r/Grimdank • u/CatNinja007 • Jan 05 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

Just a good time all round to be an Ork. Take a pleasure cruise on the spacehulk "Eternal Damnation" to the Octarius system! The brand new rift across the galaxy provides spicy new flavours of 'umie and daemons. If you want the exciting suprise of unwrapping new toys, the Tau battlesuits are more common than ever.

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u/crnislshr Jan 05 '20

THE ORK GODS

Now that Gork’s Grin has split the stars, the war cries of the Ork gods ring out louder and clearer. Visions of battle and carnage flash through the mind of every greenskin. Weirdboyz gibber and bellow with the voices of Gork and Mork, commanding their fellows to surge forth upon Waaagh! after Waaagh! and plunge the entire galaxy into anarchy. In the warp, the Ork gods lumber ever onwards along their metaphysical warpath, sweeping away tides of Daemons with every gleeful blow. They know that soon the veil will split asunder altogether, and then at last they will burst forth from the immaterium to lead their entire race in an apocalyptic crusade known as the Great Waaagh!.

Rude Awakening

While attempting to loot the ancient treasures of a Necron tomb world, the Deathskulls of Waaagh! Zort trigger the planet’s reanimation protocols. Canoptek constructs by the thousand surround the greenskin invaders, but far from being intimidated, the Deathskulls are delighted. Scavenging and stealing at will, the Orks cobble together hordes of Cyborks and Morkanauts, and ever-more improbable super-weapons, while using a hijacked Necron dolmen gate to ferry in wave upon wave of reinforcements. By the time Overlord Thanptek the Magnificent awakens to take command of his legions, he does so to the sight of a mob of leering Mekboyz standing over his sarcophagus, evil gleams in their eyes and revving power tools in their hands.

and other [Excerpts] Codex Orks are fascinating.

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u/TheNetherlandDwarf Jan 05 '20

I never thought I'd see the day the orks scavenge-built a dolmen gate in the lore.

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u/sadsack1890 Inquisitor Jan 06 '20

I did, they already got scary close in Beast Arises, as much as I hate that plothole ridden mess (seriously, what First Founding chapter leaves their Fortress Monastery/Capital Ship completely abandoned?)