He manifested. He had no idea where to begin culling the Night Lords' ranks. In the middle of dicking with the Angels, he invited Lion El'Jonson to a dead planet (future place of his new palace and his own death) to deliver a message from Horus, which actually predicted the Dark Angels' fate of everyone hating their guts for not being on Terra because Curze had lead them all over the Eastern Fringe (HAR HAR HAR). Curze Round 1: hits 3.555 times, wounds 2.369 times, 1.184 times after saves and IWND will take that down to 0.851 wounds at the start of the next turn. Konrad Curze decided to prove his point to Dorn; that without the fear of consequences people wouldn't stay loyal. The Night Lords warm up by terrorizing the planet they will be raiding later in the night. Whilst /tg/ has joked that he suffered the lamest death in history due to falling to a Callidus Assassin's blade (hence the "was" earlier). In time, it became so that even the mere mention of the Night Lords' approach would cause a system to pay all outstanding tithes, cease all illegal activities, stop downloading torrents of Blossom, and put to death any mutants or heretics. It is believed that Curze had come to see himself as a murderous and corrupt villain - the very thing he had sought out to destroy (or perhaps he wished to prove that his decision to destroy Nostramo and join Horus was justified, as the Emperor had become one more tyrant who had to be slain). The Night Lords have a light meal by drinking the blood of captured civilians. Fulgrim hits 3.5 times, wounds 2.333 times, 1.167 times after saves and IWND will take that down to 0.833 wounds at the start of the next turn. Nostramo is described as being like Gotham City, if Gotham City had no lights, there was another Gotham City on top of that, and only mob bosses and rich scumbags got to enjoy sunlight and medicine and everyone had guns and Batman ate his victims. Konrad was forced to raise himself on this lawless hell-hole, where violence and cruelty was rampant (although there was no crime, of course, there not being any laws to break) and usually went unpunished, the rich openly exploited the poor, and depression and the inability to escape one's social standing were also rampant, leading to the population being largely kept down not through any fancy measures, but instead by suicide. Konrad Curze was the Primarch of the Night Lords Legion (his @ was Night Haunter). Note: As usual, Konrad should attempt to even the odds with Hit and Run, negating Preternatural Strategy while gaining the +1 attack for the charge (and sniping some wounds with his knives). Now, to be fair, by that time it was a while since they replenished their numbers after the Heresy. The most ruthless of the criminals were the only ones healthy and strong enough - and these were the most common replacement recruits for the Night Lords. He couldn't navigate the maze worth shit though, and he was pretty much fucked, but after a couple of days, he pissed off Curze, who then led him to the center so they could fight. So it's a bit bizarre that the loyalists thought it was a good thing that the Night Lords showed up to support them at Isstvan and didn't see a double-cross coming. The Night Lords got slaughtered. Not to mention the fact that many warbands were not present, the Legion having started to split up after the death of Konrad and Sevatar. Vulkan over one of his fallen sons, ready to bring his righteous wrath against the enemies of the Imperium. Curze, however, after reading a special batch of Nostraman tarot cards, said "Screw you guys, we're going home". Konrad Curze fled El'Jonson's wrath, evading the Dark Angels for months, stalking the shadows within the bowels of the mighty capital ship. Konrad hits 3 times, wounds 2.25 times, 0.75 wounds after saves and IWND will take that down to 0.417. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible, Krieg Acerbus (Daemon Prince). If anything, their big saving grace is they're competent enough to leg it when a fight isn't winnable. If we were ever ordered to assault another Legion, we would virus bomb their recruitment worlds; slaughter their serfs and slaves; poison their gene-seed repositories and spend the next dozen decades watching them die slow, humiliating deaths. After spending some time terrifying the locals, he eventually snuck into Sanguiniuss throne room. In the early days of the Great Crusade, the Dark Angels became the test and standard by which all future Legions would be judged and based. The fight was interrupted by John Grammaticus who stabbed Vulkan with the Fulgurite to cure the Primarch's insanity (sic). (The Night Lords Trilogy explains this by an incompatibility between the gene-seed and the host, the visions being a 'side-effect' of that struggle as it grows worse over time.). They can get anywhere, be anywhere, and they're always watching you. Ironically Curze's other equerry (who Curze thought was an ass kiss,) begged Sevatar to talk Konrad out of it. Konrad Curze. Note: Nothing will save Konrad from the Wolf King, but as always the Widowmakers can prove themselves a tricky surprise and Hit & Run mitigates the impact of the exothermic bullshit, making Curze one of the few primarchs who can die to Russ with a bit of dignity. Primarch fighting, while fun to see, isn't a very competitive thing to do as it'll usually tie up both Primarchs for the entire game without either of them dying. Strangely enough, this was actually considered an improvement, leave any shiny toys for them to elope with, guys that have a toilet seat as their insignia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XncuY4wLaA8, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2wzpfPFBlw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPGyKGuWeA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dy28ef-_tA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqds0B_meys, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JQPWAJWAYNQ, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EFqjDXy9s5A, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSaDPc1Cs5U, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz1mEMiNPHQ, https://1d4chan.org/index.php?title=Night_Lords&oldid=743094, "We have come for you!" Konrad Curze. Strangely enough, the most (or second most) brilliant strategist of the entire universe couldnt crack a thing or two when dealing with this one-trick pony batman psychopath, but had to rely on plot-device to bend his brother over (although the Thramas campaign was going to obviously end one way or the other and with the shit the DA can pull, not to mention their numbers probably meant that Lion could've fucked Curze up the ass without the warp engine). Or maybe "force" is the wrong word; they didn't battle so much as terrify their enemies into submission. Note: Curze can Hit & Run, but by doing so he would only gain one more attack, while allowing Angron to reset his Hatred, thus actually making himself die even faster. The Lion, in response, broke his word to Guilliman, and contrived a devastating (and forbidden) orbital bombardment using droppods and assault rams converted into barrage bombs and torpedoes. Confronted with the Callidus Assassin M'Shen, it is believed that Curze proceeded to make jokes about how she had butt-sex with Macha before getting down to brass tacks and explaining why he'd allowed her in so easily: "Your presence does not surprise me, Assassin. Too bad he didn't get Matt Ward while hunting the Big Blue. The Dark Angels have the honour of being the first Space Marine Legion created by The Emperor of Mankind. When they do engage in direct combat, they generally prefer complete overwhelming force to ensure minimal losses, maximum carnage, and enough skulls to stick on their pauldrons. Not to talk them out of it. Finally, it reached the point where Curze had no choice but to deal with the problem of his recruiting world turning into a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but Fulgrim, the only Primarch Curze had any real connection with, was largely unavailable, and the other Primarchs, instead of listening to him and trying to help, bitched him out and said that it wasn't their problem. Bit by bit. Warhammer Fantasy and 40K art. These interactions firmly establish Sanguinius as a foil to ol' Konrad, in the sense that both were cursed from birth with precognitive abilities that would shape their personalities and ultimately their fates. Trez was also more than aware of Sevatar's psychic ability, leaving some readers of the Black Library's Horus Heresy novels curious as to what role Trez may have played in the Primarch's psychic development - if any. However, if you read it as Curze and the Night Haunter as separate people, it makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, for a precog, Curze hadn't anticipated that the Lion had already cleared all the traps set for him and he was captured after a duel (the Lion cheated by calling in Fire Raptors to prevent Curze from escaping). Curze hits 4 times, wounds 2.222 times, 0.741 wounds after saves and IWND will take that down to 0.407 wounds at the start of the next turn. Vulkan had a teleporter in his hammer, which he figured Curze didn't know about, which made him hopeful. (Vulkan Lives) Konrad Curze was finally beaten in a fight by Lion'El Jonson in Angels of Caliban. Or if he had followed the visions of noblebright if shown mercy he had of some of his victims. your own Pins on Pinterest This page was last edited on 3 February 2021, at 06:52. Then we skin the crippled remains, and offer it up as an example to any still bearing witness. Well, the joke seemed to be on Curze, as no sooner had he told Fulgrim about the vision than Fulgrim had run over to Rogal Dorn and told him everything. Curze hits 4 times, wounds 2.222 times, 0.741 wounds after saves and IWND will take that down to 0.185 wounds at the start of the next turn. They are one of the few Astartes legions who actually think ambushing is a good idea, rather than standing in front of a line of guns and charging it. The Lion, who has zero tolerance for insults, proceeded to attack Curze and got a fantastic one-shot off on him, though that was all he'd get and the two descended into a brawl which had to be ended with the brothers getting pulled off of each other and dragged back to their respective fleets.