Coming In For The Save (Final Lord of War WIP) (Patreon)

Hello!

For this month's project, I wanted to include one more character.  This lore is a bit more obscure, but arguably the most important moment during the Siege of Terra.

So the old story goes that Horus and the Emperor fought but Big E held back because He didn't want to kill His son.  Horus pretty much wrecked the Emperor, tearing out an arm and an eye, leaving his father a bloody mess on the floor.  But literally one claw swipe away from Chaos victory, something unexpected happened.  A lone guardsman entered the throne room and put himself between Horus and the Emperor.  This seemingly ordinary human managed to fight his way through a hell spawned ship and confront the avatar of Chaos when the Emperor's own Custodes could not.

Despite how suicidal it was, the guardsman attacked Horus without hesitation.  And Horus killed this guy pretty much the same way Dr. Manhattan obliterates Rorschach in Watchmen.  As one sided as this confrontation was, the guardsman's sacrifice is what finally got the Emperor to stop holding back.  While the lore makes it sound like the callousness motivated the Emperor, that never made much sense to me (what, killing Sanginius wasn't callous enough?). Rather, I think it was the selfless bravery of a normal human that reminded the Emperor He was fighting for humanity and it was worth preserving.

So gathering His unmatchable psychic power, the Emperor killed Horus so hard even the Ruinous Powers couldn't resurrect their champion (which they do with their pawns on a regular basis).  And that's how Chaos lost the Siege of Terra, because a normal human gave the Ruinous Powers the middle finger.  The guardsman was posthumously canonized as the Imperial Guard's first saint and was named Ollanius Pius (not his real name).  

Throughout the years, the writers kept changing who intervenes, probably because they thought a lowly guardsman couldn't realistically pull this off.  But based on how Olly is written in the Horus Heresy, it is somewhat plausible a variation of this scene could still happen.  

Anyways, most of the Lord of War assets are now available.  Olly will be available before the end of the month.  Here's the full breakdown:

Tier 3

• Horus Pose One (Single and Parts)
• Horus Pose Two (Single and Parts)
• Horus Diorama One
• Horus Diorama Two
• Terminator Champion
• Ollanius Pius (available before end of February)

Tier 2

• Terminator Champion
• Ollanius Pius (available before end of February)

I know some users have had performance issues with sync so in March, I'll include a download link on another cloud service for the Lord of War items (still working on this).  

There won't be any public posts for the Horus project, no way this doesn't attract the wrong kind of attention.  So if the community knows any Horus or Ollanius Pius fans, just let them know please.  In March, I will be doing an variety of characters (Tech Priest, Female Human Predator, Kaleb Daark).  The results from the proposed voting poll shows me the community likes the new system so it kicks in starting April with the Fantasy month.