And that day, our hero was reminded he still had a soul.

punished_K said:

And that day, our hero was reminded he still had a soul.

Not exactly a problem with Salamanders. They are one of the most friendly chapters as they actually care about the well-being of civilians.

Not gunna lie, this was a big twist for me. Not having much knowledge of 40K I didn't realize till now that the Space Marine we saw on second page was actually a Chaos Space Marine. I feel like I know what that poor little girl must have felt when she saw what was suppose to be her savior turn out to be her doom. I can only hope our Salamander boy here burns the asshole until he's nothing but ash and cinder.

alfredo_jones said:

Not gunna lie, this was a big twist for me. Not having much knowledge of 40K I didn't realize till now that the Space Marine we saw on second page was actually a Chaos Space Marine. I feel like I know what that poor little girl must have felt when she saw what was suppose to be her savior turn out to be her doom. I can only hope our Salamander boy here burns the asshole until he's nothing but ash and cinder.

if you ever wish to know more about 40k, adeptus ridiculous is always there.
and calling that plague marine an asshole? he hasn’t done anything yet. plus they are doing a good thing in their eyes… when it looks plain evil to us…

This comic hits way too hard, and the way the lenses on his helmet turn red perfectly convey how absolutely furious he is.

And that day, our hero made his first step to the dark side of Khorn.

Come on, you know it's true.

level20eevee said:

hurr durr from my point of view, it's not evil to assassinate civilians

Friendly reminder that our Salamander brother is watching a recording of said poor misunderstood plague marine assassinating a woman and a child. That asshole literally already killed two civilians. And with Warhammer 40000's insane powerlevels, said plague marine could remove his armor and let the woman stab him and shoot him all over, and she'd die poisoned by Nurgle's corruption before she inflict any serious wound on him.
This isn't a fight, this is a low-life scum given the power of a space marine and immediately using it on civilians and children.

FRien said in comment #2641348:

Friendly reminder that our Salamander brother is watching a recording of said poor misunderstood plague marine assassinating a woman and a child. That asshole literally already killed two civilians. And with Warhammer 40000's insane powerlevels, said plague marine could remove his armor and let the woman stab him and shoot him all over, and she'd die poisoned by Nurgle's corruption before she inflict any serious wound on him.
This isn't a fight, this is a low-life scum given the power of a space marine and immediately using it on civilians and children.

All I know about 40k lore is 2nd hand, but isn't Nurgle's whole thing highly valuing life? The body horror aspect coming from that not especially meaning human life and placing just as much importance on the life of a person as the life of the bacteria in their intestines.

Do nurgle marines actually murder? I just learned that this comic had more than 2 pages right now, but based on the nurgle side story with the elf princess Isha, I figured those civilians would be in a state far worse than death.

wakaba_hiiro said in comment #2641350:

All I know about 40k lore is 2nd hand, but isn't Nurgle's whole thing highly valuing life? The body horror aspect coming from that not especially meaning human life and placing just as much importance on the life of a person as the life of the bacteria in their intestines.

No.
Not at all.
Nurgle might value life as an incarnation of nature, but he has no respect for natural order or the concept of ecosystem, and his followers do not value life at all: refusing Nurgle's gift (aka gigacancer that leaves you deformed and crying in agony) is a major offense to Nurgle's daemons, most of them only see humans are possible incubators for whatever foul depraved sickness Ol' Papa brewed in his cauldron, and the remaining one share the same disdain that all daemons have to humans, seeing them as mongrels and bastard.
And this is a chaos marine, these filth are just raiders and pillagers pretending to spread their god's words, but their interpretation of Nurgle is so warped (not to mention they're hypocritical asshats) that the only difference between them and the Black Legion is that the nurglites are interested in the bodies, either to raise as poxwalkers or to use as incubating ground to breed flesh-eating bacterias or what else. The Night Lords and Iron Warriors are especially practical when it comes to using Chaos, with Iron Warriors downright refusing to worship Chaos.

Don't trust comics, they pick specific examples and make you believe these are general rules, but in a real combat situation, a nurgle worshipper would only bother corrupting someone if there's value in corrupting them (like if it's a high-importance target, like a priest or a governor), and if there's someone around to actually corrupt them.
Most Chaos warriors are just losers who side with Korn, Tzeentch, Nurgle or Hellraiser just for the boons, they don't necessarily believe the shit they spout and see it a convenient, and only become truly devoted after a while. And for a chaos space marine, these two civilians were nothing. Barely a blimp on the radar, walking down that corridor was probably more tiresome than killing them.

wakaba_hiiro said in comment #2641350:
Do nurgle marines actually murder?

This is Warhammer 40000, everyone murder, even the dark eldars. Even the torturers of the dark eldars murder when they're in a hurry. Prisoners are very rare, thankfully.
I mean, take a look at Warhammer Fantasy, the considerably nicer old brother of 40k, there's a goddess called Shallyah, the goddess of healing the sick and all, and the hospital in Warhammer Fantasy are "Shallyah Hospices". Shallyah's faithful are forbidden of taking up arms and can only harm others in self-defense, or they risk pissing her off, and if you piss your god too much, they might take you. It's an immediate death, no way out. You see what I mean? Good. Now, consider the following: Shallyah's tenents are stuff like "don't harm others unless absolutely necessary, don't carry weapons", stuff like that. And yet (at least in Warhammer RPG, it seems to have been removed in The Old World), there's still a commandement that goes: "OH YEAH BUT IF YOU SEE A SERVANT OF THE LORD OF FLIES AKA NURGLE, RUN AT HIM SCREAMING AND KICK HIS ASS".
And mind you, this is Shallyah we're talking about.
Nobody is nice in Warhammer. Everyone murder, and turning people into a state "worse than death" takes time and effort, and sometimes, it's not worth it.