The Red Thirst Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/advent-day-eight-Khârn-the-eightfold-path-mp3.html Short and to the point, running time about 12:30 minutes. Really enjoyed this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashur Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 After "Betrayer"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyromancer Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Seems expensive for 12:30 minutes of play time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Thirst Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Not if your a Khârn fan its not :D haha Takes place right after Betrayer, basically Kharns description of what is happening to his legion post Angron's Ascension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Audio? Not ADB? You've sinned twice Black Library... EDIT: Ugh this kills me. I love the HH stuff, dont release it in audio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 It's by Anthony Reynolds. Based on my previous experience with his Chaos Space Marines, this will be almost thirteen minutes of Khârn savoring the cries of the baby seals he clubs to death and the toddlers he steals lollipops from whilst he ties Lotarra to some train tracks. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbero666 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I bought it this morning, yes its short for the price but worths it. Again, Chris Fairbank does an awesome interpretation of Khârn, I can't imagine any other in that role. Anthony Reynolds proves again that he can do a great take into Khârn's soul, and we can see the degeneration of the legion after Angron's ascension into daemonhood (there's something like a cameo of the primarch too). We can now understand better the Khârn from Rebirth, and how he changes into that after the events of Betrayer. For those who love the character I highly recommend this short but awesome piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrin Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Could someone spoil it for me please? Not a fan of audiobooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Spoilers!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Thirst Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 SPOILERS:Khârn describes how the nails make him love the act of shedding blood and taking skulls to the point that when his isnt doing those 2 things he feels hollow and empty. Ends just dueling with one of the devourers in the pits to first blood, then everyone hears Angron roar in the bowels of the ship and Kharns vission goes red and he wakes up covered in blood with the devourer at he feet in pieces, Khârn says that the thought of loosing control of himself like that sickens him to his core. Because he killed a devourer he is offered a position in angrons bodyguard to which he laughs. end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sviox Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I bought it this morning, yes its short for the price but worths it. Again, Chris Fairbank does an awesome interpretation of Khârn, I can't imagine any other in that role. Anthony Reynolds proves again that he can do a great take into Khârn's soul, and we can see the degeneration of the legion after Angron's ascension into daemonhood (there's something like a cameo of the primarch too). We can now understand better the Khârn from Rebirth, and how he changes into that after the events of Betrayer. For those who love the character I highly recommend this short but awesome piece. Hold on there. Rebirth takes place about 6 months after Prospero (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Age_of_Darkness_(Anthology)#Rebirth). That puts it to the middle of 005.M31. Battle of Calth starts around 007.M31 putting the end of Betrayer to around 007/008.M31. Is there fault on my conception of the timeline here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbero666 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I bought it this morning, yes its short for the price but worths it. Again, Chris Fairbank does an awesome interpretation of Khârn, I can't imagine any other in that role. Anthony Reynolds proves again that he can do a great take into Khârn's soul, and we can see the degeneration of the legion after Angron's ascension into daemonhood (there's something like a cameo of the primarch too). We can now understand better the Khârn from Rebirth, and how he changes into that after the events of Betrayer. For those who love the character I highly recommend this short but awesome piece. Hold on there. Rebirth takes place about 6 months after Prospero (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Age_of_Darkness_(Anthology)#Rebirth). That puts it to the middle of 005.M31. Battle of Calth starts around 007.M31 putting the end of Betrayer to around 007/008.M31. Is there fault on my conception of the timeline here? No idea, I don't recall it to be clarified, but doesn't makes much sense. Khârn was out of his mind in Rebirth and not that at all in Betrayer, then a little more in The Eightfold path, like a degeneration. So in my mind is logical that Rebirth is set after Betrayer and The Eightfold path, if not then we got two different Khârns or it needs more explanation. But officially I don't know to be honest. If you don't mind some spoilers I will try to explain it. SPOILERS In the audio he says that after the events on Betrayer he has been feeling more strange, aggresive, the company of his brothers can't rise a smile into his face and the food taste like ash in his mouth, he's been wandering the corridors of the ship alone and thinking, and it's implied that he does it so to not be tempted to kill anyone. But then he's attracted to the fighting pits, and he says that the spilling of blood and butchery is the only thing that please him now (cuckoo Khârn). Then at the middle of the fight Angron roars and Khârn lose it's sense, when he wake ups his rival is a bunch of meat and blood, which disgust him because it's the job of a psycopath, so he realises how far he has fallen, and the new way his brothers are up to. To me it sounds more like the Khârn in Rebirth, like The Eightfold Path is a bridge between Betrayer and that one. After all, in Rebirth he was looking for a way to heal himself and his legion, apart from the wolf artifact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hasn't Rebirth already been phased out? I thought someone said it's no longer canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 No, I'm pretty sure its being retconned as it is no longer in phase with the current background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clewz Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I do hope it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yeah, that story kind of uhh... sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I cant say I like the fact that they are already at essentially the border of insanity. The Legion was truly broken at Skalathrax, thats when Khârn loses it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 No guys, it's totally believeable that Horus would trust Angron and the World Eaters to go fetch an object that can be used against him specifically, and that a random Thousand Son officer can figure out how to reverse the effects of the Nails when the Emperor and the Martian priesthood couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Pretty sure the emperor was capablw of removing the nails from angron, but angron refused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 No he couldn't? Betrayer is pretty clear on the fact that once they go in, they don't come out. Not to mention that given the Emperor's track record in respecting Angron's wishes in the past ("Yeah, your gladiators are dead and I'm sure you're sad about it. Now lead my army!") I sincerely doubt he'd listen to him about not removing the Nails if that was an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Indeed. The Nails cannot be removed without making the subject a Servitor at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbero666 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 No he couldn't? Betrayer is pretty clear on the fact that once they go in, they don't come out. Not to mention that given the Emperor's track record in respecting Angron's wishes in the past ("Yeah, your gladiators are dead and I'm sure you're sad about it. Now lead my army!") I sincerely doubt he'd listen to him about not removing the Nails if that was an option. Unless the Emperor wanted Angron to keep the nails for some reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 They're driven into his cortex I believe? Yeah, there's coming back from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 No he couldn't? Betrayer is pretty clear on the fact that once they go in, they don't come out. Not to mention that given the Emperor's track record in respecting Angron's wishes in the past ("Yeah, your gladiators are dead and I'm sure you're sad about it. Now lead my army!") I sincerely doubt he'd listen to him about not removing the Nails if that was an option. Unless the Emperor wanted Angron to keep the nails for some reason... Sure, but at this point you are simply making things up. Betrayer makes it pretty clear without outright saying it (since thats not ADB's style) that the Nails could not be removed. If they COULD, since Angron COULD be incapacitated as evidenced by the examination in the first place, then its just one more damning strike against the character of the Emperor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don the Oiler Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Hmm... would be interesting to know if the nails still have any effect on Angron in his "Daemon Primarch" form. And if they do, what would happen to him if they are removed now (Since he obviously cannot die properly any more). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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