While the Sons of Horus took the dying Warmaster to the Temple of the Serpent, Erebus conveniently went somewhere else. What Happens in the Warp Stays in the Warp Everyone wanted to do whatever they could to save the Warmaster, they were even okay with Erebus admitting they would use forbidden sorcery.Įrebus certainly knew how to line up his chess pieces. Aximand wasn’t comfortable with it at all, but he didn’t want to be the sole vote against it. Erebus was quick to use this moment to call a Lodge meeting and use his friendship with Abaddon to get the Sons of Horus to agree with him. However, they were off investigating about the weapon that the fallen brother used.

If Loken and Torgaddon were present when Erebus revealed the only thing that will save Horus, Erebus would not have had his way. His plan is far more complicated than a Rube-Goldberg machine, but darn it if it doesn’t work. The wound will never heal with science, allowing Erebus to suddenly have the only answer that will heal Horus: the warp.īut doesn’t the warp corrupt? Why yes, it does! Erebus plans to use the warp to worm into Horus’ head and turn him against his father. Then when Horus meets this fallen brother sworn to besmirch his name, the brother will stab Horus with the kinebrach blade Erebus took from the interex. It’s all so he can goad Horus and his Mournival into wanting to go kill one of their own brothers. Erebus even goes so far as to embarrass Horus in front of his War Council and makes it seem like he’s doing Horus a favor. Loken even comments on Horus’ new surly mood, and he connects it with Erebus’ continued visit rather quickly. The effects of being Warmaster were weighing on him, but lucky for him, he had his good friend Erebus to offer counsel.

All hopes of uniting with the interex literally went up in flames, and Horus walked away in absolute shock. He stole a kinebrach blade from the interex and burned down their trophy hall for good measure. Erebus Risingįirst Chaplain Erebus of the Word Bearers started the downward spiral for Horus at the end of Horus Rising. I didn’t expect him to suddenly turn on a dime. Since Horus Rising was a slow buildup to Horus’ rise to power and revealing that Erebus is just the worst, I expected False Gods to start Horus’ turn. The subtitle for False Gods is “The heresy takes root,” which obviously played off of “The seeds of heresy are sown” from Horus Rising. So much happened in Graham McNeill’s story, and yet one of my biggest complaints was that it wasn’t long enough.

I finished False Gods last week, and I’m still reeling from everything that unfolded. Horus Hearsay will only cover the main novels. The chronicling of the Horus Heresy began over ten years ago, with currently 54 books in total, not counting The Primarchs series or the various short stories. Horus Hearsay is dedicated to Keri’s journey through the Horus Heresy saga.

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