Jmaximum
04-10-2014, 05:30 PM
Expect massive amounts of spoilers in this.
So don't read any further if you haven't touched the book yet.
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Vulkan is a perpetual. Hmmm.. I figure they could not make ALL the primarchs perpetuals, as there is some ancient background fluff that has some of them already dead. But still.
I did really like the insight into the psyche of a primarch, and how they were influenced from the world they grew up on. We know Nocturne has a highly integrated mundane society with the Legiones Astartes, so Vulkan holds a much higher regard for humanity, whereas Curze came from a perpetual night-time world riddled with gang violence and corruption. I like the irony of Vulkan's home world being called Nocturne, even though it is filled with fire and light, and Curze's homeworld, a world of constant darkness, is called something else. I have a strong suspicion that Nostromo may have some roots in ancient Greek, but I could not find any references.
The book does explain why the Salamanders think Vulkan 'disappeared', as we learn he was captured by Curze and tortured for unknown lengthy amount of time.
I really don't get John Grammaitcus's part in the story: he eventually admits that he wants to use the fulgurite spear to kill Vulkan, and he has a showdown with Erebus of all people, and Erebus lets John walk away. But Vulkan and John never cross paths...
Also, what the hell is up with the ending? Vulkan teleports off of Curze's ship, to fall in to atmospheric reentry onto a planet, but he's reciting a poem in his head in which he dies, and thus he really does die? How did he have the time and opportunity to leave relics all over the galaxy that the Salamanders of M39+ are hunting for? Kind of a lame ending, if indeed he did die permanently.
So don't read any further if you haven't touched the book yet.
*************************************************S POILERS SPOILERS****************************
Vulkan is a perpetual. Hmmm.. I figure they could not make ALL the primarchs perpetuals, as there is some ancient background fluff that has some of them already dead. But still.
I did really like the insight into the psyche of a primarch, and how they were influenced from the world they grew up on. We know Nocturne has a highly integrated mundane society with the Legiones Astartes, so Vulkan holds a much higher regard for humanity, whereas Curze came from a perpetual night-time world riddled with gang violence and corruption. I like the irony of Vulkan's home world being called Nocturne, even though it is filled with fire and light, and Curze's homeworld, a world of constant darkness, is called something else. I have a strong suspicion that Nostromo may have some roots in ancient Greek, but I could not find any references.
The book does explain why the Salamanders think Vulkan 'disappeared', as we learn he was captured by Curze and tortured for unknown lengthy amount of time.
I really don't get John Grammaitcus's part in the story: he eventually admits that he wants to use the fulgurite spear to kill Vulkan, and he has a showdown with Erebus of all people, and Erebus lets John walk away. But Vulkan and John never cross paths...
Also, what the hell is up with the ending? Vulkan teleports off of Curze's ship, to fall in to atmospheric reentry onto a planet, but he's reciting a poem in his head in which he dies, and thus he really does die? How did he have the time and opportunity to leave relics all over the galaxy that the Salamanders of M39+ are hunting for? Kind of a lame ending, if indeed he did die permanently.