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The Carnac Campaign #2
Sky Hunter
As the necrons continue to spread across the maiden world of Carnac, the war takes to the skies. Keladry Ragefyre, nihilistic exarch of the Crimson Hunters, seeks his death in glorious battle against the unliving enemy, while Maireth Voidwalker, spiritseer and pilot of a sorcerous Hemlock wraithfighter, seeks to avoid her own fate, which has been written in the stars. As the two pursue their own agendas, the fate of Carnac itself is imperilled…
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There's plenty of action as the eldar engage the necrons on the ground and in the air, with the fate of Carnac in the balance. But there's also an intriguing mystery. Just why is the exarch Keladry seeking death. What is he fleeing from? And how far will he go to achieve oblivion?
45 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 24, 2013
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Graeme Lyon
37 books16 followersGraeme Lyon is the author of the Warhammer Age of Sigmar novella Code of the Skies and the Warhammer 40,000 novella Armour of Faith. He has also written a host of short stories set in the worlds of Warhammer, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40,000 and Blood Bowl. He lives and works in Glasgow.
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September 20, 2020
An easy to read story about a craftworld at war with the necrons. Therefore it's a good follow up to the heavier Nightspear of Joe Parrine.
It's a very character driven and good at underlining the emotionally motivated eldar. They might try to distance themselves with the path but they are still the creatures who birthed Slaanesh.
Overall I'm enjoying these Carnac shorts a lot. Although as usuale the Eldar's losing streak is beginning to become a bit predictable...
It's a very character driven and good at underlining the emotionally motivated eldar. They might try to distance themselves with the path but they are still the creatures who birthed Slaanesh.
Overall I'm enjoying these Carnac shorts a lot. Although as usuale the Eldar's losing streak is beginning to become a bit predictable...
September 23, 2013
This was reviewed as part of a full Carnac Campaign review and can be read in full on my blog:
http://sonsofcorax.wordpress.com/2013...
Its been ages since I’ve read any Black Library short stories. I used to read them quite religiously up until January of this year, but then it all just kind of fell off since I was focusing far more on reading novels, whether from Black Library or any other publisher. A couple weeks ago, I started to go through some of the recently released short stories, and by “recently released” I mean the last eight months. And I was intimidated by how many had been released in this window.
However, the ones that really caught my eye were the three short stories that featured the Eldar and told the three-stage tale of the Carnac Campaign. Written by Joe Parrino, Graeme Lyon and Rob Sanders, these short stories proved to be among the best of the format that I’ve read over the years from Black Library. Nightspear, Sky Hunter, and Spirit War each tells us a different aspect of the Carnac Campaign, and I thoroughly enjoyed each of them.
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The second story here features a new Warrior Aspect of the Eldar, the Crimson Hunters. Taking to battle aboard Nightwing fighters, these Aspect Warriors dominate a battlefield from the air and they are as much of a precision instrument in the Eldar fighting machine as any of the more popular Aspects, such as those found in Codex: Eldar. When I picked up this story, I wasn’t expecting to be treated to such a fantastic concept and this is one of the reasons why I liked this short story so much.
Illic Nightspear and his Rangers formed the first stage of the Eldar response to the Necron invasion in Nightspear. In Sky Hunter, Exarch Keladry Ragefyre and his Crimson Hunters form the second stage of the response. With the battle now committed and the Eldar and Necron armies now finally engaged on the field of battle, the Carnac Campaign takes on a new dimension and the Crimson Hunters are at the heart of it all.
Of late, I’ve noticed that there is a concerted effort at Games Workshop to expand the roster of Eldar Warrior Aspects in the lore. We saw one prominent example of this in Imperial Armour Volume 11: The Doom of Mymeara, in which we were introduced to the Shadow Spectres. And now we have the Crimson Hunters, who fit in with the lore really well and are unique in their own right, which is an important thing to keep in mind when something like this is concerned.
Where the story itself is concerned, Graeme employs repetition in the narrative through the flashbacks of Keladry as he remembers the fall of his love at some point in the past, before the Carnac Campaign. It was an event that changed his life and much of the story is taken with the consequences of that event. Keladry is a nihilist and the story is about him learning to deal with his nihilism and coming to accept the past events.
Graeme really gets into Keladry’s mind and he tells a fantastic story from his perspective, while also at the same point progressing the story of the Carnac Campaign as well. Things are starting to go not so well for the Eldar, for various reasons, and the Necrons continue to make inroads throughout the world, pushing the Eldar, both the Alaitocii Craftworld Eldar and the Exodite clan-blooded Eldar of Carnac.
I loved the story, and since this was my first Graeme Lyon story, as far as I can tell from memory, I’m certainly looking forward to more from him!
http://sonsofcorax.wordpress.com/2013...
Its been ages since I’ve read any Black Library short stories. I used to read them quite religiously up until January of this year, but then it all just kind of fell off since I was focusing far more on reading novels, whether from Black Library or any other publisher. A couple weeks ago, I started to go through some of the recently released short stories, and by “recently released” I mean the last eight months. And I was intimidated by how many had been released in this window.
However, the ones that really caught my eye were the three short stories that featured the Eldar and told the three-stage tale of the Carnac Campaign. Written by Joe Parrino, Graeme Lyon and Rob Sanders, these short stories proved to be among the best of the format that I’ve read over the years from Black Library. Nightspear, Sky Hunter, and Spirit War each tells us a different aspect of the Carnac Campaign, and I thoroughly enjoyed each of them.
***
The second story here features a new Warrior Aspect of the Eldar, the Crimson Hunters. Taking to battle aboard Nightwing fighters, these Aspect Warriors dominate a battlefield from the air and they are as much of a precision instrument in the Eldar fighting machine as any of the more popular Aspects, such as those found in Codex: Eldar. When I picked up this story, I wasn’t expecting to be treated to such a fantastic concept and this is one of the reasons why I liked this short story so much.
Illic Nightspear and his Rangers formed the first stage of the Eldar response to the Necron invasion in Nightspear. In Sky Hunter, Exarch Keladry Ragefyre and his Crimson Hunters form the second stage of the response. With the battle now committed and the Eldar and Necron armies now finally engaged on the field of battle, the Carnac Campaign takes on a new dimension and the Crimson Hunters are at the heart of it all.
Of late, I’ve noticed that there is a concerted effort at Games Workshop to expand the roster of Eldar Warrior Aspects in the lore. We saw one prominent example of this in Imperial Armour Volume 11: The Doom of Mymeara, in which we were introduced to the Shadow Spectres. And now we have the Crimson Hunters, who fit in with the lore really well and are unique in their own right, which is an important thing to keep in mind when something like this is concerned.
Where the story itself is concerned, Graeme employs repetition in the narrative through the flashbacks of Keladry as he remembers the fall of his love at some point in the past, before the Carnac Campaign. It was an event that changed his life and much of the story is taken with the consequences of that event. Keladry is a nihilist and the story is about him learning to deal with his nihilism and coming to accept the past events.
Graeme really gets into Keladry’s mind and he tells a fantastic story from his perspective, while also at the same point progressing the story of the Carnac Campaign as well. Things are starting to go not so well for the Eldar, for various reasons, and the Necrons continue to make inroads throughout the world, pushing the Eldar, both the Alaitocii Craftworld Eldar and the Exodite clan-blooded Eldar of Carnac.
I loved the story, and since this was my first Graeme Lyon story, as far as I can tell from memory, I’m certainly looking forward to more from him!
December 15, 2015
The Carnac campaign is a story of a war between the Eldar and Necrons. A war the Necrons won after raising an army from the depths of the planet.
This particular short story details the use of Eldar air superiority fighters and bombers in an attempt to assassinate the Necron command.
The Eldar have some of the most advanced fighters and skilled pilots in the galaxy. They are by no means invincible, but extremely good at what they do. Too bad then that this is a story about how they fail at just about everything they attempt. Seriously.
The writings not bad, it's just that the story is. I understand that the Eldar is a dying race, but they are not dying because they are losing every single battle they partake in. They are slowly dwindling due to not being able to replace their loses as readily as other races.
That's where this story fails.
Also, the Exarch of the crimson hunter's a total nut case.
This particular short story details the use of Eldar air superiority fighters and bombers in an attempt to assassinate the Necron command.
The Eldar have some of the most advanced fighters and skilled pilots in the galaxy. They are by no means invincible, but extremely good at what they do. Too bad then that this is a story about how they fail at just about everything they attempt. Seriously.
The writings not bad, it's just that the story is. I understand that the Eldar is a dying race, but they are not dying because they are losing every single battle they partake in. They are slowly dwindling due to not being able to replace their loses as readily as other races.
That's where this story fails.
Also, the Exarch of the crimson hunter's a total nut case.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 21, 2014
The story is so nice. It has something from the background, not just epic battle which is held on Carnac. Eldar are really struggling against Necrons. The skein is manipulated by the Necrons, so the "know everything" farseers have very bad time to coordinate the campaign. Eldar suffer lot of loses, made lot of wrong decisions, sacrifices, survival....
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June 28, 2013Better Story than in Nightspear, but still...
As it becomes customary with the Black Library and Games Workshop, waaaaaaay to pricey for the amount of content :-(
As it becomes customary with the Black Library and Games Workshop, waaaaaaay to pricey for the amount of content :-(
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