Case in point, Fulgrim's fall from grace could have just ended with the book Fulgrim but then they get him suddenly going full evil when he swaps out with the daemon. I think the main problem is that when you have a disparate group of writers trying to tie in all the threads of the Heresy together there's lot of hits and misses when it comes to character portrayal, with the good authors trying to do damage control on the inconsistent aspects of the story while the bad ones just poop out the filler.

Guilliman coming across as thoroughly competent, but with a poor grasp of people politics is masterful as well. Angron being loyal and smart (and betrayed by Big E) rather than just full-on RAAAGE 24/7 is a nice touch.

Saying that, I do like some of the nuances they've given to some of the characters. Start explaining too much stuff and it loses its mythic feel. Part of the allure of 40k is so much of it is a mystery. The Heresy is supposed to be legend in 40K, why do we need to get 'the truth' about it?

Spetulhu wrote: Less than one book would have been fine by me.

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