Changes

|Performer ={{Actor|Toby Longworth}}{{Fn|1}}

|Length =11 hours 20 minutes{{Fn|1}}

==Cover Description{{Fn|1}}==The [[Great Crusade]] that has taken humanity [[human]]ity into [[galaxy|the stars ]] continues. The [[Emperorof Mankind|Emperor of mankind]] of mankind has handed the reins of command to his favoured son, the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]]. Yet all is not well in the armies of the [[Imperium]]. Horus is still battling against the jealousy and resentment of his brother [[primarch]]s and, when he is injured in combat on the planet [[Davin]], he must also battle his inner daemons. With all the temptations that Chaos has to offer, can the weakened Horus resist?

== Plot Summary ===== Part One: The Betrayer ===The [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]] under the command of [[Warmaster]] [[Horus Lupercal]] rendezvous with elements of the [[Word Bearers]] [[Legion]] under [[First Chaplain]] [[Erebus]] on the planet [[Davin]], which their Legions jointly brought into compliance six decades ago. They are joined by [[Petronella Vivar]], scion of a [[Terran]] noble house who becomes Horus's documentarist. A War Council is convened on Davin's surface where Erebus reveals his reason for summoning the Warmaster to the planet: its planetary governor, [[Eugen Temba]], has turned against the [[Imperium]] and betrayed Horus after taking his forces to the planet's moon to put down a rebellion by the Davinite tribes there. Enraged, Horus orders an immediate attack on the moon. [[Remembrancer]] [[Ignace Karkasy]] reports back on the meeting to his sponsor, [[Captain]] [[Garviel Loken]], revealing that Erebus manipulated Horus into becoming enraged at Temba and must have an ulterior motive for wanting Horus to go to the moon. [[First Captain]] [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] interrupts the pair, angrily rebuking Karkasy for impugning Erebus's reputation and scorning Loken for keeping company with remembrancers. When Karkasy questions Abaddon about a silver coin he handed to Erebus at the start of the meeting Abaddon tries to kill him, but Loken holds him off long enough for Karkasy to escape. Later, Loken finds Karkasy and swears him to silence.{{Fn|1a2a}}

The [[Sons of Horus]] 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th, 13th and 19th companies form the 'speartip' that will land on Davin's moon accompanied by the [[Byzant Janizars]], three [[Titans]] of the [[Legio Mortis]] and Erebus's Word Bearers. During the approach they are unable to detect any of Temba's ships but pick up a ship's broadcast extoling the power of [[Nurgle|Nurgh-leth]], reminding Loken uncomfortably of [[Horus Rising (Novel)|the Whisperheads incident]]. Upon landing the speartip step out into a stinking, rotted swamp where a dry forest should be, and Loken declares to [[Tarik Torgaddon]] that something is very wrong.{{Fn|1b2b}}

=== Part Two: Plague Moon ===Advancing through the swamp, the Sons of Horus find the corpses of Temba's men which [[Plague Zombies|suddenly animate and attack them]]. The Legio Mortis Titan ''[[Dies Irae]]'' is blinded by the thick fog and, sensing an incoming aerial object, shoots it out of the sky. The object, Petronella Vivar's skiff that she took to the surface against Horus's orders, crashes in the swamp. Vivar's bodyguard [[Maggard]] holds off attacking plague zombies as long as he can but the pair are only saved when the skiff's burning wreckage acts as a beacon for the Sons of Horus, who marshal around it and slaughter the undead. Moving forward they discover the wreck of Eugan Temba's crashed flagship the ''Glory of Terra'', suffering from extreme rot and apparently the source of the unnerving broadcast. Despite Loken's objections Horus decides to enter with 1st, 5th, 13th and 19th companies, leaving Loken and Torgaddon's companies to defend the entrance. Once inside, the Sons of Horus are scattered by a shift in the ship's position and Horus is separated from his men. Advancing alone, he encounters a horde of plague zombies whilst a simultaneous attack begins outside the ship. Fighting his way to bridge Horus finds the bloated monstrosity that was once Eugan Temba armed with the [[anathame]] and sitting over the corpse of [[Verulam Moy]]. Engaging Temba in a fight, Horus is wounded in the shoulder before mortally wounding the traitor governor who repents as he dies, confessing that he gave in to the promises of [[Chaos]]. Horus destroys the machinery powering the broadcast, causing the army of plague zombies to revert to inert corpses just in time to save Loken and Torgaddon's companies from being overrun. The Sons of Horus find Horus on the bridge, mourning the loss of Temba and bleeding freely from his shoulder wound. They carry him outside, where he suddenly collapses to the ground.{{Fn|1c2c}}

Grief-stricken and terrified that their commander might die, the [[Mournival]] rush the [[primarch]] back to the fleet where the news has reached the civilian population, who crowd the hangar bay to express their fear and distress. Impeded by the crowds, the desperate Mournival lash out and kill or badly injure the civilians in their path. Ignace Karkasy and [[Mersadie Oliton]] look on in horror from an observation bay, seeing [[Euphrati Keeler]] and a group of others hand out ''[[Lectitio Divinitatus]]'' pamphlets to the wounded in the wake of the Astartes. Horus is handed over the the Legion [[Apothecaries]] who are able to keep him alive but cannot fight the toxins preventing his blood from clotting. Dying, Horus gives Petronella Vivar his valediction, admitting many secrets about the primarch brotherhood. Desperate for something constructive to do Loken and Torgaddon return to the ''Glory of Terra'' to search the bridge for the weapon that wounded Horus, and they are joined by [[Tybalt Marr]] who wishes to see where Captain Moy died. In their absence the Sons of Horus' [[Warrior-lodge|warrior-lodge]] convene, and Erebus convinces them to entrust Horus to the temple of the [[Serpent Lodge]] on Davin, where he says the lodge's occult magic may be able to heal him.{{Fn|1d2d}}

Back on Davin's moon Loken and Torgaddon discover the anathame, which Loken recognises as the weapon stolen from the Hall of Devices on [[Xenobia]], leading him to conclude that Erebus was behind Horus's wounding. They return to the fleet but find all its landing ships headed for Davin, where they arrive at the Temple of the Serpent Lodge to find that the warrior-lodge has interred Horus inside behind doors that only open from within. The Mournival splits down the middle as Loken and Torgaddon fall out with Abaddon and Aximand over this course of action, and Loken darkly predicts that they will all come to regret it.{{Fn|1e2e}}

=== Part Three: In the House of False Gods ===

In the Warp, Horus is met by his brother [[Magnus]], the leader of the wolf pack, who strips Erebus of his glamour and warns Horus that he is being manipulated into turning on his father and the Imperium. Aware that the visions he has seen are meaningless without context but mistrustful of Magnus who is obviously flouting the [[Edict of Nikaea]], Horus asserts his own will and, full of pride, betrayal and lust for power, decides he will rebel against the Emperor. Healed of his wound, he emerges from the Temple of the Serpent Lodge to thunderous cheers.{{Fn|1f2f}}

=== Part Four: Crusade's End ===As the 63rd Expedition moves on Horus and the lodge begin working towards their new goals. The expedition encounters the [[Auretian Technocracy]], an advanced human civilisation with many similarities to the Imperium, but Horus slaughters their ambassadorial party on the pretext of an assassination attempt and declares war on their society in order to seize their highly valuable [[STC]]s, which he promises to Adept [[Regulus]] in exchange for the [[Mechanicum]]'s support. The lodge summon Torgaddon to a meeting and lay out a plan to hand over Loken for execution to appease [[Hektor Varvarus]], who has been lobbying for justice for the victims of the embarkation deck incident, which will also allow them to silence Ignace Karkasy and his poems. Torgaddon refuses to go along and quits the lodge, declaring his opposition to them.{{Fn|1g2g}}

The Sons of Horus are joined by [[Angron]] and the [[World Eaters]] for the war on the Auretian Technocracy, which drags on for a brutal and violent nine months. A delegation from the [[Emperor's Children]] pays the expedition a brief visit during which [[Fabius Bile]] appropriates the anathame and hands it over to [[Fulgrim]]. 2nd and 10th companies follow the World Eaters through the breach for the final assault on the Auretian fortress but an explosive trap is detonated that buries Angron beneath tonnes of rubble. Loken and Torgaddon charge into the courtyard, barely holding back from a slaughter, and the last of the Auretian defenders muster to surrender to Hektor Varvarus. At that moment Angron bursts from beneath the rubble and attacks, forcing the Sons of Horus to massacre the last of the Auretians, and Varvarus is killed in the firefight.{{Fn|1h2h}}

After speaking at Varvarus's funeral, Horus enacts the first of many betrayals by 'cleaning house'. Maggard, in awe of Horus and inducted into the lodge, murders Ignace Karkasy in his room. His death is passed off as a suicide, further distressing Kyril Sindermann and Mersadie Oliton who hold vigil at Euphrati Keeler's bedside. Horus murders Petronella Vivar himself because he told her too much on his deathbed. Loken and Torgaddon decide together that they will fight the spreading evil in their Legion until the end. Convening his various supporters in a secret meeting, Horus declares his intention to overthrow the Emperor and begins planning an operation in the [[Isstvan]] system.{{Fn|1i2i}}

== Notable Characters Dramatis Personae=='''[[Primarchs]]'''* [[Horus]] - — [[Primarch]] of the [[Sons of Horus]], [[Warmaster]] of the [[Great Crusade]]* [[Angron]] - — [[Primarch]] of the [[World Eaters]]* [[Fulgrim]] - — [[Primarch]] of the [[Emperor’s Children]]

'''[[Sons of Horus]]'''* [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|First Captain]]* [[Tarik Torgaddon]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[2nd Company(Sons of Horus)|Second Company]]* [[Iacton Qruze]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[3rd Company(Sons of Horus)|Third Company]]* [[Hastur Sejanus]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[4th Company(Sons of Horus)|Fourth Company]] (Deceased)* [[Horus Aximand]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[5th Company(Sons of Horus)|Fifth Company]]* [[Serghar Targost]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[7th Company(Sons of Horus)|Seventh Company]], [[Warrior Lodge|Lodge Master]]* [[Garviel Loken]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[10th Company(Sons of Horus)|Tenth Company]]* [[Luc Sedirae]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[13th Company(Sons of Horus)|13th Company]]* [[Tybalt Marr]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[18th Company(Sons of Horus)|18th Company]]* [[Verulam Moy]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[19th Company(Sons of Horus)|19th Company]]* [[Kalus Ekaddon]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[Catulan Reaver Squad]]* [[Falkus Kibre]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[Justaerin]] [[Terminator|Terminator Squad]]* [[Nero Vipus]] - — [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]], [[Locasta Tactical Squad]]* [[Maloghurst]] - — [[Equerry]] to the [[Warmaster]]

'''[[Word Bearers]]'''* [[Erebus]] - — [[Chaplain|First Chaplain]]

'''[[World Eaters]]'''* [[Khârn]] - — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[Assault Squad|Eighth Assault Company]] of the [[World Eaters]]

'''[[Collegia Titanica]]'''* [[Esau Turnet]] - — [[Princeps]] of the ''[[Dies Irae]]'', [[Legio Mortis]]* [[Titus Cassar]] - — [[Moderati Primus]] of the ''[[Dies Irae]]'', [[Legio Mortis]]* [[Jonah Aruken]] - — [[Moderati Primus]] of the ''[[Dies Irae]]'', [[Legio Mortis]]

'''[[Davin|The Davinites]]'''* [[Akshub]] - — Priestess, Leader of the [[Serpent Lodge|Lodge of the Serpent]]* [[Tsi Rekh]] - — [[Davin|Davinite]] ite liaison* [[Tsepha]] - — A [[cultist]] of [[Davin]] and facilitator for [[Akshub]]

* [[Kyril Sindermann]] - — [[Iterator|Primary Iterator]]* [[Ignace Karkasy]] - — [[Remembrancer|Offical Remembrancer]], Poet* [[Euphrati Keeler]] - — [[Remembrancer|Offical Remembrancer]], Imagist* [[Mersadie Oliton]] - — [[Remembrancer|Offical Remembrancer]], Documentarist* [[Peeter Egon Momus]] - — Architect designate* [[Petronella Vivar]] - — [[Palatina Majoria]] of [[House Carpinus]] – one of the [[scions]] of a wealthy noble family of Terra

* [[Maggard]] - — Bodyguard to [[Petronella Vivar|Petronella]]* [[Varvaras]] - — [[Lord Commander]] of [[Imperial Army]] forces attached to Horus’s Legion* [[Regulus (Dark Mechanicum)|Regulus]] - — [[Mechanicum]] representative to [[Horus]]

== Sources See also==*[https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/False-Gods-eBook.html Black Library]*{{Endn|1a}}: [[False Gods (Novel)List of Novels]], Chapters 1-4*{{Endn|1b}}: False Gods, Chapter 5*{{Endn|1c}}: False Gods, Chapters 6-8*{{Endn|1d}}: False Gods, Chapters 9-11*{{Endn|1e}}: False Gods, Chapter 11*{{Endn|1f}}: False Gods, Chapters 13-17*{{Endn|1g}}: False Gods, Chapter 18*{{Endn|1h}}: False Gods, Chapters 19-20*{{Endn|1i}}: False Gods, Chapter 21

==Related ArticlesSources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Horus Heresy Series]https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/False-Gods-eBook.html Black Library]''(last accessed 28th July 2022)''*2: '''False Gods (Novel)'''**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapters 1-4**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter 5**{{Endn|2c}}: Chapters 6-8**{{Endn|2d}}: Chapters 9-11**{{Endn|2e}}: Chapter 11**{{Endn|2f}}: Chapters 13-17**{{Endn|2g}}: Chapter 18**{{Endn|2h}}: Chapters 19-20**{{Endn|2i}}: Chapter 21