Come take a look at the latest info on the Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan, and a little more insight on the characters involved.
Today we’re peeling back the covers of February’s White Dwarf again, but this time we’re going to take a look at the upcoming book, Fracture of Biel-Tan.
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A THIRD BOOK???? The Gathering Storm is a Trilogy!
“I plan to make it brighter and more golden.” Where have we heard about a golden prophecy before?
Lord Commander Dante has grown weary of his burdens despite all of his success, or perhaps because of it. He has lived far longer than he should, and the burden of centuries grows ever weightier. Only one thing prevents Dante succumbing to ennui. Recorded in the Scrolls of Sanguinius are the Primarch’s visions of a great battle to overshadow all others. This vision was predicted before his death at the hands of Horus, that a lone “Golden Warrior” would ultimately stand between the Emperor of Mankind and His destruction. Many Imperial scholars have assumed this prophecy refers to Sanguinius’ own stand against Horus aboard his flagship, the Vengeful Spirit, during the Battle of Terra at the end of the Horus Heresy. Through some inherent instinct, perhaps a lingering trace of his Primarch’s fabled far-seeing eye,Dante believes otherwise.
One day, perhaps one day soon, the defence of the now-helpless Emperor, who resides trapped on His Golden Throne, will rest in Dante’s hands, and he aims to fulfil this final duty.
More and more is slowly being revealed about the Visarch. He was the only warrior to harness the power of a Cronesword. He was once known as Exarch Laarian, but he changed to something stranger and more unsettling after an encounter with the Daughter of shades. He taught Yvraine in her former life as an Aspect Warrior. His feelings for Yvraine diverted his course and his spirits broke after she chose a life of murder and moral decrepitude in Commorragh, he would eventually follow her, but keep his distance. He posed as an Incubus and fought his way to a position of prominence in the Dark City to keep a better watch on her. Ah, young love.
It’s been revealed previously that Yvraine walked many different paths in her life, her spirit is what the Eldar used to be. Jes Goodwin and Neil Langdown give a nice look into what they were thinking when designing her. They made her look feminine and menacing, without taking away her modesty and traditional feel. They did a combination of gown and catsuit, something the people here at Spikey Bits can appreciate as well.
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Ah Eldrad, we meet again, and again, and again. Is he going to be the savior of the Eldar? He’s one of the oldest Eldar alive, he remembers the time before the coming of the Imperium, and he was the first to Scry Horus’s betrayal. He is a master manipulator, often getting other races to fight one another, drawing the attention away from the Eldar, Ghazghkull’s Invasion of Armageddon was brought about due to Eldrad’s plotting. But no matter what, he finds himself on trial in Fracture of Biel-Tan for the “misappropriation of the Eldar’s mutual destiny” after trying to awaken Ynnead of his own volition.
This really is some great information to read with a lot of insight of what we can expect to see in the Fracture of Biel-Tan. But they have already hinted at a 3rd book, what could it be? Where do you think this story is going? Will Eldrad be punished for trying to wake Ynnead? Let us know in the comments below.
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