A Night Lord dispenses discipline to his crew

An excerpt from Blood Reaver", by Aaron-Dembski Bowden. A Warhammer 40,000 novel about the Night Lords legion.
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Talos of First Claw has learned that one of the human crewmembers of the Covenant of Blood has been sowing discord among his peers. This human was the father of the void-born child, a young girl who was revered by the crew because she was the only child ever born on the ship. That child was recently slain during a boarding action, and the father has been venting his frustration in a perilous way.

[@burialgoods]

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[@jamesloiselle9098]

What are the chances of getting the scene where Xarl deafens the technician fleeing the ship thats blowing up and get shot in the face?

[@mrswb]

"If vengeance is hollow, then you have simply not suffered enough." Fuck me that is a line.

[@Volvith]

_"Time turns liquid where great men speak."_ This felt like two minutes. Not twelve.

[@Sniperwolf6661]

Oh shit that was 12 minutes

[@4x6_thats_me]

WAIT, WHAT!?

[@KCCC326]

Holy shit

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Nobody is allowed to like this comment anymore. The likes are perfect.

[@derpasstwahtskie2246]

"A Night Lord" ohno "Dispenses discipline" *OHNO* "Its Talos" wipes sweat from brow*

[@Bandog23]

The scariest boi still alive in the universe

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

Did you forget he turned an astropathic choir into a living screaming room of psychic pain and flayed flesh sewn together.

[@breadstick4458]

Rather Talos than Uzas or Cirion, or god forbid Variel

[@BadjokeINC]

batman!

[@marceloantunes998]

@@Bandog23 ? spoilers, he dies, my dude.

[@Thebeat480]

“You drew your first breathe in an empire we built, and you serve us as we tear it down”

[@Mygg_Jeager]

Breath*

[@wikingkrig5801]

@@Mygg_Jeager what a beautiful correction!

[@Mygg_Jeager]

@@wikingkrig5801 lol

[@wikingkrig5801]

@@Mygg_Jeager For the imparRIEAA!!! BLOOD ANGELS!!

[@lunaticscribbles6016]

As terrifying as Talos is, he seems like the best night lord you could have discipline you. Bro gave him the option of revenge. I'd be happy that he tried and avenged my family and shut up and do my menial work lmaooo, Also a perfect showcase of the grey nature of Chaos Marines. They're evil for sure, but they're not always unneccesarily cruel or bloodthirsty (except for the ones that are but they're a diverse bunch!)

[@guimts8881]

Funny enough, the night lords started out as Traitors before chaos even curropted them. Their inicial motivation was to destroy the Imperium, not serve the ruinous powers, though after a while, many Night Lord chapters fell to chaos, Talos and his brothers remained dedicated to destroying the Imperium without selling their souls to the dark gods. And that's honestly why I think he's one of the coolest Traitor Marines in the setting.

[@fourfours9928]

uncorrupted traitor marines are the coolest for sure

[@sussy_bed_stain]

Nah dawg im sending usaz

[@araknidsGrip]

Diversity is their stregth

[@imstupid880]

That's why Chaos Marines and Traitor Marines are two different breeds

[@Puddingskin01]

When your boss asks you to close the door of their office to "talk"

[@modude117]

Oh God, I've had that experience. I had never been so scared in my life..... and after he basically told me how insanely rich and powerful he was and all the ways he could destroy me for not doing my job (I was, I had to wait for a render to finish but he didn't understand, being as high up the corporate ladder he was) I went out to the empty balcony and cried my eyes out.

[@mike1043]

​@@modude117beta mindset right there, money and 'power' don't mean shit in some circumstances of your own making.

[@jacktrevino1108]

@@mike1043 Def a narcissist manbaby even with all that "money and power" but get real this dude will continue to get more of that money and power and never learn a lesson, meanwhile he could blackball someone below him in an instant for something out of their contol because he feels like it

[@mike1043]

@@jacktrevino1108I wouldn't cry about it though, I would be enraged, leave for another job. Not playing the game this boss has made is winning, hoping others might follow.

[@philiphunn194]

"Can I have a word?" is the scariest sentence a boss can say.

[@lithium2060]

"If vengeance is hollow, then you have simply not suffered enough." What an epic quote, works on so many narrative levels.

[@Greenfield-yf1wh]

Said by a murderer who has never fathered a child and will never understand the true grievance of a 'mortal' who has lost their child after being dragged into a war he never wants to be part of.

[@auugh43546]

@@Greenfield-yf1wh a lot of people tend to forget that astartes have a nasty habit of being emotionally stunted

[@Dunge0n]

GRIFFIIIIIIIITH!!!

[@alastor8091]

​@@Greenfield-yf1whtrue, but at the same time, every other regular human lost someone or something that day, yet they don't bring the group down with their grievances. Vengeance is good enough for them, so why not for him? Even if, keep it to yourself. Don't ruin the hopes of others.

[@Greenfield-yf1wh]

@@alastor8091 Please, if you don't understand the context, just don't make a comment that would make you look like a complete fool. The slain girl was the last hope of many 'regular humans' on the doomed ship. Throughout the whole freaking book, the story went in detail how the girl was important to morale of the crew members and Talos understood his obligation to protect that 'mortal' girl. Who freaking cared about vengeance? Only Night Lords, especially Talos who was motivated by his vengeance against the Emperor, not regular humans who looked for any shred of hope in their perpetual servitude to NLs.

[@Zanuth-001]

Galaxy's kindest Night Lord

[@Nyctophora]

Zso Sahaal would like a word :P

[@chaseyestrau]

Cries in septimus

[@TheSiladhiel]

Fel Zharost, who was the former Night Lords Chief Librarian and Kasati Nuon also kinda OK and stayed Loyal.

[@ageofdarkness6628]

Read Void Stalker and re-consider this comment lol

[@chaseyestrau]

@@ageofdarkness6628 should ask him how his family with his lover and son is going to

[@shadesofblack2557]

I find it interesting that the reason talos talks to the slave in front of everyone is because he knows all it takes is a few angry slaves and a single demon paying attention that could overrun the ship. At least that’s what I think, chaos is really scary

[@Makorze]

Its not just that. Thanks the the time warping shenanigans of the warp, For Talos and the crew of his ship its only been like 100yrs, not 10,000 so some of the crew are amongst the few humans from the original imperium alive today so have very different feelings about the Imperium as it exists today.

[@gnarl12]

​@@Makorze Very true

[@gnarl12]

Extremely true, the night Lords arent too friendly with demons

[@TheMightyNaryar]

Surprisingly empathetic for a Night Lord, out of all things...

[@Commissar_Eiven]

Ironically enough Talos is a beast night Lord and I'm just going to say it out of all the fates in 40K ironically becoming his slave is kind of based because it means you get to ride a thunderhawk and fly it and Riss up the female Navigator of the ship add intimidate a night Lord librarian into f****** off all this is in the night Lords trilogy with septimus

[@Chaerea_Carmin-Slaanesh_Chosen]

Nightlords are the most empathetic space marines because they are masters of the one emotion Astartes no longer have. Unfortunately, they use this empathy first and foremost as a weapon.

[@Peagaporto]

Talos is probably became one of the Knights Errant later on, which then became the Grey Knights

[@Grimrose8]

@@Peagaportono he is completely a traitor and never switched sides, he utterly hates the imperium. He has his own trilogy of books I would recommend

[@Peagaporto]

@@Grimrose8 You are absolutely right. I mixed him up with Jago Sevatarion.

[@jeremytitus9519]

A night in the life of the most well adjusted Night Lord.

[@pierluigiadreani2159]

Most wholesome for sure

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

You could have gotten much of that same speech from an inquisitor chastising an adept for grieving at a personal loss after a Chaotic uprising and using it as a excuse to start whispering of despair for the Imperium. Even now, the Night Lords are not as far from their former empire as either side might want to believe.

[@Thalanox]

That was a fantastic point.

[@RecoveringLoLAddict]

The sheer willpower required for a Night Lord not to skin someone alive out of kicks can power a fucking line ship. And here we have one demonstrating it.

[@joetoft3428]

How utterly beautiful that line of “ you live only because we allow it. You drew your first breath in an empire we built, and you serve us as we tear it down . Hate us. Despise us. We will never care. Even as we shed blood to protect you when we must.” Amazing delivery and conviction in both Talo’s point and message to Arkiah.

[@chris7372]

What a greattt performance, I like the vague slavic? vibe to how Talos speaks since I always imagine that's the impression Nostraman gives, Slavic-y gangster dialect.

[@burialgoods]

That's always how I imagined them too

[@ironduke5058]

​@@burialgoodsIt's how they speak in the Night Lords trilogy audiobooks as well as how Konrad and the Nostramen Night Lords speak in Konrad's Primarch book. The voice actor (I forgot his name) does an amazing job and it sounds like honey to the ear, highly recommend listen to both the trilogy and the Primarch book

[@danielmartin531]

Slavic/central Eastern European is how i imagine their accent.

[@ReaperGrimm5594]

When you realize that Kurze and the Night Lords are all Slavs, everything suddenly makes so much more sense.

[@TheCommunistColin]

Andrew Wincotte, the guy who voiced Raphael in BG3. @@ironduke5058

[@alastor8091]

Other Chaos Marines wouldve done some troll shit after saying "I didnt come here to kill you" like asking trick questions or going "lolololol did you really think id let you live?" but Talos keeps it real. He understands where he was coming from, but couldnt let it slide. He gave him a second chance even after the disrespect of talking behind his back despite him having got the vengeance he wouldnt have been able to get himself.

[@Franky566]

what Talos did was far worse than torturing him to death. he broke the man without touching him.

[@wikingkrig5801]

​@johndoe.... how the hell did talor he broke the man when Talor killed the mans murdered the blood Angel that killed the mans wife and daughter?

[@gnarl12]

Some would, othwrs are similar to Night Lords just ok with chaos magic and demons

[@wikingkrig5801]

@@gnarl12im new to Warhammer World. i dont get it. Are night Lords, corrupted from the warp and the night lord:s on the Chaos side? But why did a real Astarte kill inccoent lifes? I thought they where the good gods and they dont kill inccoent lifes as children, mother etc. I get it, if the point if the univers or the reality they live in, that Human lifes is has Little value or something. But it stil dont logical when the era should be in developed soecity in aspects of value of People and life. For example Roman era or just 100 years ago in our reality the real World, we did not regarded other people as good as now, and did not regarded human life torwards each other Equal. But i have really miss understand something bigg time here in warhammer reality. I will appreciate a correct answer from someone which knows

[@mjkoo5365]

@@wikingkrig5801Night lords are a traitor legion, they joined up with the dark gods and became ultra mega super evil. Alongside that not every space marine character can really be called good, for example you have guys like the Minotaurs who are massive assholes who exist to be sent against chapters the High Lords of Terra deem traitors. Alongside that, the Universe isn’t really supposed to make sense, it’s satire of a bunch of things in order to make a universe where everything is essentially pointless and grimdark.

[@cherrypopscile3385]

This amazingly captures the nightlords as a terror legion. Sure, we hear endless stories of them ripping people apart, but in this excerpt, Talos only ever has to get physically violent once, and he only makes threats at the end. But through every word he carries a menacing aura. Thats what makes this so interesting to me

[@megan00b8]

I mean, back during the great crusade they only flaid a couple so that they wouldn't need slaughter millions. This is much the same, merely the scale is lower. Gotta love the night lords

[@Cordoba25]

Head-canon Talos voice unlocked.

[@Pieguy223]

You should listen to the official narration, Talos' nostraman accent is arguably better there.

[@KimKhan]

Did.... did I just see a nuanced Chaos Space Marine?

[@burialgoods]

More common than most think

[@TheCommunistColin]

Talos is one of the Night Lords who personally hates Chaos. He's a renegade, not a heretic. That being said, lots of his warband are tainted by Chaos.

[@painteleporter1637]

@@TheCommunistColin not a heretic? hes a traitor, a heretic but not a chaos space marine

[@lutherpatenge6313]

They often are. In fact, I think you'd find that most Traitor Astartes come across as more 'human' than their loyalist counterparts. More human, for both better and for ill. I'd recommend the Night Lords Trilogy and the Fabius Bile Trilogy for quality examples.

[@Tommybotham]

He's not a chaos space Marine. The nightlords are by and large renegades.

[@CokefishR]

I remember reading this book and not thinking any interaction between mortals and Astartes to be that significant. Part of me wanted Talos to dispense discipline swiftly and ruthlessly. But the Night Lords always go that extra mile to instill lasting fear in anyone who defies their wills.

[@user-sg6lf5do6g]

"Sometimes Cruelty Is Necessary In Proving A Point Such That Its Intent Is Never Questioned Or Doubted" Perterabo, Primarch Of The Iron Warriors

[@IronJoeHorn]

Literally just made my Uber passengers listen to this book/part last night while I worked haha

[@Kekatronic]

Thats some real nerd activity, they must've been uncomfortable

[@PodreyJenkin138]

Yeah? How'd that go? And what stars did they give you 😂

[@IronJoeHorn]

@@PodreyJenkin138 my rating has gone up since I started listening to Warhammer books in the car last year. 😉 I live in Austin though so it's a pretty young and nerdy town

[@PodreyJenkin138]

@@IronJoeHorn oh hey I lived in manor Austin for like a year or two Love from H-town TX bro! Oh and I'd have the biggest grin if a Uber driver was playing Warhammer audio books but that's cause I'm a massive 40k fan lol

[@alastor8091]

​@@Kekatronicey, I had my grandad sit through some of the Pale King. Not a word was said.

[@Ironclad17]

The night lord way of handling hr complaints.

[@Biodeamon]

I was expecting sadism, like him cracking open the helmet to find his daughter's head underneath, not a stern father lecturing their children. But I guess the scariest thing a night lord can do, is nothing at all. But remember that to live in hatred and vengeance is poisonous

[@canniballord2874]

I'd love to hear you narrate Talos' popular "We Failed" monologue from Void Stalker. Very intense and excellent writing for the Soul Hunter.

[@vidarhjal]

I thought that the 12 minutes could be maybe too much at once for it being only text + speech but eventually the time went past quickly and now I want more. Great job.

[@toothpastemanreal]

I had no idea 12 minutes had gone by until I read your comment.

[@Pieguy223]

This is an expert from the third book of the night lords omnibus. if you want more than listen to those audiobooks, they're all amazingly narrated. I posted a direct excerpt on my channel.

[@double1777]

I cannot recommend the Night Lords Omnibus enough. It is an absolute masterpiece of a trilogy.

[@bluedog843]

Talos, Argel Tal, and Khârn. My 3 favorite traitors in the entire setting. All written incredibly by Aaron Dembski Bowden. I absolutely love them.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

he's really good at writing traitors!... but awful at writing loyalists

[@Verily_Cheerilee]

The Night Lords omnibus has been gathering dust on my bookshelf for a couple years now. Told myself I would read it, but I never did seem to make time for it. I suppose it's about time I cracked it open. Masterful narration.

[@jhackofalltrades]

It's sooooo worth it. Have fun. It's a ride.

[@MydasAU]

im telling you,its so worth it

[@TheCommunistColin]

Do the aubiobook imo, Andrew Wincotte does a fantastic job with it.

[@Thalanox]

_"It was a curse, to be a god's son..."_ That opening narration was absolutely brilliant. I also really, _really_ love the scene where Talos is asked what he wanted to be when he grew up back when he was a child.

[@Chaerea_Carmin-Slaanesh_Chosen]

Fear is alien to the Astartes. In order to feel and understand fear, to use it even against other Astartes, one must remember before, when they were human children. In an odd and terrible way, not even a Salamander sympathizes more with the human plight than the “cowardly and sadistic” Night Lords.

[@tearsinpain]

Salamanders are the only Legion that goes back to their roots and tribe to protect and visit them , are you saying that a night lord has more sympaty than a Salamander? That is a odd take.

[@mcloons3891]

"The warp always finds its way into fools. Poisonous thoughts are a beacon to the Neverborn." Which could've very well been why Arkiah didn't want revenge.

[@__-vu3bv]

Please continue giving the space marines different accents, ever since I saw that one German boy meme I've been hooked on not-British space marines

[@burialgoods]

Agreed, I regret not giving Khayon a Persian accent in my Abaddon video

[@drdesensitized31]

PLEASE KEEP MAKING MORE OF THESE!!!!!!!

[@SodoDolo]

The concept of mercy from a Night Lord truly brings recompense and fear. To think one of Chaos could command such discipline and restraint is TRULY a thing to behold.

[@ZuoKalp]

Seriously, I never looked for 40k, I don't even intend to ever do it, but your narrations are so mythical that I can't help to feel immersed in this madness.

[@hewhomakesnosound]

Me and my friend have a saying. You do not choose Warhammer. Warhammer chooses you.

[@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit]

Arkiah: I lost my wife and child! Woe is me! Talos: WAH WAH WAH.

[@TheElectronPusher]

This is incredible, both in tone and delivery.

[@rayanplayz5179]

Still it reminds me just how diverse and unique the entire war hammer universe is. Always some interesting lore inside an entire series of lore: and this was just a tidbit from the chaos space Marines! Truly impressive

[@pewpewplasma3793]

I’m a real novice when it comes to 40k (got into it because of Astartes), and I knew a little bit about the Night Lords. But wow, this Talos guy is a crazy character. Incredibly interesting. I did not expect to be so taken in by a *Night Lord* of all things

[@MydasAU]

If you like this youlll adore the night lords trilogy. Some of the best books of the settign

[@Chaerea_Carmin-Slaanesh_Chosen]

Oft forgotten, The Night Lords, more than any other legion or chapter, are masters of Morale and Psychology. They understand the hearts of mortals and can inspire fear even in those that shall not know it.

[@Makorze]

Some of them also share Konrad's duality. A strong sense of Justice combined with an powerful urge to make their enemies die in the most painful aways imaginable XD

[@DxSkeith]

Good LORD BG, I already knew the Night Lord's trilogy was supposed to be amazing but now I have to go read it. How am I supposed to without you voicing the whole thing?

[@Nestnestsoto]

12 minute BG video LET’S GOOOOOOO

[@accomplishedfoot4013]

This is just four pages and a paragraph from the fifth page. Amazing work

[@TheCommunistColin]

The Night Lords trilogy is a masterpiece. ADB really did my bat-boys justice. I would love for you to narrate the "I heard bolter fire" scene too.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

I love how you can _just_ hear the lies woven in amidst the sincerity. So deep and so clever that perhaps not even Talos recognizes all of them. Very good writing.

[@TheTektronik]

Moral of the presentation: everybody goes through shit nobody is an exception. If you happen to go through certain feeling of loss, acknowledge it, feel it, accept it and move on. Do not make a big deal of it because nobody cares.

[@gp-1542]

“Night lord discipline” *oh no*

[@greyjedi4794]

Incredible work! At firs I thought this was an excerpt from the audio book, but having listened to a sample on Audible? No... the audio book was just a narrative. This is an audio-drama.

[@PersonHumanGuy]

This was such a badass moment. TALOS IS SUCH A FUCKING GOAT.

[@TOUGHEYES]

When a Night Lord forgoes his usual methods, and decides to burn his victim alive with words alone. Truly one of the kindest kinds of people in the Galaxy. He'd never lie to you.

[@unatco6554]

You are rapidly becoming one of the best 40k narration channels although your non-40k content is excellent as well.

[@BarelyDecentProduction]

After reading the omnibus a single thought came to my mind "fuck I gotta buy the kill team now"

[@burialgoods]

I actually did this back in early 7th edition

[@mikedicewrites]

I've never felt so intimidated by someone that isn't even real.

[@icze88]

That was excellent! The quality of this is arguable to be compared to the official audiobook only by the listener's prefferances. You really have done an excellent work with this, please do continue to do so.

[@senor_parrot1628]

Honestly I would love the entire night lords omnibus narrated by you, you make them sound so much more terrifying than the audiobooks do

[@JonDay-lf7cj]

I've found that there's been a flourishing of 40k VO content in recent times, and I count yourself as one of the more inspirational among that number. For someone aspiring to work into VO content creation and other such creative work, I thank you for what you produce.

[@GoldenTeacherOG]

I barely know shit all about warhammer but these videos are so sick

[@krel3358]

I think you should do that exerpt from Soul Hunter where Talos tells the Blood Angels dreadnaught that he failed and they killed him twice, that or the scene from Void Stalker where I think its Xarl confronts the Terminator Captain I finished reading the entire trilogy a bit over a month ago and found this to be an utter treat to listen to. Thanks for making it.

[@TheCommunistColin]

Or the "I heard bolter fire" part. So many quoteable moments from the trilogy.

[@mrreemann8313]

Your voice acting is on point - please continue to do more excerpts.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

please do as much 40k content as you can! this is so good!

[@scottbruckner4653]

After hearing your rendition of Talos I went to go listen to the Official Audiobook for the first time. I found it lacking without your portrayal.

[@michaeleller6555]

An excellent performance!

[@anonymousanonymous3464]

Please do more warhammer lore videos. You have great potential!

[@av6728]

I really really wanted the father to say "what?" and then it basically turns into that scene from Pulp Fiction. "What does Konrad Curze look like, little father?"

[@GhostAlpha7224]

How do you get your voice that deep?

[@Neoth40k]

Big balls, I presume.

[@danillo.eu.rodrigues]

Big globules from Space King

[@amargwari2431]

​@@danillo.eu.rodriguespraise be to space king

[@burialgoods]

Narration is my natural voice. For the Night Lord, I used a pitch shifter to bring it down a couple semitones.

[@sorenthelurker2868]

Gene-seed

[@billygibson3850]

love you doing the longer reads, great work keep the longer content coming!

[@lordsteambath8069]

We need more of these! You make them vids very immersive and your impression of space marines turns me into an Italian as in yelling mamma mia while gesturing heavily

[@Izzo-io2ou]

IMO, this was one of , if not the best, 40k series ever.

[@shyneus9773]

What a fucking book. The audio book narrator did a great job too. A good listen.

[@JadeBlades098]

This has to be the single kindest Night Lord to ever exist.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

This turned our great! I'm excited to see what you make next!

[@freshglizzy3763]

Love these. The voice paired to the prose is perfect. Please keep doing more 👍

[@zthroescha]

That was awesome. The voice chosen for Talos was utterly perfect. Well done...

[@some1350]

From what I know about the Night Lords, he got off easy.

[@KRODELUM]

these are always so well done. Bravo

[@FreedomFighterEx]

Man, I don't know how you did it. It is like 40c here but your performance turned me cold and sent shiver down my spine. My soul halfway parting from me and I was just an observer of this event.

[@thewitchdoctor7763]

Please comtinue doing 40k readings. This and your deathguard reading gave me chills and goosebumps. Absolutely fantastic, and youve earned yourself a follower

[@michasalamon8315]

Night lord trilogy and lack of more stories inspired me into writing my own after I re read Night Lord’s trilogy for 4th time. Took few months to improve it, but now I think of them foundly. I recommend it to everyone. Very therapeutic, especially when GW pulls bs after bs every year by refusing making more non imperium novels

[@alexanderingraham8255]

Damn… that was f*cking amazing. Horrifying, sad and inspiring all at the same time. Keep up the great work!

[@directrulefromgamerchair3947]

Night Lords HR department

[@spectretacitus325]

Another great performance, you've really given a feel to the story that I think should be replicated when the TV series finally gets going. If it doesn't have this same level of weight to it, then I think it will be a missed opportunity. Granted, it doesn't have to be this heavy and serious all of the time, but it should be the main tone of it. I've read nearly 50 of the books from the Horus Heresy series as well as all of Siege of Terra books so I'm only getting in to the current timeline now. I've already bought the Night Lords series & am eager to read them but am currently on the second Eisenhorn book, which is also pretty good so far. Once I'm finished with that series then these books will be up next.

[@robluxipiech4033]

This was incredibly narrated tysm

[@imnackeredsirnackered948]

The scaling/art and atmosphere of Astarte's and The 20-minute death of hope fan films and now this has really upped my expectations of what I want a live action or an animated film on 40k to be. Games workshop trailers just don't do it for me as some look like they were made for a Disney film. To me 40k is Grim, epic and dark and I feel like other trailers fail to really bring into scale and depth of what an space marine looks and sounds like. I cant really put it into words so I may not be selling my view on this.

[@123peterneill]

Excellent work.

[@happytravelling456]

Talos is the greatest of the Night Lords. So many great stories.

[@Toactwithoutthinking]

I like the subtle Romanian Vampire accent.

[@sovietunion7643]

I really love the night lords as a legion because they show a genuinely good reason to go traitor, and why they believe what they believe, while also showing the obvious flaws in their belief system. justice and vengeance are certainly close brothers but they are not the same. believing in vengeance above all is really a twisting of the night lords original purpose in being the a brutal tool for justice. yet because they had been lead astray by konrad kurse's insanity they can't see the difference between justice and vengeance, and most of them probably don't even care anymore. Talos and others like Jago Savatarion who could still see their original purpose as tools of justice and not blind vengeance.

[@synergy8879]

the most mentally well adjusted night lord 😂

[@khorneflakes]

Easily my favorite 40k books. Turned me into a full fledged Night Lords simp. Talos is so rational and borderline kind at points that he then does something horrendous just to remind you he is NOT a good man.

[@randominternetguy8735]

PLEASE do more 40k excerpts

[@GoresVire]

Cool! Mouth of Sauron became a Night Lord!

[@Dragonknight20xx]

I want to preface this by saying that I’ve never read the night-lords trilogy/omnibus so it might have been covered before or after this excerpt, but I find it strange that most commenters don’t even mention it in passing, so here goes. I find it quite telling as well as sad, that Talos couldn’t even conceive of the idea that this serf simply didn’t hunger for revenge because his daughter might have developed into the kind of girl with a distaste for that - and so, indulging in petty revenge wouldn’t honour her memory as well as just moving on. Of course there’s always the possibility, that Talos knew this but felt like he had to make an example of this guy in particular to keep this mentality from spreading - for fear and revenge blinded serfs make for more easily controllable/predictable pawns. Better keep them wallowing in their petty squabbles than let them think, that ‘there may be a better way than their masters’ approach’. But given what he said, it felt more like he was taking personal offense to the idea that anyone on his vessel could be ‘beyond that’ - or even ‘better than that’ - ‘better than the literal angels of death’. Which, given what I’ve heard of him, would very much fit a heavily disillusioned/jaded character like him. Though in Talos’s defence - Arkiah seems to have sown quite a bit of dissent with his mere whining - which I belief is all it was, for if he was trying to stir up a rebellion, he must have known that this would essentially just be a suicide attempt against astartes - doubly so against night lords (though these would prolong your suffering tenfold - making it an even less worthwhile endeavour). At least that’s the vibe I got from all of this.

[@michaeltemple8333]

Excellent telling of a great book.

[@CoconutCrabGaming]

Haunting voice work!

[@kocoffgames4144]

Amazing work.

[@singletona082]

the man made a mental note of who to present news to. and did so while shoving back an important meeting. that's honestly.... shockingly human.

[@bigpoppapump8014]

Please keep making these

[@m4mahem176]

Literally listening to this book currently and it is quite exquisite

[@gomezmartinez9399]

Such a legendary scene in the night Lords omnibus, AVE DOMINUS NOX

[@alchapwn]

*A nightlord depliys a vibe check