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Today, like the year of my birth, my birthday falls on a Friday the 13th.
Spoooooky…
So to celebrate we’re taking a look a fire starter in the game of Warhammer 40k itself… Erebus (the man that started the galaxy burning).
Ever wonder where the name comes from? Well like most personalities of the Chaotic persuasion, their names are not too far from the mark. -Enjoy MBG
In Greek mythology, Erebus /ˈɛrəbəs/, also Erebos (Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, “deep darkness, shadow”), was often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness; for instance, Hesiod’s Theogony identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence, born of Chaos.[1]
In Greek literature the name Erebus is also used of a region of the Greek underworld where the dead pass immediately after dying, and is sometimes used interchangeably with Tartarus.[2][3][4][5][6]
Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and is a panelist on the weekly Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k, and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
