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Plague Daemon

by Brian Craig

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Series: The Orfeo Trilogy (2), Warhammer (fiction) (Orfeo Trilogy (Book 2))

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Know, Harmis Detz, that every nation on earth is but appearance and illusion... What can it matter to the masters of Chaos, if a world such as yours were here, or gone, or never here at all?Amongst the quarrelsome towns and bandit kingdoms of the area known as the Border Princes, the Khyprian Empire stands as one of the few bulwarks of civilisation and prosperity. A malignant evil lies within its heart, however, a force driven by revenge and granted awesome power by obscene worship, all as part of its plan to bring the decaying realm of the Plague God to the Border Princes in all its putrefying glory. This is the second in the tales of minstrel Orfeo, stories focusing on the humanity of the Warhammer world besieged from both without and within by the corrupting forces of Chaos.… (more)
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The first time I read this, many years ago, I didn't get much from it. I suspect I blitzed it in one go during a period of insomnia, and so didn't absorb any of it at all. In fact it is a dark and brooding fantasy that feels hopeless. A hero who doesn't feel like a hero, doesn't want to be a hero, but is forced by his values of humanity and loyalty to strive to defeat an evil that terrifies him. It is a bleak fantasy, very close to horror, but is well written and well characterised. I often prefer the older Warhammer fiction with its emphasis on common humanity rather than bombastic heroes, and this is a fine example. ( )
  elahrairah | Jun 16, 2021 |
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As silently as he could contrive to do it, Orfeo led the two donkeys away from the sprawling village of tents which had been raggedy pitched outside the walls of Arjilil.
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Know, Harmis Detz, that every nation on earth is but appearance and illusion... What can it matter to the masters of Chaos, if a world such as yours were here, or gone, or never here at all?Amongst the quarrelsome towns and bandit kingdoms of the area known as the Border Princes, the Khyprian Empire stands as one of the few bulwarks of civilisation and prosperity. A malignant evil lies within its heart, however, a force driven by revenge and granted awesome power by obscene worship, all as part of its plan to bring the decaying realm of the Plague God to the Border Princes in all its putrefying glory. This is the second in the tales of minstrel Orfeo, stories focusing on the humanity of the Warhammer world besieged from both without and within by the corrupting forces of Chaos.

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though chaos, sickness and pox
/ strikes at humanity / hope is the light in the dark (elahrairah)

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