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2010/12/07 12:35:16
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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RogueSangre
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Most fluff junkies have the names of the primary memorized. But most of these names, Guilliman, Russ, Lion El'Jonson, were names given by mortals.
Is there anything known about what the Emperor would have called the Primarchs had the Scattering never occurred?
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2010/12/07 12:39:40
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Ork-Hunting Inquisitorial Xenokiller
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Lion El'Jonson would have been named William Riker, as he is Number One
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2010/12/07 12:57:32
Subject: Re:What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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..hmm... from Prospero Burns...
just after Horus is named Warmaster...
Might be worth bearing these in mind, seeing as it appears to be becoming more obvious that the Emperor had quite sepcific roles already decided for each of his sons.
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2010/12/07 22:13:30
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Number one son
Number two son
Number three son
etc
The Emperor afterall is just called by his title, he seems to have no real name, I'm thinking he's not the imaginative type.
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2010/12/07 22:16:41
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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yeah, I'd get numerically as well. They'd have names like Primus, Segundus, Septimus, etc.
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2010/12/07 22:19:18
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Nigel Stillman
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George
He would have named each one george.
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2010/12/07 22:19:25
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel
...urrrr... I dunno
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Either that, or names from Old Earth history. Perhaps famous generals or something.
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2010/12/07 22:34:15
Subject: Re:What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Wraith
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reds8n wrote:..hmm... from Prospero Burns...
just after Horus is named Warmaster...
Might be worth bearing these in mind, seeing as it appears to be becoming more obvious that the Emperor had quite sepcific roles already decided for each of his sons.
Okay, so from that I get
Who are the last 2?
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2010/12/07 22:37:35
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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I presume the other 2 would be Alpharius and someone else.
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2010/12/07 22:45:13
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Veteran Knight Baron in a Crusader
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distant perimeter?
Sanguinius? Because he can fly up and see further than the rest?
Magnus? the distant perimeter being the warp?
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2010/12/07 22:45:46
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Bob.
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2010/12/07 22:46:16
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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I would say Guileman is the distant perimeter because Macragge is next to the edge of current imperial space.
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Dakka Bingo! By Ouze
"You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry. |
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2010/12/08 00:46:45
Subject: Re:What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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RogueSangre
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reds8n wrote:..hmm... from Prospero Burns...
just after Horus is named Warmaster...
Might be worth bearing these in mind, seeing as it appears to be becoming more obvious that the Emperor had quite sepcific roles already decided for each of his sons.
OMG IS PROSPERO BURNS OUT?!?!?! OMGOMGOMG!!!
Sorry. I really want to read that book.
Anyway, while the Emperor could have very well had roles planned for his sons, having identical names as the ones they received, (for example, the Jarl that found Leman Russ as a child specifically named him Leman of the Russ, ) would probably mean a substantial change in the way we view the scattering.
I find it far more likely that the names mentioned in the spoiler are simply so the reader can figure out who's being talked about, and the question raised in this thread is simply something the BL writers have not given thought to, or are not ready to reveal yet. Of course, not having read this glorious tome, I do not know the context of this particular passage.
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2010/12/08 03:11:48
Subject: Re:What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Stormin' Stompa
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Tools one through twenty. He showed them that much love.
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2010/12/08 08:33:47
Subject: Re:What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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skrulnik wrote:reds8n wrote:..hmm... from Prospero Burns...
just after Horus is named Warmaster...
Might be worth bearing these in mind, seeing as it appears to be becoming more obvious that the Emperor had quite sepcific roles already decided for each of his sons.
Okay, so from that I get
Who are the last 2?
See,
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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2010/12/20 19:51:42
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Slippery Scout Biker
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Bob jeff barry moe and timmy
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2010/12/20 19:59:44
Subject: Re:What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Stabbin' Skarboy
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Mr Nobody wrote
Tools one through twenty. He showed them that much love.
Or weapons names.
Hammer, Sword, Tweezers, Scalpel, Bottleopener
EDIT: Or maybe the Emp was a Stooges fan:
Emperor " Moe 1 and Moe 2 stop slapping Larry, Larry 3, Curry and Shemp 2."
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2010/12/20 20:01:54
ChrisWWII wrote:
My reaction to this thread is still 'Why, Flying Spaghetti Monster, why?"
asimo77 wrote
Then we're all going down in a blaze of glory and ork milk
Sir Pseudonymous wrote
A pasty, barrel shaped, acid-drooling, balding mutant wearing the jumpsuit version of an Abrams.
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2010/12/20 19:59:44
Subject: Re:What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Calculating Commissar
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reds8n wrote:skrulnik wrote:reds8n wrote:..hmm... from Prospero Burns...
just after Horus is named Warmaster...
Might be worth bearing these in mind, seeing as it appears to be becoming more obvious that the Emperor had quite sepcific roles already decided for each of his sons.
Okay, so from that I get
Who are the last 2?
See,
Well then, it seems that emperor only planned on having half the sons he actually had. Interesting...
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2010/12/22 03:46:11
Subject: What Would the Emperor Have Named the Primarchs?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Major point on who's who in the "Prospero List of Primarch Functions"
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