Angron: Slave of Nuceria: Slave of Nuceria (Volume 11) (The Horus Heresy: Primarchs)

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Substantial progress had been made with a model that had attached itself at the temples, but it had been discarded with the others after once more it had ended in failure, and more dead or blood-maddened World Eaters had been cast into the incinerators of the 203rd Expeditionary Fleet. Martin draws back the curtain on one of the most important events in the World Eaters’ history: the adoption of the Butcher’s Nails. The war the World Eaters fight hardly resembles warfare at all, to the point the World Eaters themselves are commenting on it, and it really only serves as a frame for what true marrow of the horror: the Butcher's Nails.

Unfortunately, its very structure means it's something which cannot be judged without comparing it with other works. I love reading about a group of outrageously powerful human beings who are so obviously doomed to fail. The circumstnces which led to the Nails being forced upon him are another critical element among his story, as we see so much of the person that he could have been. As you have no doubt gathered, it is set in two time periods and these tie up in the end to give a solid conclusion. This book gives a glimpse into Angrons past, showing how he was before the nails poisoned his mind: Kind, calm, and it seems he might have even had some latent psychic abillities.However, the massive battle scenes fall somewhat short, and he tends to skim over key details in places. Kharn, even without citing any attachment to Angron himself, brings up a multitude of points in their favour. Divided and seeking answers, some among the legion's number are going to ever greater lengths to unify themselves with the primarch.

Though his backstory is explained, namely why he has a head full of angry wires instead of brains, I would say the story is focused far more on the consequences of that on his Legion-- on the exploration of the impending damnation of the entire Legion and its culture. Angron’s better part had been forever left on distant Nuceria, although it is darkly ironic that the Primarch who had showed such touching sentiment and care towards his enslaved mortal fellows would become the one to eventually turn his gene-sons into berserk, blood-crazed beasts with no trace of humanity altogether. The way the story weaved back and forth from the past to the present through Tethys eyes was really unique and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's decent on the whole, with no small number of great moments and good ideas, along with a solid effort to flesh out Angron's personal history.When they fail to do so and one of his commander speaks up against the punishment, no longer willing to spill the blood of his own men, Angron goes into a nails induced rage. It's a common problem I find in the 40k setting for the choices the characters make to be completely inexplicable because of how terrible they are, and perhaps this is best exemplified by the World Eaters. Surprisingly, the Angron we saw here is compassionate and had quickly build a bond with his fellow gladiators, saying that it was a farcry from the bloodlust Angron in the days of the Great Crusade is merely understating it. hours, the World Eaters have 31 hours to conquer a planet before incurring the wrath of their newly rediscovered Primarch. The impression many works offered was that he was implanted with these while young, and thus it interfered with any efforts to foster rebellion.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. And when Emperor makes one big mistake (again, I am wondering why) in a move that has as much sense as putting a wolverine in ones underpants for safekeeping [because nothing bad can happen, right. Several books later, it does seem most of them have been happy to follow a familiar pattern: the Primarch and his Legion come to a non-compliant world, we meet some ‘new’ characters (who are doomed) and some previously established characters from the Legion (who we already know will make it through to the Heresy, in most cases) and the Primarch acts exactly as you’d expect, probably doing awful atrocities on the world while cackling (if a Traitor) or doing awful atrocities on the world while feeling a bit bad or at least ambivalent about it (if a Loyalist).Essentially, the World Eaters’ tale is the chronicle of desperate ambitions and false choices, paternal indifference and filial mistakes, shattered brotherhoods and subsequent lies of the decaying Imperium too ashamed to remember the truth. This short novel delves deep into the origin of the traitor Primarch, although in a bit unorthodox way. Personally it's the first one that I'd say actually perfectly met the criteria of what I expected this series to be. It shows why he was one of the best suited to their inclusion, and how certain minds much more easily adapted to the enhanced aggression than others. Slave of Nuceria is a good, in-depth look into the past of the World Eater’s Primarch and the forging of their legion as the one we know and love/abhor today.

It is truly heartbreaking to see the brotherhood and culture of War Hounds, knowing how they will end up once they accept the Nails. Its a trope Warhammer does from time to time: tell a flashback story that you already know the outcome of, yet you still root for the protagonists and hope that their doomed cause isnt destined to failure.That's about all I have, just wanted to ramble about how good this book was, the Primarch series is pretty hit or miss, and for me this was a big Hit. The quest to properly implant the Nails has become a central concern for many World Eaters, who are experiencing considerable psychological angst and pain at their Primarch’s obvious derision and apathy.