldar Guardians were originally called Avenging Warriors (I prefer
> >Guardians though).
>
> Haven't heard that before though.

Yup, and the only aspect available was the Swooping Hawk....

> >Does GW always ignore the history it has written?
>
> Wait, what're you trying to say? I'm afraid I'm going to have to report you
> to the ThoughPol, citizen, you are expressing some immoral thoughts.

<grin>

If you want changes in history, you should look at the Ultramarines
chapter. Way back in WD ~110 or so, they talked about the chapter...
how ineffective the leader of the chapter was, and the chapter was
actually run by his second-in-command... the half-human, half-eldar
navigator (though I'm kinda glad they dropped that one)... a couple
other things. I think Dartfrog's got some of that on his web page,
somewhere, though I don't recall the URL.

> All kidding aside though, the answer to your question is, in a word, "yes".
> The whole reason the Squats are being so delayed is because GW doesn't like
> their old history and wants to change it a bit (or at least that's the
> reason they give). As I mentioned once before on this list, my personal
> favorite changing of history by GW is this one incident from Realms of
> Chaos, where on one page it described in great detail the Emperor's battle
> with Horus. In the end it tells of how he focussed a bolt of raw psychic
> power and used it to strike down the Warmaster. However, on the very next
> page when off-handedly mentioning the Emperor's battle with Horus, they said
> something along the lines of, "when he slew Horus with a mighty blow from
> his power sword." Go fig, they can't even keep their story straight for
> more than a page at a time! Whatever sells I guess.

Um, he got rid of the Daemonic influence with the psyblast, and then had
to kill Horus (with his sword) when he saw that Horus would be
repossessed....

                    Aaron Teske
                    Mithramuse+_at_...
Received on Thu Mar 13 1997 - 14:22:24 UTC