Arik Taranis was one of the original Thunder Warriors. Thanks to genetic modification, he was many times superior to any techno-barbarian warrior of that era. He has many military titles for servants, namely: Conqueror of Gaduar, Last Rider, Butcher of Scandia, Slayer of Kings.

His name before genetic modification is unknown. After his rebirth as a Thunder Warrior, he became known as Aric Taranis.
The Emperor modified his soldiers to become deadly tools in his hands. The Thunder Warriors fully lived up to his expectations. During the war to unify Terra, their presence terrified the enemies of the Emperor. Thanks to these killing machines, which could not imagine their life without war, Terra passed from an era of anarchy and disunity to an era of peace and prosperity.

The Thunder Warriors were very different from today's Space Marines, as the production process for the new genetically engineered soldiers was not perfected. They were not stable and therefore mental and physical mutations often occurred in their environment. These reasons were enough to think about their liquidation. AT last battle for the unification of Terra, the Thunder Warriors faced the Emperor's plot and were almost all destroyed by his servants.

Imperial Thunder Warrior in Mk. I during the Unification War

The death of the Thunder Warriors was presented as an act of great self-sacrifice for the sake of the Emperor's victory, and no one has yet become aware of the terrible truth.

In the imperial chronicle, Taranis was believed to have been killed at the foot of Mount Ararat. He was posthumously awarded the Lightning Bearer title for raising the Emperor's Lightning Banner in the final declaration of the unity of the birth world of mankind.

Thunder Warrior captain in early armor Mk. I during the Unification War, believed to be Arik Taranis

But Taranis survived the bloody meat grinder and, oddly enough, did not hold a grudge against the Emperor. Taranis decided to keep a secret about the betrayal of the Emperor, since the time of the Thunder Warriors was over, the war was over, a change of more advanced warriors was prepared, and no one needed the truth.

Aric was able to adapt to the new conditions on Terra. A century after the end of the War of Unity, he controlled most of the Petitioner City's gangs. All transactions prohibited by law passed through him, so he was considered one of the richest residents of the city. Using the knowledge of genetic science, Arik discovered a birth defect in the genotype of the Thunder Warriors, due to which their lifespan was severely limited. Much to Taranis's regret, the available knowledge of genetics was not enough to correct the defect in the genotype. He needed coded information from the organs of the Astartes. Taranis set up a secret laboratory to be ready to start research at any moment, and began to wait. A long-awaited opportunity to heal oneself came during the Horus Heresy. During this period, luck again turned to Taranis.

Arik encounters the Outcast Dead, who have been trapped by Imperial forces, and steals a progenoid gland from the corpse of one of the Astartes. Taranis met the Forsaken Dead in the slums of the Petitioner's city. They were driven there by Imperial forces. During the battle, most of the exiles were killed, but Arik managed to escape, taking with him the progenoid gland of one of the fallen and Lieutenant Ghot, a former Thunder Warrior.

After that, Arik went to his secret laboratory, located in the city of Petitioners. There, he used genetic samplers to extract information from the glands of the Astartes and successfully deciphered the amino acid chains. This allowed Arik to create a new set of progenoid glands from the original sample. Taranis implanted cloned organs into himself and his lieutenant. Their further fate is unknown.

Again, you have to swear at McNeill. It's amazing how one the best authors cycle managed to write such a weak novel. Here you have a clear contradiction with the actual material of other books, including those written by Graham himself, and a skewed balance, and broken plot logic, and a lot of pianos in the bushes. I will try to briefly list the main shortcomings of the novel, starting with the less significant ones.

First, balance. Of course, it is quite normal for combat fiction that the main characters are always stronger, more enduring and more successful than their enemies, even if there are no obvious prerequisites for this. The power of the author's arbitrariness is capable of much. But here Graham, it seems to me, went too far. Take Thunder Warriors for example. Leaving aside the very fact of their existence in the times described, it should be noted that the Thunder Warriors are weaker than the Astartes. This is a kind of test of the pen, the first test of the then still imperfect genetic technologies of the Emperor. This is explicitly stated in the "Legends of Heresy". But here, a single thunder warrior literally scatters full-fledged Astartes, and not just any, but Angron's berserkers. Well, okay, that's something else, after all, we don't have enough facts about thunder warriors. But we know for sure about the Custodians: these are elite warriors, the handiwork of the Emperor, much more cunning and subtle than the Astartes. In A Thousand Sons, the Custodians massacred Magnus' legionnaires in batches, and only elite adepts, using their sorcerous skills to the fullest, could resist them. In The First Heretic, a single Custodian slaughtered the crew of an entire ship, and the demonic company of Argel Tal, having almost three times superiority over the Occuli Imperator's detachment, barely emerged victorious from the battle, having suffered colossal losses. An elite company of veteran Astartes, moreover, possessed by demons. But in the "Outcast Dead" all this balance is in the woods. The first Custodian is killed by a man at close range with a plasma gun. That is, we have what: a man managed to aim a weapon and hit an elite warrior, whose reaction speed exceeds the human one by orders of magnitude. The plasma gun charge pierced the handmade armor, which, in theory, should withstand a whole volley from such guns. Taking a direct hit, the Custodian lay down and died. Straightaway. While right there, other Custodians and Astartes show much more endurance. I understand that anyone can be killed with one hit. For example, in Nemesis, the Vindicaar killed Luke Sedire in Warmaster armor with one shot. But it was the best vindicar operative, a handcrafted weapon and a matching bullet. I'm sure a Custodian adept should ignore such damage. Well, or at least maintain combat readiness for at least some time. But this is not the worst. The second Custodian, in full armor and weapons, is killed by Angron's berserker with his bare hands. Hell, a Custodes veteran with so many names should have taken out Tagore with one sloppy blow. Graham, what the hell? And then things don't get better either. Jytia catches volley after volley point-blank, and Tagore in the final fight dies from one hit. Rave.

Well, we briefly talked about the balance, now here is the logic. For starters, how about this: we have 30 Astartes Legionnaires to capture. Immediately nearby we have the following resources: Custodian guards - 1 legion, imperial fists - 1 legion, primarch (Rogal Dorn) - 1 piece. To which of these illustrious warriors will we entrust a responsible task? Of course, mercenaries and ordinary people in the amount of three thousand. After the fact, we learn that the detachment of hunters, although they coped with the task, suffered significant losses. Remember this for the future, it will come in handy. And now our captives are imprisoned. We are told that this is the greatest prison on Terra, the safest and most secure. During the time of the unification warriors, the most terrible enemies of the Emperor were kept here, and it is here that Horus Lupercal and Magnus the Red are planned to be placed after the capture. Note that Magnus, the Scarlet King, the second most powerful psyker in the Imperium after the Emperor, is capable of holding this prison. And from there, with the help of psychic forces, a free adept of the Thousand Sons, the legion of this very Magnus, escapes. Without much, we note, efforts and sacrifices. But a free adept is not an elite warrior like Amon or Ahzek Ahriman, and not even a company captain. In this scenario, Magnus himself would have dismantled the prison stone by stone without much straining. And here they are, it means, running with the help of the piano in the bushes, simultaneously killing two Custodians with the piano. They bring with them Kai Zulan, Terra's number one wanted man, who is aware of the terrible truth about the Emperor's future. Who will we send to capture the fugitive? Last time, as we remember, three thousand people were barely enough to cope with his current escort. That's right, we'll send a hundred people, that'll be enough for sure. And, returning to the problem of balance, enough, which is scary. Ngasena, a common man, kills Tagore, whom the Custodes veteran has failed to deal with. This Ngasena is generally the same type as you like - he has a pariah in the wings, an anti-psyker with a unique talent from the category of one in a billion. This Erebus used to assassinate the Emperor. And a person with such a gift works as an assistant to some bounty hunter. Moreover, the officio assassinorum culexus is aware and even provided him with a pariah mask. Horus had the same one, no more. During the battle, something else strange happens - two hundred people of Babu Dhakal disappear somewhere, so imperceptibly. A megaroyaline appears in the face of a demon that has taken possession of the temple statue. And the funny thing is that the whole plot is based on the fact that the forces of the Imperium are running after Zulan in order to shake out from him for the Emperor information that the Emperor knew about from the very beginning. The emperor, characteristically, did not even bother to reward Zulan for his sacrifice. However, this is quite in the style of the Impi.

But that's not all. McNeill barbarously violates the sequence of events set forth in other novels, including his own Fulgrim. First there is a massacre on Isstvan V, then Magnus breaks into Terra and only then the Emperor sends Russ to Prospero to bring Magnus in chains. Apparently, in the couple of hours that it took Horus to gather supporters after the battle for the council, a lot of things happened: Magnus performed the ritual, arrived on Terra, annoyed the Emperor, he sent an order and reinforcements in the person of the Custodians and Null Maidens to Russ, the fleets united, got to to Prospero, defeated the legion of Magnus and put him to flight. And now, once in safety, Magnus sends a message to Horus, which comes immediately after the end of the council. Cool, yeah? And a couple of days later, a message arrives on Terra stating that Corax, who actually still has ninety-odd days to partisan on Isstvan, escaped and left the system. Gee. I also don’t really understand how the Emperor could send Custodes and Null Maidens to Prospero if they were needed to contain the demons rushing through the gates destroyed by Magnus? But this is so in all books, apparently, although it will be explained later.

The book could have been saved by an original storyline and characters, but even then everything is rather weak, especially for McNeill. Reading about astropaths and navigators is quite interesting, this is a new part of the Imperium, hitherto unfamiliar to readers of the cycle. But Kai himself is somehow inanimate, for me he merges with the similarly conceived heroes of "A Thousand Sons" and "The Burning of Prospero." So I'm very disappointed. Peru Graham owns some of the best novels in the cycle, and from his new book, I expected nothing like that. I hope in the next novels we will see the good old McNeill again, and not this incomprehension.

It so happens that many strategy series in recent years have abandoned dangerous experiments and returned to proven schemes that the conservative public takes with a bang. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 did not experience any problems with the new conditions - scaled down to a few units and the lack of base construction. It turned out to be a very competent tactic with a couple of good ideas (like mutually exclusive tasks).

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Stand at Igromir "SoftCluba" was equipped with several rows of computers with early versions of Dawn of War 3. The idea was that the guests would be offered to fight each other, but the demo contained only one mission from the Blood Ravens campaign. A small garrison of Space Marines was supposed to destroy several gates, along the way holding back the onslaught of the Eldar, who climb and climb through these gates.

The first thing that catches your eye is the "Titan", or rather, its miniature version. This "baby" could crush several Ork "boyz" with one foot, and there would still be room for a couple of heretics. The combat missions of the "Titan", of course, are the most significant: to be at the head of the shock advancing army and take on heavy enemy fire.

Alone, the giant is also able to play pranks and live for quite a long time, but he will not be able to crumble an entire regiment. The nearest landmark is the ships-colossi from Sins of the Solar Empire: they also do not appear in society without an escort. In addition, the Titan is very slow, and trying to keep the defense of a large base only with his efforts will turn into disaster.

However, the bases are not that big. Servitors in the service of the God-Emperor are trained to build only the most essential buildings: landing platforms for infantry and vehicles, an armory with upgrades, and defensive outposts for control points. The demonstration mission is probably taken from the beginning of the campaign, and the limitations are due to this.

In distress and resentment

But the mechanics of war still repeats the mechanics of the first Dawn of War. On the map - by the way, compact and conducive to a quick debut - checkpoints are placed, the capture of which ensures an uninterrupted flow of resources. The infantry of the warring parties seizes the points, and the workers build them up with combat platforms. The more points you manage to keep, the richer will be the flow of resources and the more opportunities for development.

Accordingly, such a scheme is conducive to aggressive play and does not favor going on the defensive. And the map, which we tested in the campaign, completely excludes passive gameplay. The game was played quickly, the Eldar swooping in with swift squadrons and demanding appropriate responses. But the situation does not reflect the state of affairs very well, for example, in the skirmish mode, because the xenos acted according to the scripts and "respawned" at the gates.

The terrain has changed for the better. The maps in the original Dawn of War were much flatter, though compared to many other strategy games, this impression paled. In the third part, the landscape is replete with "bottlenecks", level differences, all kinds of obstacles, including artificial ones - some passages were blocked by the Eldar force field.

True, heavy fire disables this field quickly enough, but the effect that such gags have on tactics is quite strong. Whether space marines and orcs can build something like this or is this a condition of a specific campaign - we will find out in the release version.

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Unfortunately, the main thing in Dawn of War - a network game - they didn’t give us a try, and in the campaign, of course, the gameplay was adjusted to suit the situation. However, it is already clear that the game has again made the battles massive and fast, and in the campaign they do not intend to let us down.

It's only a pity that the Chaosites didn't get their own history, and we will only carry the word of Tzinchevo to the masses in a multiplayer game.

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The Dreamspace of Kai Zulane. The fortress of the city of Arzashkun in the middle of the desert. Outside - a blue sky and a haze over white sand, inside - halls covered with patterned carpets, and the murmur of fountains in small courtyards. Kai and Roxanne are sitting on the side of the fountain.Roxanne. And you gave him a message? Here, in your Dream Space? Kai. Yes, and I saw for myself what a terrible future awaits him. And I don't want anyone else to see it. Evander Grigora approaches.Grigor. What do you know about the terrible future, brat! Here I saw such a terrible future - at least hang yourself! Only there was nothing to hang on, I had to shoot myself. I found posts about it. (He takes out a thick book from the folds of his hoodie and shows Kai and Roxanne. The book says "Warhammer 40,000. Rules.") I won’t give it to my hands, I haven’t finished reading it yet! Kai. This is my Dreamspace, what are you doing here? Grigor. What I do, what I do ... I read a book! Remember, brat: in the dark world of the distant future, there is no personal space! Only war and the laughter of thirsty gods! Roxanne. Who are the gods and what do they crave? Grigor. You better not know, girl. Anik Sarashina and Athena Diyos approach.Sarashina. Kai, did you deliver the message? Kai. Maybe you don't have to talk about it in front of everyone? There are too many people in my personal space! Maybe Maxim Golovko is hiding behind that column? Golovko (standing behind the column, to the side). Well, I'm hiding, so what? I would have shot you all, because there was no command! Nagasena (standing behind the next column). And there will be no team. Our story is over; all we have left is to watch, listen and learn from our mistakes. Golovko (through teeth). Samurai! Nagasena. I hear from the riot policeman! Kai (confused). And who are the riot police? Athena. Don't let it bother you. Now that you've got rid of the nightmare that tormented you and delivered the message to the right person, shouldn't we go for a walk around the palace? There must be many cozy bedrooms here! Kaiblushes and looks atRoxanne. She blinks three eyes in confusion.Athena. Or are you a couple? Then I won't bother you. Kai. You see, we served on a ship of the Ultramarines, and they have strict morals. Athena. And I served with the Emperor's Children, and our manners were by no means harsh. How about we take a walk? Kaihe gets up unsteadily and under the arm withAthenacomes out.Sarashina. Let them rest. Sometimes you have to allow yourself to relax while everything is calm! (Looks carefully atGrigor, he pretends not to understand the hints.)Kai and Athena are returning. Both look confused. Sarashina. Why are you so fast? Kai. Here the Emperor walks. And he's uncomfortable. Grigor. Maybe Magnus also walks? Kai. The emperor walks delicately, but quickly. And Magnus... In the next room, the ceiling collapses with a crash. In the doorway, shaking off the plaster and bending down, entersMagnus. Magnus. Father! Where are you? Kai. Lord Magnus, I saw him over there a couple of minutes ago. (Points towards the ruined room.)Grigor. Lord Magnus, what do you need the Emperor for? Magnus. I want to warn him that Horus is planning to start a rebellion! Athena. By the time you came to warn of this, the battle was already underway on Isstvan V. If you're crossing the Immaterium with such ease, you'd better warn Lord Ferrus Manus to stay out of the trap! Magnus. What? Is my warning too late? Athena. For two whole years. Sarashina. And your appearance on Terra has destroyed most of the astropaths, leaving all forces loyal to the Emperor without contact. Grigor. I note that if this had happened two years ago, we would have been completely cut off from the Galaxy even earlier, did not know about the rebellion and could not do anything at all. Mandrel (Passing). I would have known anyway - Garro warned me. But there would be no one to tell the rest. Athena. But Lord Manus would not have climbed into the trap and remained alive. Mandrel. I know Ferrus. If he wants to run into - he will run into, and neither the presence nor the absence of information will prevent him. Nagasena. Lord Dorn, what are you really afraid of? Mandrel. Active idiots and asking stupid questions! Is it contagious? (Exits.) Magnus. My warning was not only useless, but also belated! Everyone, I'm going to suffer! Magnuswalks away, sighing heavily.Golovko. I'm going to make sure he doesn't ruin anything else. I know these sufferers! (Leaves after Magnus.)Kai. I am the sufferer here, do not take away this privilege from me! Roxana. You've already recovered from PTSD, so relax and let others suffer. Athena. Indeed, Kai, how much you can suffer. Let's go for a walk? Kai. I'd love to, but the Emperor is here, Lord Magnus, Lord Dorn, not to mention Golovko and Nagasen! I don't wonder if the Forsaken Dead are here too! Atharva. I heard you mention Lord Magnus? He is here? Kai. He went to suffer. Atharva. This is a serious matter, I will not interfere. Have you delivered a message to the Emperor yet? Kai (irritated). Why is everyone you meet interested in this message? Atharva. Me personally - because I knew about him and about you long before the real events. In fact, I allowed myself to be imprisoned so that the thread of fate would lead me to you at the right time. Tagore. I thought it was your stuff. Some three thousand soldiers - for the Eater of Worlds, this is not even an enemy. Atharva. It's a sin for you to complain - I helped you escape from prison. Even though you hindered me greatly when you killed the Custodian. Tagore. The World Eater said - the World Eater did. I said that I would tear out his spine - and pulled out. Atharva. I admire your determination, but I recommend choosing more promising goals next time. At that time, the goal was not to kill the Custodian, but to escape from prison. Tagore (spitting). You're so smart! Even too smart for an Astartes. (Looks around, spots Nagasena.) Man, let's go out, shall we? Let's fight, otherwise this sorcerer will drive me crazy with his talk. Tagore and Nagasena leave. Kai (inwardly). It would be something to reduce. Atharva. I was not allowed to finish my thought. You were supposed to deliver a message to the Emperor. And from whom was this message, you did not think? Kai (bewildered). It didn't say who it was from. To be honest, nothing was written on it at all. Just a vision of the future. Atharva. Just a vision of the future, he could get himself. In terms of psyker power, the Emperor surpasses even Lord Magnus. Sarashina. What difference does it make who the message was from? It is true, and this is the main thing. Atharva. I need to know who. I am not left with the feeling that everything that happens to us is invented and written down by someone, and we are moving along a pre-trodden path. Grigor. Of course it's recorded! (raises book above head). Atharva. Who recorded? Sarashina. Isn't it all the same? You Thousand Sons are always trying to find out everything, even things that shouldn't be known. It should be easier! Atharva. Take a cue from the World Eaters? That's who is simple as a chain ax! It's not for me, I'm a scientist. Athena. The Emperor's children are not as simple as the World Eaters, but they also do not have the habit of asking unanswerable questions. Kiron(entering hand in hand with Gifya). One question worries me now - where is the bathroom, where I could clean up and dye my hair? During the years in prison, my hair roots have grown, and I am no longer blond, it is terribly depressing! Roxanne. How many years did you spend in prison? And during this time, you only grew roots? Slowly your hair grows, I want that too. Tired of cutting bangs every month! Gifua. Argentus, I would say that you are beautiful in any way, but you will not believe me. Your marksmanship and your talent for storytelling overshadow any imperfections in appearance. Kiron. Do not flatter me. Our primarch said that everything should be perfect for the Astartes - clothes, hair, and martial skills. First we'll find a bathroom, and then a place where we can practice shooting. KironandGifuawalk away holding hands.Kai (after). Do not shoot in the palace! Go to the yard! Atharva. But still - who conveyed this message? Grigor. Why know this? I know one thing - that everything will be bad. Who said it doesn't matter anymore. We cannot change anything, there is no point in our further existence. Sarashina. You already shot yourself once, no more. Let's go for a walk. GregoryandSarashinago under the arm. Kai looks at them in confusion.Kai (with envy). She is not shy of the Emperor, or Magnus, or anyone else. And I'm shy. What if the whole City of Petitioners, led by the head of his mafia, comes here? Babu Dhakal. I look at the Astartes and wonder. The Emperor freed you from the defects inherent in the Thunder Warriors, made you, if not immortal, then long-lived, and what problems do you care about? One does not know how to think strategically, the second dyes his hair, the third asks insoluble questions. The Thunder Warriors didn't suffer from such nonsense. We were told to conquer Terra for the Emperor, and we did. Atharva. So why are you unhappy? Babu Dhakal. The fact that my genetic defects prevent me from living! Everything that can hurt hurts me, and everything that cannot hurt also hurts! I need to get the Astartes gene-seed, with its help I will get rid of the defects! Atharva. Did you not think that the Astartes gene-seed would give you those qualities that you are so dissatisfied with? Each Legion has its own characteristics, and if you don't like the ones you've seen with your own eyes, I'm not sure you will like all the others. Babu Dhakal. But for sure! Let me fall apart, but I do not have your intellectual problems! (Exits.)Kai(with a groan). I can not do this anymore! I don’t want to suffer, but they don’t let me have fun! Athena, let's go for a walk. Roxanne, if you want, join. Roxanne. But what about the Emperor? IncludedEmperorwith a large box that says Warhammer 40,000.Emperor. Go, my children, I will not disturb you. (Atharve) Let's play? I like to play regicide, but this time there is a more interesting game. (Starts to take figurines out of the box.) True, Gregory took away the rules, but I remember them by heart. Atharva (bewildered). Have you read them? Emperor. I wrote them. Atharva. So you were sending the message to yourself? What for? Emperor. You will live with mine - you will understand. Enough empty talk, let's play. Throw a dice. Kai, RoxanneandAthenaleave.Atharvafreezes in the pose of Rodin's Thinker.Emperorlaughs softly. THE END

The desire to collect the Imperial Fists, a very famous and glorious Space Marine Chapter, formed in me about a year ago, and was embodied in practice a few months after the decision. On the one hand, I'm a little tired of painting endless black models, on the other hand, I want to play a campaign at home one day, exclusively with my armies, which means that it's nice to have canonical skins at hand.

The Imperial Fists are just such an image, and their background appealed to me from the very acquaintance with Warhammer. The same "guys in the book" as the Ultramarines, but more stubborn and thickset. However, since I touched the back, it makes sense to go through it.

The Unification Wars are only mentioned in passing in the official history of this universe. We are talking about Terra, drowned in darkness and bloodshed, which the Emperor began to unite. He overthrew the ethnarchs and tyrants who ruled the planet at that moment, and made genetically modified soldiers his main tool. At first it was the Thunder Warriors, the prototype of the Space Marines. Larger and more powerful, they were very powerful, but did not have as long a lifespan as their successors. Therefore, already at the last stage of the Unification Wars, the Thunder Warriors died out, and the Astartes themselves came to replace the Protoastartes.

Twenty Legions in gray armor, with serial numbers. Even then, the Seventh Legion, recruited from the most physically large and surly recruits, showed its taciturn and solid character - which remained unchanged even further. Fortifications and assaults became the doctrine. The steady and stubborn advance of the Legion's assault units, in which hundreds of tanks and dozens of super-heavy vehicles were used, was immediately replaced by the construction of fortifications. Having won the positions, the legionnaires immediately worked tirelessly, erecting bunkers, redoubts and bastions - and then moved on.
As with the rest of the Legions, they won victories, acquired honorifics, acquired heraldry and the color of armor. AT this case it's yellow. Then the name arose - Imperial Fists.

All Legions had their Primarch - and each legionary carried his genetic material. The Primarchs themselves, created using the material of the Emperor himself and warp technologies, were scattered across the Galaxy. By uniting solar system and its environs, the Emperor found them and put their "sons" in charge. It should be noted that the legionnaires gladly accepted such command. Each of the Primarchs surpassed the Astartes even more than they themselves - ordinary people. Besides, the similarity between the legionnaires and their Primarch was, as they say, in the blood...

Beyond the Great Crusade followed by the Horus Heresy. The greatest of the Primarchs, Horus, rebelled against the Emperor. By this time, out of 20 Legions, 18 remained - the fate of two is unknown, these historical gaps are sacred in the back in order to give players the opportunity to come up with something of their own if they wish to collect something completely original. Say, they were destroyed by the Emperor for unknown reasons, and they were erased from history. The rebels who fell into the power of Chaos and the loyalists loyal to the Emperor were divided equally - 9 Legions on each side. And the galaxy went up in flames...

That era - in fact, this is Warhammer 30,000 - is described in the works of art of the Horus Heresy series, at the current moment there are already dozens of them and writers are writing further. In the desktop incarnation, it was taken up by a subsidiary of Games Workshop - Forgeworld. This company produces resin miniatures aimed at people with relatively considerable experience in modeling (there is probably nothing for little players to do there). Accompanying the rules and backing to match this - each A new book according to Heresy, it looks more like a historical work on some real war, with diagrams, numbers, design, and so on. The confrontation between the Legions and other branches of the "power apparatus" of the Imperium ended with the Siege of Terra, in which Horus was killed, and the Emperor was hopelessly wounded and chained to an intricate installation called the Golden Throne. And the defeated Chaos retreated into the Eye of Terror, from which they continue to launch attacks on the Imperium.

Here the story leads to the familiar Warhammer 40,000 - all ten thousand years after the Heresy, the pompous and hypertrophied Imperium repels the attacks of xenos, demons, traitors, chaosites that come from all sides. On a frozen clock, there are always two minutes to midnight, Mankind is staggering ... This moment is offered to the player as a background for his table battles.

Initially, I was very impressed with the history of the Imperial Fists - guys stubborn, to the point of donkey stubbornness, solid, adamant and loyal. They acted throughout this history as constant and unchanging - masters of sieges and assaults, invincible in defense, loyal to the Emperor and Humanity to the marrow of their bones.

Five years ago, I conditionally made my own Order of Black Seraphim the successor of the Fists, and now I am collecting the "progenitors" themselves. And even already there is something to show ...