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'''The First Heretic''' by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden ]] is the fourteenth novel in the [[Horus Heresy Series]].{{Fn|1}} It was later included in "The Novels: Volume 3" eBook collection.
 
'''The First Heretic''' by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden ]] is the fourteenth novel in the [[Horus Heresy Series]].{{Fn|1}} It was later included in "The Novels: Volume 3" eBook collection.
  
==Descriptions==
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== Plot Summary ==
Chastised by the [[Emperor]], the [[Word Bearers]] set out on their own path - one that will eventually lead them to damnation and heresy.{{Fn|1}}
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=== Part One: Grey ===
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The citizens of [[Monarchia]], capital city of the planet [[Khur]], are forced to evacuate by the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]], who force the city to send a single distress call before annihilating it from orbit. [[Cyrene Valantion]], a young woman of the city, is blinded by the orbital barrage. The [[Word Bearers]] Seventeenth [[Legio Astartes]] receive the distress call as the Legion that brought compliance to Khur and arrive to find the former site of Monarchia a ruined wasteland. Their [[primarch]] [[Lorgar]] confronts [[Malcador the Sigillite]] over the city's destruction upon his arrival but is bewildered and enraged by the Sigillite's attempts to explain and backhands him into the dirt. Malcador then sends a psychic message to the [[Emperor]], who descends to the surface and chastises Lorgar for worshiping him as a god and lingering on his conquered worlds to convert them to that faith. He forces Lorgar and the entire Word Bearers Legion to kneel in the dust as humiliation and warns them against further worship before departing. Lorgar remains kneeling after his Legion rise and two marines, [[Captain]] [[Argel Tal]] of the Seventh [[Assault Company]], [[Serrated Sun Chapter]] and [[Chaplain]] [[Xaphen]] of the same Chapter, lift him to his feet. [[Roboute Guilliman]] makes a condescending remark and Lorgar splits his breastplate with a blow from [[Illuminarum]], but the Ultramarines primarch dismisses this as a tantrum and leaves with Malcador and his Astartes. In the aftermath of the event, as the Word Bearers return to their landing ships, Argel Tal detects movement in the wasteland and rescues Cyrene, half-starved and suffering from infected wounds, who collapses in his arms.{{Fn|1}}
  
Amidst the galaxy-wide war of the [[Great Crusade]], the Emperor castigates the Word Bearers for their worship. Distraught at this judgement, [[Lorgar]] and his [[Legion]] seek another path while devastating world after world, venting their fury and fervour on the battlefield. Their search for a new purpose leads them to the edge of the material universe, where they meet ancient forces far more powerful than they could have imagined. Having set out to illuminate the [[Imperium]], the corruption of [[Chaos]] takes hold and their path to damnation begins. Unbeknownst to the Word Bearers, their quest for truth contains the very roots of heresy.{{Fn|1}}
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In conference with his advisers, First [[Chapter Master]] [[Kor Phaeron]] and First Chaplain [[Erebus]], a despairing Lorgar finds solace in their explanation that the Word Bearers have been wrong to venerate the Emperor throughout their history as he is a flawed god, but is less pleased when they imply that the old religion of [[Colchis]] that they destroyed to make way for Lorgar's [[Imperial Creed]] may have been right after all, and seizes Kor Phaeron by the throat when he admits to allowing embers of religions that matched the Old Way of Colchis to survive on planets the Word Bearers have conquered. Placated by assurances of Kor Phaeron's good intentions and desperately seeking to learn the truth of gods in the galaxy, Lorgar is convinced by the pair to undertake the Pilgrimage, an ancient quest from Colchis's old religion to seek a fabled realm where gods and mortals meet.{{Fn|2}}   
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The Word Bearers bring to compliance a world where the people have constructed automatons made of toughened glass that spew lightning from their mouths, against which they deploy the [[Legio Cybernetica]] machine ''Incarnadine'', and are met by a contingent of twenty [[Adeptus Custodes]] assigned to watch over their Legion as they prosecute the [[Great Crusade]]. Lorgar dismisses the Custodes from a post-battle gathering of the Legion and informs his warriors that they will be undertaking the Pilgrimage, but that first they will be returning home.{{Fn|3}}         
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The Word Bearers Legion return to their homeworld Colchis, where the people revere the survivors from Monarchia, Cyrene in particular, as martyrs. Argel Tal and his [[sergeants]] Malnor, Torgal and Dagotal escort her through the City of Grey Flowers whilst Lorgar returns to his tower sanctum to converse with his brother [[Magnus the Red]]. Lorgar questions Magnus about his voyages through the [[Warp]], asking if he has ever encountered anything that could be considered a god, but Magnus evades Lorgar's questions and departs. In the aftermath of his departure Lorgar has Cyrene brought before him and asks her forgiveness for bringing destruction upon her city, before granting her request to be allowed to serve the Word Bearers and making her a Legion Confessor. He asks Argel Tal's permission to join the 1,301st [[Expedition Fleet]], the fleet to which the Serrated Sun Chapter is attached, and declares that together he and the expedition will push the boundaries of Imperial space in their quest to undertake the Pilgrimage.{{Fn|4}}
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=== Part Two: Pilgrimage ===
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=== Part Three: Crimson ===
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/First-heretic-the-ebook.html The Black Library] ''(last accessed 10 November 2015)''
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*{{Endn|1}} [[The First Heretic (Novel)]], Chapters 1-4
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*{{Endn|2}} The First Heretic, Chapter 5
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*{{Endn|3}} The First Heretic, Chapters 7-8
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*{{Endn|4}} The First Heretic, Chapters 10-11
  
 
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Revision as of 11:12, 31 January 2016

The First Heretic
The First Heretic--.jpg
Author Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Publisher Black Library
Series Horus Heresy Series
Preceded by Nemesis (Novel)
Followed by Prospero Burns (Novel)
Released November 2010
Editions 2010:
ISBN 9781844168842

2010 ebook:
ISBN 9780857870452

The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden is the fourteenth novel in the Horus Heresy Series.[1] It was later included in "The Novels: Volume 3" eBook collection.

Plot Summary

Part One: Grey

The citizens of Monarchia, capital city of the planet Khur, are forced to evacuate by the Ultramarines Legion, who force the city to send a single distress call before annihilating it from orbit. Cyrene Valantion, a young woman of the city, is blinded by the orbital barrage. The Word Bearers Seventeenth Legio Astartes receive the distress call as the Legion that brought compliance to Khur and arrive to find the former site of Monarchia a ruined wasteland. Their primarch Lorgar confronts Malcador the Sigillite over the city's destruction upon his arrival but is bewildered and enraged by the Sigillite's attempts to explain and backhands him into the dirt. Malcador then sends a psychic message to the Emperor, who descends to the surface and chastises Lorgar for worshiping him as a god and lingering on his conquered worlds to convert them to that faith. He forces Lorgar and the entire Word Bearers Legion to kneel in the dust as humiliation and warns them against further worship before departing. Lorgar remains kneeling after his Legion rise and two marines, Captain Argel Tal of the Seventh Assault Company, Serrated Sun Chapter and Chaplain Xaphen of the same Chapter, lift him to his feet. Roboute Guilliman makes a condescending remark and Lorgar splits his breastplate with a blow from Illuminarum, but the Ultramarines primarch dismisses this as a tantrum and leaves with Malcador and his Astartes. In the aftermath of the event, as the Word Bearers return to their landing ships, Argel Tal detects movement in the wasteland and rescues Cyrene, half-starved and suffering from infected wounds, who collapses in his arms.[1]

In conference with his advisers, First Chapter Master Kor Phaeron and First Chaplain Erebus, a despairing Lorgar finds solace in their explanation that the Word Bearers have been wrong to venerate the Emperor throughout their history as he is a flawed god, but is less pleased when they imply that the old religion of Colchis that they destroyed to make way for Lorgar's Imperial Creed may have been right after all, and seizes Kor Phaeron by the throat when he admits to allowing embers of religions that matched the Old Way of Colchis to survive on planets the Word Bearers have conquered. Placated by assurances of Kor Phaeron's good intentions and desperately seeking to learn the truth of gods in the galaxy, Lorgar is convinced by the pair to undertake the Pilgrimage, an ancient quest from Colchis's old religion to seek a fabled realm where gods and mortals meet.[2]

The Word Bearers bring to compliance a world where the people have constructed automatons made of toughened glass that spew lightning from their mouths, against which they deploy the Legio Cybernetica machine Incarnadine, and are met by a contingent of twenty Adeptus Custodes assigned to watch over their Legion as they prosecute the Great Crusade. Lorgar dismisses the Custodes from a post-battle gathering of the Legion and informs his warriors that they will be undertaking the Pilgrimage, but that first they will be returning home.[3]

The Word Bearers Legion return to their homeworld Colchis, where the people revere the survivors from Monarchia, Cyrene in particular, as martyrs. Argel Tal and his sergeants Malnor, Torgal and Dagotal escort her through the City of Grey Flowers whilst Lorgar returns to his tower sanctum to converse with his brother Magnus the Red. Lorgar questions Magnus about his voyages through the Warp, asking if he has ever encountered anything that could be considered a god, but Magnus evades Lorgar's questions and departs. In the aftermath of his departure Lorgar has Cyrene brought before him and asks her forgiveness for bringing destruction upon her city, before granting her request to be allowed to serve the Word Bearers and making her a Legion Confessor. He asks Argel Tal's permission to join the 1,301st Expedition Fleet, the fleet to which the Serrated Sun Chapter is attached, and declares that together he and the expedition will push the boundaries of Imperial space in their quest to undertake the Pilgrimage.[4]

Part Two: Pilgrimage

Part Three: Crimson

Sources


Horus Heresy Series
Novels I Horus RisingII False GodsIII Galaxy in FlamesIV The Flight of the EisensteinV FulgrimVI Descent of AngelsVII LegionVIII Battle for the AbyssIX MechanicumX Tales of HeresyXI Fallen AngelsXII A Thousand SonsXIII NemesisXIV The First HereticXV Prospero BurnsXVI Age of DarknessXVII The Outcast DeadXVIII Deliverance LostXIX Know No FearXX The PrimarchsXXI Fear to TreadXXII Shadows of TreacheryXXIII Angel ExterminatusXXIV BetrayerXXV Mark of CalthXXVI Vulkan LivesXXVII The Unremembered EmpireXXVIII ScarsXXIX Vengeful SpiritXXX The Damnation of PythosXXXI Legacies of BetrayalXXXII DeathfireXXXIII War Without EndXXXIV PharosXXXV Eye of TerraXXXVI The Path of HeavenXXXVII The Silent WarXXXVIII Angels of CalibanXXXIX Praetorian of DornXL CoraxXLI The Master of MankindXLII GarroXLIII Shattered LegionsXLIV The Crimson KingXLV TallarnXLVI RuinstormXLVII Old EarthXLVIII The Burden of LoyaltyXLIX WolfsbaneL Born of FlameLI Slaves to DarknessLII Heralds of the SiegeLIII TitandeathLIV The Buried Dagger
Siege of Terra I The Solar WarII The Lost and the DamnedIII The First WallSons of the SelenarIV SaturnineFury of MagnusV MortisVI WarhawkVII Echoes of EternityGarro: Knight of GreyVIII The End and the Death (Volume IVolume IIVolume III)
The Primarchs Roboute Guilliman: Lord of UltramarLeman Russ: The Great WolfMagnus the Red: Master of ProsperoPerturabo: The Hammer of OlympiaLorgar: Bearer of the WordFulgrim: The Palatine PhoenixFerrus Manus: Gorgon of MedusaGrandfather's GiftPerturabo: Stone and IronMalcador: First Lord of the ImperiumKonrad Curze: A Lesson in DarknessJaghatai Khan: Warhawk of ChogorisVulkan: Lord of DrakesSons of the EmperorCorax: Lord of ShadowsAngron: Slave of NuceriaScions of the Emperor Konrad Curze: The Night HaunterGhost of NuceriaThe Passing of AngelsThe Abyssal EdgeMercy of the DragonLion El'Jonson: Lord of the FirstIllyriumThe Revelation of the WordMorningstarWill of the LegionEmbers of ExtinctionAlpharius: Head of the HydraBlood of the EmperorLoyal SonsMortarion: The Pale KingRogal Dorn: The Emperor's CrusaderSanguinius: The Great AngelHeirs of The Emperor
Horus Heresy Characters Valdor: Birth of the ImperiumLuther: First of the FallenSigismund: The Eternal CrusaderEidolon: The Auric Hammer
Novellas Promethean SunAurelianBrotherhood of the StormThe Reflection Crack'dFeat of IronThe LionThe Serpent BeneathCorax: SoulforgeScorched EarthTallarn: ExecutionerPrince of CrowsThe Crimson FistThe PurgeRavenlordThe Seventh SerpentTallarn: IroncladCyberneticaWolf KingThe HonouredThe UnburdenedGarro: Vow of FaithSons of the ForgeDreadwingSpear of Ultramar
Collections AngronThe Imperial TruthSedition's GateEchoes of RuinDeath and DefianceBlades of the TraitorMedusonBetrayal at CalthEchoes of the ImperiumVirtues of the Sons/Sins of the FatherEchoes of RevelationLupercal's WarCthonia's Reckoning
Short Stories The Lightning TowerThe Dark KingArmy of OneKryptosDistant Echoes of Old NightLost SonsDeath of a SilversmithThe Divine WordThe Kaban ProjectThe Gates of TerraLord of the Red SandsSerpentLuna MendaxRivenBjorn: Lone WolfThe Wolf of Ash and FireHeart of the ConquerorChild of NightThe ShadowmastersThe Devine AdoratriceDaemonologySins of the FatherThe Final Compliance of Sixty-Three FourteenVoraxThe Value of FearBrotherhood of the MoonVirtues of the SonsImperfectHowl of the HearthworldA Safe and Shadowed PlaceGunsightBlack OculusWolf MotherTwistedChirurgeonTallarn: WitnessIronfireHands of the EmperorBy the Lion's CommandAll That RemainsThe PhoenicianArtefactsGhosts Speak NotPatienceInheritorTallarn: SirenBlackshieldMyriadInto ExileThe Grey RavenThe Painted CountExocytosisThe Last Son of ProsperoOrdo SinisterThe Ember WolvesRestorerThe Laurel of DefianceImmortal DutyDuty WaitsMagisteriumNow Peals MidnightDreams of UnityThe Board is SetThe Atonement of FireA Lesson in IronMassacreTwo Metaphysical BladesPrologue to NikaeaOld Wounds, New ScarsAbyssalThe Last CouncilA Rose Watered with BloodBringer of SorrowLantern's LightThe Serpent's DanceThe Lightning HallEater of DreamsBloodhowlAmor FatiThe Fields of AbundanceThe Shel'tain AffairPrimacyThe NineVisageThe Last Loyalist
Audio Dramas Raven's FlightGarro: Oath of MomentGarro: Legion of OneButcher's NailsGrey AngelBurden of DutyGarro: Sword of TruthWarmasterStrike and FadeVeritas FerrumThe SigilliteHonour to the DeadWolf HuntCensureThief of RevelationsKhârn: The Eightfold PathLucius: The Eternal BlademasterCypher: Guardian of OrderHunter's MoonWolf's ClawTemplarGarro: Shield of LiesMaster of the FirstThe Long NightStratagemHerald of SanguiniusThe WatcherThe Eagle's TalonIron CorpsesGarro: Ashes of FealtyRaptorGrey TalonRed-MarkedThe EitherThe Heart of the PharosThe Thirteenth WolfChildren of SicarusPerpetualThe Soul, SeveredValeriusThe Binary SuccessionDark ComplianceBlackshields: The False WarBlackshields: The Red FiefHubris of MonarchiaNightfaneBlackshields: The Broken Chain
Artbooks Visions of Heresy (2013)Visions of Heresy (2018)Art of the Horus Heresy
Script Books Horus Heresy: The Scripts: Volume IHorus Heresy: The Scripts: Volume II
Graphic Novels Macragge's Honour