Below are the notes ive taken on the timeline of the horus heresy series, all taken during a reread of everything in it, including the forge world books. I now have just over 5000pts of the krieg, so thought id start something new. List of horus heresy characters warhammer 40k lexicanum. The horus heresy series continues to blow me away with their books. The horus heresy is a cornerstone event in the far future fictional universe created by games workshop as the campaign setting for its warhammer 40,000 miniatures wargame. There have been a lot of novels with the ultramarines as the leads and here are my top 5 in no particular order. Remus ventanus was a captain of the 4th company, 1st chapter of the ultramarines legion during the great crusade and horus heresy eras of the 30th and early 31st millennia. The next stages of the horus heresy warhammer community. Literally everything else during that time i love the time frame and the setting, but as it is now, the hh is a huge mess. Ive had trouble finding much audio book wise for ultramarines. For anyone wanting to read about ultramarines, this is the place to start.
It chronicles the history of the horus heresy era which serves as the foundation and startingpoint for most warhammer 40,000 canon. Mighty heroes battle for the right to rule the galaxy. Over time each of the twenty primarchs were reunited with the emperor and took control of their respective legions. I would suggest simply reading what ever interests you. But to really dive deep into the setting, youre going to have to go off the main path a bit. It would have been hard to predict that, back in 2006 when this was first published. Legions continues its fourth major content expansion, the battle of calth. In the horus heresy, the emperors favorite son, horus lupercal, formerly warmaster of the imperium, was corrupted by chaos and rebelled against the emperor, taking nine space marine legions including his own, their respective primarchs, and about half of the imperial army and mechanicum with him. Dan abnett is a novelsit and awardwinnig comic book writer.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading battle for the abyss the horus heresy book 8. The more books you read, the better the perspective you gain. Tempesteven during the great crusade the ultramarines were careful with the quality of their recruits. I wanted to ask a question about the horus heresy fluff. The horus heresy before horus declared his treachery against the emperor, he had ordered the ultramarines legion to go to the veridan system in. Or more specifically, exactly which stories should be read. The ultramarines come forward today with courage and honour. Mar 25, 2015 the other two loyal primarchs disappeared during the battle and only a handful of the space marines escaped the planet alive. Its outbreak marked the end of the emperor of mankinds great crusade to reunite the scattered colony worlds of humanity under a single government and the beginning of the current age of the imperium.
As i finished reading deathfire, and with war without end and pharos on my toread list, i was inspired to put together my current rankings of the numbered horus heresy books. The horus heresy was a galaxyspanning civil war that consumed the worlds of mankind for 9 terran years. Lets take a look at the best reading order for the horus heresy books. Aug 26, 2014 horus rising is the first book in the horus heresy series. View page in ghost mode, only threads with nonarchived posts will be shown. If you want to rush to the end and experience the central story, you totally can once all the books are out. How many space marines chaos and loyalist survived the. The suzerain invictarus was an elite subformation of the ultramarines during the great crusade and horus heresy. Ive tried to put the stories into as close as i can manage to a true chronological order, though given the nature of the series this isnt really possible. Brother fights brother as mankinds imperium is torn apart by civil war. Ive been reading the horus heresy novels from black library. Jun 04, 2007 but reading the text this books gives really a great overwiev over the horus heresy, presenting the entire story by short notes complementing the art of the book. Meanwhile, horus sent half of lorgars word bearers to attack guillimans legion, the ultramarines who wear blue, of course.
The ultramarines legion has had a lot of lore added to it by the hh novels and the forge world books. Each of the books is a small part of a greater whole. This article is about the fictional event in the warhammer 40,000 universe. Horus rising is a strong novel, written by one of the black librarys best authors, and the standard is high. The ultramarines are considered one of the strongest and most honoured of all the space marine chapters in the imperium of man, and were responsible for almost singlehandedly holding the imperium together after the horus heresy highly disciplined and courageous warriors, the ultramarines have remained true to the teachings of their primarch roboute guilliman for 10,000 standard years. Horus rising the seeds of heresy are sown the horus heresy it is a time of legend. The fifth horus heresy book covered the battle of calth. Each chapter was in turn divided into ten companies of 1,000 under the command of a captain. Inferno fw new stories from black library soon for space wolves. The ultramarines are a first founding chapter, whose genseed makes up around 50% of chapters, meaning that they potentially have a lot of chapters to call on if needed. The brief and humorous history of the horus heresy leave no. Enter your email to get the very latest news, promotions, hobby tips and more from games workshop. I had a hiatus during my late teens and early 20s then i happened to see the death korps of krieg and i was sucked back in.
Horus heresy books in order of when they were first published. He would go on to play a pivotal role during the battle of calth, the treacherous attack by the traitorous word bearers. Ive read the first ten or so, and especially like the ones which show the primarchs interacting with one another didnt really like mechanicum. 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. I recently read know no fear which was the excellent story of lorgar betraying gulliman. Chris wraight working on book on leman russ and space wolves during the heresy.
Beneath him were chapter masters who led approximately 10,000 warriors and a segment of the legion fleet. At the time of writing, the horus heresy series is approaching its 50th book. About to buy a bunch of novels online for my spare time. During the great crusade and horus heresy, the ultramarines were a much larger legion commanded by roboute guilliman. How different did ultramarines look during the horus. Had a bit of a search but couldnt find anything unfortunately.
Instead of going for the purely numerical order, i thought to organize the books in tiers, from the toptier works all the way to the few that were. He has written twentyfive novels for the black library, including the acclaimed gaunts ghosts series and the eisenhorn and ravenor trilogies, and with mike lee, the darkblade cycle. Battle for the abyss the horus heresy book 8 kindle edition by counter, ben. Looking to read all novels that have to do with ultramarines during the horus heresy. Nov 22, 2010 dan abnett answers questions on the horus heresy, including the god emperor, primarchs, loken and what comes next. Telemechrus, originally known as gabriel telemach, was a dreadnought of the ultramarines legion during the great crusade and horus heresy. The horus heresy is a big series, consisting of 24 novels, a number of short stories and at least half a dozen audio dramas. I see that many of the legions were quite large during the horus heresy. Consisting of at least several hundred warriors and at times clad in terminator armour, they served as the elite honor guard of the four tetrarchs of ultramar and best symbolized the ideals of roboute guilliman, whose bodyguard they also served as. The horus heresy is in many ways the founding event of the imperium of man as it now exists. The vast armies of the emperor of earth have conquered the galaxy in a great crusade the myriad alien races have been smashed by the emperors elite warriors and wiped from the face of history. The new book is all about the conflict between the dark angels and the night lords, which raged for three years in the thramas sector. Anyone know of any information regarding this topic. A shortlist of essential horus heresy reading the bad.
See the ultramarines from the new boxed game the horus heresy. Im going to go over the difference in these rulebooks, and list all the books you will need for each army in warhammer 30k. All legions had loyalists and traitors in their midst, that were dealt with in various ways. Decided to start with the shadow crusade since this is what i could find the most lore about. Of course, each of the series has a chronological order which is not always the order suggested by the numbering of the books see the hh for instance. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you. For the book series based on it, see horus heresy novels. Legion overview the ultramarines the space marine legions of the first founding make up the core factions and conflict of the horus heresy. The undisputed hero is a terminator sergeant who wades through liquid coolant and forces himself to.
Horus heresy timeline notes potential spoilers tymell. Sons of horus winters seo vs ultramarines horus heresy 7th edition battle report. Seattle everett, washington january 10th12th, 2014 v0. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It follows the adventures of captain uriel ventris leader of the ultramarines fourth company. The horus heresy is a collection of novels, novellas, short stories, audio dramas, game books, and artwork created by some of the black librarys bestknown authors and artists. The ultramarines muster at calth by order of horus, unaware of the impending betrayal by the word bearers, sent to cripple them so that they cannot join their loyalist brothers in the fight against the warmaster. The horus heresy is an unimportant series of books as far as understanding the universe, however it does give further back story to anything you may read. Sons of horus vs ultramarines horus heresy 30k battle report 2500 points by bad tabletop gaming. The author does a great job of describing the different legions who make up the loyal task force. Complete your legions look with these sheets featuring hundreds of decals. Basically, except for the obvious timeline horus heresy versus the rest of the books horus heresy being technically warhammer 30k, there is no real order between series.
The ultramarines muster at calth the horus heresy legions. Pick a side and build your own army of superhuman space marines and their allies. In warhammer 30k horus heresy theres two types of books, red books and black books, that you need to play the game. No challenge is made to the rights or ownership by games workshop of the material below. Additionally, this book includes updated age of darkness expansion rules for playing games of warhammer 40,000 during the horus heresy, and all of the weapons profiles and special rules youaoll need for your mechanicum army. The best horus heresy books that arent horus rising tome. Ive never actually played 30k but im well familiar with the 30ksetting call me crazy but ive read the hhseries all books twice this is my journey to. By subscribing you confirm that you are over the age of or have consent from your parent or guardian to subscribe. I got the impression that the ultramarines were the largest with about 250,000 marines, and the thousand sons were the smallest at about 6,000. This has proved to be a refreshing challenge and has offered a new level of immersion into both the story and my own hobby. Oop horus heresy solar auxilia rapier quad this is a listing for warhammer horus heresy sicaran venator. Full collection of horus heresy books score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
Take part in one of the defining episodes of the horus heresy. The horus heresy is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional warhammer 40,000 setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company games workshop. In this article the fourth posted on goonhammer we visit the five hundred worlds of ultramar, and look at their masters the ultramarines. Were also going to take this opportunity to reveal the title of the next horus heresy campaign book. Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in.
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. Other than the one hh book starring some thunder warriors outcast dead. The book deals with the calth atrocity, where the word bearers legion launched a devestating suprise attack on the ultramarines. In addition, we have some more information in recent books. I see that there is a tab on amazon to request certain books in kindle format, just wondering if priority is given based on popularity or if there is no priority or anything. Is there a list anywhere that states what companies have already appeared in the fluff just so i know to rule those out for my own. Hi all, trying to write some fluff for my company but cant settle on what company it should be. The traitor legions cleansed themselves of potential loyalists on istvaan iii. Unleash the blood angels ultimate sanction upon your enemies. Get the very latest news, promotions, hobby tips and more from black library. I take the view that the majority of the heresy series is essential, with a select few that can be missed out. Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the horus heresy, a fictional galaxyspanning civil war occurring 10,000 years prior to the far future of warhammer 40,000.
Foam tray value set for the horus heresy betrayal at calth board game box. The horus heresy series began in 2006 with horus rising by dan abnett. Horus heresy was a very messy and chaotic and chaotic, of course affair. Horus knew that guilliman was the good son, and would never turn against the emperor. Used but good condition oop horus heresy solar auxilia, from a smoke free home. Even though i already own a huge ultramarines army for warhammer 40,000, the horus heresy gave me new and interesting ways to reimagine them on a completely different scale and during a different time period. To my knowledge, luther and the dark angels that were left on caliban is the only known example of space marines that betrayed a loyalist legion during horus heresy. Death guard vs ultramarines horus heresy warhammer 7th edition battle report. As im firing up the creative juices to get my ultras put together, i really enjoy listening to audio books, and in spare time reading books on armies im working with. Telemach had only served for 10 years in his legion before he was grievously wounded and was interred in contemptor dreadnought armor. One question that im frequently asked is how someone new to the series can catch up on all the events.
Best novels from the horus heresy series i just wanted some recommendations on what you consider to be the best horus heresy novels. Sep 03, 2019 i take the view that the majority of the heresy series is essential, with a select few that can be missed out. This book includes the rules and background for using the thousand sons and space wolves legions in games of the horus heresy. Warhammer 30k horus heresy rulebooks you need to play. 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. Galedan was a captain in the dark angels legion during the great crusade, where he served under chapter master astelan melian was a captain in the dark angels legion during the great crusade, where he served under chapter master astelan. This science fiction series is set in the fictional world of warhammer 40k, a tabletop. Graham mcneils ultramarines omnibus is a collection of three novels and a short story set in the dark gothic universe of warhammer 40 000. By continuing to use this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. This website uses cookies to personalise content and advertising, and to analyse our traffic. Ours is the better way roboute guilliman, primarch of the ultramarines, xiii legion the horus heresy.
Does anyone else have a kindle or tablet pc with a book program and want to have the bl books available. It is a relatively short but devastating galaxyspanning civil war that engulfs the nascent galactic empire of the imperium of man early in the 31st millennium of the universe timeline. The horus heresy is the single most important piece of backstory in the warhammer 40,000 universe, covering the great crusade led by the emperor of mankind to reunite earth with its lost colonies, the genetically engineered supermen who are the primarchs and the first space marines. One aspect of that gw keeps providing info about is the links between the th legion itself and its myriad chapters.
Taghmata army list is an expansion to warhammer 40,000. In few pages alan merrett describes the main events that lead to the events on isstvaan iii, after that he follows every legion, and his conduit during the heresy. Adeptus titanicus dark angels features forge world forge world news. Space wolves during the horus heresy bell of lost souls. In warhammer 40k, during the horus heresy, did every space. A shortlist of essential horus heresy reading the bad dice. A new side project of mine if coming up with a complete and comprehensive history for the major campaigns during the heresy by compiling the lore from the horus heresy series and the fw books.
After the horus heresy, what are the next series chronologically. Did any members of loyalist legions turn traitor during. Battle for the abyss is the 8th book in the series and follows a group of loyal space marines and imperial soldiers who are attempting to intercept a traitor vessel of gigantic size. Horus was indeed the first primarch found and became the emperors most favored son. Horus heresy book 8 malevolence part 3 daemons of the ruinstorm army list. A few of the horus heresy books outcast dead being one greatly illuminate the period because they take place onaround terra. Ive thoroughly enjoyed what ive read of them in the horus heresy series. My new found dislike of primaris ive bought plenty of primaris, it grieves me that i dont feel them anymore has turned my focus towards 30k. The horus heresy stuff is in no way important when reading other novels set in the universe.