‘He still lives,’ Tornus said.

‘No. He persists.’ Morbus looked at Tornus. ‘As you persisted. A perversion of the natural order, skewed all out of joint and made monstrous.’ He shook his head. ‘There is a point where resignation and stoicism are warped into an unholy perseverance. A refusal to accept what must come, while at the same time losing all hope as to a worthy ending. That is the point where our enemy raises his walls and erects his towers. You fell to it, as this one did. Your refusal to die, when all hope fled, brought you to ruin.’

Tornus, confused, shook his head. ‘You are saying we are to be surrendering?’

‘No. Only that we must recognise the difference between acceptance and surrender. All things have their season. All things have a beginning and an ending. To cast that aside is to deny the natural order.’

‘I was once knowing much of seasons,’ Tornus said. He realised that he could recall the Lifewells, but only dimly. As if they had been seen by someone else, in another place and time. He was Tornus again, but not the same. ‘I was once feeling the turning of the leaves in my heart. Now, I am feeling only the storm.’

Morbus looked at him. ‘And this too shall pass. Storms have their ending, as all things do. The stars burn out, suns go dark and storms pass. Only death does not die.’

‘So long as there is being life,’ Tornus said, looking at the Lord-Relictor.

–Plague Garden

Plague Garden: really, really good. I’d been hearing good things about Age of Sigmar lately, from birdechoes and other people, so I finally dug up a book from it.

Beyond being a good book on its own, it’s gotten me real excited about AoS in general. It’s like someone out there heard all the things I’ve been complaining about in 40k the last couple years and decided to make a stab at doing better. Pseudo-Space Marines who are actual likeable characters rather than showing off how edgy and grimdark they are by being just as bad as the people they’re fighting? Characters whose sense of comradery comes from actually liking each other, by and large, as well as shared values? Characters we’re told are relatively nice people who actually do things that back that up, rather than it being an entirely informed attribute? Stormcast not being another ‘no girls allowed’ club? (Though the gender ratio of the characters is still heavily skewed, so it’s not like there’s no room for improvement.) Virtues like compassion and forgiveness and hope being treated as positive, worthwhile things, while not shying away from the fact they’re not magic cure-alls and can make a situation worse when taken too far? Doing the right thing for the sake of it being the right thing without the expectation of personal gain or glory? People being shown as able to change their lives and be redeemed rather than anyone who has had anything to do with Chaos being tainted and evil forever? Nurgle saying ‘you could just give up’ and people saying ‘or I could punch you right in the pus face, how about that?’ Yeah, this is stuff I want to read, thanks.

Is the ‘only the faithful’ battle cry a Hollowed Knights thing or a Stormcasts in general thing? (Either way I love how versatile its use is in Plague Garden. Gardus knows how to give a good rally of badassery.)

occultdetectives:

It’s a Hallowed Knights thing. I wanted to give them a sort of backwoods Southern gospel call and response feel. 

Every time the Hallowed Knights start their ‘Only the faithful’ call and response, I keep expecting for someone to bring out the snakes any second.

birdechoes:

birdechoes:

Games Workshop, Slaanesh, and Sex:

I will say, folks, Slaanesh isn’t all about sex. Like, duh. Of course it isn’t. Thing is though, it’s been a damn day and an age since Games Workshop focused on that at all, or even mentioned it in anything other than hushed whispers and hints. McNeill snuck some sexy in, hell, even Slaves to Darkness has a giant fat sexy boyfriend for Fulgrim, but sex and Slaanesh has become almost entirely a fandom scene and not at all on display in the canon. Slaanesh, like all the gods, have many, many aspects. But, hey, sex is fucking fun, disgusting, and cool.

I’d be happy, and I mean HELLA happy to read a filthy, filthy scene where two Slaaneshi champions are using their erotic arts on each other in a sort of sexual political game. Wouldn’t that be a blast?

Now, I know what you’re thinking, and sure I get it. I just have a wee bit of a personal problem with proudly, outwardly showing death, murder, and even some good ol’ genocide; while acting like sex, sensuality, and love is the devil’s work. Seems a bit… skewed, if ya ask me. I can tell ya, blowjobs and decapitations don’t usually equate. I mean, in both situations you’re giving someone head, as they say, but still. GW and morality is an interesting thing. I’d rather be around a serial cocksucker than a serial murderer.

But, that’s just me, y’all. This ain’t meant to be mean or malicious at anyone on here, just some thoughts I have on sexuality and the Warhammer universe. Sexy is good and innocent fun, and it would just tickle me pink if the Emperor’s Children could fuck each other in the ass in a main-series novel. On screen, even.

I was very, very happy with this chitter chatter I had written here, so here’s a little reblog. I made myself laugh, and ain’t that the most important thing?

Yeah, I’ve noticed this lately in the Age of Sigmar stuff I’ve been reading. This book is divided into three novellas: a Khorne one, a Tzeentch one, and a Nurgle one. This next book is a Khorne novella and a Tzeentch one. And here’s a Nurgle novel. Then a Khorne novel. Slaanesh is being very, very conspicuously absent.

Lord Gardus, Mad (C5)

birdechoes:

immanueldid:

occultdetectives:

immanueldid:

I have no idea what his hair looks like outside of a superhero landing with dynamic wooshing so, You get helmet hair.

Fun fact: Gardus has this exact expression on his face the first time he meets Mannfred Von Carstein in Hallowed Knights: Black Pyramid. 

…

Things go downhill from there. 

We don’t even have a release date yet how can you tease us this way.

Josh just really likes to break our spines and crack open our wallets in this way.

I do wanna see Mannfred’s expression during the same scene, y’all. I’m sure it’s priceless.