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The Talon of Horus (Volume 1) (The Black Legion)

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His face was only marred by a scar from under his right eye that ran down his cheek all the way to his jawline. His eyes were coloured a bright, sapphire blue that matched the colour of the ocean.

No-Sell: What Daravek is able to do to Khayon's psychic powers, much to the latter's bewilderment. Abbadon simply assumes that Khayon is just psychically outmatched and cannot admit it due to pride. Khayon has to tell him that even if Daravek was stronger than him, their powers would still clash and they would fight. Being able to utterly ignore another psyker's power isn't normally possible unless you have a fragment of their soul. Throughout the book we primarily follow, former Thousand Son and Sorcerer, Iskandar Khayon and he is a fantastic main character. All of the characters in The Talon of Horus are great with time spent to develop each. However, we spend the most time with Iskandar getting to understand why he left his legion and what his motivations are for helping the Sons of Horus find Abaddon. It fleshes out what happened between The Horus Heresy and the main 40k timeline and gives us some awesome characters to love/hate along the way.After hearing about Vengeful Spirit from Sargon, Falkus is immediately willing to go find it, despite low chances of success. The Anamnesis - Advanced machine-spirit reigning over the warship Tlaloc, born of Forge Ceres on Sacred Mars. Patricide: Abaddon kills the clone of Horus, who still has memories of the original, in the finale. Along with I Have Many Names and Not Me This Time below, Sekhandur resents being called people he isn't, such as Zaraphiston, who is an entirely different person (as well as a Seer, something Khayon despises on principle) and Ygethmor, which is a title given to several sorcerers (but which he never explicitly denies). Foreshadowing: Djedhor is the more responsive of the two Rubrics that accompany Khayon and Sekhandur hopes that there's still some humanity left in him. Subverted, as it's Mekhari, the less responsive Rubric, who regains his sentience just in time for a Heroic Sacrifice.

Reassured, Sigismund strode across the war-torn scenes of carnage, of hell on Earth, challenging any and all Champions of Chaos to single combat as well as anyone else unfortunate enough to cross his path. When Rogal Dorn accompanied the Emperor and Sanguinius in the boarding of Horus' flagship, the Vengeful Spirit, he left most of his Imperial Fists behind to look to the defence of the Imperial Palace. Ceraxia - Mechanicum Adept, born of Sacred Mars. Governess of the foundry world Gallium, and Lady of Niobia Halo. Unusually Uninteresting Sight: While talking about the other ships at Gallium, Khayon offhandedly confirms the existence of the Fallen to the Inquisition (something the Dark Angels and their successors have spent ten thousand years trying to prevent) and moves on without a second mention of it. The Talon of Horus was an interesting read. It was my very first book told from the viewpoint of the Traitor Legions. Iskandar Khayon is a Chaos Marine and a sorcerer. Embroiled in the conflict between the various Traitor Marines, also known as the Nine Legions, Khayon and a mixture other Astartes from various Traitor Legions decide to try to change things.

Abaddon: The only way to kill me was to welcome his own death, and he did it the moment the chance arose. Foil: Thagus Darevek to Abbadon himself. Both have very similar aims and goals but wildly different outlooks on how to do it and why. Thagus welcomes the gifts of the Chaos Gods and is happy to go along with their schemes whilst gaining control of the remaining legions for the sake of power itself. Abbadon actively resists their temptations, and only uses their blessing out of necessity as part of his goal to unite the remaining legions under one banner to take revenge on the Imperium. Time Skip: Few months pass as the Tlaloc makes its way towards Gallium, then another few when it travels to the edge of the Eye, and yet another two as the heroes fly to the Canticle City. It's pretty helpful in establishing just how huge the Eye is.

Though the storyteller is phenomenal, yes, the book itself is fantastic too. Slowly, GW is filling in the gaps left in the fluff. It feels like Lord of the Rings, an epic quest to reach a goal with a rag tag group of heroes (villains) and you get a front seat to the action. Amazing storytelling coupled with just darn good writing. I mean, you really feel like you're a part of the quest to find the flagship "Vengeful Spirit" and it's evil captain. The characters are all likable (Telemacon and Gaia in particular being my favorites) and their motives all make sense. There's breaks in the fighting, sure, but each chapter is as interesting as the last, weather words are exchanged or bolter fire.

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Khayon is a warrior with unique skills recognized by Abaddon. What Abaddon offers is purpose, start of formation that will unite all Chaos Marines and remade them into weapon with a single goal - finishing what Horus started. To achieve this he needs command cadre and Khayon is identified as one of them, warrior, soldier, able to lead and inspire his troops. Kadalus Orlantir - III Legion warrior, born of Chemos. Sardar of the Emperor’s Children 16th, 40th and 51st Companies warband, and commander of the warship Perfection’s Lament. Khayon: He did not answer, nor did he watch as I left. He was seeing Sigismund again, dwelling on replies he could never speak to a brother he had once admired and who had died despising him.

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