>>5271430I do not know if we will survive the HH. I would hope we all strive to ensure that, so we can help Rogal Dorn, Guilliman and Vulkan deal with the aftermath before they die/get entombed/become a disillusioned hermit.
I think its fitting Talos path is set towards the Necrons, because if there may be one thing they share in common, its their propensity to last and escape death. Even as centuries, millenia pass, they continue their existence, though the sands of time and ashes of civilizations burned sweep over them they remain.
Perhaps Lucius or the Fortress does explode, in a devastating but necessary act to save humanity. Perhaps a Mechanicum and the 2nd Legion may mourn the loss of its greatest savior and move on.
But the true grimdark end for Talos' quest I'm hoping for is
when Guilliman goes to see the important work he commissioned 10,000 years ago. As he arrives to the planet where the salvation of the Imperium will be determined, as he descends down in the depths to find a legion of Primaris Marines ready, to congratulate Cawl.
But it is not just Cawl that greets him. 10,000 years have passed. Most of his original sons, his wife, and generations of his children have aged and died. Even his original body may have been lost. But there he is, having aided Cawl and guided the Mechanicum, having hidden so well as to ensure the absolute secrecy of the project, for he was the great Genetor of his time.
The Machine Spirit of his brother, refusing to die and give up on the Machine Gods work even though he has lost so much to time. Not while the Great Enemy and traitor brothers yet live. Though he has changed in form and barely resembles what he once was to survive, Roboute will not be alone.
"Welcome back, Roboute. . .we have a lot to catch up on, don't we?" 