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Was just browsing his Lexicanum page and found that the Achaemenid Empire which provided the gene seed for the thousand sons

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire#.U9iDtvldV8E

had a culture that vilified lies as the ultimate evil of the universe according to the wikipeida page on the real world Empire.

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

Its cool how the most basic parts of the legions foundation so greatly effect characters like Ahzek Ahriman.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." -Ahzek Ahriman

Any other cool things people have noticed about the legion that require a little digging to notice?

Their home world of Prospero being named for a Shakespeare character who had to give up his use of sorcery.

Thousand Son brand Kitty litter is the best in the Imperium

 WarAngel wrote:
Their home world of Prospero being named for a Shakespeare character who had to give up his use of sorcery.

Wow! I will have to give The Tempest a read!

It's almost like they used some of The Tempest as inspiration for other things...

"On the island, he becomes master of the monster Caliban (the son of Sycorax, a malevolent witch) and forces Caliban into submission by torturing him with magic if he does not obey him"

Caliban and syCORAX

Mellow wrote:
It's almost like they used some of The Tempest as inspiration for other things...

"On the island, he becomes master of the monster Caliban (the son of Sycorax, a malevolent witch) and forces Caliban into submission by torturing him with magic if he does not obey him"

Caliban and syCORAX

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

Mellow wrote:
It's almost like they used some of The Tempest as inspiration for other things...

"On the island, he becomes master of the monster Caliban (the son of Sycorax, a malevolent witch) and forces Caliban into submission by torturing him with magic if he does not obey him"

Caliban and syCORAX

Reminds me of Luthor trying to bind Ouroboros in Fallen Angels