Mr. Exposition: Zabriel finds himself serving in this capacity to the Lion, as he has been in the galaxy for four centuries, while the Lion has only just emerged from the past.

Zabriel and Baelor are both devoted Number Twos to their respective masters, but Zabriel is initially distrustful of the Lion before coming to respect him, while Baelor is utterly devoted to Seraphax before betraying him at the very end. The 10th edition trailer is clearly set post-Baal so maybe a few more years have passed. Mephiston crossing the Rubicon is a post-Baal event. At that point, we had no indication that Dante had yet crossed the Rubicon so maybe a bit more time there.A great reintroduction to the Lion El' Jonson. The author does a respectful job of honouring the previous iterations done by other great authors whilst also bringing a more matured and level headed Primarch. After retaking Camarth in full, Lion is dismayed to discover there are no navigators and no astropaths left on the planet, leaving him seemingly trapped here. Before he can dwell on it, though, he feels something calling for him from the nearby forest. He goes there, along with Zabriel and Lion Guard (a dozen or so humans who proclaimed themselves his honor guard). The group finds itself in Lion's odd like-Caliban-but-not forest, and eventually emerges on a completely different planet, Avalus.

I'd prefer a plausible scenario with an intelligent Primarch, who sadly miscalculates or goes down a dark path for compelling reasons. Also, I think the relationship between the two lead Space Marine antagonists had just that hint of queerness I’ve come to enjoy from Brook’s writing. Not much to say there, but just glad it exists.The Lion just so happens to acquire his new plasma pistol, Arma Luminis (fits perfectly in his hands), from a world he just so happened to Forest Walk on. Without providing spoilers, my only one gripe was that I expected some more resistance from the characters than such an easy acceptance and understanding of where each character stands. Question make as I'm st ill not sure what the canon time-lapse is between advent of the Great Rift and "current" 40K. Has it been well over a century or just a dozen or so years? Still confused...

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From Nobody to Nightmare: When the Lion first hears Seraphax's voice, even his eidetic memory struggles to place him, eventually realizing that he used to be just one of the thousands of line soldiers within the Legion. I would like to see a bitter, angry Lion doubling-down on his 'I'm the only person who can make the hard choices' attitude circa Dreadwing . I will be deeply disappointed if we get an introspective, mellow, 'mea culpa' Lion. I don't want reasonable people. I want big, angry spacemans making bad decisions! We've already got Mr. Reasonable in Guilliman. Let's have a Primarch-sized Colquan, please. The Lion has risen from his 10,000-year slumber, and he’s wasting no time putting traitors to the sword. The Primarch of the Dark Angels is a monstrously powerful duelist and indomitable battlefield leader, armed with the Emperor’s own shield and a massive power sword named Fealty. Your first chance to get him is in this celebratory launch set.* A Form You Are Comfortable With: Subverted. The form the Emperor takes in "Mirror Caliban" is a rather simple visual metaphor representative of his current state, that of a wounded ancient human king, but the Lion cannot see through it. Los marines espaciales también lo son, y eso me encanta llegan a tener cierto grado de humanidad si bien estos mismos se separan de los humanos