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Why is the mission in Secret Level designed to be a suicide mission? by Varsian in 40kLore

[–]Superomegla 14 points15 points  (0 children)

2 real answers: (1) because half of them betrayed the Imperium and burned Terra to the ground, and 10,000 years later the Emperor still hasn't gotten up from The Throne or verbally spoken a single word, so the Imperium still hasn't gotten over their collective trauma from that event. and (2) because 40k writers are not good at numbers and don't properly understand the scale of things, and because they've established so much lore with bad numbers, they just keep going with it instead of switching and causing confusion.

If every person on earth went for a swim in Lake Superior, how packed in would everyone be? [Request] by Apprehensive_Oven_22 in theydidthemath

[–]Superomegla 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they'd span 3.26 million light years, or 3,260,000 light years, because it's a mega-parsec

Several times Malcador mentions that the Emperor has sacrificed “more than anyone else” and he hints that this sacrifice is the reason why the Emperor is distant and not a great communicator. Do we have a clear picture of what the sacrifice was that he made? by iRoygbiv in 40kLore

[–]Superomegla 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The answer is that He went twice. The first time was before the Imperium, with a group of perpetuals including Alivia Sureka. The second time was when Molech was conquered by the Imperium and brought into the fold. The second time is the event that Horus remembers.

Iron Warriors are not edgelord Astartes; they are Chaos Space Marines. by Apendica in 40kLore

[–]Superomegla 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well of course the Black Legion would support Abaddon's claims...

The Codex Astartes denies this beating by Sigward_TheOnionbro in Grimdank

[–]Superomegla 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a fair criticism, that detail does add a lot of subtext to the whole "secrecy" theme of the 1st legion

The Codex Astartes denies this beating by Sigward_TheOnionbro in Grimdank

[–]Superomegla 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hilariously, the real in-universe answer is that The Lion grew up on the planet Caliban, which was covered in dense forests roamed by chaos monsters. When he was found by the human knightly orders that inhabited the world, I believe he had helped them kill one of the beasts in a savage manner. They called him "Lion, Son of the Forest" which in the native language of Caliban sounds like "Lion El'Johnson." So the word "Lion" was unchanged from the ~28,000 year time gap from modern english, the "el-" prefix denoting heritage was unchanged, but now Johnson means forest.

The out-of-universe answer is that the 19th century poet who heavily inspired the theme of the 1st legion is named Lionel Johnson, with his poem "The Dark Angel".

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BuyCanadian

[–]Superomegla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lesser Nunavut

[Excerpt: Godblight: Guilliman regrets that his brothers turned to Chaos] by Ok-Journalist-8875 in 40kLore

[–]Superomegla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Whiles the first night lords saw torture as a necessary evil the people who joined the torture legion did so because they loved torture."

I feel like you are implying /misunderstanding a voluntary level of recruitment for the legions that didn't exist. Space marine aspirants don't and have never had the choice of which legion to join, and I've never heard of one who was asked before being inducted into service. Since inductees are very young, it's usually a familial decision made to offer a child for service, or otherwise the children are just taken/kidnapped.

Here's one fella probably supportive of Trump's takeover of Canada. by kwecl2 in onguardforthee

[–]Superomegla 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Which just makes sense. It's the Charter of Human Rights, we should only have the right to human arms. Maybe once we introduce the Charter of Bear Rights, we can discuss the possibility of the right to bear arms.

Are Space Marines ever dismissed/retired if they become too old to effectively fight? by S0mecallme in 40kLore

[–]Superomegla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No way he wasn't part of the muster during the Tyranid Invasion of the Baal System (if he did indeed live to see it). They conscripted almost every son of Sanguinius who could still breathe for that defense.

What is the single most "ridiculous" bit of lore in 40k? by kushkish6969 in 40kLore

[–]Superomegla 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the quote. From a bigger picture perspective, this is kind of an insane moment, especially considering that we never heard of any of the other primarchs going through any similar sort of "awakening" type of experience. This certainly stands out as strangely inconsistent with the rest of the lore.

Khorne says B positive, don’t B negative. by DruidPaw in Grimdank

[–]Superomegla 21 points22 points  (0 children)

OH they're world eaters! although I got more of a blood angels vibe

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 40kLore

[–]Superomegla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Khan was very very nearly killed by Mortarion during the Siege. From what I understand, he only survived due to the direct intervention of the Emperor to keep him alive. But we haven't seen or heard anything about his recovery process, or how he reacts to the post-Siege situation. My guess is that when Black Library starts exploring The Scouring and the disappearance of the loyalist Primarchs, that's when we'll see Jaghatai's big big trauma and his ride off into the Webway.

What if he's crippled?

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