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After the 1987 release of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 wargame, a military and [1] science fantasy [2] universe set in the far future, the company began publishing background literature to expand on existing material, introduce new content, and provide detailed descriptions of the universe, its characters, and its events.
Each Chapter bears a name, such as "the Iron Hands" and "the Dark Angels", and a distinctive paint scheme for their armour (e.g. the White Scars paint their armour white). A Space Marine's commitment to his Chapter is lifelong and they rarely have any kind of personal life outside the Chapter (with the exception of the Salamanders chapter).
The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes.
These novels were collected in omnibus in 2003 and 2006 and with additional short stories in 2013 and 2018 (ISBN 9781784967857).Trollslayer by William King (1999, anthology, incorporates Geheimnisnacht originally published 1989 in Warhammer: Ignorant Armies, Wolf Riders originally published 1989 in Warhammer: Wolf Riders, The Dark Beneath the World originally published 1990 in Warhammer: Red ...
The original short pieces subsequently appeared as flashback-chapters in Ghostmaker, the second book. There are also ancillary novels devoted to minor characters in the main series and a mock "historical book" about the war in which the books take place, as well as merchandise such as badges, T-shirts, and special editions of the books themselves.
Book Notes ISBN Release Date War Zone Charadon Act 1: The Book of Rust Campaign & Death Guard, Adeptus Mechanicus, Imperial Knights, Chaos Knights, Drukhari Rules 978-1-83906-315-2: January 2021: War Zone Charadon Act 2: The Book of Fire Campaign & Adeptus Mechanicus, Adeptus Sororitas, Be'lakor, Chaos Space Marines Rules 978-1-83906-331-2 ...
The Horus Heresy is a series of science fantasy novels set in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company Games Workshop.Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the Horus Heresy, a fictional galaxy-spanning civil war occurring in the 31st millennium, 10,000 years before the main setting of Warhammer 40,000.
This chapter associates with their home planet's people more than any other chapter. Photo taken at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Date: 28 April 2012, 14:43:14: Source: Flickr: Space Marine of the Salamanders chapter - Warhammer 40,000: Author: 5of7: Permission (Reusing this file)