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I already read Faith and Fire + Hammer and Anvil which, well, are the only two books with Sisters of Battle in. Since its summer I got free time on my hands and I am going to read the Horus Heresy books on loan from a friend but wondered if there was any good sisters of battle fan fiction. I got links to some decent Dark Eldar fanfic recently so wondered if there was anything similar for the sisters of battle?

Basically anything with story, action, character and finished.

I would... be very, very careful about SoB fan-fiction. Most of it is... soul-crushingly terrible. Most of it is also extremely NSFW. It's not even SFNFS (Safe for Nuclear Fallout Shelters).

 Psienesis wrote:
I would... be very, very careful about SoB fan-fiction. Most of it is... soul-crushingly terrible. Most of it is also extremely NSFW. It's not even SFNFS (Safe for Nuclear Fallout Shelters).

Huh, figured that if you could find good Dark Eldar fan fiction that finding good SoB fan fic would be a dawdle.

No... just... even the SOB fan-art often veers into the incredibly disgusting.

 Psienesis wrote:
No... just... even the SOB fan-art often veers into the incredibly disgusting.

ah well.

I think the author of the first two said that he had an idea for a third book some time ago. I guess if another army gets released and they want sisters as the heroes it will probably be released in junction with that. This was the case with Hammer and Anvil tying in to the Necron release.

I don't know why but I'd like to see Battle Sisters vs Orks. Although it will probably be chaos again rather than another xenos race. Maybe he'll surprise us with an Imperial faction war.

If you are looking for some short stories, check out some of SisterSydney's work on dakkadakka.

Here is the link for the first of five:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/558501.page#6162021

MWHistorian also wrote a (in my opinion) very good SoB fanfic. Has plenty of story, action, and character. Captures the characterisation of the Sisters well too.

Note that while the first story is finished, the second one (which is a continuation to the first) isn't.

 Totalwar1402 wrote:
I don't know why but I'd like to see Battle Sisters vs Orks.

I think it'd be a good match-up. Each has their own brand of fanaticism, it would be a fun contrast.

Though if Swallow does write another book, I think I'd like to see Sisters vs. Chaos more. They're just such fitting enemies.

I write the best Sisters of Battle fan-fiction.

One could say it's almost Aaron Dembski-Bowden 'esque.

 Troike wrote:
MWHistorian also wrote a (in my opinion) very good SoB fanfic. Has plenty of story, action, and character. Captures the characterisation of the Sisters well too.

Note that while the first story is finished, the second one (which is a continuation to the first) isn't.

 Totalwar1402 wrote:
I don't know why but I'd like to see Battle Sisters vs Orks.

I think it'd be a good match-up. Each has their own brand of fanaticism, it would be a fun contrast.

Though if Swallow does write another book, I think I'd like to see Sisters vs. Chaos more. They're just such fitting enemies.

Yeah chaos is likely. I suppose last time it was psykers and really about chaos.

Also I am pretty convinced that the series ends with one of the two main characters becoming a Living Saint. Probably Miriya considering her being in that Golden Throne mock up aura/power and having done several acts of faith. Hell, I am amazed the Inquisition haven't shot her or dissected her because of that.

I write fanfiction about my Sisters of Battle army, but it goes against the established WH40k theme and fluff so, SO much that it's probably not suitable for most WH40k fans. It's not XXX-rated, just different because I didn't want my Sisters of Battle to be so cruel and intolerant.

The gist of that is that through some alien technology used to revive them after having fallen in battle, their indoctrination was partially broken. They still worship the Emperor as their god and stuff, they just don't think that people need to die for not worshipping him or automatically for being xenos (though ones like Orks, Dark Eldar, Tyranids, Necrons, and so forth who have no interest in playing nice still get to die). Some of them, through sheer force of will, resisted the mind-altering effects of the technology and started operating as saboteurs, culminating in a couple of large-scale attacks where they led their followers in sabotaging the planet's engines that let it move through space at faster-than-light speed (to avoid the Imperium's wrath), dropping the planet right into the middle of an ongoing three-sided battle between Imperial, Ork, and Chaos space navies and crippling the planet's important factories and military headquarters, and even using a fuel-air grenade in the turned Sororitas' armory while they were grabbing equipment to respond to the explosions going off all over the planet.

You can try this one.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/547273.page

 Psienesis wrote:
No... just... even the SOB fan-art often veers into the incredibly disgusting.

I just google'd "Sisters of Battle fanfiction"

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
No... just... even the SOB fan-art often veers into the incredibly disgusting.

I just google'd "Sisters of Battle fanfiction"

If it exists, there is porn of it. Especially if it comes in a female variety. No, the Internet doesn't care that they're Warrior-Nuns who don't ever have sex and would think nothing of putting a bolt round into the head of anyone who tried something, probably including Inquisitors and High Lords of Terra.

 Pouncey wrote:
No, the Internet doesn't care that they're Warrior-Nuns who don't ever have sex and would think nothing of putting a bolt round into the head of anyone who tried something, probably including Inquisitors and High Lords of Terra.

That is not true. It makes the internet even more eager to do porn of it .
Bad, bad internet! No cookie for you.

One day, there will be good Sisters fiction available.

One day.

I googled "Sisters of Battle fan art".

Come on, internet.

Mixed quality, but you could check out here;

http://daughtersofsanleor.deviantart.com/

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Mixed quality, but you could check out here;

http://daughtersofsanleor.deviantart.com/

NO!
I did, and I found that (NSFW, obviously):

Basically, you will not find worse on 1d4chan.

Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

Pouncey wrote:No, the Internet doesn't care that they're Warrior-Nuns who don't ever have sex and would think nothing of putting a bolt round into the head of anyone who tried something, probably including Inquisitors and High Lords of Terra.

That is not true. It makes the internet even more eager to do porn of it .
Bad, bad internet! No cookie for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunsploitation

That, and of course the special allure of "defiling the pure". In some cases (depending on the contents of the image .. I have seen things), it might also be a subliminal desire to put these girls "in their place" for daring to defy conventional gender roles, and/or a general attraction towards strong, powerful women who can still be defeated or even defeat someone else to use their body - see various folklore about amazon mating myths, or stories about female warriors only marrying the men who can defeat them in duel. *adjusts glasses*

More than likely, SoB fan art as a whole is a collection of different yet partially overlapping fetishes and interests. You'll find this stuff for every single female heroine that has ever been conceived. I try to think of it as being harmless, though the sheer volume of images is a bit worrying in that at times it makes me think that the sexualised depiction is more popular than the original concept.
On the upside, at least some of the pictures that exist are very cool.

Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:Basically, you will not find worse on 1d4chan.

I haven't clicked it yet (still at work), but that I find hard to believe.


Totalwar1402: Have you checked out the "Daemonifuge" graphic novel series, or the "Daemonblood" short story from Ben Counter? Not fan fiction, but I'm assuming you might also be interested in further BL stories about the Sisters aside from the ones written by James Swallow. Personally, I enjoyed them both, and they do have some badass scenes. Daemonifuge is also fairly impressive in terms of visuals; Grimdark Greyscale fits quite nicely to the general atmosphere of 40k as a setting.

 Happyjew wrote:
If you are looking for some short stories, check out some of SisterSydney's work on dakkadakka.

Here is the link for the first of five:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/558501.page#6162021

I support this notion full heartedly indeed, he/she makes great stories

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 Furyou Miko wrote:
Mixed quality, but you could check out here;

http://daughtersofsanleor.deviantart.com/

NO!
I did, and I found that (NSFW, obviously):

Spoiler:

NSFW
http://daughtersofsanleor.deviantart.com/art/For-the-Empraaahhh-435113358

Basically, you will not find worse on 1d4chan.

I clicked the link but there was no image. It said my Mature Content Filter was on or something.

Also.

http://daughtersofsanleor.deviantart.com/art/Maid-of-the-battle-319854813

Well, there is some NSFW stuff on the Daughters group, but there's also a lot of pretty artwork, and if you're not logged into DevArt, you can't see the crap.

It's not fan-fiction, but if you can find some of the supplements to Fantasy Flight Games "Dark Heresy" RPG, namely "The Inquisitor's Handbook" or "Blood of Martyrs", there's a fair bit of fluff in them about the Sisters. Blood of Martyrs in particular is literally all about the Ecclesiarchy, and goes into detail about the workings of the Church and it's various branches.

 Pouncey wrote:
I clicked the link but there was no image. It said my Mature Content Filter was on or something.

You were saved. If you want to know what this is about without deactivating the filter, the description text is “Sisters who live in the Chapel of Soft Whispers love their statue of The Emperor and often visit it for prayers, meditations and other activities...”, and the other activity depicted is of course of sexual nature…

 Lynata wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunsploitation

Exploitation movies can be pretty fun to watch. And sometime even be subverted into something actually good. Sisters of battle being 34ed is usually neither .

 Lynata wrote:
You'll find this stuff for every single female heroine that has ever been conceived.

Not going to check on my favorite characters!

 Lynata wrote:
though the sheer volume of images is a bit worrying in that at times it makes me think that the sexualised depiction is more popular than the original concept.

Do you mean Shadowsun?

 Lynata wrote:
I haven't clicked it yet (still at work), but that I find hard to believe.

Let me check the 1d4chan page on Sisters.
Okay, you will find only slightly worse on 1d4chan. That genestealer transformation

 Troike wrote:
MWHistorian also wrote a (in my opinion) very good SoB fanfic. Has plenty of story, action, and character. Captures the characterisation of the Sisters well too.

Note that while the first story is finished, the second one (which is a continuation to the first) isn't.

 Totalwar1402 wrote:
I don't know why but I'd like to see Battle Sisters vs Orks.

I think it'd be a good match-up. Each has their own brand of fanaticism, it would be a fun contrast.

Though if Swallow does write another book, I think I'd like to see Sisters vs. Chaos more. They're just such fitting enemies.

I'll finish it, but I have a deadline to finish a novel first.
But do give it a read! (It's on page 3 of the fan fiction section.)

GoonBandito wrote:It's not fan-fiction, but if you can find some of the supplements to Fantasy Flight Games "Dark Heresy" RPG, namely "The Inquisitor's Handbook" or "Blood of Martyrs", there's a fair bit of fluff in them about the Sisters. Blood of Martyrs in particular is literally all about the Ecclesiarchy, and goes into detail about the workings of the Church and it's various branches.

Though it should be mentioned that those books contradict each other as well as GW's own material, and generally don't portray Sisters as badass.

But don't get me started on that front.

Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:Do you mean Shadowsun?

Not specifically! Though I can easily see this applying to her, too.

The funny thing is, by now even my own design for Sororitas Novices has found its way into a piece of Sisters Yuri. I kind of feel honoured.

 Lynata wrote:
Though I can easily see this applying to her, too.

Certainly do.
Some people might actually expect the actual model to only have armor on the lower legs and upper arms.

 Lynata wrote:
The funny thing is, by now even my own design for Sororitas Novices has found its way into a piece of Sisters Yuri. I kind of feel honoured.

Oh. Seriously. Novices. Did the picture include pedobear, or what?

Some NSFW Sisters-related art is not bad. I mean, this is a penitent order that spends a lot of time in self-castigation and mortification for sins both real and imagined.

And there's some NSFW art that is part-and-parcel to the Sisters, like the Repentia.

And then there's the NSFW art that has the Sisters doing things that are probably everyday normal activities for them that they'd think nothing of... but the voyeuristic point of view the art grants make it somewhat erotic in nature, I suppose.

And then there's... everything else.

 Lynata wrote:

GoonBandito wrote:It's not fan-fiction, but if you can find some of the supplements to Fantasy Flight Games "Dark Heresy" RPG, namely "The Inquisitor's Handbook" or "Blood of Martyrs", there's a fair bit of fluff in them about the Sisters. Blood of Martyrs in particular is literally all about the Ecclesiarchy, and goes into detail about the workings of the Church and it's various branches.

Though it should be mentioned that those books contradict each other as well as GW's own material, and generally don't portray Sisters as badass.

But don't get me started on that front.

That's because you're meant to roll up a Sororitas Player Character and make your own badass Battle Sister :p

GoonBandito wrote:

Lynata wrote:Though it should be mentioned that those books contradict each other as well as GW's own material, and generally don't portray Sisters as badass.

But don't get me started on that front.

That's because you're meant to roll up a Sororitas Player Character and make your own badass Battle Sister :p

Then why don't Marines and Inquisitors get the same treatment?

Why the heck do Battle Sisters receive nerfed "civilian" equipment? I mean, come on! Civilian grade weapons?! What the feth?

Everything in those damn books exists to make it look like Sisters are inferior to their male counterparts, except the parts where they start shooting laser beams from their eyes like a bunch of heretic witches, and you can't tell me that is a good representation of the Sororitas as holy warrior-maidens.