The Infinite and The Divine (Warhammer 40,000)

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Robert Rath did a very good job and i just want to mention some things i really liked about the book and maybe discuss it a bit in the comments. encompassing accounts of infinity, such as Moore (1990/2019; for another recent treatment that includes extensive discussion An army of Necron destroyers wages war on an Exodite world and after killing off large fauna, starting killing the environment. A wounded destroyer is shown crawling over thousands of miles using his remaining abilities to squash whatever insects he comes across. Orks. Nothing do add there. While they encounter or fight against/alongside other species i think the whole part about the ork invasion is just what you would expect from Orks in a Necron book. Now think about this: Trazyn is kinda interested in their culture and of course explains some things about them to Orikan, who himself is just extremely confused. Orks are funny cause explaining them to a friend who is new to 40k is the BEST. so yeah. Orks.

Time Skip: Played with. Most of the book concerns Trazyn and Orikan's repeated visits to the planet Serenade over the course of thousands of years, and each time the planet has changed markedly. To the two of them, however, their Time Dissonance means their experiences are more or less continuous. So, with Necron's we envision zombie terminator mummies IN SPAAAAAAAAAAACE. And with this book we got that, but we also got a strange view of Necron society thatr makes them SO DAMN LIKABLE. The rivalry between Trazyn and Orikan is perfect but the book as a whole stands out. numbers whose cube is less than 2, while \(R\) includes all the rational numbers whose cube is greater than 2. Since there isprecise value the sequence of approximations converges to. 3.2 Limits, infinite sums, and the extended real numbers; \(+\infty\) and \(-\infty\) sum_{i=1} Before the being called the Emperor revealed Himself, before the rise of the Aeldari, before the Necrontyr traded their flesh for immortal metal, the world was born in violence.

Time Master: Orikan is the most skilled chronomancer of all of his kind, and it gets him out of more than a few tight situations. I think both of them should have changed after that experience and maybe even work together for the future of the Necrons. But nope: Trazyn hates Orikan again cause of reasons and Orikan hates Trazyn cause he stole his waifu head. Necrons have no need to smile, yet Trazyn is described as smiling constantly. Orikan loathes this and its implied Trazyn smiles explicitly for this reason. Painting the Medium: The same scene at the tribunal is repeated multiple times with slight differences, to show Orikan's attempts to Save Scum.

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But when an artefact emerges that may hold the key to the necrons' next evolution, these two obsessives enter a multi-millennia game of cat and mouse that ends civilisations, reshapes timelines, and changes both forever. As riddles unwind and ancient secrets are revealed, the question remains: will their feud save the necron race, or destroy it?

Time Dissonance: As immortal Necrons, Orikan and Trazyn speak casually of centuries and even millennia. It's mentioned that Necron stage plays can take over a decade to be performed in full, and Orikan regularly spends whole centuries in meditation and thinks nothing of it. There are so many Species involved in this story that you have to be a fan of at least one of em. There are some Eldar, Tyranids, Orks, Humans (even Astartes are mentioned) and of course a lot about Necrons. And every single one of them plays an important role for the climax and overall story. Adventure Archaeologist : Evil Overlord version, but Trazyn will always be a treasure hunter first, ruler of an interstellar kingdom second.

Trazyn and Orikan FIGHT ORKS in SPACE. The two are forced to go up against a huge ork pirate fleet and in the process, Trazyn accidentally wound Orikans pride. He lays out a plan to successfully counter the Ork fleet before Orikan essentially says the equivalent of "I remember how to fight Orks dammit!" It comes off as a such a weird father teaching his son to ride a bike moment. Unskilled, but Strong: Trazyn and Orikan are not skilled warriors (although Orikan did briefly train to be an Immortal when he was alive, making him decent at grappling small foes), but they have bodies that are incredibly durable, immensely strong, and can react much faster than most things in the galaxy, so they are seldom in actual physical danger.

Not So Different" Remark: Trazyn and Orikan have a civil talk while cloaked inside a cafe between their antics, deciding to reflect on humanity around them while they are there; despite being a vastly inferior, younger race that they should be scoffing at compared to their might, Trazyn's time around them (especially in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy) eventually shown him a side to humanity that resonates with him enough to have interfered with their history from time to time, something that even catches Orikan's attention as they continue to talk before recognizing that Trazyn is actively comparing humanity to when they were still the Necrontyr in that, despite their weaknesses, mankind like the Necrontyr managed to claim a name for themselves in a cruel galaxy and could have even ruled the galaxy unquestioningly had adversity not threaten to shatter them like it had the Necrons after the War in Heaven. In the end, the question is asked that has both of them stop to contemplate: "would humanity, in their shoes, have agreed to the same deal the Necrontyr made with the C'tan that cost them their souls"?Sitcom Arch-Nemesis : The fued between the titular duo. Either this, or Arch-Enemy, as their antics range from comically petty to horrifyingly cruel. The Ending is just.. epic. The battle was so intense and important that Trazyn, who really really really really cares about the past and literally breaks necron rules to perserve ancient artifacts, gives Orikan the Aeldari Stone-Thing to give his rival the strength to fight off the shards... wich he does - and him really worrying about Orikan and even carrying him out of the Tomb made them feel like unhealthy-"to the death"-rivals becoming friends.