The word bearers have access to a wide range of unique upgrades, allowing for some real flavour to be added to any force. This page was last edited on 9 october 2019, at 10. Reading the horus heresy novels made me look at the word bearers more and more. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lorgar. Notable word bearers lorgar lorgar, also once called lorgar aurelian and the urizen before the horus heresy. You know how many asoiaf books have come out in that entire time. This is a collection of short stories focusing on the aftermath of the word bearers attack on calth and the ongoing war that occurred there. After the destruction of monarchia and the emperors reprimanding of the word bearers legion, the primarch lorgar spent many long years. Book five tempest is the fifth book in the horus heresy series by forge world. Still my favourite of the horus heresy novels ive read only read to about number 30 even upon rereading. At the time of the horus heresy, it is estimated that the word bearers legion.
The horus heresy book 14 nephrites month of heresies and once again i have returned to the warp. The fifth horus heresy book covered the battle of calth. If you think the hh series is meant to be point a to point b. In addition, 3,420 word bearers under tanus kreeds command were present aboard the cruiser dark page. This specific book was a combination of anthony reynolds three word bearers novels. Black library the horus heresy word bearers ebundle. The primarch of the word bearers, lorgar, vanished while still an infant, just like all of the other primarchs. Loyalist word bearers do not exist in the heresy outside of lone individuals like the occasional knight errant. Book five tempest is the fifth book released as part of forge worlds horus heresy series of campaign and army books that takes place during the horus heresy. Meanwhile, the signus system was overrun after horus sent the serpent lodge priest bruja to unleash a vast daemonic horde by serving as a vessel for the keeper of secrets kyriss the perverse to enter the materium. If youre looking at reading the word bearers omnibus, you are probably a diehard 40k fan. This is the story of their fall and their dark crusade through the horus heresy. The word bearers went from the most loyal of the space marine legions to the most devoted servants of chaos.
Most devoted of all the primarchs, it was lorgar who first fell to the lure of chaos. The book deals with the calth atrocity, where the word bearers legion launched a devestating suprise attack on the ultramarines legion. As the horus heresy burns across the galaxy the world eaters and word bearer legions rampage through the ultramarine empire. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The word bearers were also the first space marine legion to be corrupted by the ruinous powers of chaos many terran decades before their. Pick a side and build your own army of superhuman space. List of horus heresy characters warhammer 40k lexicanum.
Im a big fan of the horus heresy series of novels, set in or rather, before the warhammer 40,000 universe. The rules for the ultramarines including roboute guilliman himself as well as several warpcorrupted word bearer units are brought in alongside a few other new miscellaneous fw releases, including the deredeo and the new thanatars. Ultramarines word bearers mechanicum imperial militia warp cults knights titans the story the story of the word bearers assault on calth background on the ultramarines legion approximately 250,000 marines in the legion. The word bearers side of the events from the horus heresy. I am of the opinion that the best parts of the horus heresy books are when the writers do horrible things to erebus for his snakelike scheming.
There are also a couple of short stories in the horus heresy novel series that act as backstory for several of the characters. I started it listening to horus heresy stuff, then after eisenhorn i really wanted to hear more about the small details of the imperium. I have been looking forward to this project ever since i was introduced to my favourite character in the horus heresy novels, first chaplain erebus. Twin novel to rob sanders the honoured, this counterpart shows the same story from the word bearers point of view, but while the previous book was almost non stop action bolter porn and armours description, here we have a better character development and a great starting flashback in monarchia, where the immortal hate between ultramarines and word bearers legions was born. Lorgar bearer of the word novella warhammer 40k wiki. Led by lorgar aurelian, they caused swathes of destruction during the horus heresy. Also known as aurelian, he becomes the bearer of the word, the golden one and the supreme religious and political authority on the planet, overthrowing all other powers, before taking command of the word bearers. Find the complete the horus heresy book series listed in order. I only own orks and eldar and i never played any space marines, i also only play 100% orks or eldar, never used an allied detachment. This expansion draws from the battles chronicled in the new york times bestselling novels a thousand sons and prospero burns, following the tragic events that. Tempest covers the battle of calth between the word bearers and the ultramarines legions. Horus heresy units that you should avoid buying without good reason duration. The book contains rules and special characters for the preheresy word bearers and. Read it because its a compelling and detailed look at how even the most loyal can be lured into betrayal by the insidious power of.
Wheel of time took twenty some years and it was a little over a dozen books. Game content and materials are trademarks and s of their respective publisher and its licensors. One key thing to note is that word bearers have to be traitors all the options discussed below are traitor only. In this list ive done the best job i can of organising it into a rough chronological. The first heretic by aaron dembskibowden warhammer. The word bearers trilogy of books by anthony reynolds consists of dark apostle, dark disciple and dark creed, set in the warhammer 40,000 universe. Aurelian the horus heresy series by dembskibowden, aaron.
Betrayal at calth sees dark apostle kurtha sedd seeking revenge on an old friend. So you have the big two first heretic and word bearers omnibus but there are a couple of other things you could read. Primarchs series, delving into the story of lorgar, primarch of the word bearers legion and the first of the emperors sons to fall to chaos. It is finally time for me to make a start on my pre heresy word bearers, the greatest legion and the main instigators of the horus heresy. The omnibus a warhammer 40,000 omnibus following the fanatical exploits of first acolyte marduk and the 34th host, this omnibus edition collects all three novels of the word bearers series along with brand new content. As the world i come from has been blessed by nurgle on a somewhat universal scale i.
The book is to be part of a duology, with book 5 covering the battle of calth, and a later book covering the shadow crusade, the battle of armatura, and the underworld war. Kor phaeron kor phaeron was the first captain and black cardinal high priest. When horus rebelled against the emperor, the ensuing civil war nearly. The novel follows the word bearers legion, the 17th legion of the emperors space marines, and their driven and devoted primarch, lorgar. This trilogy presents some of the background and causes of the heresy, and describes the start of the conflict. The black legion has proven to be a much greater threat to the imperium. Legions has released its third major content expansion, the burning of prospero. This book is about the formative and early years of lorgar on largely desert filled planet of colchis. The word bearers are the original heretics, the first to fall to chaos during the great crusade. Its been eleven years and theyve released over fifty novels and short stories. The trilogy that opened the horus heresy revealed the word bearers were the source of heresy, but we dont know why they chose to rebel.
How to paint horus heresy 30k traitor word bearers. In the decade or so its been around it has become a huge collection of stories, with a whole host of plot threads, characters and events to follow. Bearer of the word the horus heresy primarchs book 5 kindle edition by thorpe, gav. The word bearers are one of the nine first founding space marine legions that betrayed the emperor of mankind during the horus heresy. After 10,000 years of violence, terror, destruction, and fervent worship of the ruinous powers, combined with the orchestration the horus heresy, the word bearers have achieved godtier infamy status unmatched by nearly any other chaos worshipers. And now there is no more escaping, im starting a word bearers army. I ignored the two ultramarine word bearer novels that came as tie ins to betrayal at calth. Brother fights brother as mankinds imperium is torn apart by civil war. Lorgar bearer of the word type novella series the primarchs author gav thorpe publisher the black library binding hardback released july 7, 2017 pages 208 isbn 10 1784965846 isbn 9781784965846 preceded by perturabo the hammer of olympia followed by fulgrim the palatine phoenix lorgar bearer of the word is the fifth novella in the primarchs series. Bearer of the word primarchs book 5 long before he brought chaos and war to the imperium, the primarch lorgar was raised on the world of colchis, used as a weapon by the zealot kor phaeron in his bid to control the whole world.
A horus heresy ebundle the word bearers went from the most loyal of the space marine legions to the most devoted servants of chaos. The first heretic is one of the finest books black library has to offer, and is also conveniently one of the first books in the chronology of the horus heresy. Early in the heresy, the traitor word bearers legion is tasked with organising and leading the invasion. The horus heresy forge world series warhammer 40k wiki. It really gives us a good view of the world eaters and word bearers, seeing the challenges the former is facing, and the degeneration of the latter. Horus heresy book five tempest heresy30k the horus. Instead, it shows how lorgar aurelian, primarch of the xvii legion, gained the favor of the chaos gods. They became chaos space marines, their allegiance pledged to their daemon primarch lorgar and to chaos undivided. The horus heresy word bearers ebundle black library. Erebus erebus held the prestigious position of first chaplain of the word bearers legion. Horus heresy book two massacre warhammer 40k lexicanum. I found that the books had some interesting parts and some parts that just kind of dragged on. The book deals with the of the drop site massacre of istvaan v.
The primarch of the word bearers, lorgar, vanished while still an infant, just like. Word bearers getting started in horus heresy youtube. The book contains rules and special characters for the pre heresy iron hands, salamanders, night lords, and word bearers legions as well as an updated. Book two massacre is the second book released as part of forge worlds horus heresy series of campaign and army books that takes place during the horus heresy. Aurelian the horus heresy novella by aaron dembskibowden. The horus heresy is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional warhammer.
Learn how to paint the first heretics, the word bearers, in their heresy era colour scheme with todays video. The lost and the damned the horus heresy siege of terra book 2. A place for discussing the books, events and theories pertaining to the horus heresy series by black library. Bearer of the word the horus heresy primarchs book. But the star of the show is the insane contemptor dreadnought sor gharax, whose point of view sections will give you a whole new perspective on being trapped inside a walking tank for eternity. Age of darkness is a tabletop game for two or more players, in which you command an army of forge world and citadel miniatures representing either those loyalist forces who fight in the name of the emperor or the traitors who have chosen to side with warmaster horus. The first three novels in the horus heresy are an opening book trilogy.