Arks of Omen - what we know so far

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**xerxeskingofking**

well, for those who prefer the written form, the goonhammer review is here:
https://www.goonhammer.com/arks-of-omen-abaddon-the-goonhammer-review/

so, lorewise, this would be the first time in recent 40K lore that they have featured a Non-Great Four aligned demonic entity, at least to my knowledge. Vashtorr is not a deamon prince, but a effectively a Lesser Chaos God. thats rather intresting.

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Flinty wrote:
The pedant in me wonders what the difference is

between vashtorr and the other deamons? at once, very little and quite a bit.

very little, in that his interactions with realspace are basically though the same sets of limits as the godly deamons, needing summons and other tricks to be in it.

but quite a bit, as godly deamons are, to a large extent, reflections of their God, all extremely alike in mindset and continence, whereas Vashtorr is independant, aligned to his own goals, and not a reflection of one of the Gods.

apprantly, hes the guy who runs the newly discribed Soul Forges of the warp, the ones that make Demon Engines like Skull Cannons, Soul Grinders and suchlike. Hes a arms dealer to the Great Four, trying to leverage his position into turning the Four into Five. I don't think he'll succeed, but thats his plan.

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Manfred von Drakken wrote:

...or the Tzeentch guys being made to look like fools - AGAIN.

to be fair, the Tzeentchian types getting played is a reoccouring theme of Tzeentch. part of his "plans within plans" schtick. Tzeentch is always playing his pawns against his other pawns, because he finds it fun and is hopelessly addicted to scheming, so schemes against himself.

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oni wrote:
Posted this in another thread, but perhaps it's more appropriate here.

We know Cypher was trying his hardest to get into the Golden Throne room.

We're pretty sure that Cypher has the Lion Sword.

We do not know Cypher's intensions.

Speculation: Might Cypher have been trying to, perhaps even tasked with, taking the Lion Sword to the Emperor as proof that The Lion has been found, is alive and needs the Emperor's help?

I was under the impression the lore piece that revealed the Lion was on the Rock was written with the explicit statement that the emperor did in fact know this, and just wasn't willing or able to communicate this?

**xerxeskingofking**

so, games workshops open day reveals include the fact that the 4th arks of omen book is "arks: Farsight", and is based on a bad moons vs farsight enclave battle.

Puretide’s protege is now piloting a bleeding-edge XV-86 Supernova battlesuit, designed specifically to suit his needs by O’Vesa, the Earth Caste scientist who fights by his side as one of the Eight – Farsight’s hand-picked crew of companions. Though similar to the XV-8 Crisis suit, this hot rod sports greatly enhanced command and control suites, all guided by a fancy on-board AI – dubbed Supernova

The infamous Bad Moons warlord Nazdreg, master of tellyporta taktiks, has taken up the reins of the War of Dakka – a never-ending conflict fuelled by the Orks’ desire to beat the Farsight Enclaves at their own shooting game.

Strange visions draw O’Shovah back to the ominous world of Arthas Moloch, and just as he seems to be ready to vanquish the Orks once and for all, disaster strikes. It wouldn’t be an Arks of Omen book without an Ark or two showing up, after all…

As with all Arks of Omen books, Farsight contains additional rules for playing Boarding Actions, adding Enhancements and Stratagems for the T’au Empire, Asuryani and Ynnari, Drukhari, Harlequins, and Adepta Sororitas.

intresting the explicit mention of the AI on his suit......

given the reference to arks, im assuming that one of the eldar factions might be involved in this as a side force.

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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Vashtorr is up for pre-order next week.

Tantalisingly?

The third instalment of Arks of Omen zeroes in on the siege of the Rock, as Vastorr searches for a powerful component in his diabolical goal. The Dark Angels aren’t taking this invasion lightly, and rally their forces as a mysterious third party enters the slaughter.

Wonder who or what that might be.

my money is on the necrons, purely based on the list of other boarding action factions with rules in this set (Chaos Daemons, Necrons, Tyranids, Genestealer Cults, the Death Guard, and the Adeptus Mechanicus).

that, or the Fallen themselves come out to play......

I mean, it COULD still be the Lion, but im honestly of the opinion if they were waking him up, we would have seen the model by now. I wasn't active in the hobby over G mans wakeup, how did that play out? was that a blindside suprise that was revealed in the lore then a model, or was the model showcased and then the novels disribed his return?

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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Arks of Omen reading paused, as I’m ploughing through The Lion, Son of the Forest first.

About quarter of the way through, and it’s really rather good!

ok, does it answer how the flip he woke up? or is it "somehow, the lion returned?"