The Complete History of the Burning of Prospero (Warhammer 40K & Horus Heresy Lore)

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  @VenomousSoup14 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Who else woke up to this?

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  @bplup6419 · 4 years ago

  Thousand Son: &quot;Hey dad, you wanna come out here and talk to Russ?&quot;<br><br><b>quiet magical sobbing</b><br><br>Thosand Son: &quot;K , guess we&apos;ll all go die then.&quot;

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  @punishedsneed · 1 year ago

  Mortarion: Your foolish psykers are superstitious zealots!<br><br>Also Mortarion: 7 is a special number for me and I have 7 bodyguards who can never be more than 7x7 steps away from me.<br><br>Can&apos;t make this shit up.

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  @ImpudentInfidel · 4 years ago

  Oculus: I must place the Lion&apos;s share of the blame...<br>El&apos;Johnson: I wasn&apos;t involved, leave me out of this!

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  @c-lo_g446 · 3 years ago

  This is why the Khan is my favorite primarch. <br>He loves his brother, and those in his chapter that were psykers. <br>Fitting it was he who spoke to magnus and had one of the most heart-rending conversations with him after his fall.

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  @WendingWind · 4 years ago

  Being fully aware that Magnus the Red is the only other man in the universe who can permanently take his place on the throne and prevent the eventual doom of mankind, Big E sends his executioner Lemonman Russ to escort him back alive.

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  @missZoey5387 · 4 years ago

  Emperor: &nbsp;Now, Leman, remember, I want you to bring Magnus to me ALIVE.<br>Leman: Yes, Father, I know.<br>Also Leman: &nbsp;Orbital bombardment go brrrrrrrr

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  @wraithship · 3 years ago

  &quot;I PUNCHED OUT ONE OF HIS HEARTS!! Why does no one remember that?!😭&quot; 😂😂

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  @willrogers3793 · 4 years ago

  That description of the Spire Guard preparing for a grinding house-to-house battle on the scale of Stalingrad, knowing that they are outmatched but confident in their skills...followed by the blunt statement, “they were broken in two minutes.”<br><br>That made the hair on my arms stand up and my scalp tingle.<br><br>After nearly 5 years of experience with the universe of 40k, I sometimes feel a bit numb to the grand-scale calamity of it all. But those little ground-level moments like the one described still remind me of why this universe still fascinates me.

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  @cormacbyrne2210 · 4 years ago

  In my opinion, the Burning of Prospero is truly the moment where the lie of the Great Crusade was revealed, and the fundamental flaws in the Imperium were laid bare. The flaws inherent in following a despot, no matter how powerful or charismatic. The price of self-righteousness without question or self-reflection. The sheer, all too common disasters that a lack of basic communication can bring about, especially when combined with a culture where blind loyalty is considered a virtue. All of this combined ruined not one, but COUNTLESS worlds. Had someone, anyone with power had taken the time to say &quot;no, this is WRONG, there is a mistake&quot;, this entire crisis could have been averted and trillions of lives saved. But they did not, for every major actor in this conflict was too consumed by the self-righteous belief that &quot;I am right and all who stand across from me are wrong&quot;. Basic, human tribalism, enhanced by psychogenetic indoctrination and a lust for power and violence and control. The Changer of Ways may have manipulated the conflict, but the Great Machinator was likely a mere opportunist taking advantage of inevitable disaster. The Heresy was and had always been inevitable; despots are always destined to be overthrown. The powder keg simply needed a spark. And the Burning of Prospero was a monumental match indeed.

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  @notinspectorgadget · 3 years ago

  Once the debriefing for the events, later referred to as <i>&quot;The Burning of Prospero&quot;</i> concluded. A member of the War Council was quoted as saying. &quot;Throne Above, what a shitshow.&quot;

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  @Commissar_Mydrinn · 4 years ago

  Ahh... 4 hours of handsome voice talking grimdark. perfect after 12 hours of mindnumbing work in the manufactorium

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