““…Magnus is still a loyalist primarch. You might not agree, but at the end of A Thousand Sons, Magnus has not betrayed the Emperor. Okay, yes, he may have flouted the Decree of Nikaea, but he did it without treasonous intent and only because (as part of his greatest flaw) he thought he knew better. Magnus delved into the mysteries of the warp not out of a desire for an easy route to power or self-interest - he did it to show humanity the glory of what he could see, to show them the grandeur that surrounded them in all its wonder. Yes, there’s more than a hint of hubris to that, but if Magnus fell hard from his lofty pinnacle, at least it was a fall that came about by trying to do something noble. The trouble with Magnus was that he always felt he was the cleverest man in the room. And, in most rooms, he was absolutely right. He was. But sometimes he was in the room with the Emperor, and when the Master of Mankind is telling you not to mess with the stuff beyond the veil, you should probably listen. But very clever people are often blinded by their own cleverness to the folly of what they’re actually doing, and when Magnus saw just how expertly he’d been played by the Ruinous Powers, he made a vow never to be taken in like that again. And that’s where Thief of Revelations comes in. Stuck on the Planet of the Sorcerers, while Ahriman and his cabal search to find a cure for the increased incidences of the Flesh Change, Magnus turns his gaze outwards to the stars. No more will the Crimson King be fooled by the machinations of his enemies, no more will he act without considering every option. The Wolves were loosed upon Prospero, but was that due to the Wolf King’s bloodlust or the Emperor’s vengeance? Only by knowing how all the pieces are aligning on the galactic game board can Magnus know where to finally place his loyalty. Shall he remain loyal to a father who may have set the executioner upon him, or to a brother who struggles against the same restrictive fetters that sought to bind the power of the Thousand Sons? As he casts his eye out into the Great Ocean, revelations abound…”” — Graham McNeill talking about Thief of Revelation.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:23:28 +0000
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