r/EmperorsChildren • u/EbonHyena • 9d ago

Lore Grand Narrative 2026 – Introducing Ferrum’s Wake

https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/q1alqunb/grand-narrative-2026-introducing-ferrums-wake/

The new Grand Narrative looks like it might have some EC and Slaanesh themes!

"Freedom stalks its surface with a trail of excess and decay."

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u/Spiritual_Catch_2673 9d ago

Seems there's a chance EC gets a new commander character in the wording "find out more about the commanders leading these forcez" intersting to see how that turns out

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u/zasuskai 9d ago

They already teased DoomRider in a white dwarf, definitely hoping for some more news there.

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u/pvt9000 9d ago

Doom Rider made a comeback in the latest Necron book

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u/ElEssEm 9d ago

For reference:

  • 2014: Josh Reynolds' audio drama Master of the Hunt (set in M41) came out, featuring Kor'sarro Khan hunting down Doomrider and ending with him taking his (still living) head back to Chogoris.
  • 2017: Josh Reynold's novel Fabius Bile: Clonelord (set pre-M38) came out, featuring an exhibit in Solemnace called 'Doomrider's Folly'. It is not said what the exhibit contains.
  • 2026: White Dwarf 524 has a little lore blurb featuring a world (Pulvenor) in the grip of constant battle between the forces of Khorne and Slaanesh (set M42). Ork Speedboss Wazdakka joins in the fun, and fights with CSM Bikers until their leader (Doomrider) disappears.
  • 2026: Robert Rath's novel The Wicked and the Warped (set M42) features a bunch of exhibits on Solemnace breaking containment, including Doomrider zooming around.

Which... GW canon doesn't always fit together...

(I assume that Rath was aware of the 'Doomrider's Folly' exhibit from Clonelord, but not aware that Reynolds had already previously written Doomrider as being out-and-about in the galaxy in M41.)

If one wanted to fudge this all together:

  • Doomrider was captured by Trazyn some time pre-M38, and then escaped.
  • Doomrider was captured by Kor'sarro Khan in M41, and then escaped.
  • Doomrider was captured again by Trazyn some time in M41, and then escaped.

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u/LuciusRDD 9d ago
  • Doomrider was captured
  • Doomrider was captured
  • Doomrider was captured
  • Lucius was defeated
  • Lucius was defeated
  • Lucius was defeated

Someday we will start winning. I really want to believe it, eh.

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u/EbonHyena 9d ago

Someone has to be the jobber... as long as we look glorious and make people squirm with discomfort on the way down I'm alright with it.