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    That is not blood. They ceremonially fill the rubric marine's armors with jello


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    Quote Originally Posted by |Sith|9|Lord_Max View Post
    That is not blood. They ceremonially fill the rubric marine's armors with jello
    It must've been the 89 cent a can jello then...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Outlawstar15a2 View Post
    Ulysses I have a question. In the picture depicting the battle between the Space Wolves and Thousand Sons I see a broken TS headpiece with blood on the slow beside it as if implying it came from a Thousand Son marine. Yet I thought Rubric Marines or Tomb Marines (same thing) were basically ciagarette ashes in a Metal Bawkes. Could this simply be a oversight or am I forgetting something?
    Quote Originally Posted by |Sith|9|Lord_Max View Post
    That is not blood. They ceremonially fill the rubric marine's armors with jello
    Well the battle of the Fang happens before Ahriman casts the Rubric. Therefore the Marines are still alive. Bear in mind this battle happens in M32 just after the end of the Scouring and not too long after Bjorn became a Dreadnought.
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    thats so retarded that a seriously powerful primarch (one that could crush the dreadnaught with a thought) could somehow be beaten like that.

    is this actually canon or fan rubbish

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carach View Post
    thats so retarded that a seriously powerful primarch (one that could crush the dreadnaught with a thought) could somehow be beaten like that.

    is this actually canon or fan rubbish
    Well Magnus was terribly wounded by the Great Wolf (Chapter Master) Harek Ironhelm. Ironhelm was subsequently killed and Magnus was then smote by Bjorn.

    Here is an extract from an old White Dwarf detailing the battle:


    Bjorn the Fell Handed:


    "Bjorn the Great Wolf
    Bjorn the Fell Handed, the oldest known dreadnought in the Imperium of man; having seen the glory of the Emperor before he was placed upon the golden thorne and having had the honour of serving in the personal retinue of Leman Russ himself. One hundred and ninety-seven years after the Emperor was incarcerated in the life-preserving Golden Throne, Leman Russ vanished from the Imperium. He was last seen by his legion during the Feast of the Emperor’s Ascension, where it is said that Russ climbed onto the oak table on which he duelled the Emperor at their first meeting to give a speech, but froze. After a long silence, where it appeared that he was overcome with a vision, Leman Russ fell to his knees, then turned and issued hushed instructions to his most faithful retainers. He simply announced to his loyal brothers that he would be leaving, but would return “for the final battle, for the Wolftime”. He then vanished, taking all but one of his retinue with him; the youngest member, Bjorn.

    For seven years after Leman Russ departed for parts unknown, many believing him to ahve traveled to the Eye of Terror, his place was set at the banquet table as his Legion eagerly awaited his return; but it never came. After those long seven years, the wolf lords of the space wolves elected Bjorn, the one remaining member of Russ’ retinue, as the new great wolf of the chapter. Bjorn decided if Russ was not going to return to his chapter, then his chapter would seek him out; thuis beginning the first of many great hunts. These hunts recovered many relics, including the Primarch’s suit of armour, but none have come close to locating their leader or those that had gone with him.

    Bjorn further gained renown on the planet Algol Nine, when he saved the planetary governor from sacrifice to the demon Thran’saba. This event is depicted upon the banner which proudly hangs atop his dreadnought armour that he was later interred inside after recieving grievious wounds from the traitor primarch Magnus the Red during one of the great hunts. After being fatally wounded Bjorn spends the next five hundred years at the forefront of Space Wolves battles as a dreadnought before drifting a deep slumber that eventually claimed all of the dreadnoughts of the space wolves.

    Bjorn the Venerable
    Of all of Bjorn’s deeds and service to the Imperium, none are more well known to any of the serveants of the Imperium that have met or seen Bjorn than his defense of the Fang, the mights monestary on the space wolves homeworld of Fenris, against the traitor legion of the thousand sons. The attack itself was the revenge Magnus, for it was the space wolves who had destroyed his world of Prospero just before the Horus Heresy. The attack on the Fang was personally led by Magnus the Red, after he and his legion had carefully manouvered the bulk of the space wolves away from their home in pursuit of a distraction force that had been meant to leave Fenris almost completely defenceless.

    The Defence of the Fang
    Great Wolf Harek Ironhelm sought for many years to bring Magnus to battle. Several times Magnus appeared to him as a vision among the ruins of devastated cities and taunted the great wolf for his inability to stop him. After many fruitless efforts to catch up with the raiders Harek became obsessed, and took to searching worlds along the edge of the Eye of Terror itself. Eventually he found what he believed to be the thousand sons’ secret base on Gangava and launched a full scale attack against it. In this he was deceived; Gangava was held by a strong garrison of chaos force allied to Magnus but these were a distraction. Even as Harek attacked Gangava, the fleet of the thousand sons and their chaotic levies appeared in orbit over Fenris. The Fang was held by a skeleton force of space wolves and their thralls. For forty days and forty nights the thousand sons assaulted the citadel. Bjorn the Fell-handed, most ancient of the space wolves dreadnoughts, was woken from his long sleep and took charge of the defense. Under Bjorn’s direction the space wolves fell back to the innermost chambers of the Fang, collapsing the tunnels as they went. Simultaneously, a force of scouts, under the command of Haakon Blackwing, managed to escape from the citadel and take ship to Gangava, bringing word of the siege to Harek. Harek was overcome with fury and shame at his folly and immediately ordered the chapters fleet to Fenris, bringing the entire fury of the Space Wolves with him.

    As Harek’s fleet arrived in the system, Harek coordinated an attack with Bjorn and the surviving defenders of the Fang before launching and assault to carve out the heart of the thousand sons siege, an assault that the great wolf led personally. On the slopes of the Fang itself, Harek led the space wolves he had taken into the rear of the thousand sons forces while Bjorn led the defenders against the front of the thousand sons attack in a pincer that caught the traitor legion off gaurd. As Harek’s forces and Bjorns forces slowly linked up and began to route the thousand sons, Harek faced off against the evil primarch himself. For all Harek’s ability and prowess in combat, he was merely a marine fighting a primarch that had been forced to embrace the powers of chaos. Magnus was too strong for him and slew Harek, but not before taking a terrible wound himself from Bjorn as the ancient dreadnought surged from his own fighting to help Harek; coming to late to save the great wolf but personally dealing the blow that saw the leader of the thousand sons forced to leave the planet. Caught between two forces and left without a leader, the thousand sons were forced to retreat from Fenris; though some of them do linger on the world and several have been discovered over time.

    Bjorn the Legend
    Were it not for the actions taken by Bjorn during the initial siege, the world of Fenris would have been lost to the space wolves and the revenge of the thousand sons would have been complete. Bjorn’s stalwart denial of the space wolves worst enemy earned him eternal respect amongst all of the space marine chapters, even the respect of the dark angels, long time rivals of the space wolves.
    Bjorn continues to sleep bellow the Fang with the other venerable dreadnoughts, the space wolves will not wake him up for any trivial reason. However he has been known to awaken himself upon rare occasions, between battles he is a renowned storyteller, well versed in the sagas of Leman Russ and he enjoys testing the Wolf Priests. It is rumoured that he is left in his slumber upon his own request, his reason’s being known only by him though if anything it is because he does not wish to walk in an imperium that has fallen so far from the one he knew ten millenia ago."



    But it is canon. Black Library are making a book about the battle which is out next year.
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    well it makes a bit more sense if it was a bit of a group effort on the primarch...

    poor TS..nothing ever goes their way..

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    It is rumoured that he is left in his slumber upon his own request, his reason’s being known only by him though if anything it is because he does not wish to walk in an imperium that has fallen so far from the one he knew ten millenia ago.
    For some reason I really like that sentence. Seeing how the Imperium has turned out must be quite depressing for someone who has seen the Emperor and still remembers what the Imperium should have been.
    Some day I'll actually write all the reviews I keep promising...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manco View Post
    For some reason I really like that sentence. Seeing how the Imperium has turned out must be quite depressing for someone who has seen the Emperor and still remembers what the Imperium should have been.
    and that could be true

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    If you went to the Skyrim forums you'll see a lot posts about how it's somehow been watered down and hampered by money men making the decisions. Fact is, it's a great game and people still complain. It's the same thing as the TW franchise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hopit View Post
    and that could be true
    The current Space Wolf codex says the only reason he allows himself to live is so he can find out why Leman Russ chose to leave him behind. He feels betrayed in a way, but it's all that drives him.

    On a side note here are some more pictures:

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    Battlefleet Gothic:

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    You missed this one in the space marine thing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by |Sith|9|Lord_Max View Post
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    You missed this one in the space marine thing.
    Holy Banana Marines


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    think those impfists need some 60minute makeovers for their armour. looking a bit trampy and worn there.

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    That flying baby with the black wings and skull is just so wrong and out of place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nameless View Post
    That flying baby with the black wings and skull is just so wrong and out of place.
    No its not. Cherubs are a very common sights in 40k Imperial Pictures, and in Marine ones especially.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ulysses S. Grant View Post
    No its not. Cherubs are a very common sights in 40k Imperial Pictures, and in Marine ones especially.
    Why? I thought they were creations of the Mechanicus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Outlawstar15a2 View Post
    Why? I thought they were creations of the Mechanicus.
    The Mechanicum builds them for various organisations. Space Marine librarians and Techmarines are usually seen with them, as well as the Artificers of various chapters.

    But just because the Mechanicum builds things doesn't mean they are only for themselves. I mean they do build virtually everything the Imperium uses.
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    I think they're creepy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rosenkruz View Post
    I think they're creepy.
    What? Cherubs?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rosenkruz View Post
    I think they're creepy.

    I agree.

    Ulysses do Chaos champions and Daemon Princes have anything equivalent to Cherubs and Gyrinx's which basically fill the useful pet role.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Outlawstar15a2 View Post
    I agree.

    Ulysses do Chaos champions and Daemon Princes have anything equivalent to Cherubs and Gyrinx's which basically fill the useful pet role.
    They would have familiars, which are usually very weak daemons who serve them:

    http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/ca...Id=prod860002a

    http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/ca...Id=prod1300000
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