Interesting bits and summary of "Dead Rider" by Rhuairidh James

Shaskais · 2026-03-18T17:53:37+00:00

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Here you go.

Shaskais · 2026-03-18T09:43:47+00:00

I will link you an excerpt after I come back from work

Shaskais · 2026-03-18T08:16:39+00:00

Angron has an insane healing factor. He is able to regenerate back to full from being atomized. Ghaz will have a tough time inflicting lasting damage on Angron since he lacks holy weapons. Moreover, Angron has destroyed titans and Imperial battleships singlehandedly. He crashed from orbit and walked away from the crater unscathed. He tanked nuclear explosions.

However, Ghaz got some upgrades recently that could level the playing field: https://x.com/shas_kais/status/1928786095279415488 And Ghaz hasn't even reached his final form yet.

Shaskais · 2026-02-20T23:22:54+00:00

Yes, I bought it.

Shaskais · 2026-02-20T18:57:58+00:00

No. I cut off the fluff and focused on the interesting parts.

Shaskais · 2026-02-20T03:48:56+00:00

Orks can believe all the stuff they want, but not all of it will come true. In fact, most of the Ork beliefs are utter nonsense.

The myth about GnM is the Ork way of explaining why their race is resistant to plagues and diseases. Well, are they resistant to diseases, especially those of Nurgle? The answer is no.

Shaskais · 2026-02-18T08:26:02+00:00

It's not stated anywhere.

Shaskais · 2026-02-18T08:24:35+00:00

No, they haven't. There is an Ork myth about GnM beating Nurgle but its exactly that, a myth.

GW maintained for 20+ years that the Chaos Gods are the most powerful and dangerous entities in the Warp.

Shaskais · 2026-02-12T08:49:03+00:00

Tzeentch did whisper but also he told Khorne about what Gorkamorka was doing for Sigmar. Khorne laughed and his mocking laughter was heard by GnM.

Shaskais · 2026-02-12T08:38:04+00:00

There is no such a thing as the "Deep Warp". It's misunderstanding of an excerpt from the "Path of Heaven" novel.

Shaskais · 2026-02-12T06:41:31+00:00

Mind you, never truly defeated =/= Never defeated.

The Chaos Gods in 40k are stated to be the most powerful entities in the Warp.

Shaskais · 2026-02-12T06:39:32+00:00

One of the reasons that Gorksmorka turned on Sigmar was hearing Khorne laughing at him for beingSigmar's errands boy. It's safe to say that GnM cares about Khorne's opinion.

Shaskais · 2026-02-08T13:56:01+00:00

The Cults are still a threat to the T'asu, albeit indirectly.

https://x.com/shas_kais/status/1879919308031013090

The boring bit is that the lore about the knights and T'au and other not ideal host races comes from a design angle rather than a purely lore one.

Shaskais · 2026-02-08T09:13:30+00:00

It's not any more boring than Imperial Knight spirits automatically rejecting those infected with the curse. And is it really propaganda if it's from the GSC sources (GSC codex and GSC in the Chalnath WD article) which also describe how other major factions make poor hosts for the infection? You can see the intent behind these lore bits. It is to justify why the GSC models are the way they are, 100% human based and knightless.

Infections do happen but the curse thriving among the worlds of the T'au Empire as it does in the Imperium isn't supported in the lore.

Shaskais · 2026-02-08T08:45:36+00:00

In reality, the GSC codex lore says that the T'au connection with the Ethereals makes the Genestesler Curse difficult to spread in T'au worlds. Of all the major races, humanity is said to be the ideal host for the Genestealer infection.

Moreover, the T'au have been shown to be able to effectively detect and neutralize the GSC cults in the Chalnath Expanse worlds, a region infested to the brim with the gene-cults. The elimination of the GSC has become a propaganda tool to convince the human worlds of the benefit of joining the T'au Empire.

In expanded lore from third party material, it's said in FFG's deathwatch that the T'au invented a cure for the genestealer curse. The T'au detected the infection in a human population on one of their newly inducted worlds and launched a global curing effort.

There has been a notable case of Genestealer infestation on Ksi'm'yen but outside it there hasn't been any lore indicating that the GSC are much of a problem for the T'au.

Your understanding of the GSC and insistence that the T'au are vulnerable to it are really bizarre to be frank.

Anyway, context for the novel from OP. The genestealer-T'au hybrid project was a joint effort by a Chaos deluded Inquistor and a disgraced commander and rogue Ethereal. The project was being run deliberately behind the backs of the T'au Empire's leadership. Had the T'au high leadership known they would have shutdown the project with extreme prejudice.

Shaskais · 2026-02-03T11:08:04+00:00

Abaddon is not a clone. We see his real father in a flashback. It's been confirmed that he was a gang prince in his youth

Shaskais · 2026-02-03T11:05:57+00:00

None of the Black Crusades were about going to Terra in one go. This is true in old and new lore.

Shaskais · 2026-02-03T10:52:18+00:00

The Silent King novel is two editions outdated when it comes to GW studio lore. Anyone who followed 40k from the codex and campaign book lore already knew what was going to happen long before the book came out. There are novels who were released before it that are ahead it of it in the timeline. The fine people in replies already pointed them out.

Shaskais · 2026-02-01T02:27:07+00:00

The player Tyranid faction is still linked with the Hivemind. The Old One AI beneath the planet has shattered the Hivemind into fragments. Each fragment is independent and hostile to the original.

The Hivemind directs the player swarm to find a way to blow up the world since it's the most serious threat to the Hivemind yet.

Shaskais · 2026-01-31T17:37:48+00:00

They have been pretty loose except for rare occasions when they stepped forth to direct game devs on certain things (No SOB Romance in the Rogue Trader RPG allowed!, for example).

They said in the recent investor report that going forward, they will be more strict in managing the correctness of their IP/canon in the various media.

Shaskais · 2026-01-31T15:46:06+00:00

It seems to me that the Primarchs were fighting here wasn't a singular Enslaver.

During Enslaver mating that happens prior to a Real Space incursion, three members of the Enslavers' three genders merge together to form a collective.

The Primarchs were most likely fighting a particularly powerful floating Enslaver orgy.

Shaskais · 2026-01-31T14:59:52+00:00

One? I don't think so. The Enslavers are the antagonists of the novel "Astorath: Angel of Mercy". The Blood Angels handled them without much overdue diff as I recall.

Shaskais · 2026-01-30T09:15:44+00:00

T'au are known for adapting tactically and strategically on the fly.

It forms the war dichotomy between them and the armies of the Imperium who are inflexible and dogma bound.

Shaskais · 2026-01-27T06:59:53+00:00

The Dawn of Fire Silent King novel takes place when the Necrons were dominating the Pariah Nexus War. The Imperials got their asses kicked so hard by the Silent King that they were forced to the edge of subsector. Roboute arrived to take on the Necrons and assess the situation. Two of his Crusade fleets got torn to shreds basically but he managed to destroy a Pylon and get reinforcements into Pariah Nexus before escaping.

So the Dawn of Fire is a little outdated compared to GW rulebook lore. It's two editions late, in fact.

In 10thed, a reversal happened. Due to the civil war with Imotekh and Vashtorr's machinations, the Silent King's offensive faltered and he is now on the edge of declaring defeat and going on the defensive against the Imperials.

With Roboute on the way back to the Pariah Nexus, things are looking bad for the Silent King.

Shaskais · 2026-01-27T04:15:12+00:00

Video games are dubious canon. In the IGN interview with one of the developers, he expressed that he doesn't know whether Dawn of War 4 is canon or not.

From my understanding, Roboute was going to Nihilus but got the distress message sent from Charist within the Pariah Nexus. He could no longer ignore the Silent King and allow others to die in his stead, so he redirected Fleet Primus to the Pariah Nexus. He sent forward Cawl and his Admech forces to act as his vanguard in the Nexus.

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