#bequin

[mournivaldisco]

OK but what about how (Valdor, EatD3 and Penitent spoilers)

Valdor is so unexpectedly affected by Sanguinius' death that centuries later as the King in Yellow he is trying to grow winged Blood Angels (which may or may not be intended to be sorta Sanguinius clones) to guard the City of Dust...

[arachnerd-8-legs]

i finally got to fetch Penitent from the store and I'm having a blast with this part in particular

[do-you-ship-this-book-couple]

Do you ship...

Note in the ask:

He's a psyker (a psychic), and she's a pariah (a psychic null whose very presence hurts psykers).

Who doesn't love a tragic forbidden/impossible love?

[sapphossecondbestfriend]

I just finished Dune, and not sure which of my three options I should read next, so here's a poll (that inevitably won't really get any votes, so I'll still have to make the decision myself but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Option 1 - Pariah by Dan Abnett - A book centred around Bequin, a character I liked from Dan Abnetts earlier books (The Eisenhorn trilogy), that goes for being a mind-bending thriller set in Warhammer 40k

Option 2 - The Iliad by Homer (translated by E. V. Rieu) - It's the Iliad. Ancient Greek story of Achilles' rage, and the horrors of the siege of Troy

Option 3 - The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath - An odd couple comedy about a pair of immortal, kinda-undead robots that hate each other. Also 40k

[plagueplanethq]

Oh shit, I'm not posting a primarch for once! Bequin is the best, change my mind. That's right you can't.

Alizebeth Bequin of the Inquisition. She is very interesting and a total badass. She is smart and resourceful, and has been trained to be a perfect inquisition operator in the Warhammer 40k universe.

She was an associate of Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn.

[varliona]

Alizebeth Bequin - my vision

[quortknee]

This is crazy wtf I love Ravenor

[sincethewreck]

End and the Death Part 3:

Penitent:

I am being so good and so patient waiting for Pandaemonium and the various tidbits— including the above— were so, so good for me and will have to do to tide me over. Particularly these!

[interplanaranathema]

Im not a big fan of EC characters but a few sometimes gets my attention. Teke the Smiling one is from Dan Abnett's "Pariah" novel. He's golden eyed and always smiling. He isn't in his armor and has been looking for the King in Yellow for many years. One of my favorite things about him is that his armor is rose petals, like ACTUALLY TRANSFORMS FROM ROSE PETALS. I think thats SO FUCKING rad of him.

Not just that he has 2 gold silk sashes that also become his long swords and hes just??? So cool??? What the fuck????

Like the Bequin Trilogy has some fucking COOL SM-related characters like Deathrow and his dog, Teke and Comus. I'm biased on Comus because hes baby and UUGHGHGHFHHFHF he fits so well with the narrative and themes i love u sm bequin series.

[mustbealoosewire]

Who should play Alizebeth/Beta Bequin and why is it Eva Green?

[macgyvertape]

On of the downsides of being into characters who are traitors/betrayers/(their real identity is a spoiler) is that the most successful way for me to be recommended that work and follow through reading/watching it is to spoil just enough of the plot by telling me that character exists.

On the other hand if the work is really good than it doesn’t matter that I’ve been spoiled on that twist, there is enjoyment to be had in the difference between what I know and the characters don’t.

[mustbealoosewire]

@randal-mcmandal

Eisenhorn

by Miguel Iglesias

[transmechanicus]

Where would you advise someone interested in reading 40k books start?

It depends on what you’re interested in about 40k. The books tend to be very faction specific, so if you’re interested in say the Adeptus Mechanicus, there’s (maybe) not going to be much reason for you to read a book about Fabius Bile. There are some 40k books that are commonly regarded as being more foundational to the setting in the early 2000s, some that are advancing the story and were published last week, and others that have recently become fan favorites due to their broad comedic and story quality. So, TL;DR, i can give more specific recommendations if i know what you like abt 40k.

“Classic” books that are approachable for complete beginners to the setting in my experience or according to trusted sources:

The Night Lords trilogy (Soul Hunter, Blood Reaver, Void Stalker) by Aaron Demski Bowden

The Eisenhorn, Ravenor, and Bequin novels by Dan Abnett

Priests of Mars and sequels by Graham McNiel

Books advancing the current ‘story’ of 40k in M42:

Dark Imperium, Plague War, and Godblight by Guy Haley, focused on the Indomitus Crusade

Fabius Bile: (Primogenitor, Clonelord, Manflayer) by Josh Reynolds

The Great Work, and Genefather by Guy Haley again, focused on Belisarius Cawl

The Dawn of Fire series (various authors)

Books i just like or heard really good things about

Twice Dead King by Nate Crowley

Infinite and Divine by Robert Rath

Ascension Day by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Ahriman series by John French

Krieg and Siege of Vraks by Steve Lyons

If i missed any real bangers you can check the notes of this and i’m sure someone will pipe up😂

[moodymisty]

Top 5 40k virginity losers

Garviel Loken and Euphrati Keeler (have fucked eachother, literally and figuratively)

Argel Tal and Cyrene Valantion (she peggs him every two to three days during a blood moon)

Ciaphas Cain and Amberly Vail (he doesn't know what's a clit and she doesn't know what's a shaft - they boink regularly)

Shadowsun and Kor'sarro Khan (they fuck eachother only drunk; Kor'sarro doesn't like her xeno features and Shadowsun finds his humanly traits disturbing - they still make out like their life depends on it)

Gregor Eisenhorn and Alizebeth Bequin (if they could be together somehow, they would have the most standard heterosexual sex, with no kinks, no fetishes, no nothing - they fuck, sometimes cuddle, share a kiss and leave)

LAUGHING at the slander on display here but I agree with it XD

[skunts-own-truth]

My pal Nick, who started reading the Horus Heresy in September 2023, is now on Eye of Terra after reading each book in the series in published order, and all of the Eisenhorn/Ravenor/Bequin books. 😭 This dude went from reading 0 books since high school to reading 30+ in a year. So proud of him, he’ll be done with the series in the blink of an eye.

[madcat-world]

Pariah (1 of 2) - Lorenzo Mastroianni