Warhammer 40K – the reasons we play.
For some it’s the challenge of playing, for others it the love of the miniatures but for me it’s the back ground, the stories behind the characters and the battles they fight. The biggest part of the hobby for me is the fluff, (the story) I aspire to write for the Black Library so a large chunk of my time is spent imagining the war torn future and making it come alive on the page.
Now I know a lot of other gamers for who the appeal is the same, some are obsessed with the Space Marines and would if they could mould them selves in their image, others are fans of the shadowy Inquisition and the denizens of the ordos.
For me the dystopian future where war is common place and the death of worlds is no more than a drop of water in an ocean of pain, it is in this dark future I set me heroes and villains against one another.
But as my friends and proof readers have noticed my writing seems to centre around the fight between Chaos and the Imperium (what can I say I like Chaos marines!), but this lead to thinking – I’ve spent nigh on two years writing more or less a codex for my home grown Chaos reneged chapter, I have a pile of short stories about them (some of which are finished, one of which is ready for submission).
So the challenge was made, create a Chapter for the store, but whats more think of a color scheme, a home world and write a short story about them….
Gauntlet thrown and taken up!
Introducing the Iron Tyrants!
Over the next three weeks I will be creating a chapter for these valiant few, I will throw them into peril (and I’m not allowed to use Chaos as the bad guy) and if I’m feeling charitable have them over come the dastardly threat and win the day!
So keep your eyes peeled and once the short it done please leave your opinions as I am eager for fresh eyes to look over my word-craft.
For the Emperor!
Penned by Ross your Glorious Overlord and First Captain of the Iron Tyrants.