Enyalius, In Memoriam

Black Library Advent Calendar 2014 #7

by Joshua Reynolds

Marakitedes, berserker of the traitorous World Eaters, fights on the hull of an Imperial starship. Battling the vessel's beleaguered crew and the warriors of the Ultramarines, he is fighting not just for the thrill of combat or to feed the Butcher's Nails, but to honour his fallen brother, Enyalius, and send him to Khorne with a mighty host of skulls.

Read it because
Even crazed Khorne Berzerkers honour their dead, they just do it in... unconventional ways.Like all rituals of the Blood God, it mostly involves death bloodshed, and decapitations.

Genres: Science Fiction, 40k

6 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 7, 2014

About the author

Josh Reynolds’ work has previously appeared in such anthologies as Historical Lovecraft from Innsmouth Free Press and Horror for the Holidays from Miskatonic River Press, and his novel, Knight of the Blazing Sun, is currently available from Black Library. He can be found at: http://joshuamreynolds.wordpress.com

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Reviews

[Dylan Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

God damn that was an awesome and bloodthirsty short story!
When a World Eaters captain, Enyalius, is killed without taking the fight to the enemy, his brothers take care of that duty for him. A very awesome short story showing how the World Eaters can still honour their brothers and ensure their path to the Skull Throne is paved with the bones of their enemies!

Great stuff. The World Eaters were portrayed excellently. Blood-crazed and insane, yes, but they still had a resemblance of order and duty, even if both mean charging headlong into the slaughter where death is the only outcome.
Great stuff!

[doowopapocalypse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting look at World Eaters.

[Gamer Gamersson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly flavorful for something of this length. Solid read.

[Michael Dodd · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the seventh day of Christmas, Black Library gave to us…a World Eaters short story by Josh Reynolds. Enyalius, in Memoriam follows the World Eater Marakitedes as he leads what’s left of his brothers in battle against the Ultramarines, in order to honour their fallen captain, the titular Enyalius. As they fight their way across the hull of the Ultramarines’ ship Marakitedes recalls what brought them there and considers what the future holds for him and his brothers, all the while taking skulls on behalf of Enyalius.

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[Gianfranco Mancini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damn, this was really good. Excellent short story. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!