Guy Haley

When I find contradictions like this, which are inevitable, given the setting's huge scope and the number of creators, it's my impulse to make BOTH true, which led to the Cawl series, and Cawl being a gestalt of merged personalities.

As an aside, GW aren't overly dictatorial about what we write. It was actually my idea, having been introduced to Cawl while writing Dark Imperium, to feature him the distant past as a young man. Interestingly, someone else, simultaneously, wrote about him being old in that period of 40k's setting.

I often try to use science to do this, but a lot of the time my research isn't profound, I do a bit of reading or simply apply logic to the situation. Logic led me to the Ultramaran quarantine protocols, so that's a win for me!

I also find it fascinating to speculate how this stuff would actually work in real life, and enjoy exploring it without breaking the rules of the universe.

Hey, thanks for that. That's really cool to hear that I got it right. It's very important for me as a writer that all the magic space stuff has a firm, believable background, because then it makes it easier to buy into.

YouTube video by Warhammer Conference Warhammer’s Plague Narratives from the Perspective of an Epidemiologist – Warhammer Conference 2025

This one is me, talking about plague narratives in 40K, and how much they make sense from an epidemiological perspective.

TLDR: If it's @guyhaley.bsky.social odds are it's pretty good!

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All three Questoris finished. Armigers next.

Nearly there…

I spent two weeks of hobby time gluing models together, so have only just got back to knight number 3.

Robots, robots, robots, robots.

Ha! It’s your hobby!

Master of Rites Ferren Areios revealed - Warhammer Community Black Library hero makes the leap from book to the tabletop

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Nice to see another character I created make the leap into plastic.

I finally got the base on knight #2 done, and I’ve got a bit further with #3.

So I have my knights well on the way. They will be my third Horus Heresy Army. I worked out with the four armigers, three questoris and twenty Solar Auxilia I have, I've got exactly 2000 points. I'm going to paint that, then I'd like to expand it to 3000. A full banner of 5 Questoris is tempting.

I have been busy…

You can do it!

If you’re certain you’re going to cut that much, do the edit first. An edit that big will change the shape of the project. You’ll get more focussed feedback from your beta readers. It’s better than having them fight through stuff you’re going to lose anyway.

I see! Yeah, apologies if I seemed curt. It’s always the way with 40k. People can take any statement, no matter how it is contextualised or who is saying it, as being the truth. I’m always keen to avoid that!

Ah yeah. Well, I had to be really careful not to give any spoilers away, so that was one thing, and my original text was cut to avoid it. Another thing is that the sort of ‘great read’ kind of text veers dangerously close to reviewing, which I try to avoid.

I’m a fan of testimonials in storytelling, to be honest. It’s a trick I’ve used more than once!

I’m racing through this fella!

Cheers Willard!

Getting closer to the finish line on Questoris number two.

It’s cool you’re liking this story. I wrote it so long ago now, when I’m reading these passages it’s like I’m seeing them for the first time. Nice to experience it again.

You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked it. I was determined to introduce just a little hope into the aftermath!

Never look for definitive answers in 40k. This is just this chap’s take on it. Worm can closed.

You know, it wasn’t supposed to (just) be marketing. It was my idea to put it in, and the main reason was that I often get asked for Era Indomitus reading lists. Of course, I did write a lot of those books, so there was an element of sales there, I admit.

Don’t look now, but The Arknaut’s Oath by @guyhaley.bsky.social is 60% off ebook format on the Black Library website.

Four bucks for a book is a steal.

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Well, yeah, but in truth I only chose them because they were one of the only knight houses that had a full transfer sheet available when I bought my three knights about 8 years ago! But still, I have grown to love them.

Finally painting my second knight, four years after the first.