“Some truths were too ugly to be easily embraced.”
― Aurelian
― Aurelian
“You came to me asking how my faith survived the Day of Judgement. I will tell you a secret. When the stars fell, when the seas boiled and the earth burned, my faith didn’t die. That is when I began to believe.
God was real, and he hated us.”
― The First Heretic
God was real, and he hated us.”
― The First Heretic
“Mercy and weakness are the same thing in war, and there's no prize for nice behavior.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
“My armour is black, for I am death itself. My helm is the skull of every man that died in every battle fought by my Chapter in the ten millennia since our founding. More than that, my face is the victorious leer of the dying Emperor.
And why am I charged with this responsibility? Why do I wear the black?
Because I hate. I hate more than my brothers, and my hatred runs blacker, deeper, purer than theirs.”
― One Hate
And why am I charged with this responsibility? Why do I wear the black?
Because I hate. I hate more than my brothers, and my hatred runs blacker, deeper, purer than theirs.”
― One Hate
“I have crusaded across his empire for over a century, raising icons and faiths in his image – and only now he objects? After a hundred years, only now am I told that all I’ve done is wrong?”
― The First Heretic
― The First Heretic
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