BL: Advent 2016 – Day 13 “The Painted Count”

The Night Lords have a power struggle after the events of “Pharos” in a Horus Heresy Tale.

Advent 2016 – Day 1 – Perpetual

Advent 2016 – Day 2 – The Maiden of the Dream

Advent 2016 – Day 3 – Into Exile

Advent 2016 – Day 4 – The Road of Blades

Advent 2016 – Day 5 – The Calculus of Battle

Advent 2016 – Day 6 – Fixed

Advent 2016 – Day 7 – The Grey Raven

Advent 2016 – Day 8 – Wraithbound

Advent 2016 – Day 9 – The Soul Severed

Advent 2016 – Day 10 – Prodigal

Advent 2016 – Day 11 – Bear Eater

Advent 2016 – Day 12 – The Embrace of Pain

Advent 2016 – Day 13 – The Painted Count

The Painted Count

Day 13 of Advent 2016
A Horus Heresy short story

Distrusted by his allies and despised by his rivals, Gendor Skraivok nonetheless seeks to claw back the leadership of the Night Lords Legion for himself, by fair means or foul…

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READ IT BECAUSE
We’ve seen a bit of the Ultramarines after the calamitous events of ‘Pharos’, but not so much of the Night Lords… Here’s Guy Haley to remedy that with a tale charting a power struggle in the Legion.

THE STORY
Following the disastrous invasion of Sotha and the dimming of the Pharos’ light, Gendor Skraivok languishes on board the VIII Legion flagship Nightfall. Distrusted by his allies and despised by his rivals, he nonetheless means to claw back leadership of the Night Lords from the pretender Captain Shang, by fair means or foul. And, rather than a portent of doom, the daemonic blade that seems to have chosen him as its bearer may be the answer…

Written by Guy Haley

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Will Gendor Skraivok take back the Night Lord’s Leadership or does his daemonic blade have something else in mind…

Author: Adam Harrison

Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and now Tex-Pat, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. Which includes Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, D&D, Board Games and everything else that involves dice, boards, cards and a table. A hobbyist, player, and collector of miniatures and games, Adam's current obsession are his Death and Chaos Armies for Age of Sigmar, his Blood Angels and Tyranids for 40k, an expanding collection of Marvel: Crisis Protocol minis, and his ever growing Arkham Horror: The Card Game Collection.