The Warhammer 40,000 Narrative Finally Looks Set for a Significant Jolt Forward After 500 Worlds Book Teases Long-Awaited Meeting of Primarchs Roboute Guilliman and Lion El'Jonson

Warhammer 40,000 lore fans are successful overdrive aft a azygous leafage of a caller run publication teased thing that’s ne'er happened earlier successful the setting: the gathering of 2 loyalist primarchs.

Only 2 loyalist primarchs are confirmed live and progressive successful the existent Warhammer 40,000 setting: Ultramarines brag Roboute Guilliman, who returned to the postulation during the Gathering Storm lawsuit successful 2017, and Dark Angels main Lion El'Jonson, who miraculously popped backmost into beingness arsenic portion of the Arks of Omen storyline successful aboriginal 2023.

Ever since Lion El'Jonson’s daze instrumentality to Warhammer 40,000, fans person wondered erstwhile he’d yet bump into his brother, Roboute. Now, it looks similar that long-awaited household reunion volition instrumentality spot successful the coming months, aft a caller run publication teased a gathering of the Emperor’s sons.

Word comes from Warhammer 40,000 lore adept Arbitor Ian, who IGN has partnered with for a fig of explainer videos, specified arsenic the 1 above. Arbitor Ian got an aboriginal look astatine 500 Worlds: Titus, a soon to beryllium released Warhammer 40,000 run publication and communicative enlargement that features 80 pages of lore covering the opening of the Ultramarian Reclamation, and published a caller video connected its astir explosive lore reveal.

To backmost up briefly, Lieutenant Titus from the Space Marine 2 video crippled has go 1 of the astir recognizable faces successful Warhammer 40,000 pursuing its tremendous success. To capitalize connected Titus’ newfound fame, Games Workshop promoted him to Captain and made him Master of the Watch, which means he’s successful complaint of defending the 500 Worlds of Ultramar, the realm of Space Marine poster boys, the Ultramarines. With Roboute Guilliman disconnected gallivanting with his Indomitus Crusade, Titus is present successful complaint of keeping things harmless and dependable backmost home, wherever caller Necron threats person emerged, arsenic they ever do.

According to the caller video from Arbitor Ian, 500 Worlds: Titus has a important portion of caller lore, recovered close astatine the backmost of the book, that teases a gathering betwixt Guilliman and Lion El'Jonson. It is an intergalactic connection written by Lion El'Jonson and intended for Roboute Guilliman that reads: “Brother. We request to talk.”

Lion El'Jonson wants a connection with his brother, Roboute Guilliman, successful a gathering 10,000 years successful the making. Image credit: Games Workshop.

This seemingly innocuous connection teases a momentous crippled improvement for the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Never earlier person 2 loyalist primarchs met successful the existent setting. Of people they spent a large woody of clip with each different before the 41st millennium. They were, generally, pals during the glory days of the Great Crusade, for example. All the primarchs (apart from the 2 we don't speech about) were progressive during the foundational events of the Horus Heresy, which took spot 10,000 years earlier the existent setting. And we conscionable got our archetypal caller acceptable during the epoch known arsenic The Scouring, which saw the loyalist primarchs enact their revenge connected the traitor legions successful the aftermath of the Horus Heresy.

The question present is, however volition this gathering betwixt Lion El'Jonson and Roboute go? It’s hard to tell. Some fans are speculating the Lion volition beryllium a spot miffed astatine Roboute, who has alarmed much than a fewer inquisitive minds with his Indomitus Crusade. Others deliberation (hope?) the brothers volition articulation forces to assistance thrust backmost the forces of Chaos and rekindle the glory days of the Imperium. Given this is Warhammer 40,000 and everything is… awful, I fishy that plentifulness volition spell wrong, nary substance the Lion’s feelings astir his brother.

And past there’s the speculation astir the connection itself: “Brother. We request to talk.” That doesn’t dependable assertive necessarily, but it does suggest a substance of immoderate value needs to beryllium brought to Guilliman’s attention. What does the Lion cognize that his member doesn’t? Does helium transportation a warning? Has helium discovered immoderate expansive conspiracy astir their father, the Emperor? Does helium bring bully news? Is different loyalist primarch astir to return?

Arbitor Ian speculates that the Lion whitethorn beryllium upset with Guilliman due to the fact that helium believes his member to beryllium trying to usurp the Emperor with each this Indomitus Crusade and Ultramarian Reclamation concern (there’s a full happening astir Roboute perchance doing thing akin during the Horus Heresy erstwhile it looked similar Chaos mightiness win). Alternatively, Arbitor Ian suggests the Lion volition uncover immoderate caller menace that becomes cardinal to the crippled of the adjacent Warhammer 40,000 run book, possibly to bash with would-be 5th Chaos deity Vashtorr the Arkifane.

Whatever Games Workshop has up its sleeve, it looks similar we’re acceptable for immoderate answers implicit the adjacent fewer months. At least, that’s the hope. Fans person been waiting 3 years for the Lion and Guilliman to get together. If Games Workshop conscionable sat connected this tease for different fewer years, well… that would beryllium precise Games Workshop, wouldn’t it?

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