I'm not going to front I actually despised Harrowmaster. I felt outside of seeing the day to day of AL legionaries it was pretty god awful. Mike Brooks also has a nasty habit of well being nasty to the fandom. The bit about I am not Alpharius, the Enhanced "female space soldier" bit, and indifference towards his primarch and his weapon was very sour grapes. However Shroud is peak AL, and a confrontation between them and the Ghost legion could be a great novel.
Seeing those tweets in the video amd your comment Im convinced he wanted to stick it to the fanbase much like the activist leftist writers in comics/games/movies etc. They typically find the fanbase to be full of bigots(regardless if true or not) and they seem to write things to spite the fans rather than for the fans. It's a shame I would have liked to read the book but brooks does not strike me as the kind to stay professional in his work.
@@Crucial_End From my experience activist types really only care about being seen as Activist, and anything else about their personality is tertiary at best. Mike brooks falls into a special category, and imo should be treated with utmost scorn. He is a existential threat to the fandom not because he is a moronic demagogue activist, but because he is clearly a talented one. HOH and son of the forest are master classes in 40k lore, but harrowmaster is where his heart is going and that could give them a foothold into our fandom.
Brooks is an IDpol cancer and his Harrowmaster book a trashy "subvert expectations" insult to the Alpha Legion. Im ignoring his third rate slash fic nonsense and sticking with the older books interpretations. Shroud of Night is spot on Alpha Legion Looking forward to part 2 of this exellent little mini series on my snake lads.
Ayyyyy glad you’re on board! It’ll be a few videos! Next is loyalist alpha legion, then a video on Omegon, and then speculation on a potential alpha legion civil war
Hey great to see you made the alpha legion video! was fun answering your questions when you popped up in the reddit. gonna be interesting to see where the Alpha legion goes in the upcoming editions.
Tbh it's a better idea to make an opposing human faction that is actually >slightly< better than the imperium seeing as how alot of perception of imperials nowadays is that they're "problematic goodguys" (they never were) instead of them being just as evil as everybody else, which is one of the reasons why i liked renegades
Looking forward to part 2!!! You sum up the sneaky snakey boyes really well even my borked out brain can understand it! I love the contents here! Its great!
What would you call the Mike Tangent group of Alpha's? I get the Ghost legion a bit more after what you said too. Nice insights. My lore for them is kind of between loyal heresy marines and new modern recruits, and just more of a renegade chapter who doesn't really hate the Imperium, but they're not about to let innocent people get hurt by Xenos or Chaos. And have you read the Omegons Wrath codex? It's made by us fans. I'll link you if need be
If the Alpha legion is involved in any conflict it means they are doing something good for the imperium while killing a few loyalist space marines and civilian casualties.
Both Alpharius and Omegon were given the acuity, not just Alpharius. In Praetorian of Dorn, if you pay close attention, you realize that it was Omegon who was killed by Dorn, not Alpharius. Alpharius had always decided to stay in the shadows and mostly let Omegon be the face of the legion.
I'ma be honest considering their whole deal there is like a 50/50 chance they are actually the most unified legion and are just playing the part of having 4 main sects to better play every side to their own true ends.
Yeah, I’m not a big fan of mike brooks’ writing tbh. It works ok for alpharius head of the hydra (don’t love it) but at least there, the “I’m special and smarter than everyone else” vibe can be explained away by the fact that he is indeed a primarch
@@livefromtheblacklibrary I’m also not a fan of the departure from the I am alpharius schtick. I much prefer them all looking the same and using the alpharius tagline, I don’t need my expectations subverted by an edgy “I am not alpharius” quite
Bold of you to mix yourself with Alpha Legion! Hydra Dominatus! Good Joke aside I didn't watch your video because I am still reading the Bequin and then plan to read Penitent.😢
I was going to read Harrowmaster because I just love the Alpha Legion, but after hearing that summary of the book, thats going to be a hard pass from me. If there is a Alpha Legion civil war, I hope Alpharius comes back and crushes Solomon's head and takes back his spear.
Had this strange feeling about Mike Brooks, when in the Lion book, certain Fallen started acting very gay and he kept giving all the Mechanicus characters TikTok pronouns
Damn it's almost like lionel johnson is based on a gay poet you troglodite and and a core theme in the mechanicus is transhumanism, aka we all machines so who care
"I am not Alpharius" While cool in concept, unless this *IS* Omegon saying this.(Which according to one backstory nay be The Real Alpharius that switched places with The Real Omegon when they met before The Imperium discovered him which would have revealed the fact there was two of them. Yes Alpha Legion shit is on this level of fuckery. And we cant even confirm it.) Then this guy would just get bullied relentlessly because everyone else would call him out for his shit. Badly trying to get others to think he *is* Alpharius. Which is all this goofy act points too. Likely the only reason some people joined him is just go make sure hes an attention seeker & erase doubt of him not being Alpharius.
The glyph indoctrination in 'The Long Games at Ch-' whatever was some immersion breaking credulity straining nonsensical bullcrap. The whole story was tropically ridiculous.
Just imagine making a custom chapter, there loyalist but use the CSM rules. Ehh did you just made a Alpha Legion for no yes it complicated there green so there dark angel and you just keep gaslighting.
maybe the real Alpharius is the friends we make along the way
EXACTLY
Alpha legions be like: "We don't even know if we are pro chaos or pro loyalists in disguise?"
My brother in God emperor, you chose to be like this.
HONESTLY IM NOT EVEN SURE THEY DID
@@livefromtheblacklibrary THEY DONT BUT ITS STILL ONE OF THE BEST OPTIONS SOMEHOW?!
Alpha Legion need some unique models for the tabletop! Please GW!
YEAH PLEASE! They’re way better in 30k on tabletop
They literally have 3 named characters for the tabletop in 30k. It’s a shame. Alpharius, Autilon Skorr, and Armillus Dynat I believe.
I’m wrapping up my read through of “Shroud of Night” and this was a great insight into what these rascals are up to lately
I tag about Shroud of Night more in part 2! Hope you like it!
I know what they've been doing: stuff and things.
THEN YOU ALREADY FELL FOR IT
I'm not going to front I actually despised Harrowmaster. I felt outside of seeing the day to day of AL legionaries it was pretty god awful. Mike Brooks also has a nasty habit of well being nasty to the fandom. The bit about I am not Alpharius, the Enhanced "female space soldier" bit, and indifference towards his primarch and his weapon was very sour grapes. However Shroud is peak AL, and a confrontation between them and the Ghost legion could be a great novel.
Yeah especially since they literally told Solomon to kys lol
@@livefromtheblacklibrary That was epic if anybody deserves a sequel it's Kassar and pals.
ANDY CLARK PLEASE
Seeing those tweets in the video amd your comment Im convinced he wanted to stick it to the fanbase much like the activist leftist writers in comics/games/movies etc. They typically find the fanbase to be full of bigots(regardless if true or not) and they seem to write things to spite the fans rather than for the fans. It's a shame I would have liked to read the book but brooks does not strike me as the kind to stay professional in his work.
@@Crucial_End From my experience activist types really only care about being seen as Activist, and anything else about their personality is tertiary at best.
Mike brooks falls into a special category, and imo should be treated with utmost scorn. He is a existential threat to the fandom not because he is a moronic demagogue activist, but because he is clearly a talented one. HOH and son of the forest are master classes in 40k lore, but harrowmaster is where his heart is going and that could give them a foothold into our fandom.
Thanks for reminding me to set notifications.
Interesting video. Looking forward to part 2.
Thanks man! I hope you like it!
Brooks is an IDpol cancer and his Harrowmaster book a trashy "subvert expectations" insult to the Alpha Legion. Im ignoring his third rate slash fic nonsense and sticking with the older books interpretations.
Shroud of Night is spot on Alpha Legion
Looking forward to part 2 of this exellent little mini series on my snake lads.
Ayyyyy glad you’re on board! It’ll be a few videos! Next is loyalist alpha legion, then a video on Omegon, and then speculation on a potential alpha legion civil war
Hey great to see you made the alpha legion video! was fun answering your questions when you popped up in the reddit. gonna be interesting to see where the Alpha legion goes in the upcoming editions.
Holy shit good to see you! Thank you a bunch for your help!
Tbh it's a better idea to make an opposing human faction that is actually >slightly< better than the imperium seeing as how alot of perception of imperials nowadays is that they're "problematic goodguys" (they never were) instead of them being just as evil as everybody else, which is one of the reasons why i liked renegades
They're not problematic good guys. They're villains just like the rest.
Looking forward to part 2!!! You sum up the sneaky snakey boyes really well even my borked out brain can understand it! I love the contents here! Its great!
Thanks!
What would you call the Mike Tangent group of Alpha's? I get the Ghost legion a bit more after what you said too. Nice insights.
My lore for them is kind of between loyal heresy marines and new modern recruits, and just more of a renegade chapter who doesn't really hate the Imperium, but they're not about to let innocent people get hurt by Xenos or Chaos.
And have you read the Omegons Wrath codex? It's made by us fans. I'll link you if need be
I would like that link please! Also that sounds interesting!
If the Alpha legion is involved in any conflict it means they are doing something good for the imperium while killing a few loyalist space marines and civilian casualties.
I go into that in part 2!
I admit, never been al Alpha Legion but but these versions sound pretty interesting. I'll at least pick up Harrowmaster and Sons Of The Hydra!
Worthy reads especially since there isn’t much for 40K Alpha legion!
You've never been alpharius?
Both Alpharius and Omegon were given the acuity, not just Alpharius. In Praetorian of Dorn, if you pay close attention, you realize that it was Omegon who was killed by Dorn, not Alpharius. Alpharius had always decided to stay in the shadows and mostly let Omegon be the face of the legion.
This is becoming one of the best channel on the vox stream.
However…DO NOT SPEAK OF THE FALLE… uhh CHOAS
HMMMM THE HWAT NOW? 🤨🤨🤨
@@livefromtheblacklibrary 👀 good.
I'ma be honest considering their whole deal there is like a 50/50 chance they are actually the most unified legion and are just playing the part of having 4 main sects to better play every side to their own true ends.
Just As Planned!
Oh I know what the Alpha Legion is doing with absolute certainty:
A little tomfoolery. Some shenanigans, if you will.
Yeah, I’m not a big fan of mike brooks’ writing tbh. It works ok for alpharius head of the hydra (don’t love it) but at least there, the “I’m special and smarter than everyone else” vibe can be explained away by the fact that he is indeed a primarch
Yeah true, from what I’ve heard he’s gotten a finger wag or two from BL
@@livefromtheblacklibrary I’m also not a fan of the departure from the I am alpharius schtick. I much prefer them all looking the same and using the alpharius tagline, I don’t need my expectations subverted by an edgy “I am not alpharius” quite
I didn’t wanna get TOO spicy in the video but I get you
Bold of you to mix yourself with Alpha Legion! Hydra Dominatus! Good Joke aside I didn't watch your video because I am still reading the Bequin and then plan to read Penitent.😢
HYDRA DOMINATUS
@@livefromtheblacklibrary It will take me a month😅
Oh i mention those in part 2 so you’re fine!
I was going to read Harrowmaster because I just love the Alpha Legion, but after hearing that summary of the book, thats going to be a hard pass from me. If there is a Alpha Legion civil war, I hope Alpharius comes back and crushes Solomon's head and takes back his spear.
Had this strange feeling about Mike Brooks, when in the Lion book, certain Fallen started acting very gay and he kept giving all the Mechanicus characters TikTok pronouns
Yeah. I had to stop reading. That was my first 40k book too. Probably the last...
@@danielbob2628 Guy Haley, Dan Abnett, Chris Wright, John French, check their stuff out
Damn it's almost like lionel johnson is based on a gay poet you troglodite and and a core theme in the mechanicus is transhumanism, aka we all machines so who care
So this just... stops before discussing the loyalish AL.
If you don't know what your doing neither does your enemy
I am Alpharius
Hydra Dominatus
Good job
Solomons ghost legion doesn’t feel like OCs to me because at least their actions make sense and in character by what the actual AL virtues are
Can't wait for part 2 !
"I am not Alpharius"
While cool in concept, unless this *IS* Omegon saying this.(Which according to one backstory nay be The Real Alpharius that switched places with The Real Omegon when they met before The Imperium discovered him which would have revealed the fact there was two of them. Yes Alpha Legion shit is on this level of fuckery. And we cant even confirm it.)
Then this guy would just get bullied relentlessly because everyone else would call him out for his shit. Badly trying to get others to think he *is* Alpharius. Which is all this goofy act points too. Likely the only reason some people joined him is just go make sure hes an attention seeker & erase doubt of him not being Alpharius.
woah kino alert
The kinest
What's a kino?
Means like cinematic
Sounds like german to me
@John Smith Think it's Russian, could be though. Lots of loan words.
Bruh why is Mike Brooks tweeting about the Imperium as if it's real. Like chill bro. 😅
Major cliffhanger
Poetic cinema at its finest
@@livefromtheblacklibrary already lured me in for part 2
The glyph indoctrination in 'The Long Games at Ch-' whatever was some immersion breaking credulity straining nonsensical bullcrap. The whole story was tropically ridiculous.
I like the video and your content in general but idk what mike brooks political stance has to do with anything lol.
Just imagine making a custom chapter, there loyalist but use the CSM rules. Ehh did you just made a Alpha Legion for no yes it complicated there green so there dark angel and you just keep gaslighting.
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This is a lie.
Was wondering why his books felt like a slog to read. Now I know
Please, please, stop inserting an 'r' into the word 'acuity'.
Having right-wing friends is bonkers. Personally, I avoid bad people
Being right wing doesn’t make you bad….
I am Alpharius