“Sapiens rule the world because only they can weave an intersubjective web of meaning: a web of laws, forces, entities and places that exist purely in their common imagination. This web allows humans alone to organise crusades, socialist revolutions and human rights movements.” Y.N. Harari – Ancient Terran Philosopher +++ It’s nothing like you imagine. […]
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=I= “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” =I= Grandmaster Teppokiri bowed deep and long, for he knew this was his final act. The last client. The first carrier of […]
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The Inquisitor Trilogy archived – thank you ever so much John! It’s been a labor of love these three groups, an opportunity to be decidedly experimental and expressive, and as soon as I got the White Dwarf I started a new Inquisitor. It is time to be much much bolder with paint. + Here they […]
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The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man… it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture. – Sigismund Freud, Ancient Terran +++ Remade. Refaced. Reborn. At the darkest hour, we slip in the hive to hunt them. Every night. We hunt nightmares. Every morning we come back and we dream of […]
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“All power demands sacrifice… and pain” a Librarian of the XXth “It should be noted that although Rogue Traders are shipmasters who travel the vastness of space, their authority to do so comes not from a Merchant Charter, but rather a letter of appointment that elevates them to the authority equalling Space Marine Chapter Masters, Inquisitors and Planetary Governors[1a] Some of the […]
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Massive, hidden double doors, each a full height section of the bookshelf wall of the library gently recessed with a solid thud that reminded me of an airlock, and then opened slowly and majestically. Believe me, we were freaked out by then, ready to lose our shit, and out of the darkness this lady sort […]
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It had been 56 days since the Alabaster catastrophe. In the initial days following the incident, planetary officials had hoped that the local Arbites precincts, coupled with the standing Astra Militarum forces, would be able reestablish order in the devastated hive city. Such was not the case, and the situation continued to spiral into Warp-addled […]
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“All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself. ” – Terran proverb This is proving out to be so much fun and evolving organically into strong sub themes. The initial Rogue Trader is the casualty of that adjustment and I’m working on […]
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IRON SLEET 