The Age of Dusk: Difference between revisions

{{quote| ''It is the 61st Millennium, and the Age of Dusk is upon us. Let us hope dawn will break on a new universe. For hope is all we have, screaming against the storm.''}}

 

 

 

'''Spoilers ahead for ''The Shape of the Nightmare to Come''. Please read at your own risk.'''

* [[Dirty Business]]: The Fire Beasts take care of this for Vulkan, performing a [[Mercy Kill]] on the remnants of the Black Templars and waging a terror campaign against the Ophelians.

* [[Disney Death]]: The Orks as a whole. Spores from Orks simply lay dominant in planetary ecosystems, which finally grew and became Orks in the 51st Millenium.

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|Roboute Guilliman}}'s last appearance.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Vulkan's Imperium is in a huge one with the {{spoiler|Realm of Fathers}}, who, while {{spoiler|gene stealer cultists or pure breeds to a man or alien}}, are far too industrially vital and heavily armed to destroy without crippling the Imperium. The new Space Marines, particularly the Fire Beasts, may not like them, but they will use weapons built by them and fight beside the Cultists as long as the Pure Strains are kept out of sight.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Corsair Lord Zelphagor is horrified that the now-corrupted Mephiston would go so far as to desecrate and bind the Sanguinor, the avatar of the Blood Angels' memories of their fallen primarch.

* [[Rasputinian Death]]: Chenkov Jr. died in his sleep. Not too special, until you realize took several dozen disgruntled soldiers, fourteen rounds of a heavy stubber, an overdose of tranq, a vial of neurotoxin, a hatchet and three bayonets to make sure he died in his sleep. The legend of Chenkov’s death subsequently did get amplified in the telling, but his remains suggest at least the stubber shots were accurate. Also {{spoiler|Lucius}}.

* [[Recursive Fanfiction]]: Several friends of the original author have written pieces set in the 60K universe. Most of these, like the [http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=883 Fire Beasts], [http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=307 Sons of Thunder] and [http://www.thebolthole.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=905 Sons of Corax] are mentioned in the background as some of Vulkan's comamnderies.

* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Warhammer Fantasy]]: a [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Demiurg brotherhood]] mentioned is called the [http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Chaos_Dwarfs Collective of Hashut.]

** There's a Cathedral of St. Ciaphas (yes, ''[[Ciaphas Cain|that]]'' [[Ciaphas Cain|Ciaphas]]) on Valhalla.

* [[Tank Goodness]]: The Sons of Thunder Commandery specialize in this. Honorable mention to the Thunder Lizard Tank Legion, all of whose super heavy tanks are named after dinosaurs.

* [[The Heartless]]: The Star-Father and his Angyls embody this. The Draziin-maton, servants of [[Ultimate Evil|the Nex]] may be even worse.