Gav Thorpe’s Rise of the Ynnari series currently extends to these two novels and a few accompanying short stories, and as the title suggests it focuses on the Ynnari, the newest sub-faction within the fractured Aeldari race. Yvraine, one of the key characters in the Gathering Storm, features heavily. Technically speaking then, The Devastation of Baal probably also fits into the timeline at some point after the events of the Dark Imperium books (now that they’re being adjusted to take place earlier on in the crusade) and The Great Work …but for the sake of ease I’ve included it here. Mortation's position is not so secure since it's the nature of Chaos to fight among themselves. While he waits for Gman to come to him, Tzeentch and Khorne teamed up to conquer his domain in the scourge stars. Typhus left his army to attend to the invasion and warned Mortarion that Nurgle will not be pleased if he tarry too long in his feud with Gman. More Mortarion spoiled brat tantrum While Guilliman attempts to prevent the destruction of his kingdom, Mortarion schemes to bring his brother low with the Godblight, a disease created in the cauldron of Nurgle itself, made with the power to destroy a son of the Emperor. Duty is a regular theme in the Warhammer 40K universe, and there’s plenty of variations on that in Godblight. Mortarian and Ku'Gath receive their punishments for failing in their own duties to Nurgle.

This is the third or 4th time i have listened to this trilogy but the 1 time i finished this last book in the Dark Imperium trilogy. The destinies of primarch and Imperial Regent Roboute Guilliman and his traitorous brother Mortarion come together for the climactic battle of the Plague Wars. The battle on Iax took place at the climax of the Plague Wars – Mortarion’s ambitious attempt to conquer and corrupt the Ultramar Sector by expanding Nurgle’s realm beyond the Scourge Stars. This campaign was Chaos’ revenge for the century-long Indomitus Crusade, which saw Guilliman lead the forces of the Imperium in an attempt to reclaim territory from the grasp of the four Dark Gods. but the problem, and this is what I really appreciate about the portrayal in Godblight, is that the Imperium of Man is not only irredeemably corrupt, vicious, and benighted at its core, but it is headed by the worst of them all: THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND, who re-enters the scene after 10,000 years as a corpse god. The sequel to The Emperor’s Legion , this takes a similar approach and features two of the three main characters from its predecessor. The Regent in the title refers to Guilliman, and the Primarch’s absence – and the void left behind – is very much at the core of this excellent, politics-heavy story.

Liber Xenologis

The first phase of the Indomitus Crusade is over, and the conquering primarch, Roboute Guilliman, sets his sights on home. The hordes of his traitorous brother, Mortarion, march on Ultramar, and only Guilliman can hope to thwart their schemes with his Primaris Space Marine armies. Over 10,000 years ago, the Emperor was much closer to an actual man. He genetically engineered 20 sons to serve as his Primarchs, generals to his armies, and extensions of his will. Two of them were exiled under mysterious circumstances, and nine fell to the corruption of Chaos. (As it turns out, the Emperor is not an aspirational figure — he’s an abusive father and cruel dictator who was so terrible half his sons decided they’d rather deal with demons than continue to serve him.) The paths of Roboute Guilliman and his fallen brother Mortarion bring them inexorably together on Iax. Once a jewel of the Imperium, the garden world is dying as the plans of the Lord of Death to use it as a fulcrum to drag the stellar realm of Ultramar into the warp come to deadly fruition. A common bit of boilerplate text, often published as a foreword in most 40K novels, describes the setting as such:

We will soon be in the Garden of Nurgle, my brother. The veils are parting. I can see it already. Once you are dead, this world will fall within it, and become a jewel of decay. You have damaged my network, but not by enough, and at the coming of your death, one by one each of your worlds will pass from this place of cold void and uncaring stars into the Grand­father’s embrace.Ku'Gath rides atop a palanquin carried by straining Nurglings, and loaded with the paraphernalia of his mobile laboratory. In battle, Ku'Gath uses the opportunity to conduct his field tests, unleashing clouds of spores and bacteria that could wipe out whole armies. [3] Only the last chapter of Vaults of Terra: The Hollow Mountain (Novel), takes place in the Age of the Dark Imperium. [12] Fabius Bile: Manflayer Spoiler!