Swarmlord/Battle for Macragge fluff

[bredkooler]

In the codex the story of the battle for macragge is a really good one. But they leave the story of the swarmlord's fate a total cliffhanger. Is there more written in some other book I obviously don't have? Anyone have any other good Tyranids fluff resource to suggest? I remember a short story in WD I read several years ago called "The Fall of Malvolian" (iirc) but can't remember what issue it is. Anything like that I wanna get my hands on. Like, now. Suggestions? Thanks

[swarm492]

I don't know about any recent fluff or anything about the Swarmlord outside of the info found in our dex. However I can tell you that the short story your talking about can be found in the book Let the Galaxy Burn.

[carnogaunt]

The codex hints that a Hive Tyrant can have its consciousness transferred to a new body when it dies.

Hive Fleet Behemoth was never totally eradicated, so chances are, the Swarmlord (or at least the one seen on Macragge, depending on how unique you believe it to be) is still out there somewhere.

[Raven]

The Swarmlord's consciousness is actually capable of travelling between Hive Fleets, appearing wherever it is needed, so even if Behemoth were wiped out the Swarmlord could still be called on by other Hive Fleets.

[housecawdor]

The idea of a swarmlord is interesting in itself. A consciousness created by the hive mind that learns and is seemingly cleverer than any other tyranid... It all depends on whether you believe the hive mind to be a single entity, or an actual hive mind. I remember hearing somewhere (citations needed) that GW are leaning towards the idea that the hive mind is a single entity that controls the tyranids. This is on the edge of my memory, so I am most probably wrong

[t⊗theark]

I'm pretty sure it mentions the hive mind being a collective consciousness. I would give the page reference but my codex is somewhere on the public transport system.

[housecawdor]

Thought so.

[DarkGuard]

When the Hive Tyrant/Swarmlord kit was released the accompanying White Dwarf had some new background on it, detailing some of the more recent battles that the Swarmlord consciousness had been in. One of them was a rematch with Calgar in Ichar IV where Calgar destroyed him. Of course, consciousness absorbed and wants another go at home.

[fleetofclaw]

Aug 27, 2012 16:24:04 GMT DarkGuard said:

When the Hive Tyrant/Swarmlord kit was released the accompanying White Dwarf had some new background on it, detailing some of the more recent battles that the Swarmlord consciousness had been in. One of them was a rematch with Calgar in Ichar IV where Calgar destroyed him. Of course, consciousness absorbed and wants another go at home.

Oh geez please don't tell me Calgar beat him in 1v1 combat.

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[DarkGuard]

I won't then.

It's WD387, page 36.

[Raven]

Is the Swarmlord always beaten in one on one combat? That's absolutely ridiculous. The Swarmlord is the master of close combat, he is designed to rip through absolutely anything, a Primarch would be at a disadvantage fighting the Swarmlord, he'd make mince meat of a puny Space Marine chapter master.

[DarkGuard]

Well he did nearly kill Calgar once. I believe the bit in WD talked about Calgar getting the drop on Swarmlord by podding in next to him, and learning from his previous experience. But everyone else he's faced in combat he seems to have killed.

[bredkooler]

Sissy space marines never fight alone. The only reason Calgar survived the first time was his honor guard, I'm inclined to think they helped out the second round as well. That said, I need that issue so I can read it and find out

[Lanesend]

Calgar doesn't help from his honor guard. He's Matt Ward's number one...

[t⊗theark]

I'm guessing they missile spammed the Swarm lord and Calgar power fisted the corpse of the fella. He said "Did you just see me just slaughter that tyrant?". Who was to question the chapter master?