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* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Gaunts Ghosts]]'' novel ''Honour Guard'', there is a very brief, off-handed scene at the beginning of the novel where Captain Daur is handed a small, insignificant trinket by an old woman who seems insistent that he keep it. At the end of the novel, a psychic vision reveals to Daur and other Ghosts that this trinket is the firing key for Saint Sabbat's massive Chaos-frying psychic weapons system buried underneath her tomb. |
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Gaunts Ghosts]]'' novel ''Honour Guard'', there is a very brief, off-handed scene at the beginning of the novel where Captain Daur is handed a small, insignificant trinket by an old woman who seems insistent that he keep it. At the end of the novel, a psychic vision reveals to Daur and other Ghosts that this trinket is the firing key for Saint Sabbat's massive Chaos-frying psychic weapons system buried underneath her tomb. |
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* [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' novel ''[[Brothers of the Snake]]'' opens with a Space Marine dealing with a planet invaded by Dark Eldar. Much later, the Marines realize that their purpose there has had repercussions. |
* [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' novel ''[[Brothers of the Snake]]'' opens with a Space Marine dealing with a planet invaded by Dark Eldar. Much later, the Marines realize that their purpose there has had repercussions. |
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