Funky model and certainly a surprise (that it was not actually an April Fool’s gag) but I do wonder how GW are going to fit the League of Votann into the lore. After all they were written out in a pretty terminal style a very long time again and the lore has moved on a long way since then. Aside from the nostalgia value I struggle to see where they fit. After all there are several elite Imperial armies (custodes, grey knights, astartes), armies which fit the high technology side and even armies which buck the grimdark aesthetic. I just struggle to see what niche they occupy; not that it will matter. They could be stuck out on their own and the sales will be through the roof; I suspect making the sisters of battle box seem like small change.
So with my self proclaimed writer hat on what would I do with them? Well from the start I would address the elephant in the room; how did some squats survive being a tyranid snack and where have they been for the past god knows how long without anyone noticing them. For me the easiest way is to have them as a surviving clan who came across a dyson sphere and ended up being trapped inside until something accidentally released them. Why a dyson sphere? Well in an old necron codex there used to be mention of a C’tan called the outsider being locked in one. And the tyranids seemed to be avoiding it. So sticking squats in one gives an instant link to the necrons (and rather selfishly a chance to bring the Outsider back into necron lore), ties them in with the Tyranids and the high technology and xenos element puts them at odds with ad-mech, inquisition and church. A nice neat package which ties in with some old lore and keeps things simple. Stick in some blackstone in said sphere and you can even fit it in with the current narrative around the Pariah nexus.
I guess we’ll just have to see what happens but if any of the above turns out to be right then you heard it here first!
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