I particularly liked a subplot about a conscripted menial worker that rises from the lowest part of Mechanicus society nearly to the top. Don't Think, Feel: Magos Dahan believes that he can defeat any opponent thanks to a database which analyzes their fighting style to predict how they’ll act. Then he encounters a shapeshifter which never stays in one form long enough to be analyzed. Realizing that his database can’t keep up, Dahan switches it off and improvises. Mind Rape: In Gods, Galatea tortures Linya by feeding lifelike simulations of being killed in various horrible ways directly into her brain.

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The rogue traders in the fleet will constantly try to outsmart the Mechanicus by withholding information. Fusion Dance: In the final battle, Abrehem and Linya merge their spirits with Kotov and Telok respectively. The former is done to empower Kotov, while the latter is done to weaken Telok by poisoning his mind with kill-code.

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Roborte Surcorf takes a minor role in this novel, where in the first the rogue trader was a central character. The Eldar are obviously using him and are going to play a major role in some kind of conflict that stops Kotov, whatever happens. It all seems all to obvious. Arumugam, Nesa (27 September 2020). Myths and Legends of the Navagraha: The Nine Movers of Destiny in Indian Astrology. Partridge Publishing Singapore. p.45. ISBN 978-1-5437-6002-6. Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Magos Dahan has an extra pair of arms and a third leg. All seven of his limbs have built-in weapons systems to make him a more lethal combatant. It's always hard giving a decent rating to the middle book of a series, and I didn't really think Lords was as well written or exciting as Priests.

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Genius Loci: The Speranza has a machine spirit that dwarfs those of forge worlds in depth and complexity. Most of it is still dormant, however. Genuine Human Hide: In Priests, the expedition encounters orks that have had their skin removed and replaced with stitched-on human skin aboard the Valette Manifold station. I was dissapointed re the resolution of the arco-flagellant, he could've been explained and utilised so much better.Porges, Irwin (1975). Edgar Rice Burroughs. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press. ISBN 0-8425-0079-0. Animal Theme Naming: In keeping with the above Animal Motif, the Titans of the Legio Sirius are named after mythological wolves like the Amarok or the Capitoline Wolf. Surcouf comforts him on this, as he knows the feeling: he once met Cato Sicarius of the Ultramarines, following a planetary evacuation. Sicarius was apparently very angry at them for evacuating, feeling as if they failed him. This soured some of Surcouf's views on the Astartes. Submissive Badass: Hawke had the services of Crusha - a bionic Ogryn who also had a variation of the B.O.N.E.H.E.A.D intellect improvement surgery, until Crusha perished fighting a group of Striking Scorpions. Meanwhile Abrehem managed to get control of the powerful Rasselas X-42, an arco-flagellant capable of taking down whole Eldar squads by itself. Birds of a Feather: The reason why Kotov gets along so well with Roboute is that the two of the are similarly driven by a spirit of exploration (though with Roboute, he's also searching for a world safe from the predations of Chaos and hostile xenos to be a home for his weary soul).