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− | The [[Shadow Crusade]] spreads across [[Ultramar]], with the [[Word Bearers]] 34th Company falling upon the isolated world of Percepton Primus. As the fighting draws out into a programme of extermination, embittered commander [[Sor Talgron]] begins to question his part in [[Lorgar]]’s grander scheme – for one who stood beside primarchs and high lords in the grand halls of the [[Imperial Palace]], what glory can there now be in punishing [[Roboute Guilliman|Guilliman]]’s [[Ultramarines|upstart sons]]? But the price of doubt is known all too well, and if the Word Bearers are ever to return to [[Terra]] in triumph then they must purge the last remnants of such unbelief from the face of the galaxy...{{Fn|1}} | + | The [[Shadow Crusade]] spreads across [[Ultramar]], with the [[Word Bearers]] 34th Company falling upon the isolated world of Percepton Primus. As the fighting draws out into a programme of extermination, embittered commander [[Sor Talgron]] begins to question his part in [[Lorgar]]’s grander scheme – for one who stood beside primarchs and high lords in the grand halls of the [[Imperial Palace]], what glory can there now be in punishing [[Roboute Guilliman|Guilliman]]’s [[Ultramarines|upstart sons]]? But the price of doubt is known all too well, and if the Word Bearers are ever to return to [[Terra]] in triumph then they must purge the last remnants of such unbelief from the face of the galaxy...{{Fn|2}} |
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+ | ==Story== | ||
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+ | ==Notable Characters== | ||
+ | The XVII Legion 'Word Bearers' | ||
+ | * Sor Talgron, Captain of the 34th Company, and representative of Lorgar on Terra | ||
+ | * Jarulek, Chaplain, and later Dark Apostle | ||
+ | * Ahraneth, 34th Company standard bearer | ||
+ | * Dal Ahk, Master of Signal | ||
+ | * Loth, Reconnaissance sergeant | ||
+ | * Telakhas, Line-breaker sergeant | ||
+ | * Urhlan, Apothecary | ||
+ | * Volkhar Wreth, Predicant, serving in the Crusader Host | ||
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+ | The XIII Legion 'Ultramarines' | ||
+ | * Aecus Decimus, Chapter Master, 17th Chapter | ||
+ | * Connor, Sergeant, 170th Company | ||
+ | * Naxor, Techmarine, 170th Company | ||
+ | * Tillus Victorius, 171st Company champion | ||
+ | * Vaul Agregius, Veteran battle-brother, 171st Company | ||
+ | * Freia Solontine, Admiral, commander of the ''Righteous Fury'' | ||
+ | * Romus, Veteran battle-brother, 170th Company [marked] | ||
+ | * Paulus, Sky Hunter, 172nd Company [marked] | ||
+ | * Xion Octavion, Battle-brother, 174 Company [marked] | ||
+ | * Sio, Battle-brother, 175th Company [marked] | ||
+ | * Korolos, Former captain, 178th Company [marked] | ||
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+ | The Defenders of Terra | ||
+ | * Rogal Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists, and the Emperor's Praetorian | ||
+ | * Archamus, Master of Dorn's huscarls | ||
+ | * Tiber Acanthus, Custodian Guard | ||
+ | * Nathaniel Garro, Former battle-captain of the Death Guard | ||
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+ | == Sources == | ||
+ | *1: ''The Purge'' | ||
+ | **{{Endn|1a}} | ||
+ | *{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/the-purge-limited-edition.html Black Library] (last accessed August 2014) | ||
==Related Publications== | ==Related Publications== | ||
*[[List of Novels]] | *[[List of Novels]] | ||
*[[Horus Heresy Series]] | *[[Horus Heresy Series]] | ||
+ | *[[The Outcast Dead (Novel)]] | ||
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{{HHnav}} | {{HHnav}} | ||
[[Category:Novels]] | [[Category:Novels]] | ||
[[Category:Sources (Word Bearers)]] | [[Category:Sources (Word Bearers)]] |
Revision as of 20:38, 4 February 2016
This article is about the novella in the Horus Heresy Series; for the Chaos Space Marine warband, see The Purge. |
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The Purge is a limited-release novella written by Anthony Reynolds and part of the Horus Heresy series. It was released July 2014.
Cover Description
The Shadow Crusade spreads across Ultramar, with the Word Bearers 34th Company falling upon the isolated world of Percepton Primus. As the fighting draws out into a programme of extermination, embittered commander Sor Talgron begins to question his part in Lorgar’s grander scheme – for one who stood beside primarchs and high lords in the grand halls of the Imperial Palace, what glory can there now be in punishing Guilliman’s upstart sons? But the price of doubt is known all too well, and if the Word Bearers are ever to return to Terra in triumph then they must purge the last remnants of such unbelief from the face of the galaxy...[2]
Story
Notable Characters
The XVII Legion 'Word Bearers'
- Sor Talgron, Captain of the 34th Company, and representative of Lorgar on Terra
- Jarulek, Chaplain, and later Dark Apostle
- Ahraneth, 34th Company standard bearer
- Dal Ahk, Master of Signal
- Loth, Reconnaissance sergeant
- Telakhas, Line-breaker sergeant
- Urhlan, Apothecary
- Volkhar Wreth, Predicant, serving in the Crusader Host
The XIII Legion 'Ultramarines'
- Aecus Decimus, Chapter Master, 17th Chapter
- Connor, Sergeant, 170th Company
- Naxor, Techmarine, 170th Company
- Tillus Victorius, 171st Company champion
- Vaul Agregius, Veteran battle-brother, 171st Company
- Freia Solontine, Admiral, commander of the Righteous Fury
- Romus, Veteran battle-brother, 170th Company [marked]
- Paulus, Sky Hunter, 172nd Company [marked]
- Xion Octavion, Battle-brother, 174 Company [marked]
- Sio, Battle-brother, 175th Company [marked]
- Korolos, Former captain, 178th Company [marked]
The Defenders of Terra
- Rogal Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists, and the Emperor's Praetorian
- Archamus, Master of Dorn's huscarls
- Tiber Acanthus, Custodian Guard
- Nathaniel Garro, Former battle-captain of the Death Guard
Sources
- 1: The Purge
- 2: Black Library (last accessed August 2014)
Related Publications