Malus Darkblade Books **Possible Spoilers**

Son of khaine · Post by **Son of khaine** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:53 am

That massive 720 page Malus Darkblade book is awesome! I just finished reading it and I find that it is so cool that they have managed to incorporate so many different aspects of Druchii society into the book. (i.e. Dark Elves @ sea, life within the Hag, Dark Elf warfare and Dark Elf politics.

Malus is the perfect Druchii. I find that Nagaira is cool too, always one step ahead, even in defeat...

**Moderator Edit**

I added a "Possible Spoilers" tag to this thread's title to warn those who may not have read the books yet, as there are some spoilers in this thread.

Tich · Post by **Tich** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:24 am

I asume Sone of Khaine that you refur to the omnibus and i have a question to ask you if I may. Does it contain the first three books as I have the last two of the series and I don't want to buy them again.

Thanking you in advance, Demendred

Matricide · Post by **Matricide** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:45 am

Demendred:

Yes, it contains the first three books.

Son of khaine · Post by **Son of khaine** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:24 pm

So then the last two are the last of the five then? Cause the guy at the GW told me there were 3 books.

Lord ruerl of harganeth · Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:08 am

Yes there are five books

1-The Daemons Curse
2-Blood Storm
3-Reaper of Souls
4 Warpsword
5 Lord of Ruin

It is an exelent series. I leanrt alot about their tactics, politics and set up, namely things like protacal and the fact the leader of the cold one knights is second in command of the army (just like my own army)

My 5,000 army (themed on Har Ganeth and seperated into two 2,500pt lists one including a Drealord on Chariot who represents the Drachau (or city leader) leading the cites defenders and troops from the Temple of Khaine and a raiding themed force led by the Vaulker (or Warleader) The Har ganeth army includes Malus Darkblade with a unit of the old style C1k (who are Malus darkblade an a personal retinue-one of the many he got killed for his own means. The other army includes Lokhir felheart)

Thanatoz · Post by **Thanatoz** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:34 pm

Yes, they are excellent books. I currently have them all except part 5, but I still have to read part 3 and 4 (and 5 obviously).

I was thinking of getting the Malus Darkblade model just for the looks, and if I ever needed a special char, I could use him, because he's rather balanced and I dislike uber special chars, as the game then quickly becomes herohammer.

Dannyfave · Post by **Dannyfave** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:23 pm

the malus books were very entertaining and as it has been said before they inspired my army (the one malus leads to nagairas camp in number five.... sorry if that spoiled anything)

Fingol darkwater · Post by **Fingol darkwater** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:18 am

I personally wasn't a fan. My friend lent me one of the books (can't remember which one) and I didn't get very far.

Dam'rek · Post by **Dam'rek** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:18 am

I loved Lord of Ruin. That was my favourite. The only thing I found wrong with it was there were many parts where the Dark Elves acted a little too...human, in their personalities. Also, what was with Morathi and all the sorceresses in Ghrond struggling to match the power of a single enemy sorceress?

Mercenary_q · Post by **Mercenary_q** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:28 pm

I loved the Darkblade series and hope that Authors countinue the series. that be spectacular but I must say the last book threw me off a little the change of pace was odd. Before Malus always wandered and made plans but in the last one he is constantly in pitched battle. But I suppose Thats what makes it a Fan favorite

Lord temnir · Post by **Lord temnir** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:34 pm

I loved those books! Though there were some really...say... borring parts like in the second book the beginning there were always enough reasons to keep reading.
But one thing didn't made any sense in the books: why on earth there is the dialogue between Malus and one of the bloodwitches described so in detail and then she just disappears for the rest of the books? I hope this is a sign for a nother book comnig

@Mercenary_Q: Yes, the last one was a bit odd in a way but in a way interesting!

Dannyfave · Post by **Dannyfave** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:08 pm

I love that they brought back hauclir in lord of ruin.. he is my favorite character. i even have a lolrdling in one of my spear regiments to represent him ( the 5th ed. warrior champ has very ornate armor very much as hauclir is represented in the demons curse and the begining of bloodstorm)

Gree · Post by **Gree** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:18 pm

I have some problems with the fluff. In Warpsword Spite is described as being over twenty feet long and with claws bigger than a man's chest! It that were true then he would be bigger than a dragon!

But obviously that is not true since at largest cold one's are horse-sized.

Akiba · Post by **Akiba** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:28 pm

I just love those books they are so pure DE. Just how Malsus mind is working is just so awsome. I think thart Reaper of souls and lord of ruin is the best. I totaly love how Melekith uses Malus in Lord of ruin

But how can you not love Melekith I mean he is after all the moste awsome person in the whole WARHAMMER universe :twisted:

Jrg · Post by **Jrg** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:15 pm

I have some problems with the fluff. In Warpsword Spite is described as being over twenty feet long and with claws bigger than a man's chest! It that were true then he would be bigger than a dragon!

But obviously that is not true since at largest cold one's are horse-sized.

i guess you are refering to model sizes. As if dragons were made to the same ratio as the men are they would be bigger then what they are, they are made smaller so they are cheaper and easier to carry.

Same for the C.O they are really bigger than horses but were made to the same size as it makes the game easier to play. Even so are you sure it was Spite he was refering to as spite is a kinda small cold one so doubt he would be refered to as being that size. but i dont have the book in front of me and its been a while since ive read them so you could be right.

I personally love the Malus storys and love the fluff on them, ive themed my army round it and im writing my own story to do with him. The first parts of which i will hopefully be posting here soon.
So watch this space

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:59 pm

I like the books and all but seriously the authors need to get a thesaurus. You can only read "The one-ton warbeast" so many times before you just want to throw the book at the wall.

Sulla · Post by **Sulla** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:40 pm

Brad wrote:I like the books and all but seriously the authors need to get a thesaurus. You can only read "The one-ton warbeast" so many times before you just want to throw the book at the wall.

Heh. Wait till you read space marine war-porn (oops, I meant fiction). Once you read a book with a marine forward rolling through a door to fire his gun, you wonder if the author has ever even looked at a space marine miniature.

Thanatoz · Post by **Thanatoz** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:45 pm

Brad wrote:I like the books and all but seriously the authors need to get a thesaurus. You can only read "The one-ton warbeast" so many times before you just want to throw the book at the wall.

Another one of my favourites: "Back-handed slash". Seems that Malus uses this one in about every fight, mostly combined with a feint.

EDIT: but seriously, I would even read a doctor's romance novel it there was a dark elf in it, just because I'm a nerd!

Marauder mitch2 · Post by **Marauder mitch2** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:41 pm

Just re-reading them. In Lord of Ruin with all those BG the chaos don't stand a chance.

Gree · Post by **Gree** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:44 am

JRG wrote:
I have some problems with the fluff. In Warpsword Spite is described as being over twenty feet long and with claws bigger than a man's chest! It that were true then he would be bigger than a dragon!

But obviously that is not true since at largest cold one's are horse-sized.

i guess you are refering to model sizes. As if dragons were made to the same ratio as the men are they would be bigger then what they are, they are made smaller so they are cheaper and easier to carry.

Same for the C.O they are really bigger than horses but were made to the same size as it makes the game easier to play. Even so are you sure it was Spite he was refering to as spite is a kinda small cold one so doubt he would be refered to as being that size. but i dont have the book in front of me and its been a while since ive read them so you could be right.

About the dragon's not true. The ''modern'' warhammer dragons are pygmies compared to their ancesters, GW has stated so, so that's why the ratio is so small compared to a human.

Besides on the book covers, the army book and the models have depicted cold ones as being muhc smaller than seventeen feet long.

Uruthi · Post by **Uruthi** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:06 pm

I have read the books too and I must say mike lee has a great imagination when it comes down to the plot. But when it comes down to description he could pick it up a notch. As Thanatoz (god of death!) spake, malus has a kind of boring way to fight? And also, I couldn't picture Naggor at all. How did it work with the different levels and this spiral staircase? It was totally boring. The part where malus is enslaved was good. Great idea also since we get to see the slave part of dark elf society. Man, how does mike come up with all the stuff? The plot in warpsword is pretty amazing. I still think a boring thing in all books is that the main character never dies, so you always know he's gonna make it. I've thought of writing a piece and kill the protagonist halfway and exchange him for a new protagonist, picking up from the person closest to the p. as he died. Maybe it sounds stupid but it would be interesting to see.

Dialeth · Post by **Dialeth** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:08 pm

I like the books at least is not more. Gotrek kill and kill....

Uman · Post by **Uman** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:51 pm

I've just started reading th Omnibus, and I have to say, I'm loving it!!! It's nice to have an army that has so much background, apart from various editions of Army Books...

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@1elbow · Post by **@1elbow** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:26 am

I am three-quarters of the way through Warpsword right now and while I think this is the best written Darkblade adventure I also still have some of the major doubts about the series, namely...

1)That the books go against many aspects of previous DE fluff, like how easy so many of the assassins die in the books (and not just at the hands of Malus) as opposed to how most assassins will kill a single model on a fairly regular basis in game. Also, the Cold Ones are totally out of whack and can kill many times than a CO could kill, again, in game. While I understand some "poetic license" I find that sometimes I just get bored with how far the books stray from the actual game.

2)I understand Malus doesn't think ahead and really does spend a fair bit of his time looking towards the next bottle of wine, I also find it hard to believe he doesn't see some things coming his way. He rarely considers what his actions, or others, could lead to while I'm reading and thinking about how bad the situation is about to get. I find it hard to believe that someone who is certainly much, much older than I am isn't as considerate of the events around him as me.

Those are the two big ones. Finally, I don't see much Malus debate on here and find it kind of surprising considering how obvious the books influence the new fluff. But that might just be because I was around for much earlier editions of the DE AB and am reading the novels. They clearly heavily influence the tone of the newest book and anyone playing right now should at least associate themselves with the storyline contained therein.

Post by **Dalamar** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:09 am

Those are supposed to be trainee assassins. Probably better than your average soldier but not by that much.

As for Cold Ones... well, they are supposed to be one ton warbeasts. shame they are comparable to orc boars in TT

On the other end of the spectrum you have D&D books which sometimes go scarily close to the RPG rules... I'm pretty sure I read about combat rounds in one of the books I read... next step damage rolls?

Malus Darkblade Books Possible Spoilers

Malus Darkblade Books Possible Spoilers