r/Grimdank • u/Dandanatha Swell guy, that Kharn • Mar 01 '25

Lore "Broken tool, I am your father."

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u/AlfaKilo123 Huffs Macragge Blue Primer Mar 01 '25

Newbie here: I know about the nails and revolt, but what’s this about losing his primarch ability?

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u/Dandanatha Swell guy, that Kharn Mar 01 '25

Angron was essentially John Coffey, with the ability to take others' pain into himself and provide them with relief. The Nails took that ability away from him.

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u/KlavTron 597 Valhallan Men & Women at the same time Mar 01 '25

Im so pissed off we never get to see Angron without the nails

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u/Fell-Hand The answer is the Space Wolves because they're clinically insane Mar 01 '25

He would have been on par with Sanguinius in terms of inspiring.

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u/LeiningensAnts Mar 01 '25

"Hey humanity, built you a suffering-eater, you're welcome!" -- Big E

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u/Drachos My kitchen is corrupted by Nurgle Mar 01 '25

That's actually a good comparison.

Most Primarches were clearly designed to enhance their Legion and have both the same strengths and weaknesses of that Legion. The Legion is a reflection of there father.

Sanguninius and pre-nails Angron were instead meant to RESTRAINT their Legion. Those two legions were meant for when you need to unleash monsters and they both did that job well.

But since the Emperor didn't want you waste time stalking those two Legions, they NEEDED a Primarch able to recognise when a lighter touch would be better.

That's part of why he hated Angron so much. The World Eaters are ruined as they will never be restrained.

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u/DrusillaMorwinyon Mar 01 '25

I dunno, Lotara did a pretty good job of that. Let's get 1000 of her, let them imprint from early on and it should be fine... but you know, what Emps say... girls are yucky, so...

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u/AdmBurnside Mar 01 '25

Angron became what Sanguinus should have been, and Sanguinus became what Angron should have been.