All the old things soaring spires or angel wings echoes fade, no heart sings all the cold things All the old things pointless pride or fear stings forgotten after everything all the bold things All the old things golden thrones and cruel kings to burning church my soul clings all the sold things never ours to hold things (Wrote that while thinking about 'em.)
The tragedy of the Thunder Warriors is rather poignant, it shows the Emperor's character. The Emperor created the Thunder Warriors in his arrogance and impatience, he did not perfect them and only when their degradation and flaws came to light did he fix those flaws for the Astartes and expediate their own creation. You can also see the Emperor's twisted appreciation of life here too, he would kill off the Thunder Warriors and have them remembered as heroes of the Imperium, rather than allow their destructive behaviour paint them in a negative light in a world at peace. This is a rather big flaw of many of the Primarchs however, especially Magnus, in that he saw those soldiers created from his own genes and labours as his own sons. Magnus' empathy is a stark contrast to the lack or twisted sort of empathy that the Emperor develops. Had Magnus had the level of empathy the Emperor had, he would not made such concessions for his sons and therefore everything that happened that gave Tzeentch the power he has over them now, would not have come to pass. So... its a bit of give and take there. Horus had no problem purging his sons for his "greater good", and the Lion was willing to sacrifice his entire Legion to bring both Guilliman and Horus to heel. Hmm, maybe it is wise to say that it is not a "lack of empathy" but a "vast intellectual pragmatism"?
The last of them was slain by the 12th when we were still the warhounds on cerebrus thought to be a simple prison world rose up instead we found mortals but also thunderwarriors as we devastated the humans. the thunder warriors would killed entire squads before being dragged down the incident was covered up we killed the world left no survivors for the imperial army to recapture we destroyed them but in so doing we lost entire squads for one warrior
if memory serves it wasn't even the Emporer who made the Astartes, Big E just made the Custodes, it was Amar Astarte who made the first of the Astartes.
I really hate how the Emperor treated his Thunder Warriors, all he had to do if he wanted them gone is to send them against the Orkz. They all would have died in honor, and Astarties could have to clear the planet up.
The last of the thunder warriors was slain at what is now know as the cerberus incident a prison world rose up they sent the 12th who was warhounds we found thunder warriors leading the humans we devastated them but the thunder warriors we lost entire squads simply to drag them down and kill them we left a dead world shocking the imperials in space when they asked how many prisoner only to here the 12th never received orders to take prisoners
Who is the real monster? The chaos gods or the emperor? Kinda feels like i would rather have the enemy in know will betray me versus the one that is going to hide his in the shadows. Horus betrayal is at its end only a reflection of the ability to betray allies and friends that exists in the emperor.
I wished they made the primaris marines by combining space marines with thunder warriors. Gaining there strengths but losing some stability and longevity.
